Clean Fuel

Total charters LNG-fueled Aframax quartet
In its bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in maritime transportation, Total has chartered four LNG-fueled Aframax-type vessels.

SENER grabs GATE LNG terminal contract
The private engineering and technology group, SENER, has been contracted to provide the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services at the GATE LNG terminal in Rotterdam.

Year-long outage of Hammerfest LNG plant to affect Neptune output
Neptune Energy expects its full-year production to be impacted by the closure of the Equinor-operated Hammerfest LNG plant following a recent fire incident.

Costa Cruises in Italy’s first LNG bunkering operation
Costa Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation has ticked off another milestone with its first LNG-powered liner, Costa Smeralda.

Prokopiou: Fuels discussed today won’t cut it, but non-military grade nuclear propulsion could
None of the alternative fuels being discussed today as the potential fuels of the future, such as LNG, ammonia or hydrogen, will be able to cut it, Ioanna Prokopiou, Chief Executive Officer of dry bulk trading company Sea Traders, believes. Speaking during a Lloyd’s List forum during Posidonia Week,

Norway’s Fosen Yard to complete LNG-powered ferry Honfleur
Construction on the half-completed LNG-powered ferry will resume at Fosen Yard AS in Rissa, Norway, instead of at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) yard in Flensburg, Germany.

OLT Offshore granted small-scale LNG ops permit
OLT Offshore LNG Toscana, the operator of the floating import terminal off the coast between Livorno and Pisa, has been permitted to perform small-scale operations.

Hammerfest LNG to be shut for 12 months following fire
Norwegian energy giant and LNG operator Equinor, could close its Hammerfest facility for up to twelve months for repairs.

Titan LNG bunkers Sefarina LPG carrier in Rotterdam
Titan LNG, a Dutch supplier of LNG to the marine and industrial markets in Europe, has completed yet another LNG bunkering operation at the Port of Rotterdam.

Edison, Enagás partner up on small-scale LNG
Italian energy player Edison and its Spanish counterpart Enagás have teamed up on small-scale LNG cooperation.

NYK boosts LNG carrier management capacity
Japanese shipping major Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) has signed a deal with Total to acquire shares in the ship management company Gazocean.

France stalls Engie’s U.S. LNG deal
Concerns over environmental implications have prompted the French government to step in and delay Engie’s LNG supply deal.

Consortium sets sights on commercializing ammonia-fuelled ships
Danish investment entity Innovation Fund Denmark has announced the establishment of a consortium to develop a two-stroke, ammonia-fuelled engine for maritime shipping. It aims to specify and demonstrate an entire, marine-propulsion system that will pave the way for the first commercial order for an

Enagás posts nine-month profit rise
Spanish LNG terminal operator Enagás reported a 4.7 per cent rise in its nine-month profit.