DEME’s LNG-powered offshore multipurpose vessel, the Living Stone has caught fire on Thursday while under construction in a shipyard in Spain’s port town of Santurtzi. According to local media reports, the fire started on Thursday at around 4:55 PM local time, and was put out at around 5:20 PM. “The
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer and LNG operator, Novatek plans to invest up to $1.5 billion to build a liquefied natural gas transshipment terminal on Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. The company is currently looking into two options for the location of the LNG hub, na
Poland’s state-owned gas company PGNiG is looking to boost the number of users of trucked liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the country. PGNiG is in charge of all the LNG supplies coming to Poland’s import terminal in Świnoujście operated by Gaz-System’s unit Polskie LNG. The company said in a statemen
Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Thursday it plans to build two small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities to fuel locomotives owned by Russian Railways. To remind, a unit of Gazprom began supplying LNG last year to three locomotives owned by Russian Railways. However, according
Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona and its transport suppliers have allocated 4 million euros ($5m) in 2018 towards adding 40 liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered trucks. The trucks will be deployed in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. They will join the 7 gas-powered vehicles that have already been o
Belgian dredging specialist DEME said that its second LNG-fueled trailing suction hopper dredger Scheldt River was bunkered with the chilled fuel at Germany’s Brunsbüttel Ports on Monday. About 85 tonnes of LNG fuel was loaded to the dredger, making this the largest LNG bunkering operation in German
Mediterranean Shipping Group (MSC) and Onorato Armatori signed a contract on Sunday with two units of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation to build four LNG-ready roll-on/roll-off luxury cruise ferries. The contract signed with Guangzhou Shipyard International and China Shipbuilding Trading incl
Norwegian salmon producer Nordlaks says it is building the world’s first wellboat equipped with liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion and a battery pack. The wellboat, developed by Norway’s NSK Ship Design, will carry live salmon and trout for Nordlaks. According to a Nordlaks statement, the vessel
GAC Russia, a unit of the Dubai-headquartered GAC Group, has won a contract by the Novatek-operated Yamal LNG export project in Russia. Yamal LNG has appointed GAC Russia to manage its fleet of ice-breaker tankers at Sabetta port where the liquefaction facility is located for the next three years. U
Italian truck maker Iveco and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, a unit of the French banking group, said they have joined forces to help transport operators to renew their fleets with more “environmentally-friendly” commercial vehicles. Under the deal, the purchasers of Iveco vehicles featuring its Nat
A keel laying ceremony was held this week for a tanker with liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion at China’s Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding. The intermediate product and chemical tanker is the fourth of six LNG-fueled vessels ordered by the partners in the Swedish Gothia Tanker Alliance, Furetank, Älvt
The Gate terminal in the Dutch port of Rotterdam is expected to handle this week the second cargo from the Novatek-operated Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic. To remind, Gate performed the first-ever transshipment of a cargo sourced from the Russian project in late December. According to the v
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has on Thursday issued a guidance on liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering. The document named “Guidance on LNG Bunkering to Port Authorities and Administrations” was prepared in close cooperation with the European Commission (DG MOVE), member states and in
A unit of French energy giant Total and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed a long-term charter contract for a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel. The vessel that will have a capacity of 18,600 cbm is scheduled for delivery in 2020. It will operate in Northern Europe and will
