Clean Fuel
Wärtsilä tech chosen for Wasaline LNG-biogas ferry
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide an integrated package of products, systems, and solutions for a new hybrid LNG Wasaline RoPax ferry.
Høglund to supply fuel-gas systems for Hurtigruten’s LBG ships
Høglund, the marine solutions and system integration expert, has been awarded a contract to deliver biogas-ready fuel-gas supply systems (FGSS) for six Hurtigruten passenger ship retrofits.
ExxonMobil to reach Far East LNG FEED decision by year end
US energy giant ExxonMobil’s Russian unit could reach a decision on the front-end engineering design (FEED) on the Far East LNG project it is developing with Rosneft.
EU grants funds for Polish LNG terminal expansion
The European Commission has approved €128 million to support the expansion of the Polish LNG terminal in Świnoujście.
Qatari LNG cargoes heading for Belgium
The Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal in Belgium is scheduled to receive three cargoes of the chilled fuel from Qatar.
Costa Cruises’ LNG-powered liner catches fire at shipyard
A fire hit one of the decks of the recently floated LNG-powered Costa Smeralda cruise ship under construction in Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland.
BigLift, Chung Yang tie up for LNG heavy transport jobs
BigLift Shipping and Chung Yang Shipping have reached an agreement for cooperation in heavy transport shipping in LNG, oil and gas markets.
Sovcomflot tightens loss on offshore and gas performance
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot reported tightening losses during the year 2018, as it turned to profit in the fourth quarter of the year.
TEN picks up charters for LNG carrier duo
Greek shipping company Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN), has agreed charters for two of its LNG carriers.
Top news of the week March 11-16
Petronas relocates PFLNG Satu off Sabah Malaysian energy giant Petronas has relocated its floating liquefied natural gas unit, the PFLNG Satu, from the Kumang cluster field, offshore Sarawak, to the Kebabangan (KBB) cluster field, offshore Sabah. Cheniere completes Sabine Pass LNG train 5 US LNG exp
GasLog names LNG pair at Samsung Heavy
Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog named a couple of its newbuild liquefied natural gas tankers at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea.
Remontowa converts BC Ferries’ Spirit of Vancouver Island to LNG
Poland’s Remontowa Shiprepair Yard completed the liquefied natural gas (LNG) conversion of the BC Ferries’ ‘spirit’ class vessel.
RWE setting up to take advantage of booming LNG market
German utility RWE’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading volumes reached 10 million tons in 2018, as the company braces to take advantage of the market conditions.
Gothia Tankers Alliance fifth LNG-fueled vessel delivered
Gothia Tanker Alliance’s fifth LNG-fueled vessel, the Fure Ven, has been delivered by the Chinese Avic Dingheng shipyard.