Image courtesy of DNV GL Classification society DNV GL has awarded Korean shipbuilder Daehan Shipbuilding an approval in principle for the design of an LNG-fuelled 115,000 dwt Aframax tanker. As the maritime industry continues to build on its efforts to reduce emissions, LNG as a ship fuel is attracting a great
zoomImage courtesy of Wärtsilä The Project Forward initiative led by Athens-based Arista Shipping, has been granted a patent from the South Korean Intellectual Property Office Examiner. The patent-pending machinery arrangement consists of two low-pressure, four-stroke Wärtsilä 31Dual Fuel main engines and two PTO/PTIs, coupled on one shaft that drives a
zoomImage courtesy of Gastrade Greece’s Gastrade said it has completed the first phase of the market test for the reservation of regasification capacity at the proposed floating LNG import terminal in Alexandroupolis. Twenty companies submitted expressions of interest for a total of up to 12.2 billion cubic meters/year of regasification capacity reservation at the
Pagbilao LNG facility (Image courtesy of EWC) Energy World Corporation, the company developing LNG projects in Indonesia and the Philippines, has been granted a permit by the Department of Energy to build the LNG import facility at Pagbilao Grande Island. The permit was issued by the Philippine secretary of energy,
zoomImage courtesy of Sempra Energy U.S. energy company and LNG operator Sempra Energy said it has agreed to sell its non-utility U.S. natural gas storage facilities to an ArcLight Capital Partners company for $332 million. The facilities will become part of the Enstor natural gas storage platform, which ArcLight acquired in 2018, Sempra said
For illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Sovcomflot) Russian shipping company Sovcomflot said it placed an order on December 28 at compatriot Zvezda shipbuilding complex for construction of three new generation product carriers that use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as their primary fuel. Three MR-class vessels will have a deadweight
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi (Image courtesy of pib.nic.in) India’s state-run power utility NTPC has kicked off construction of the LNG-fueled power plant in Hope Town, South Andaman. The company said in its statement that the country’s prime minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stoke for the 50-MW facility. The
Ice-class tanker Boris Vilkitsky at the Dunkirk LNG jetty (Image courtesy of Dunkerque LNG) Interview: Dunkirk LNG arrivals expected to double in 2018 France’s Dunkirk LNG import terminal, the country’s fourth regasification facility, could double the number of ships calling at the facility this year, boosted by the volumes from
Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of WinGD) Turkish technical services consultancy Bulutlu Marine said it has been selected as the WinGD representative for the sale of LNG-fueled machinery in the country. According to the company’s statement, the contract was finalized with the Switzerland-based Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD), for its
Illustration purpose only (Image courtesy of Hoegh LNG) Video: road to delivery of LNG carrier Patris The 173,400-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Patris was recently delivered to its owners by shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea. Video: Teekay’s Arctic LNG tanker transiting the Northern Sea Route
LNG vessel Pacific Breeze loading first Ichthys LNG cargo (Image courtesy of Inpex) Shell approves LNG Canada investment The Hague-based LNG giant Shell has taken a final investment decision on LNG Canada, a major liquefied natural gas export project in Kitimat, British Columbia. Inpex ships first Ichthys LNG cargo to
Image courtesy of Cheniere Cheniere ships first Corpus Christi LNG commissioning cargo Houston-based LNG exporter Cheniere Energy said the first commissioning cargo of liquefied natural gas has loaded and departed from its Corpus Christi liquefaction facility in Texas. Nauticor: LNG bunkering vessel Kairos springs into action Hamburg-based Nauticor, a unit of Linde,