OCTOBER 16, 2016 — Dutch shipbuilder Scheepswerf Ferus Smit B.V. reports that it is to build four LNG-fueled coastal oil/chemical tankers for Sweden’s Erik Thun A.B.’s Thun Tankers. The shipyard has built
OCTOBER 11, 2016 — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku for two next-generation cruise ships, of around 200,000 gt. To be called “Icon
OCTOBER 11, 2016 — Hamburg, Germany, based Linde Group member Bomin Linde LNG has signed a time charter for a 7,500 cu.m LNG bunker supply vessel with shipowner Bernhard Schulte. The vessel
OCTOBER 6, 2016 — Skangas, a subsidiary of Finnish energy company Gasum, has carried out its first direct bunkering of a ship from the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pori, Finland.
OCTOBER 6, 2016 — The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), took yesterday’s opening of the Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition (SIBCON) as the opportunity to unveil several new initiatives
OCTOBER 5, 2016 — Royal Boskalis Westminster joint ventures Keppel Smit Towage and Maju Maritime have ordered two LNG dual-fuel harbor tugs at Keppel Singmarine shipyard. The tugs, which are expected to
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 — The two LNG-fueled handy sized bulkers ordered by Finland’s ESL Shipping last November (see earlier story) will now be built at Sinotrans & CSC main yard, Jinling Shipyard,
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 — Bureau Veritas classed both vessels involved in the world’s first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation between two independent ocean-going vessels. It took place September 3, 2016, when M/T Ternsund,
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — Classification society Bureau Veritas is to class the first-of-its kind conversion of Haren/Ems, Germany, based Wessels Reederei’s 1,036 TEU containership Wes Amelie to LNG as fuel (see earlier
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — Carnival Corporation & plc has signed a memorandum of agreement with shipbuilders Meyer Werft and Meyer Turku covering delivery of three additional next-generation cruise ships that will be