Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has started the construction of the sixth liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier for compatriot COSCO Shipping Lines and energy firm China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). Courtesy of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding The construction of the 174,000 cbm LNG carrier H1836A began with the steel cutting ceremony on 17 April
French LNG containment specialist GTT has secured a new order from its partner the Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the tank design of two new liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGCs), on behalf of an Asian ship-owner. Illustration / Archive / Courtesy of Samsung Heavy Industries GTT will design
US LNG producer Venture Global LNG is advancing works on its Plaquemines LNG export facility in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, with the raising of the roof of the second LNG storage tank. Courtesy of Venture Global The project milestone was completed ahead of schedule and comes just seven weeks after the
Global towage operator Svitzer, a part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Houston-based Caterpillar Marine to adopt solutions that enable Svitzer to utilize methanol in their fleet. Image credit: Caterpillar Under the partnership, the duo plans to work on the installation of dual-fuel methanol engines on
LNG-ready luxury ro-ro passenger ship Moby Fantasy embarked on a maiden voyage following its delivery from China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Guangzhou Shipbuilding International. Image credit GSI The 2,500-passenger and 3,800-meter lane vessel was built for MOBY Line Shipping Company and departed from Nansha, Guangzhou on April 14. The ship will
E&S Tankers, a joint venture of Essberger Tankers and Stolt Tankers, has launched its first newbuild dual-fuel stainless steel parcel chemical tanker. Courtesy of E&S Tankers The vessel named Liselotte Essberger was launched on 6 April. It is the first out of four newbuildings ordered by John T. Essberger Group
Danish shipping company Norden has teamed up with carbon insetting platform 123Carbon and its partners AllChiefs and Verifavia to issue carbon inset tokens to support the decarbonisation of customer supply chains. Image credit: Norden The move will enable Norden to tokenise CO2-equivalent reductions made on biofuel voyages and allocate them to
Jumbo-SAL-Alliance, a joint venture between Jumbo Shipping and SAL Heavy Lift, has delivered a major project involving the transport of modules for the Golden Pass LNG project in Sabine Pass, Texas. Golden Pass terminal. Courtesy of Golden Pass LNG Jumbo-SAL-Alliance was awarded the project in 2021 by CCZ JV, a
The G7 Ministers on Climate, Energy, and Environment have called for the shipping industry to achieve GHG-zero emissions by 2050. Illustration; Image by Offshore Energy The goal is much more ambitious that the current one set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) under which the shipping industry aims to reduce