Natural gas operating fleet concept gets LR AiP
APRIL 13, 2016 — Wärtsilä and COSCO shipping Heavy Industry Co (CHI) have jointly developed a natural gas operating fleet concept that has now obtained a Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Approval in Principle
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Wison unveils versatile LNG distributor design
APRIL 11, 2017 — Shanghai, China, headquartered Wison Offshore & Marine has developed the Wison-LNG-Distributor (LNGD). With a capacity range of 5,000 cu.m to 20,000 cu.m, the vessel integrates the functions of
TMC to supply compressors for FSRU newbuild
APRIL 10, 2017 — Oslo, Norway, headquartered TMC Compressors (TMC) has been awarded a contract by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DMSE) to supply a marine compressed air system to a new-build
DSME and DNV GL unveil new LNG carrier design
APRIL 7, 2017 — Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), and classification society DNV GL used this week’s Gastech event in Tokyo to present the results of a joint development project (JDP)
GTT introduces an LPG cargo containment system
APRIL 5, 2017 — LNG containment leader GTT is turning its attention to LPG. Philippe Berterottière, Chairman and CEO of GTT says that, thanks to a new GTT containment system, the LPG
Wartsila solutions, maintenance picked for Hoegh LNG newbuilds
APRIL 4, 2017 — Two new 170,000 m3 LNG carrier vessels being built for Norway’s Höegh LNG at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyards in Korea will
Shell to supply fuel for first LNG powered Aframaxes
APRIL 3, 2017 — Shell Western LNG B.V. has signed an agreement with Russia’s Sovcomflot (SCF Group) to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel the first Aframax crude oil tankers in
LNG bunkering is an idea whose time hasn’t come (yet)
MARCH 28, 2017—With the the IMO Global Sulfur Cap of 0.5% looming on the horizon in 2020, Jack Jordan, Editorial Lead, S&P Global Platts, writes about whether shipowners will embrace burning Liquefied
How to get LNG to shore without a jetty
MARCH 27, 2017 — Wärtsilä has partnered with marine design consultancy Houlder and hose supplier Trelleborg to develop a system for transferring LNG from the carrier vessel to shoreline terminals where no
LNG-fueled bulker design gets ABS Approval in Principle
MARCH 12, 2017 — Classification society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) for the Seatransporter-DF, a dual-fuel bulk carrier design concept developed by Algoship Designers Ltd. of Nassau, Bahamas. Algoship worked