Spanish engineering company Ayesa has secured a contract to redesign the mooring jetty for the Enagás-operated regasification plant in Huelva. This will allow small-scale vessels to be refueled and vessels to be loaded with LNG for subsequent ship-to-ship bunkering at the Huelva facility, Ayesa said
Rolls-Royce launched on Wednesday its latest in a series of liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled marine engines. Power output of the LNG-fuelled B36:45 engine is identical to that of the liquid-fuelled B33:45 at 600kW per cylinder at 750 rpm, according to a Rolls-Royce statement. Specific energy cons
Lloyd’s Register (LR) granted on Wednesday approval in principle to Jiangnan Shipyard’s new liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuelled Newcastlemax 210K bulk carrier design. The duo agreed to jointly develop the design. China’s Jiangnan prepared the concept design for Newcastlemax with dual-fuel LNG p
Volkswagen-owned Swedish truckmaker Scania launched its new Interlink Medium Decker coach for liquefied gas (LNG) operations. The long-distance coach has a travel range of up to 1,000 kilometres, Scania said in its statement. “Whereas there are several options for carbon-conscious city and suburban
China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company and classification society DNV GL said on Wednesday that they signed a joint development project agreement to develop a new 23,000 TEU LNG-fuelled ultra large container vessel. The project is focused on delivering a design which is ready for construction
Germany’s MAN Energy Solutions said Wednesday it has won multiple orders within its cruise business in the first eight months of this year. The company has won orders to supply seven new cruise ships with engines plus exhaust-gas treatment systems – with a cumulative value close to a three-digit mil
Norway-based Torgy LNG has signed a deal with China’s Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank mock-up as a pilot project. The mock-up will help Torgy LNG to provide “package services to the potential user including the supply of IMO A type LNG tank, FGSS,” according
AIDA Cruises, a Carnival Corporation cruise company, has on Friday held a naming ceremony for the world’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled cruise ship. The naming ceremony of the cruise vessel AIDAnova took place at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, attended by 25,000 spectator
MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales division of MAN Energy Solutions, has won the contract to convert two RoPax ferries from Spanish operator, Baleària Eurolineas Maritimas to dual-fuel operation.
Rolls-Royce has been contracted to provide equipment for a floating fish farm and a hybrid/LNG live fish carrier being built in China and Turkey, respectively, for Norway’s Nordlaks.
Three marine sector companies, WinGD, Wärtsilä and GTT, have agreed to collaborate in making the use of LNG fuel a viable option for ship owners and operators.
ESL Shipping, an Aspo Group company, has taken delivery of its LNG-fueled dry cargo vessel from the Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, China.
Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg is ready to float out the world’s first LNG-fueled cruise ship, the AIDAnova from its covered building dock on August 21.
German-based liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is set to start two pilot projects as it looks to comply with the International Maritime Organization’s sulphur dioxide emissions reduction requirements.
