High capacity LNG bunker barge design unveiled
JUNE 10, 2013 — Bunker barges able to deliver LNG in the volumes required by large oceangoing ships have been seen as a limiting factor in the development of LNG as a
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Teekay LNG newbuilds get U.S. gas export charters
JUNE 7, 2013 — When Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE:TGP) inked an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in December for the construction of two 173,400 cu.m LNG newbuildings (see
Rolls-Royce partners Baleària in ferry LNG conversion plan
JUNE 4, 2013 — Rolls-Royce Plc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spanish shipping company Baleària, to design gas-powered propulsion systems for three of the company’s high-speed ferries, which currently run
Dual fuel fast RO/RO starts sea trials
JUNE 3, 2013 — The world’s first dual fuel fast RO/RO ferry, Lopez Mena (Incat hull 069), has begun sea trials in Hobart, Tasmania. The 99 m vessel’s twin LNG tanks were
Vard Aukra delivers first Rolls-Royce Environship
MAY 31, 2013 — Vard’s Aukra, Norway, shipyard has delivered the first ship built to the Rolls-Royce Environship NVC 401 LNG design to Eidsvaag AS. The Environship design promises to reduce CO2
New society will promote LNG as marine fuel
MAY 29, 2013 — A newly created Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) has been established to encourage the safe and responsible operations of vessels using LNG as fuel and
Davie inks deal to build two LNG-fueled ferries
MAY 16, 2013 — Chantier Davie Canada Inc., Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, says it has finalized a two-ship contract with La Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ), which is owned by the
MOL inks LNG transport deal; new ship in the works
MAY 16, 2013—Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. recently signed a 12-year contract to transport Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Ltd. As MOL has
ABB signs five year service deal with LNG ship operator
MAY 15, 2013 – ABB has signed a long-term Preventive Service agreement with Hong Kong based China LNG Shipping International Co. Ltd (CLSICO) to provide maintenance services to all ABB equipment onboard
Hoegh LNG ship to serve as China’s first FSRU
MAY 2, 2013 — Oslo-headquartered Hoegh LNG’s 145,130 cu.m GDF Suez Cape Anne is to serve as the the first floating storage and regasification unit in China. Delivered from shipbuilder Samsung Heavy