SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 — Converting an existing containership to LNG fueling need not involve installing a whole new engine. Proving this point: the successful conversion of the 2011-built 1,036 TEU Wessels Reederei
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 — The first European-built LNG bunker and distribution vessel, the 5,800 cu.m Coralius, today performed its first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation for Skangas. The operation took place in international
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 — Classification society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Newbuilding Conversion FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) hull design. “The Newbuilding Conversion
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), yesterday marked the official beginning of construction for the first of seven LNG-fueled cruise ships with a ceremony at Seatrade
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 — Wärtsilä will supply the cargo handling system and cargo tanks for a new 3,000 cu.m capacity LNG bunker barge. To be owned by LNG Shipping, a joint venture
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 — MAN Cryo, MAN Diesel & Turbo’s marine LNG fuel gas system manufacturing company, is to deliver an LNG bunkering facility for the Port of Gothenburg, under a contract
AUGUST 31, 2017 — Three LNG carriers under construction in South Korean shipbuilders are to have Wärtsilä reliquefaction plants. One of the three ships is being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries
AUGUST 30, 2017 — Germany’s Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) has announced a stimulus program to encourage both the construction of new LNG-fueled seagoing ships and the conversion of
AUGUST 29, 2017 — LNG fueling is not the only innovation in the series of three dual-fuel escort tugs being delivered to Norway’s Østensjø Rederi A/S by Spanish shipbuilder Gondan. The first
AUGUST 28, 2017 — A working group that will include Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is to conduct a feasibility study on
