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The name AIDAnova has been ceremonially bestowed on AIDA Cruises latest vessel at shipbuilder Meyer Werft’s facilities in Papenburg, Germany. The spectacular naming ceremony took place at a completely sold-out AIDA Open Air event attended by 25,000 spectators. Read more »
Artist’s rendering of Port Canaveral’s new Cruise Terminal 3
Carnival’s new 180,000-ton ship, the first North American-based LNG powered vessel, will homeport at Port Canaveral’s new Cruise Terminal 3 following unanimous approval from the Canaveral Port Authority (CPA) Board of Commissioners. Terminal 3 is planned for completion by June 2020. Read more »
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has succeeded in recovering 100% of the evaporated gas from the Liquefied Gas Liquefaction Test conducted at Ulsan Head Office’s LNG mixed refrigerant single-mixed refrigerant (SMR) system demonstration facility. This demonstration confirms it now has the technology to fully re-liquefy the evaporative gas generated from LNG carriers – a major development for the LNG carrier market. Read more »
New Orleans-based Q-LNG Transport, formed to own and operate assets providing marine transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has contracted with VT Halter Marine, Inc. of Mississippi for the construction of America’s first offshore LNG Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB). The ATB project will rely heavily on the collaboration between VT Halter and Wärtsilä, who will be delivering a large scope of equipment to the project. Read more »
Spanish ferry operator Baleària Eurolineas Maritimas, S.A. has contracted MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales division of MAN Energy Solutions, to convert two RoPax ferries to liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel operation. Sister ships, the Nápoles and Sicilia, are currently each powered by 2 × MAN 9L48/60A main engines, which will all be converted to 9L51/60DF units. Read more »
Nordlaks in Stokmarknes, Norway, is currently building a 385m long and 60m wide offshore salmon farm. To service this new development, the company has ordered a new hybrid/Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) propelled live fish carrier (wellboat) to be built at the Tersan shipyard in Turkey. Rolls-Royce has been commissioned to provide equipment for both newbuilds, which have been designed by NSK Ship Design. Read more »
AIDAnova is the first ship of new Helios-Class
The first ship of Carnival Maritime’s new Helios-Class vessels, the AIDAnova, is due to usher in a new era at the end of the year when it becomes the first cruise ship that can run on environmentally-friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG). Training for sailing the LNG-powered vessels has commenced under a cooperative agreement between Carnival Maritime and German coastal shipping company Wessels Reederei. Read more »
ESL Shipping, the leading carrier of dry bulk cargoes in the Baltic region, has taken delivery of its next-generation bulk carrier Haaga from Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing, China. The 160-meter, 25,600 dwt, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) -fueled vessel generates less than 50% of the carbon dioxide emissions of the previous generation of vessels. Read more »
LNG-fuelled STQ MV Armand Imbeau II (Image: Davie Shipyards)
A new 92 metre long ferry built for the Canadian operator Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ), fitted with a broad scope of Wärtsilä solutions, has been delivered. The final commissioning of the vessel took place at the Chantier Davie Canada shipyard in June 2018. Read more »
ÉNESTAS, the largest private LNG company in Mexico and with the largest LNG distribution network, will leverage its wealth and breadth of expertise in relation to LNG – garnered from both road and ship transportation – to support SEA|LNG’s vision of a competitive global LNG value chain for cleaner maritime shipping by 2020. The company joined Sea|LNG last week. Read more »
