DEME’s dual fuel trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ‘Scheldt River’ is currently conducting maintenance dredging operations on the Scheldt. During the work, TSHD ‘Scheldt River’ will be operating on LNG. Last week, the vessel became the first dredger to be bunkered with LNG in the Port of Antwerp, near the
TFG Marine, a joint venture bunker company formed by commodity trader Trafigura and shipping firms Frontline and Golden Ocean in 2020, will start bunkering operations this month for vessels at the Falmouth Anchorage, off the South West Coast of the United Kingdom, the company said. Trafigura has contracted with Falmouth
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a ship involved in building the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, as the Trump administration sought to raise pressure on the project on its last day in office. According to a Reuters article, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed the sanctions on the Fortuna
Flex Volunteer, the shipping company’s twelfth LNG carrier, was delivered from South Korea ahead of its schedule. Courtesy of Flex LNG Flex LNG took delivery of the newbuild on 20 January 2021, expanding the number of its fleet to twelve vessels. Flex Volunteer came from Hyundai Samho Heavy about five
HAM and LIMAGAS Movilidad built the first LNG gas stations in Peru and the first CNG service stations in the Cuzco region of Peru. Courtesy of HAM HAM Group, Spanish natural liquefied gas (LNG) and natural compressed gas (CNG) service company, teamed up with LIMAGAS Movilidad, an investee company by Lipigas
Ørsted has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the H2RES green hydrogen demonstration project in Denmark and expects first hydrogen production in late 2021. The project, to be built at Avedøre Holme in Copenhagen, will comprise a 2 MW electrolysis plant with appurtenant hydrogen storage, with the production powered
Novatek, Russia’s largest private gas producer, has hit a milestone at the Cryogas-Vysotsk LNG project in the port of Vysotsk. Courtesy of Novatek The project, a joint venture between Novatek and Gazprombank, has produced its one-millionth ton of liquefied natural gas since it began operations in 2019. During this period,
The Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex in the Russian Far East has cut the first steel for a new Arc7 ice-class LNG tanker for the Arctic LNG 2 project. Illustration courtesy of Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex The new Arc7 ice-class tanker was ordered by Smart LNG, a joint venture between Novatek and Sovcomflot.
Australian energy consultancy EnergyQuest expects the country’s LNG exports to jump after a strong performance in December. Courtesy of Chevron Australia Australia exported 78 million tonnes of LNG in December 2020. The results are better than the same period last year when EnergyQuest reported 77.5 million tonnes of LNG exports.