Norwegian energy giant Equinor has brought back online its Hammerfest liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility located on Melkøya Island in northern Norway. As reported by LNG World News last week, the LNG export facility was shut down on January 4 due to “technical challenges” with a compressor
A new dredging vessel powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been christened in the Dutch port of Rotterdam. The christening ceremony was held on January 11 at Holland Amerikakade in Rotterdam, according to a statement by the Port of Rotterdam. The LNG-powered dredger, named Ecodelta, was built
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has closed its Hammerfest liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility located on Melkøya Island in northern Norway. The LNG export facility was shut down on January 4 due to “technical challenges with a compressor reinjecting CO2,” an Equinor spokesman told LNG World N
Spanish shipping company Baleària completed a liquefied natural gas bunkering operation at the port of Venice for its first LNG ferry Hypatia de Alejandría.
The world’s first LNG-powered cruise ship, AIDAnova owned by AIDA Cruises has made its maiden call at the new cruise terminal in Santa Cruz de Tenerife where it completed the first LNG bunkering operation.
Swedish shipping company Donsötank has contracted two LNG-powered oil products and chemical tankers at Chinese Wuhu Shipyard. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2021. The ice class 1A, 22,000-dwt newbuilds will be designed by FKAB for low resistance hull features. The LNG-powered tankers will
US energy company and LNG operator Sempra Energy said on Wednesday it had signed a 20-year definitive agreement with Poland’s state-run gas firm PGNiG to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Port Arthur LNG export facility under development in Texas. While financial terms were not disclosed,
Dutch shipbuilding giant Damen is joining the German Maritime LNG Platform as a new member starting from January 1, 2019. The German LNG initiative is a coalition of more than 80 national and international industrial and shipping companies, port authorities and initiatives aimed at boosting the use
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, Novatek, signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation on the Arctic LNG 2 project with the Italian financial insurance specialist SACE.
Sweden’s Thun Tankers on Saturday held a naming ceremony for its new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered tanker in Groningen, Holland. The tanker named Thun Evolve and built at Dutch Ferus Smit shipyard will be long-term leased by Preem for deliveries to the company’s depots and customers in Sweden,
Russian gas giant Gazprom and Japanese trading house Itochu have signed a memorandum of understanding on the proposed Baltic liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project. “With this document, the parties confirmed their interest in potential cooperation in the framework of the project,” Gazprom said i
Lithuania’s Klaipėdos Nafta, the operator of the country’s first liquefied natural gas terminal, held talks with several US LNG suppliers as it aims to boosts the use of the LNG terminal in Klaipėda. This week, Klaipėdos Nafta CEO Mindaugas Jusius visited the US and met the representatives of Freepo
Finnish shipping company Containerships, part of French CMA CGM group, said it has taken delivery of its first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered container vessel, Containerships Nord. The LNG-powered vessel was delivered to Containerships at Wenchong Shipyard in China on December 12. Containership
Germany’s largest natural gas and crude oil producer Wintershall, a unit of BASF, is advocating greater use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in maritime shipping. “Europe’s ports need LNG fueling stations,” Wintershall’s Chief Executive Officer Mario Mehren said in a recent meeting with Hamburg’s Firs
