Swedish operator orders LNG fueled ferry
NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — Sweden’s Rederi AB Gotland has signed a contract worth SEK 1 billion (about US $134.7 million) with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International for an LNG fueled passenger/cargo ferry. On
NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — Sweden’s Rederi AB Gotland has signed a contract worth SEK 1 billion (about US $134.7 million) with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International for an LNG fueled passenger/cargo ferry. On
OCTOBER 23, 2014 — VT Halter Marine, Inc. today officially began construction on the first of two LNG-fueled Commitment class ConRo ships Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group with the first steel
SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 — German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) said yesterday that it has a new owner: Norwegian controlled, Cayman Islands registered Siem Industries, Inc. The transaction is subject to certain conditions,
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 — Late last month, engineers at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard placed the world’s first dual-fuel slow speed engine into the world’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fueled containership. The
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 — The SAM Shipbuilding and Machinery shipyard in in Komárno, Slovakia has launched the LNG Hybrid Barge being built for Hybrid Port Energy GmbH, a subsidiary of Becker Marine
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — If anyone had any doubts about the ongoing availability of LNG as a marine fuel, Federal Maritime Commissioner William P. Doyle laid them to rest today, noting that
JULY 7, 2014 — L-3 Marine Systems International (L-3 MSI) is to provide advanced automation, navigation, communications and electrical propulsion facilities for Samsø Færgen, a new 100 m double-ended passenger/car ferry to
JULY 1, 2014 — An investigation into an LNG spill involving Fjord Lines LNG-fueled 1,500-passenger ferry Bergensfjord has concluded. The incident occurred May 9 during truck-to-ship bunkering of the vessel at Skangass’s
JUNE 25, 2014 — Crowley is looking for a Title XI ship financing guarantee for the two LNG fueled ConRo ships it has ordered from shipbuilder VT Halter Marine. The latest listing
MAY 22, 2014 — Houston based LNG America has selected ABS as the classification society for North America’s first LNG bunker barges, currently being designed by Jensen Maritime. ABS will assist LNG