Incat launches LNG fueled high speed RO/RO
NOVEMBER 21, 2012 — Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has launched what will be the world’s first high speed passenger RO/RO ship to operate on LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) fuel. The
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BP Shipping to use Jeppesen VVOS on 52 vessels
NOVEMBER 14, 2012 — BP Shipping has finalized a contract with Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen that will see the installation of Jeppesen’s Vessel and Voyage Optimization Solution (VVOS) on 52 BP vessels carrying
Waller Marine to develop small-scale LNG terminals
NOVEMBER 13, 2012—Liquefied natural gas has sparked strong interest as a marine fuel because of the abundance of natural gas, relatively low price and attractive environmental performance. One challenge is the ready
Wärtsilä sales of gas-fueled engines top 2,000 mark
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Wärtsilä reports that it has now sold more than 2,000 of its gas-fueled engines. They have accumulated more than 7 million operational running hours in both land-based and
First steel cut for Prelude FLNG
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Shell yesterday celebrated the cutting of first steel at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Korea for the substrucure of what will be the largest offshore floating
Waller LNG ATB gets ABS approval in principle
OCTOBER 9, 2012 — Classification society ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) and regasification articulated tug barge concept introduced by Waller Marine Inc., Houston.
Excelerate Energy orders eight FSRUs from DSME
AUGUST 7, 2012—Excelerate Energy, The Woodlands, TX, has entered into a shipbuilding option agreement with Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the delivery of up to eight Floating Storage and
Kleven to build LNG-fueled PSV for Remøy Shipping
JULY 16, 2012 — Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Remøy Shipping for the construction of an LNG-fueled platform supply vessel. The contract has a value of about NOK 400 million
Exmar awards Wison EPCIC contract for world’s first FLRSU
JUNE 1, 2012 — Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of the Wison Group, has been award contract by the Exmar group for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning
GL and MAN study looks at LNG as containership fuel
May 22, 2012 — Using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as ship fuel is gaining more attention not only in Europe, but also in Asia and the U.S.A. Shipowners are currently facing a