The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply dual-fuel engines for six new 172,500 cbm Arctic LNG 2 carriers. Courtesy of Wärtsilä The order, which is valued at more than EUR 100 million, was placed in December 2020 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. The order includes an
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries has set sights on recreating the liquefied natural gas (LNG) value chain with hydrogen. Courtesy of Kawasaki Heavy Hydrogen is considered a key element to help decarbonize industries and aid the global energy transition. Its future demand is expected to come from various segments including transport,
Italian offshore contractor Saipem has been awarded a FEED contract for the South African natural gas and helium producer Renergen’s Virginia gas project. Courtesy of Saipem Saipem has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Renergen, through its 100 per cent controlled unit Tetra4. The contract concerns the
The Norway-based Kanfer Shipping has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the China-based Taizhou Wuzhou Shipbuilding Industry for a pair of small-scale LNG bunker and distribution vessels. Courtesy of Kanfer Shipping The two vessels with a 6,000-cbm tank capacity each are scheduled for delivery within the first half of
Global energy giant Shell has been granted a license to provide LNG bunkering services at the Port of Gibraltar. Courtesy of MAN Energy Solutions Shell submitted an application to the Gibraltar Port Operations Office for an LNG bunker license in 2019. The Government of Gibraltar confirmed its approval on 26
State-owned Pakistan LNG Limited has recently pounced on the market environment, saving $30 million through a shorter lead time tender. Courtesy of Pakistan LNG The company on Wednesday said that in December it floated a tender seeking LNG cargoes for delivery in March. The lowest estimated bidders for the cargoes
A study published by Hydrogen Import Coalition made up of seven Belgian majors reaffirms the feasibility of hydrogen as the fuel for a carbon-neutral society. Courtesy of Port of Antwerp DEME, ENGIE, Exmar, Fluxys, Port of Antwerp, Port of Zeebrugge and WaterstofNet joined forces to set the basis of concrete
The Norwegian company, CRYO Shipping, has claimed a milestone earlier this week completing the largest LNG bunkering operation in Asia to date. Courtesy of CRYO Shipping The company noted it bunkered LNG to the 103,500-DWT shuttle tanker Altera Wave, in the Singapore Strait. It became the largest LNG-powered merchant ship
PolaireTech has chosen Gasconsult ZR-LNG Technology as its core liquefaction process for its small-scale standard modularised LNG plants. Courtesy of PolaireTech The patented Zero Refrigerant LNG (ZR-LNG) uses no external refrigerants, utilizing the natural gas feed as the refrigerant medium in an optimised system of expanders. This reduces equipment count,