Clean Energy Fuels Corp. , major provider of natural gas fuel for transportation across North America, has signed a strategic joint marketing and fueling agreement with truck and engine manufacturer Navistar International Corp. Clean Energy will provide a comprehensive CNG/LNG fueling solution designed to meet Navistar customer demands and bring new customers into the natural [...]
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Clean Energy and Navistar Jointly Facilitate Natural Gas Fueling Solution
Kawasaki Designed LNG Fuelled Containership Obtains DNV Approval in Principle
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has completed the development of a large, 9 000 TEU container ship fuelled by LNG and obtained Approval in Principle from DNV. The ship is designed with a new type of LNG tank that provides more space for container cargo. KHI obtained DNV Approval in Principle for both the gas supply system [...]
Design of LNG-Powered Containership Approved by Bureau Veritas
Fuel economies and lower emissions are the outcome of a new 14,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered container ship design approved in-principle by international vessel classification society Bureau Veritas. IFW reports the design was developed in a joint industry project between Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and French shipping line CMA CGN. Jean-Francois Segretain, [...]
DNV to Undertake Flemish LNG Bunkering Feasibility Study
Det Norske Veritas AS (DNV) has won a contract with the Flemish government to undertake a feasibility study for the provision of liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering facilities at the ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge and Ghent in Belgium. The work will consist of a market survey, a risk and safety analysis, and modeling of the logistics, [...]
Grants Available to Develop Natural Gas Fueling Network in Texas
Grant applications accepted until April 16, 2012, 5:00 p.m. CST The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has made up to $4.5 million in grants available to eligible individuals, businesses, and governmental entities to support the development of a network of natural gas vehicle fueling stations to serve as a foundation for a self-sustaining market [...]
Powerful Tugboats Adopt LNG
Global power systems company Rolls-Royce, has signed a contract to deliver engines and propulsion systems for what is claimed to be the world’s first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered tugs. The two vessels have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS and will enter service in late 2013 for Statoil, the international energy [...]
Clean Energy Unveils Backbone Network for America’s Natural Gas Highway
150 LNG Truck Fueling Stations Enabling Goods Movement Coast-to-Coast and Border-to-Border Anticipated by End of 2013 The route plan for the first phase of 150 new LNG fueling stations for America’s Natural Gas Highway (ANGH) was unveiled on January 12, by Clean Energy Fuels Corp., provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America. [...]
RFP Aims for Expanded Use of LNG as Transportation Fuel in California
Growth of the LNG vehicle market would be accelerated if certain technical and economic barriers (…) to expanding LNG fueling infrastructure were removed or reduced. (RFP) Request For Proposals 500-11-503: Liquefied Natural Gas Vehicle Infrastructure Improvement Research and Development – deadline 17 February 2012 A Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the California Energy Commission [...]
Ryder Flex-to-Green Lease Opens Way for Fleet Transition
Ryder System, Inc., a commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions provider based in Miami, Florida has signed its first Flex-to-Green lease agreement with Source Interlink Companies, Inc., an integrated media, publishing, merchandising and logistics company. With a Flex-to-Green lease for seven diesel-powered vehicles, Source Interlink will have the flexible option to exchange these vehicles [...]
ABS Selected to Classify First Dual-Fuelled LNG Vessels in USA
Two new dual-fueled liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered offshore supply vessels (OSVs) being constructed at Trinity Offshore LLC, for New orleans based Harvey Gulf International Marine, are to be classified by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), reports Marine Log. These vessels will be among the first to be classed under the ABS Guide for Propulsion [...]
LNG-Fuelled Chemical Tanker a First for Europe’s Inland Waterways
“Inland waterways, like ferries in emission-control areas, are very suitable for LNG” – Bas Joormann, Lloyd’s Register The MT Argonon, said to be the world’s first new LNG-fuelled tanker, has been delivered in Rotterdam to Lloyd’s Register class, heralding the start of a new era of cleaner shipping for Europe’s local waterways. The 6,100-dwt dual-fuelled [...]
Clean Energy Completes 68 Fuelling Station Projects in 2011
Accelerating its development program to support growing natural gas vehicle fueling demand, Clean Energy Fuels Corp., North American provider of natural gas fuel for transportation, significantly increased its fueling station project completions during 2011. Clean Energy completed 68 fueling station projects in 16 states, including five LNG truck fueling stations on America’s Natural Gas Highway. [...]
Masters Thesis in US Highlights Viability of Natural Gas as a Marine Fuel
Conclusion: Natural gas is … the natural choice as a fuel of the future for the marine industry in general and the U.S. in particular. A Masters of Science in Marine Engineering student at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Edward J. Eastlack, has written what the The Maritime Executive describes as a “powerful [...]
Virtual Pipeline Will Supply NGVs in Southern Peru
The Peruvian government, under the leadership of President Ollanta Humala Tasso, is moving toward closing a deal with global energy company Repsol, that will see southern regions of Peru supplied with natural gas via a virtual pipeline, reports Andina. The deal is expected to lower the cost of compressed natural gas (CNG) for drivers of natural [...]
New Investment Supports Clean Energy’s Expanding Natural Gas Fueling Infrastructure
Focused on supporting natural gas fueling in North America, investors, including Boone Pickens, have invested a total of $150 million in Clean Energy Fuels Corp., provider of natural gas fuel for transportation. “These investments bring the total invested or committed to Clean Energy to $450 million during 2011,” said Andrew J. Littlefair, President and CEO [...]









