Clean Fuel

Hybrid RoRo, PCTC newbuilds join Grimaldi
Italy’s Grimaldi Group has welcomed to its fleet two brand-new environmentally friendly vessels — a hybrid roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ship and a new car carrier.

Burckhardt inks service deal for nine BW LNG carriers
Swiss compression specialist Burckhardt Compression signed a ten-year service agreement with BW LNG for nine liquefied natural gas carriers.

Wärtsilä bags tech order for ethane-fueled VLECs
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the cargo handling and fuel supply system for two new 98,000 cbm Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLEC).

Exmar settles Tango FLNG dispute with YPF
Belgium’s Exmar, the Nicolas Saverys-led shipowner, has finally settled its dispute with YPF over the Tango FLNG deal.

Total delivers its first carbon-neutral LNG cargo
French energy giant Total said it has delivered its first carbon-neutral liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo.

Wärtsilä tech ordered for Harvey’s LNG-fueled PSVs
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply its energy storage system (ESS) to be retrofitted on four Harvey Energy class LNG-fueled platform supply vessels (PSVs).

GTT strengthens focus on hydrogen with Areva H2Gen acquisition
French liquefied natural gas (LNG) containment specialist, GTT, acquired Areva H2Gen, firming its commitment to the energy transition.

Erdoğan: Tuna-1 Black Sea discovery holds 405 bcm of natural gas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has visited the Fatih drillship to announce an increase in discovered resources at the Tuna-1 (Danube-1) offshore well in the Black Sea.

Flex LNG takes delivery of Flex Amber
Flex LNG, the shipping company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, has taken delivery of Flex Amber.

EPS trials biofuel with GoodFuels
Singaporean-based tonnage provider Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has hired GoodFuels to supply biofuel bunkers for one of its MR tankers. The company bunkered its 2010-built 47,377 deadweight tonne MR tanker M/T Pacific Beryl. with the residual-fuel equivalent Bio-Fuel Oil on October 9 in Dutch wat

PGNiG, Aker BP expand cooperation with gas purchase deal
PGNiG Supply & Trading (PST), the international trading arm of the Polish oil and gas company PGNiG, and Aker BP have signed a contract for the sales and purchase of natural gas produced on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Keel laid for Stena Line’s final two E-Flexers
The has been laid for two E-Flexer ferries being built in China for Swedish ferry company Stena Line and its sister company Stena RoRo.

Sleipnir SSCV installs Tolmount platform in North Sea
Heerema’s Sleipnir, the LNG-powered world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, has installed the Tolmount platform In the Southern North Sea.

LNG Croatia FSRU arrives at Viktor Lenac shipyard
Croatia’s first floating storage and regasification unit LNG Croatia has arrived at the Viktor Lenac shipyard in Rijeka.