Qatar Petroleum has signed a multi-party deal with a number of LNG players to develop new medium and large liquefied natural gas carrier designs. Illustration only. Courtesy of Saga LNG Shipping The company said on Wednesday it has formed ties with LNT Marine, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), and
Italy’s energy infrastructure operator Snam has signed an agreement with SIAD to cooperate in the small- and mid-scale LNG sector. Courtesy of Snam The two companies aim to boost the use of LNG and Bio-LNG as alternative fuels. Under the agreement, the pair have agreed to build small- and medium-sized
SAAM Towage is expanding its fleet in Central America with two additional tugboats set to serve the Energía del Pacífico (EDP) LNG terminal in El Salvador. Courtesy of SAAM SAAM Towage, a towage unit of Chilean company Sociedad Matriz SAAM, will soon take delivery of SAAM Acaxual and SAAM Centzunat.
The two first electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) ever manufactured will be soon installed in a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) being built by Gondan Shipbuilders for Østensjø Rederi. According to the shipyard, the eVSPs arrived last week at its main facilities in Castropol, Asturias, in Spain, and are
Danish bunker services provider Monjasa has moved one of its bunker tankers from Dubai to Panama in order to enable outer anchorage bunker supplies off Christobal. As explained, this will result in significantly less idle time for larger ships taking bunkers in the Panama Canal. The 8,839 dwt Monjasa Supplier
MAN Energy Solutions has been contracted to engineer and provide supply services to an LNG truck loading infrastructure project for GEK TERNA Group’s construction company TERNA. Courtesy of DESFA The pilot station is part of the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA) development program for the Revithoussa LNG terminal at
An Israeli newcomer to the hydrogen industry, H2Pro has set sights on cutting the costs of green hydrogen production. Courtesy of H2Pro The company, founded in 2019 by hydrogen experts from Technion, (Israel Institute of Technology), said it has secured $22 million through series A2 financing. The round was led
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded an Approval in Principle to Exmar’s ammonia fuelled 40,000 m3 midsize gas carrier (MGC). The vessel was designed by China-based Jiangnan Shipyard while Wärtsilä Gas Solutions provided all input for the ammonia fuel gas supply system. The evaluation included an overall examination of fundamental aspects of
Avenir LNG, a joint venture consisting of Stolt-Nielsen, Hoegh LNG and Golar LNG, has taken delivery of its second 7,500-cbm LNG bunkering vessel Avenir Accolade. Courtesy of Avenir LNG Following delivery from Keppel Offshore and Marine, Nantong, the Avenir Accolade will enter a 3-year bareboat charter to LNG PowerLimited, a
U.S. LNG infrastructure company Sempra LNG joins the Collaboratory for Advancing Methane Science (CAMS), a research consortium created to better understand methane emissions. Courtesy of Sempra LNG Created in 2018, CAMS goes after scientific studies that address methane emissions along the natural gas value chain, from production to end use.