Clean Fuel

Kairos bunkers DEME’s LNG dredger at Brunsbüttel
Hamburg-based Nauticor said its bunker vessel Kairos completed the bunkering of DEME’s LNG-fueled dredged Scheldt River.

Gasum closes Linde’s LNG and biogas business buy
The Nordic energy company Gasum closed the acquisition of Linde’s LNG and biogas business in Sweden and Norway.

China’s Hudong starts building 2nd LNG bunkering vessel
China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has started building the second liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel owned by Japan’s MOL and chartered by Total of France. MOL’s first LNG bunkering ship, the world’s largest such vessel, was delivered on Thursday. Both of the vessels will have a capacity of 1

Shell’s Q1 LNG sales rise
The Hague-based LNG giant Shell reported a nine per cent rise in its liquefied natural gas sales during the first quarter of this year. Shell sold 19 million tonnes of LNG in the January-March period, compared to 17.51 million tonnes in the same period last year, the company said on Thursday in its

COVID-19 effects push Novatek into red
Russia’s largest private natural gas producer and LNG player Novatek slipped into red under the COVID-19 impacts.

Gazprom’s net profit dips
Russian gas giant Gazprom reported a 17 percent drop in 2019 net profit due to lower prices and declining demand in Europe. Gazprom’s net profit reached 1.2 trillion Russian roubles ($16.3 billion) last year. This compares to 1.46 trillion roubles in 2018. Operating profits also fell by 42 per cent

Spanish port looking at LNG bunkering
The Port Authority of Almeria has launched a feasibility study as it is looking to start supplying liquefied natural gas to ferries using the truck-to-ship bunkering method. The Spanish port authority awarded a contract to a local engineering firm to provide technical assistance for the assessment a

Polish LNG terminal unloads 92nd cargo
Polish liquefied natural gas import facility, the President Lech Kaczyński terminal in Świnoujście, has received a new cargo on Tuesday.

Russia’s Novatek registers new Arctic LNG licence
Russian independent LNG export player Novatek has registered a new licence to underpin its liquefied natural gas expansion activities in the Arctic. Novatek’s unit Arctic LNG 1 registered licence number SLH 16637 NR for geological survey, exploration and production at the Bukharinskiy licence area o

Chinese shipyard wins Hartmann LPG order
Chinese shipbuilder Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering has won an order to build liquefied petroleum tankers for Germany’s Hartmann Group. The contract includes the construction of three 5000 cubic meter LPG ships and additional order for two vessels. CIMC SOE, which is a unit of CIMC E

PGNiG says Gazprom did not slash gas prices
Poland’s dominant gas firm PGNiG claims that Russian giant Gazprom has not reduced gas prices despite a court ruling last month. The arbitration tribunal in Stockholm ruled in March that Gazprom must pay PGNiG about $1.5 billion in a pricing dispute case. The court also ruled that a gas pricing form

Liqvis opens Kassel LNG filling station
Uniper’s unit Liqvis has opened its second permanent liquefied natural gas (LNG) filling station in Kassel.

SeaQuest secures supervision contract for Finnlines’ zero-emission RoRos
SeaQuest Marine Project Management has been entrusted with the construction supervision job for three zero-emission RoRo newbuilds owed by Finnlines.

LR, UMAS: Not only one zero-carbon fuel is the most competitive
Different zero-carbon fuel options are more competitive in different decades and there is not one option which is the most competitive from today through to 2050, a new paper finds.