Datrans Netherlands from Wanssum, a village in the Dutch province of Limburg, has added two Volvo FH 420 LNG 4×2 tractors to its fleet. The transport company wants to make a contribution to cleaner transport. The decisive factor in choosing to invest in Volvo LNG trucks now is the fact that no Maut (truck toll) has to be paid in Germany. Read more »
Brittany Ferries Defines CO2 Savings from LNG Fleet
Brittany Ferries says the name Santoña (pronounced Santonia in English) has been chosen for the company’s third E-Flexer class ship. To be chartered from Stena, Santoña is part of the company’s €550 million fleet renewal programme, with a clear focus on sustainable development. Santoña will arrive in 2023 and like sister ship Salamanca, she will be powered by environmentally-friendly Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Read more »
Argentina Approves Major Import Tariff Reduction for Natural Gas Powered Trucks
The Government of Argentina has reduced to between 2% and 5% the importation tariffs for trucks powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and biogas/biomethane, and associated components, through Decree 440/2019 as published in the Official Gazette. The Decree brings into effect the ‘Thirty-eighth Additional Protocol’ pertaining to Argentine Standard Agreement No. 00014/2008, which set the previous tariff at 35%. Read more »
HAM Pioneers LNG Refuelling in Switzerland for Lidl
A Krummen Kerzers Volvo tractor refuels with LNG.
HAM Group, through its subsidiaries HAM Criogénica and Vakuum, has been responsible for designing, building and start-up of two mobile Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) units in Switzerland. The company is the first to provide such a solutions in this country, where until now there has been no LNG service station infrastructure despite the maturity of the market and its use in neighbouring European countries. Read more »
Gasum Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering Now in Rotterdam
Gasum’s Coralius bunkering Bit Viking in Rotterdam
Finnish gas retailer Gasum Ltd’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunker vessel Coralius has added to it’s evolving story by completing its first ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering in the port and refining area of Rotterdam, one of the most important logistics hub in Europe. By doing so, the vessel confirms the availability of marine LNG supply in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA). Liquefied natural gas (LNG) was supplied to the vessel Bit Viking. Read more »
Titan Christens FlexFueler001 LNG Bunker Pontoon
Northwest European LNG supplier Titan LNG has this week conducted a christening event for the FlexFueler001, a liquefied natural gas bunkering pontoon in collaboration with the Port of Amsterdam. This event marks the official commencement of safe, efficient and cost-effective inland waterway LNG bunkering in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region. Read more »
HAM Group Opens LNG Refuelling Station in Castellón
Spain’s HAM Group has opened a new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) service station in the Valencian Community, taking the overall number of HAM natural gas stations in Europe to 37. It is located on the Villarreal-Onda highway, km3, Castellón (39.949265, -0.166319), next to the CV-20, an important road axis formed by Villarreal, Onda and Alcora. Read more »
Matson Christens First Kanaloa Class Vessel – the Dual-fuel ‘Lurline’
Lurline launched into San Diego Bay, Jun 15 2019.
Matson, Inc., a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, and General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard, christened the largest combination container / roll-on, roll-off (Con-Ro) ship ever built in the United States in a ceremony at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, CA on Saturday, June 15. It features the first Tier 3 dual-fuel engine to be deployed in containerships serving West Coast ports. Read more »
Redexis and Cepsa Plan Major Expansion of Natural Gas Refuelling Network in Spain
Global energy company Cepsa and Spanish gas distributor Redexis have signed a framework agreement to expand the reach of natural gas fuel, both in urban areas and across the country’s main transport corridors for light and heavy vehicles. Together they will create the largest gas refuelling network in Spain in a bid to expand the supply of energy solutions and foster sustainable mobility. Read more »
G-volution to Demo Dual-Fuel Multiple Unit (DFMU) Train in UK
G-volution Ltd have been involved in dual-fuel technology for the truck sector in the UK for the past 8 years. Now it is applying that expertise to the rail sector. Together with open-access passenger operator Grand Central, G-volution will showcase a Dual Fuel Multiple Unit (DFMU) for the first time on the GB rail network towards the end of 2019. Read more »
