Spanish ferry operator Baleària said its LNG-fueled fast-ferry Eleanor Roosevelt is set to carry out sea trials over the coming weeks. Courtesy of Baleària The company noted that the vessel will be incorporated into its fleet in March this year. Armon shipyard in Gijón has completed the outfitting of the
The year-end order boom doesn’t seem to have finished for South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) as it secured another LNG carrier order on 5 January 2021. SHI signed a shipbuilding contract for one LNG carrier with compatriot shipping company Pan Ocean, the shipbuilder said in a stock exchange
Capital Gas, a ship management service provider, took successful delivery of the newbuilding LNG Carrier Aristidis I. Courtesy of Capital Gas The newbuilding was delivered on 4 January 2021 by the South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries. It is the second of seven sister ships to be delivered between 2020 and
French major Total has requested a portion of its staff working at its $20 billion Mozambique LNG project to vacate the site due to attacks being staged closer. Courtesy of Total According to Bloomberg, fighters linked to Islamic State raided a town less than five kilometers from the construction camp.
The Australian energy company, Santos, operator of the Bayu-Undan joint venture, has made the final investment decision for the Bayu-Undan infill program. Courtesy of Santos The $235 million Phase 3C infill drilling program at the Bayu-Undan field in the Timor Sea, offshore Timor-Leste will include three production wells. The program
Flex LNG, a pure-play LNG carrier company, has kicked off 2021 with the expansion of its fleet. Through its social media channels, Flex LNG informed it has taken delivery of Flex Freedom, the company’s eleventh newbuild. The newbuild was built by the South Korean yard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Italian Grimaldi Group started 2021 with the delivery of Eco Barcelona, the second of twelve hybrid Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class vessels. Image Courtesy: Grimaldi The Italian-flagged roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) was handed over to its owner by Chinese shipyard Jinling based in Nanjing. The newbuild features a length of 238
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has delivered Singapore’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel, FueLNG Bellina, to FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine and Shell Eastern Petroleum. FueLNG Bellina; Image by Keppel O&M Built in Keppel O&M’s Nantong shipyard, FueLNG Bellina is the second
Qatar’s Nakilat, the world’s largest LNG shipper, has taken delivery of a newbuild LNG carrier, Global Star. Courtesy of Nakilat The vessel will be commercially and technically managed in-house by Nakilat. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), this is the second out of the four LNG carrier newbuilds
Japanese classification society Class NK has published its Guideline for Survey and Facilities/Equipment of LNG Bunkering Ships, which outlines the additional safety requirements of liquefied gas carriers that supply LNG fuel at sea. As explained, there are currently no established international conventions for the facilities/equipment of ships that transfer LNG