Malaysian company MISC has taken delivery of Seri Elbert, its sixth very large ethane carrier (VLEC), from Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. Courtesy of MISC The 98,000 cubic metres Seri Elbert joins her sister ships Seri Everest, Seri Erlang, Seri Emei, Seri Emory, and Seri Emperor in a
Senators John Kennedy and Ted Cruz, amongst others, have introduced a new bill seeking to debottleneck LNG trade and boost U.S. LNG exports. Courtesy of Sempra Energy Louisiana and Texas senators John Kennedy and Ted Cruz joined Jim Inhofe (Oklahoma), Shelley Moore Capito (West Virginia) and Kevin Cramer (North Dakota)
Tanker operator Stolt Tankers, part of Stolt-Nielsen Limited, is partnering with biofuels provider GoodFuels to trial the use of a marine biofuel produced from sustainable and certified feedstocks. As informed, the trial will take place on board the 37,000 dwt chemical tanker Stolt Inspiration as it travels from Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Japanese shipping giant MOL plans to invest approximately ¥200 billion ($ 1.81 billion) in low carbon/decarbonization fields over three years from 2021 to 2023 fiscal year. The investment was revealed as part of MOL Group’s Visionand Outline of Rolling Plan 2021 released on Monday. The environmental strategy will see the
CSSC’s subsidiary China Shipbuilding Power Group has delivered CX40DF, China’s first low-speed LNG dual-fuel marine engine, in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. Courtesy of CSSC The official delivery to China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) Huangpu Station in Zhenjiang took place on 2 April 2021. CX40DF is reported to be China’s first independently-developed
German LNG fueling network developer LIQUIND Marine and its compatriot GasCom have been selected for the supply of LNG to Germany’s largest ferry. Courtesy of LIQUIND Marine The respective cooperation agreement has recently been signed with the ferry operator Elbferry, LIQUIND said in its statement. The ferry Greenferry 1, which
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer Novatek reportedly aims to secure additional $11 billion financing for its Arctic LNG 2 project. Courtesy of Novatek The company intends to offer its 60 per cent stake in the project as collateral for long-term financing, Reuters reports. At the company’s annual general meeting
Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), South Korea’s LNG importing giant, has placed an order for an LNG bunkering vessel at Hyundai Heavy Industries. Illustration only (Courtesy of KOGAS) KOGAS noted in its statement, its LNG bunkering unit signed the shipbuilding contract was signed on March 24. The vessel will have a
Swedish-based heat transfer, centrifugal separation, and fluid handling specialist Alfa Laval has become a partner in the Swedish company Liquid Wind, which develops electro-fuel facilities to produce renewable clean fuels. The fuels are intended to be used primarily by marine and road transport among others in the supply chain. Alfa
Australian energy company Pure Hydrogen has signed a MoU with renewable energy company Wildfire Energy to produce hydrogen from commercial waste by using Wildfire’s technology. Moving Injection Horizontal Gasification (MIHG) technology; courtesy of Wildfire Eenergy Under the MoU, Wildfire Energy is to deliver its plant south of Brisbane targeting hydrogen