Nakilat reports increased quarterly profits
FEBRUARY 25, 2018 — Doha, Qatar, headquartered Nakilat (Qatar Gas Transport Company) has announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2017, with a net profit of QR 847 million
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Baltic Exchange to develop LNG shipping index
JANUARY 12, 2018 — Following an approach by leading Baltic Exchange LNG shipbroking companies, the Baltic Exchange is looking to develop a new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Index comprising several routes for
Crowley reorganizes its solutions group
JANUARY 9, 2018 — Crowley Maritime Corp. is reorganizing its solutions group, the company’s dedicated, full service engineering, project management and government services team which reports to Todd Busch, senior vice president
Viking Line set new passenger, car carriage records in 2017
JANUARY 4, 2018 — Åland, Finland, headquartered Baltic ferry specialist Viking Line carried the highest number of passengers in its history last year: 6,881,149 or nearly 6 per cent more than the
TMS Cardiff Gas orders LNG carrier with X-DF propulsion
JANUARY 4, 2018 — Athens, Greece-headquartered TMS Cardiff Gas has signed a contract with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of one 174,000 m3 LNG carrier with an
Adoption of LNG as a marine fuel accelerates
JANUARY 3, 2018 — Amsterdam headquartered Titan LNG says that adoption of LNG as marine fuel significantly accelerated in 2017, setting the stage for a push beyond the tipping point. The order
VIDEO: Ponant orders cruise icebreaker with hybrid LNG dual fuel power
DECEMBER 18, 2017 —Starting in 2021, French luxury cruise line Ponant aims to take passengers where few have gone before—beyond the North Pole on Arctic Ocean crossings to Greenland’s northern coast and
Wison LNG Distributor awarded DNV GL AiP
DECEMBER 14, 2017 — Shanghai, China, headquartered Wison Offshore & Marine reports that its Wison LNG Distributor (LNGD) vessel design has received Approval in Principle from DNV GL. With scalable capacity between
Retrofitting big box ships to LNG fuel may just have gotten a bit easier
DECEMBER 7, 2017 — Classification society DNV GL has given LNG containment specialist GTT and its partner TECHNOLOG Services GmbH a General Approval for Ship Application (GASA) statement for the retrofit of
Bureau Veritas inks deal to class CMA CGM LNG boxships
DECEMBER 5, 2017—On the opening day of Marintec China 2017, classification society Bureau Veritas signed a contract to class all nine of CMA CGM’s 22,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships. Marintec China will take