Hungary’s domestic automotive market and road haulage industry have stepped onto new ground with the introduction of Liquefied Natural Gas semi-trailers. DanubeTruck Hungary Kft, the national IVECO supplier, has delivered four LNG-powered units to Duvenbeck Logistics Ltd. Read more »
Megastar Ferry Ticks Off 1500th LNG Bunker
Over the last two years, Eesti Gaas (Estonia Gas) has completed 1,500 LNG bunkers for M.V. Megastar, a fast ro-ro/passenger ferry built by Meyer Turku in Finland for the Estonian shipping company Tallink. The ferry sails the two-hour route between Helsinki and Tallinn. Read more »
First Containership Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering in Europe
Containerships, a full-service logistics company, has reported its first LNG-fuelled container vessel, M/S Containerships Nord, successfully underwent her first Marine LNG bunkering at the Port of Rotterdam on 24th of January. Containerships was the first container shipping line in Europe to perform ship-to-ship bunkering with LNG. Read more »
MOL’s Tugboat Ishin Bunkers LNG Fuel – First in Kansai Region
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL)’s LNG-fueled tugboat Ishin bunkered LNG fuel in Sakai Senboku Port for the first time on January 31, in preparation for test operation. MOL ordered the vessel from Kanagawa Dockyard Co., Ltd. This is the first bunkering of LNG as a vessel fuel at any port in the Kansai region. Read more »
RTFO-certified Liquified Biomethane Now Available from UK’s Gasrec
Volvo FM LNG now available in the UK
Gasrec Ltd, a pioneer of Bio-LNG (liquefied landfill biomethane) for transport fuel, is now offering commercial vehicle fleets operating in the UK the ultimate fuel choice for long distance trucking: Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO)-certificated biomethane. This offer of certified renewable gas fuel is a first for the UK. Read more »
Kawasaki Designs LNG-fuelled Bulk Carrier Without Cargo Intrusion
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd says development of a design for a 200,000 DWT bulk carrier powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) had been completed. The design had received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) based on the classification society’s Rule Part GF, which adopts the IGF Code*. Read more »
Lid Lifted off CNG and LNG Vehicle Imports for Argentina
LNG-fuelled Scania trucks in Mendoza
The Government of Argentina has published ENARGAS (National Gas Regulatory Entity) Resolution 42 to enable the importation of vehicles powered by natural gas. According to the official bulletin of the Republic of Argentina, the efficient use of natural gas represents a transition from the secondary energy matrix to cleaner and more efficient fuel use patterns. Read more »
Scania G 410 elected Spain’s Ecological Industrial Vehicle of 2019
The Scania truck, propelled by the new 410 hp natural gas engine, has been chosen as the 2019 Ecological Industrial Vehicle in Spain by a jury of almost fifty businessmen and alternative energy specialists. The 410 hp engine, launched just over a year ago, is Scania’s most powerful natural gas engine. Read more »
Fourteen Volvo LNG Trucks for Netherlands Logistics Provider
Harbers Trucks, a full service Volvo Truck Commercial Vehicle dealer in the Netherlands, has supplied St van den Brink with fourteen Volvo LNG trucks for its logistics fleet. With this, the transport company from Ermelo underlines its focus on sustainability and innovation. Read more »
Economics of LNG Bunkers Stack Up says SEA\LNG
SEA\LNG has released an independent study revealing a strong investment case for LNG as a marine fuel in the container shipping market. The results challenge commonly held assumptions in relation to the economic performance of LNG bunkers. Read more »
