Liquified natural gas (LNG) will be used to keep extremely low temperatures in storage facilities in South Korea which will house millions of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines. According to a Reuters article, Korea Superfreeze Inc., located 65 kilometres from Seoul and boasting temperatures frostier than an Antarctic winter, will be used
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to retrofit two offshore construction vessels owned by Norwegian operator Østensjø Rederi with a hybrid upgrade solution. Wärtsilä said on Monday that the upgrading project would allow less use of the ships’ engines with correspondingly lower levels of exhaust emissions while operating
South Korea’s Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) has completed the construction of the world’s first LNG-fueled large bulk carriers. HSHI held a naming ceremony for two 180,000-ton bulk carriers operating on LNG last Friday, 11 December. Hyundai said that the vessels, which are the first two in a series of
German LNG Terminal has received the decision from the German regulatory authority, Bundesnetzagentur, granting it exemption from network access and tariff regulation. German LNG said on Monday that it received the decision from the regulator, however, it is still subject to review by the European Commission. According to the request,
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has completed a sea trial on one of its operated tugboats using next-generation renewable biodiesel fuel developed by euglena Co. euglena biodiesel fuel is a renewable fuel produced with used cooking oil and Euglena, a type of algae similar to brown seaweed and
BW Gemini, the world’s first very large gas carrier (VLGC) to be retrofitted with pioneering LPG dual-fuel propulsion technology, completed its loading at Enterprise Terminal in Houston on 14 December. The vessel wrapped up its historic crossing of the Pacific Ocean on LPG propulsion on 5 December. The owner of
Greek gas grid operator DESFA has been awarded the operation and maintenance services of Liquefied Natural Gas Import (LNGI), the new liquefied natural gas terminal of the Kuwaiti state company KIPIC. DESFA said that the contract has a minimum duration of five years and was awarded to the grid operator
Grimaldi Euromed, a subsidiary of the Grimaldi Group specializing in the maritime transport of passengers and RORO cargo, has won a €35 million ($42.5 million) loan facility from CaixaBank S.A. The loan is intended to finance the acquisition of a new Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel Eco Barcelona. The ship is under
Houston-based Pilot LNG has filed all relevant documentation with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to initiate the waterway suitability assessment (WSA) process for its proposed Galveston LNG bunker port (GLBP) project. Pilot LNG said that this important process, conducted by USCG, will include a comprehensive review of all relevant
Russia’s Gazprom Neft said the construction of the country’s first LNG bunkering vessel progressed with the installation of storage tanks and other cryogenic equipment. Courtesy of Gazprom Neft The company noted that the vessel will provide transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the ports of St. Petersburg, Ust-Luga, Primorsk