LNG alternative fuel Bunkering barge alongside cruise ship

LNG-fueled Mardi Gras refuels for the first time at Port Canaveral

Carnival Cruise Line has released photographs of Mardi Gras—the first cruise ship in the Americas powered by LNG—being refueled for the first time at its homeport of Port Canaveral which built the

June issue of Marine Log magazine

June 2021

This issue of Marine Log magazine includes several in-depth features on floating wind, green technology, environmental initiatives of ports and terminals, ballast water treatment systems, and LNG as a marine fuel.

Crowley has the first fully electric U.S. tugboat with autonomous technology

Getting to zero is getting real

GM is to phase out gasoline and diesel powered cars by 2035—and California could ban gas-fueled leaf blowers and lawnmowers by 2024. Developments like that are a reminder that moves to make

Barge in front of methanol carrier

First barge-to-ship methanol bunkering

Advocates of methanol as a marine fuel argue that it offers much the same advantages as LNG, but with fewer complications. Helping to underscore this, the world’s first barge-to-ship bunkering of methanol

Enei Chairman Emanuele A. Lauro

Eneti in Jones Act WTIV talks with U.S. yards

Eneti Inc. (NYSE: NETI), the former Scorpio Bulkers, has entered into a binding agreement for the construction of one Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South

Cranival Magic with new livery

Carnival Cruise Line ships to get a new look

Following the reception given to the striking red, white and blue livery adorning its 5,200 passenger, LNG-fueled Mardi Gras, another Carnival Cruise Line ship will soon receive the dramatic hull design scheme

Blue tanker

BV classes Norway’s first LNG bunkering vessel

Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded its classification to Bergen Tankers’ Bergen LNG, the first LNG bunkering vessel (LBV) operating in Norway. The vessel was created by converting the 2010-built oil tanker Oslo

Containership at night

CMA CGM orders 22 more ships

Marseille headquartered CMA CGM Group reports that it has signed an order with Chinese shipbuilder CSSC for 22 new ships. 6 LNG-powered containerships with a capacity of 13,000 TEUs; 6 LNG-powered containerships

Large catamaran car/passenger ferry

World’s first LNG-fueled fast ferry ready for work

Spanish ferry operator Baleària reports that its Eleanor Roosevelt, the world’s first fast ferry with LNG-fueled engines, will start operating May 1 on its route linking Dénia on Spain’s east coast, with

U.S. ports see silver linings despite pandemic

Port NOLA Sees Downtime Improvements While there is no doubt that COVID-19 has shuttered cruising operations around the world, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) Market Manager Jessica Ragusa says that

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