Clean Fuel

Baleària starts LNG retrofit of its Sicilia ferry
Spanish shipping company Baleària has started the LNG engine retrofit works on its Sicilia ferry that will see the vessel running on LNG by June this year.

Spain’s BBG reports throughput spike at Bilbao LNG terminal
Spanish LNG terminal operator Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG) reported a 95 percent rise in unloading and loading activities at its regasification terminal in the port of Bilbao. BBG, controlled by the Basque energy authority (EVE) and LNG player Enagás, said in a statement that the Bilbao facility recei

Polish LNG terminal receives 86th cargo
Polish sole liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility, the President Lech Kaczyński terminal in Świnoujście, has received a new cargo on Thursday.

Wärtsilä inks 15-year maintenance deal for El Salvador LNG-to-power project
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä signed a long-term operation & maintenance (O&M) agreement with Energía del Pacífico for a 378 MW LNG-fired power plant in El Salvador.

Equinor sets new carbon intensity reduction targets
Norwegian energy company and LNG player Equinor has launched its new climate roadmap aiming to reduce the net carbon intensity of energy produced by at least 50 percent by 2050.

Wärtsilä tech ordered for BC Ferries’ LNG newbuilds
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide an integrated system for the latest addition to Vancouver, Canada-based BC Ferries’ series of LNG-fueled Salish Class vessels.

Brand new TMS Cardiff Gas LNG carrier delivered to Total
Greece-based LNG tanker operator TMS Cardiff Gas has taken delivery of a brand new liquefied natural gas carrier. “The first of TMS Cardiff Gas’ LNG newbuilding vessels, “La Seine”, was delivered to our company and her charterers Total on Friday 28.02.2020,” TMS Cardiff Gas said in a brief statement

U.S., Trinidad cargoes booked at UK’s Dragon LNG terminal
The UK’s Dragon LNG terminal is scheduled to receive a pair of liquefied natural gas cargoes later this week.

GTT revenue jump on record order intake in 2019
French liquefied natural gas containment system specialist, GTT, reported a 17.2 percent jump in revenue as orders in core activity rose to record levels.

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Tellurian builds Driftwood LNG momentum US LNG export project developer, Tellurian has moved forward with its liquefied natural gas business closing 2019 with momentum on commercialization and development of its Driftwood LNG project. Venture Global inks 20-year SPA with EDF U.S. LNG export project

Cryopeak makes Super B-Train LNG delivery
Cryopeak LNG Solutions Corporation, based in Richmond, British Columbia, has completed the largest-ever North American delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by truck.

Keel laid for Russia’s first LNG-fueled passenger ship
Russian giant Gazprom said that the keel-laying for the country’s first passenger ship to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) was held at the Zelenodolsk shipyard.

New SEA-LNG study backs LNG-fuel investment
The multi-sector industry coalition SEA-LNG noted that an independent investment study backs commercial benefits of LNG as fuel for a newbuild 210,000 DWT ore carrier sailing from Australia to China.

TechnipFMC loss deepens as revenue picks up
LNG engineer TechnipFMC saw its 2019 profit drop further into the red reporting a net loss of $2.4 billion, impacted by a $2.7 billion after-tax charge and credits.