BAE Systems is stepping up efforts to help marine operators get to a zero-emission future with electric power and propulsion technology. Image Courtesy: BAE Systems As explained, the technology isn’t new as it has been powering cars and buses for years. However, with the rise in planet-warming greenhouse gases, it’s
Greece-based shipping company TMS Cardiff Gas has taken delivery of another LNG tanker built by South Korea’s shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries. Bonito LNG (Image courtesy of TMS Cardiff Gas) The newest addition to the shipping company’s fleet is the third in the same series and a sister vessel to recently
State-owned China Oil and Gas Pipeline Network (PipeChina) has started building a liquefied natural gas import terminal in China’s Shandong province. The LNG facility located in coastal city Longkou is the first infrastructure project of PipeChina since its establishment last year. CNOOC transferred the LNG project’s management rights to the
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada has issued a call for public comments on Gazoduq’s LNG feeder pipeline in Québec. Image courtesy of Gazoduq The Québec-based Gazpduq intends to build a 780 km long pipeline between northeastern Ontario and Saguenay. This proposed project would connect TC Energy’s existing main natural
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and its compatriot Vantaa Energy have signed an agreement on a joint concept feasibility study for a power-to-gas facility. Image courtesy of Wärtsilä The facility would be located at Vantaa Energy’s waste-to-energy -plant in the city of Vantaa, Wärtsilä said in its statement. The power-to-gas
French energy company and LNG player Total has agreed to buy some power and gas assets in Spain from Portugal’s EDP. The deal includes 2.5 million B2C customers and two gas-fired combined cycle power plants, which represent an electricity generation capacity of nearly 850 megawatts, Total said on Monday. EDP
Alberta’s energy regulator has blocked a deal between Canada’s Pieridae Energy, the developer of the Goldboro LNG export project, and Shell’s Canadian unit citing clean-up concerns. Pieridae closed a deal worth C$190 million ($134.9m) in October last year to buy Shell’s midstream and upstream gas assets in the southern Alberta
A brand new liquefied natural gas carrier owned by France LNG Shipping gas has started a long-term charter with a unit of state-controlled utility EDF. Image courtesy of NYK France LNG Shipping is a joint venture consisting of Japanese shipping giant NYK and Geogas LNG, a company controlled by LPG
The coronavirus pandemic is opening up many new opportunities for the shipping industry, Cristina Aleixendri, COO at bound4blue, said during a video conference hosted by SMM. “The coronavirus could be the driving force enabling us to achieve the decarbonisation goals even before 2050,” Aleixendri pointed out, explaining that one possible
The Export-Import Bank of the United States said Thursday it has amended its previously approved loan for the Total-led $20 billion Mozambique liquefied natural gas export project. The bank approved a loan for up to $5 billion in September last year to support the export of U.S. goods and services
MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply individual MAN B&W ME-LGIP liquid gas injection propane dual-fuel engines to three new 5,000 cbm LPG tankers being built for Hartmann Gas Carriers, part of Germany’s Hartmann Group. ME-LGIP engine. Photo: MAN Energy Solutions The ships are currently under construction at
