LNG giant Shell expects to restart its Prelude FLNG facility offshore Western Australia before the start of the third quarter. Prelude FLNG (Image: Shell) Shell has not exported any cargoes from the giant FLNG for more than four months following an electrical trip on February 2. “Start-up timing will depend
BV Marine Singapore, PSA Marine carry out remote survey of LNG-dual fuel tug
PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd has partnered up with Bureau Veritas Marine Singapore and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in a project that involved conducting a remote marine survey for PSA Aspen, an LNG dual-fuel PSA Marine harbour tug. The project marks the first time a harbour tug registered
GasLog rakes in $35 million in share sale
GasLog has sold 14,400,000 common shares for total gross proceeds of $36.0 million through a private placement shares. Courtesy of GasLog The net proceeds of share sale are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. Approximately 75 per cent of shares issued in the private placement were purchased by
Stena Bulk to start offering low-carbon shipping options
Following up on the successful biofuel trial in April, Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has decided to introduce low-carbon shipping options for its clients. Stena Immortal biofuel bunkering. Image courtesy: Stena Bulk During the ten-day trial, MR tanker Stena Immortal conducted a cross-Atlantic voyage 100 per cent waste-based biofuel. As
Knutsen’s small-scale LNG carrier gets third tank
South Korea’s shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo is continuing works on Knutsen’s small-scale LNG carrier and it has recently installed the third tank onboard the 30,000-cbm vessel. The newbuild will be one of the world’s first small and medium-scale LNG carriers to feature C-type bi-lobe cargo tanks. Image: Kangjun Kim/Knutsen Hyundai Mipo,
Gasum’s Nauticor does first STS LNG bunkering of Iona
Hamburg based LNG supplier Nauticor, a unit of the Nordic energy company Gasum, has conducted the initial ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation for the newbuild cruise ship Iona. Courtesy of Gasum The bunkering operation was conducted by Gasum’s LNG bunker supply vessel Kairos in the port of Bremerhaven. The operation also
United States’ LNG exports slip in April
Shell to supply carbon-neutral LNG cargoes to China’s CNOOC
LNG giant Shell said it recently signed a deal to supply carbon-neutral liquefied natural gas cargoes to CNOOC Gas & Power Group, a unit of China National Offshore Oil Corporation. A Shell logo Hague-based Shell said on Monday that these shipments will be the first carbon-neutral LNG cargoes to Chinese
Port of Marseille Fos looking to become LNG bunkering hub
France’s Marseille Fos port is boosting the use of liquefied natural gas as fuel as it aims to position itself as an LNG bunkering hub for the Mediterranean. Image: Port of Marseille Fos The port said in a statement it hosted another ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation last week following the
Calcasieu Pass LNG project gets first liquefaction equipment
Venture Global LNG’s Calcasieu Pass project is pushing forward with construction and it received last week the first liquefaction equipment at its site in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Image: Venture Global LNG Venture Global said in a statement it started setting in place two brazed aluminum heat exchangers, also known as