MISC Berhad’s Future Horizon and Eaglestar Shipmanagement made their maiden foray respectively as the commercial operator and ship manager of Avenir Advantage LNG bunkering vessel. Image courtesy of Avenir LNG The vessel, with a 7,500-cbm LNG capacity, is chartered by Petronas LNG for a period of three years. Future Horizon
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company granted approval for KOGAS’ design of a fully protected onshore membrane for LNG storage tanks. Courtesy of ExxonMobil Building on R&D efforts following the completion of KOGAS’s original offshore membrane storage tank in 2007, KOGAS applied the technology to its Jeju LNG terminal, installing two storage
Greek shipping company Capital Gas, a unit of Capital Maritime Group took delivery of its newbuild LNG carrier Aristos I. Courtesy of Capital Gas The vessel, capable of transporting 174,000 cubic meters of the chilled fuel, was built by the South Korean yard Hyundai Heavy Industries. The vessel features X-DF
LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island off Gladstone edged up when compared to the corresponding month in 2019. Courtesy of APLNG Gladstone Ports Corporation’s shipping data shows that the three liquefaction plants exported a total of 31 cargoes during the month. The cargoes had a
AidaNova; Image courtesy: Carnival Corporation The methanol-operated fuel cell system set to be installed on a cruise ship operated by AIDA Cruises, a Carnival Corporation brand, has reached a new milestone having secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV GL. As a result, AIDA Cruises will be the world’s
Trillions of dollars could be misallocated if member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) fail to back an industry proposal for a global $5 billion research and development fund in order to de-risk the massive investment needed to decarbonize shipping. The call was made by the International Chamber of
Höegh LNG’s floating storage and regasification unit Höegh Esperanza has started another season of operations at the Tianjin LNG terminal in China. Courtesy of Höegh LNG The unit switched to FSRU mode last week and started its third regasification season at the Chinese facility. To remind, FSRU Höegh Esperanza is
Klaipedos Nafta, Lithuanian oil and LNG terminal operator, has selected service providers for its long-term FSRU import solution. Courtesy of KN The company said it has named Holman Fenwick Willian as legal experts, Quality Energy Developments Consulting (QED) as commercial experts and DNV GL as technical experts. KN has previously
South Korean fuel cell developer Doosan Fuel Cell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Singaporean shipper Navig8 to develop fuel cells for ships. The move comes as the shipping sector embarks on a path to decarbonize in line with the ever more stringent regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. Under
Port of Rotterdam noted that the liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel is gaining in popularity in the shipping sector. Courtesy of Port of Rotterdam On Thursday, the port hosted a bunkering operation with Total’s Gas Agility delivering chilled fuel to the world’s largest LNG-powered containership CMA CGM
French oil major Total has signed a strategic framework agreement with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to explore joint research, development, and deployment partnership opportunities in the areas of CO2 emission reductions and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). Total CEO and ADNOC CEO; Source: ADNOC The agreement
