CSSC Huangpu Wenchong, a subsidiary of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has launched the second multi-purpose gas carrier being built for compatriot LPG carrier owner Tianjin Southwest Maritime (TSM). The 9,500 cbm vessel (hull number H5509) is the second ship from the series currently under construction at the yard. The sister
Japanese shipping heavyweight NYK has held a naming ceremony for the second dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC) for charter with LPG trader and importer Astomos Energy Corporation. As informed, the naming ceremony took place at Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ (KHI) shipyard Sakaide Works. Credit: NYK At the ceremony, the ship was
Greek energy utility company Mediterranean Gas has completed the first phase of the market test for the expression of interest and capacity allocation for the ARGO FSRU terminal in Volos. Courtesy of Mediterranean Gas According to Mediterranean Gas, an expression of interest was submitted by Greek and international companies, which
Chinese shipbuilding conglomerate China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is rounding off 2022 with the delivery of 209 ships, the equivalent of 14 million dwt. CSSC said that this year it secured the largest portion of new shipbuilding orders in the world, despite the challenges caused by the pandemic and extreme
An upgrade of the world’s largest floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) MOL FSRU Challenger has been completed, increasing its regasification capacity before deployment to Hong Kong. Following the upgrade at Keppel Shipyard in Singapore, the FSRU with a storage capacity of 263,000 cubic metres now has a nominal regasification
Papua New Guinea’s Kumul Petroleum Holdings has extended the exclusivity period for the binding conditional offer made to Australian energy company Santos to acquire a 5% interest in PNG LNG for an asset value of $1.4 billion. The offer, which will now remain open until 30 April 2023, is conditional
Image courtesy Samsung Heavy Industries South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced that it has successfully demonstrated its own Boil-off gas Recovery System (BReS), and received a Statement of Fact from the ABS classification society. BReS is a system that recovers boil-off gas that is naturally evaporated in the fuel tank of LNG carriers,
An Italian company specialising in producing green hydrogen using renewable energy sources has applied for a maritime concession to build a 675 MW floating offshore wind farm in the Strait of Sicily. Premium content Checking for account. You need javascript to validate your login status. Premium Premium content Subscribe to
Japan and Saudi Arabia have signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in the areas of circular carbon economy (CCE) and carbon recycling as well as clean hydrogen, ammonia and derivatives. Courtesy of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy The MoUs were signed during the first ministerial meeting of the Saudi-Japanese
Trade and investment agency AICEP, an independent public entity of the government of Portugal, has awarded a Potential National Interest (PIN) status to the GreenH2Atlantic project, which is developing a 100 MW green hydrogen production unit in Sines, Portugal. Martifier Group, one of the developers of the project, said that