Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Singmarine, signed two additional contracts with Stolt-Nielsen Gas B.V. (Stolt-Nielsen Gas), a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen Limited, according to their October press release. The vessels will be LNG-powered and capable of LNG bunkering. Read more »
Eleven-Tanker LNG Bunker Delivered at Port of Cartagena
Repsol, the global energy company headquartered in Madrid, Spain has carried out the largest supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a ship for use as fuel. In an operation developed in the port of Cartagena, with the collaboration of the Port Authority and Enagás, eleven LNG tankers have been supplied to the Canadian ship Paul A. Desganés. Read more »
IAPH LNG Bunkering Audit Tool Showcased
Multiple truck-to-ship LNG bunkering at Waalhaven (Image: Port of Rotterdam)
At the LNG Ship/Shore Interface Conference in London late November, which brought together Europe’s LNG transportation supply chain to discuss ship and terminal operations at the jetty, offshore and bunker station, the IAPH Clean Marine Fuels Working Group’s LNG bunkering audit tool was showcased. Read more »
Elio Ro-Ro Pax Dual Fuel Ferry Ready for Mediterranean Operations
The Caronte & Tourist Group (C&T) has taken delivery of Elio, its double-ended dual-fuel Ro-Ro Pax ferry. Although touted as the first ferry to sail the Mediterranean using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), a marine fuel with a very low environmental impact, LNG bunker infrastructure is yet to become available. Read more »
LNG-ready Saturnus Delivered
On the 22nd of November, Swedish shipping company Sirius Shipping took delivery of the first of two vessels ordered in the Evolution concept from Avic Dingheng in China. The 7999 dwt LNG-ready oil/chemical tanker, rated ICE class 1A, carries the name Saturnus. Read more »
Swell in Small-scale LNG Demand to 2030
Demand for LNG for marine bunkering is expected to grow with the small-scale LNG (ssLNG) sector a key beneficiary, said Wood Mackenzie director of upstream supply chain Dr Wei Liu. Presenting an overview of where the market will be in 2025 and 2030 at the LNG Ship/Shore Interface Conference in London last week, Dr Liu outlined the main end-uses of small-scale LNG production as being fuelling LNG-powered trucks, bunkering and power generation. Read more »
Maritime Green Energy Wave Rises at Port of Gothenburg
Gothenburg-based shipping company Terntank has become the very first operator to take on liquefied gas at a new bunkering facility at the Port of Gothenburg. Not only liquefied natural gas, LNG, but also renewable liquefied biogas (LBG). Read more »
Baleària Progresses LNG Ferries for Mediterranean
Spanish shipping company Baleària, a world pioneer in the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel, has just floated the ferry Marie Curie in the Italian shipyards of Cantiere Navale Visentini. The vessel’s twin, the Hypatia de Alejandría, is about to complete its construction and perform the corresponding sea tests. Read more »
Korean Government Plans 140 Small and Medium LNG-fuelled ships by 2025
Image courtesy of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.
The Korean government has instigated a massive program of support for small and mid-sized shipbuilders to develop Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) propulsion ship designs and enhance construction capacity, to boost industry vitality. Read more »
Natural Gas and Low Emissions Future are Tied According to Zukunft ERDGAS
The natural gas industry will play a key role in shaping the future energy system as a provider of innovative solutions and new technologies. This was demonstrated by 16 future-oriented projects from the academic and business sectors that were presented in Berlin today, Thursday, 22nd November 2018, as part of the Zukunftswerkstatt ERDGAS event. Read more »
