Global Energy, an LNG carrier owned by Qatari LNG shipping operator Nakilat, has wrapped up its first commercial ship-to-ship transfer of LNG. Global Energy; Archive. Courtesy of Nakilat In a brief social media update on 10 April, Nakilat said that Global Energy completed the operation with BW Helios, an LNG
Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has revealed that energy provider Onyx Power plans to build a low-carbon blue hydrogen production plant at its existing site in the port. Illustration / Courtesy of Port of Rotterdam With a capacity of 1,200 MW, the plant is expected to produce some 300 kilotonne
BW Batangas, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) owned by BW LNG, is getting ready to start its deployment with First Gen Corporation’s Batangas LNG import terminal in the Philippines. Archive. Courtesy of BW LNG According to a social media update from BW LNG, a unit of the Singapore-based
South Korean shipbuilding major Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has secured a construction order for an LNG carrier from an unidentified shipowner from Oceania. Illustration; Courtesy of DSME The order is worth KRW 339.6 billion ($ 257 million), according to DSME’s stock exchange filing. Under the contract, DSME is
Fairfield Chemical Carriers (FCC), a US operator specialising in chemical tankers, has launched the Fairchem Pioneer, its first LNG-powered stainless steel chemical tanker. Courtesy of Fairfield Chemical Carriers The LNG dual-fueled (DF) vessel, jointly developed by Fukuoka Shipbuilding and Fairfield Japan, a subsidiary of FCC, was launched on 7 April.
Japanese energy giant JERA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s state-owned natural gas importer and transporter Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) for cooperation in the LNG business. Illustration only; Archive. Courtesy of JERA Pursuant to the MoU which seeks to secure the stability of LNG supplies, JERA
In a significant development for China’s shipbuilding industry, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and French liner heavyweight CMA CGM have inked an agreement to construct 16 large container ships worth more than 21 billion Yuan ($3.06 billion).
In a pressing need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the shipping sector and offshore vessel services providers are certainly the protagonists in the whole decarbonization story. However, although we are seeing an increasing number of initiatives, we still have a long way to go.
French LNG containment specialist GTT and PipeChina Innovation, a subsidiary of the state-owned PipeChina Group, have signed a cooperation agreement on GTT’s membrane technology for PipeChina’s upcoming LNG projects. Courtesy of GTT The agreement was signed on the occasion of the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Beijing, China, in
ClassNK certification society has given an A rating to the LNG dual-fueled chemical tanker Fairchem Pioneer jointly developed by Fukuoka Shipbuilding and Fairfield Japan. ClassNK; Image by Offshore Energy The tanker is currently under construction at Fukuoka Shipbuilding, and is going to be chartered to FJL. The vessel was evaluated