News for the natural gas vehicle industry worldwide
A currently operating STQ ferry on the Tadoussec – Baie-Sainte-Catherine crossing.
The Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) — the Society of Quebec Ferries — had concluded an agreement to build two dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships with shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie). The Ro-Pax ferries, built at a total cost of approx $125 million, will operate on the St. Lawrence River on the Tadoussac-Baie-Sainte-Catherine route and shall enter service in 2015. Read more »
The European Commission has this week adopted a “Maritime Strategy” Action Plan to revitalise the marine and maritime economy in the Atlantic Ocean Area, intended to create sustainable growth in coastal regions for the EU’s Atlantic Member States while preserving environmental and ecological stability. Amongst the ideas to be considered for EU financing in the new programming period 2014-2020 is facilitating the upgrade of infrastructure, such as equipping ports with liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling capacity. Read more »
The Port of Rotterdam has reiterated its belief in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a transport fuel at a briefing in Brussels. Ankie Janssen, LNG Business Development, Port of Rotterdam, spoke at the Technology for a Smart Future: Innovation and R&D to Make a Clean Future Real at Gas Week 2013, reports Natural Gas Europe, arguing significant emissions reductions and reduced operating fuel costs were compelling reasons for adoption of LNG. Read more »
Buquebus LNG-powered multihull ferry – the López Mena (Image: Incat)
Seven Cryobox® LNG nano stations, designed and manufactured by Galileo and commissioned by Uruguayan transport company Buquebus (“boat bus”) will fuel the tanks of the ‘López Mena’, the world’s first high speed passenger RO-RO ship powered by gas turbines fed on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). The ferry will make daily crossings of the River Plate between Argentina and Uruguay. Read more »
The Interlake Steamship Company, a leader in the Great Lakes shipping industry delivering raw materials to ports throughout the region, has reached an agreement in principle with Shell to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to support Interlake’s conversion of its vessels to LNG as the main propulsion fuel. When converted, these ships are expected to be the first LNG-powered ships on the Great Lakes and among the first in the U.S. With a goal of converting the first vessel by the spring of 2015, Interlake is already working through engineering and design, seeking regulatory approval and securing financing. Shell would be Interlake’s exclusive supplier of LNG for each converted vessel. Read more »
Ningbo Xinle Shipbuilding Group held a steel cutting ceremony on April 18, 2013 to commission the construction of China’s first dual-fuel 30,000 cubic meters Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier. Costing approx. USD 1.053 million, the dual-fuel vessel is planned for launch in March 2015. The vessel will be contracted by Petrochina to deliver LNG along China’s coast. Read more »
Dual-fueled Vard PSV 06 LNG
Vard Holdings Limited (VARD), a global designer and shipbuilder of offshore and specialized vessels, has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Simon Møkster Shipping for the design and construction of one dual-fuel Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The vessel will be a Clean Design environmentally friendly LNG / diesel-electric ship with focus on low fuel consumption and low emissions of greenhouse gases. Read more »
Viking Grace – the world’s largest gas fuelled ferry – now in operation
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has released a Gas Technology Report about Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as fuel for ships. The report features LNG carrier design, LNG-as-fuel, LNG bunkering, offshore LNG, also LPG shipping. It recognises the gathering pace of fuel uptake and addresses the challenges which lie as much in safe bunkering and port operations as in ship design: LNG bunkering guidance is one of the key subjects addressed. Read more »
The consortium LNG for Short Sea Shipping, which focuses on the introduction of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as bunker fuel in the Short Sea Shipping sector, has selected eight ships for the application of LNG as a transport fuel. The selection took place in close co-operation between the consortium partners. New designs, new buildings as well as existing ships of Wagenborg Shipping, Damen Shipyards Bergum, Meyer Werft and Conoship International were selected for scenario development. Read more »
Wartsilä 34DF engine
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has obtained certification of emission standard compliance from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines. It will enable Wärtsilä to enter the American market with marine engine technology that offers operators and owners the option of using either diesel or natural gas as fuel. The certification was obtained on 17 January 2013. Read more »
Kleenheat Gas’ EVOL LNG and the government of the State of Victoria, Australia opened the first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) refuelling station in Wodonga, 300 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, as part of a joint commitment to increasing LNG availability in regional Victoria. The refuelling station at Caltex Wodonga is the first of five new stations planned for regional Victoria. Read more »
(Image: Drydocks World)
Rolls-Royce plc has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Drydocks World Dubai to provide systems for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) powered tugs for the Middle East market. The tugs, to be designed by the Drydocks World in-house design team, will incorporate a range of power and propulsion equipment from Rolls-Royce, including Bergen medium speed gas engines. Read more »
Yangtze cargo vessels will soon operate on cleaner LNG
In August 2013, Chongqing Fujiang Energy Technology Company (Fujiang Energy), a subsidiary of infrastructure company Fortune Oil, will commence operation of what is claimed to be the first LNG filling station on the Yangtze River, reports SinoShip. The company plans to expand its business of LNG vessel conversion and LNG filling. Read more »
MV Seagas refuels Viking Grace with LNG
The world’s first fuelling vessel for LNG (liquefied natural gas) has undergone a traditional christening ceremony in Stockholm, carried out by Helena Bonnier, the chairman of Ports of Stockholm (Stockholms Hamnar), in the presence of the Minister of Infrastructure, Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, among others.The Minister spoke to the support of the government and TEN-T funding that made the project possible, and described the vessel as “an additional component in a competitive maritime shipping with quality, safety and a strong environmental profile”. Read more »
Shell has launched an LNG powered tank barge, described as a first for Shell and for the inland marine industry, at a Christening ceremony attended by Shell CEO Peter Voser at Peters Shipyards in The Netherlands. The LNG powered Greenstream has been built and designed at the shipyard and will be managed by the Dutch based Interstream Barging (ISB). Read more »
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