Greek Angelicoussis Group’s LNG carrier Maran Gas Coronis has delivered the first LNG cargo to China’s Nansha Guangzhou LNG terminal. The vessel was berthed at the terminal on 8 August 2023, Angelicoussis stated on social media, adding that during the week-long operation, the carrier undertook the c
LNG-fueled cruise ship Silver Nova, the first in the future line of Nova class ships for Monaco-based Silversea Cruises, has started its maiden voyage. The ship started its maiden voyage on 14 August, departing Venice, Italy, and will sail on a seven-day roundtrip through the Adriatic. It will call
Oman LNG has signed a binding term-sheet agreement with German Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) to supply 0.4 million metric tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG starting from 2026. According to a report from the Omani state news agency, the agreement, based on a 4-year contract, aims to enhance the partne
Energy major Enagás has announced that the El Musel LNG terminal in Gijón, Spain, has received power major Endesa’s first vessel, the 180,000 m3 capacity Gaslog Warsaw, following the final technical tests required before the plant’s commercial commissioning. According to Enagás, on 31 July, followin
As the race to decarbonize the industry continues it’s becoming more and more evident that green fuels are essential for the much-needed energy transition and will surely play a pivotal role in the road towards net zero. Green methanol is rapidly emerging as a transformative marine fuel, leading the
In its Q2 2023 report, Golar LNG, owner and operator of LNG midstream infrastructure, has announced growth in its FLNG business. The company revealed that conversion works on FLNG Gimi are 97% complete, with the floater scheduled to leave the yard in September 2023. Final checks, storing up and sea
Germany’s Deutsche ReGas has completed the procedure for the allocation of long-term regasification capacity for the planned floating LNG terminal in the port of Mukran. The company said the procedure was completed on 7 August and the offered capacity of 4 billion cubic meters (bcm) for a period of
Dutch bunker supplier Titan has completed the conversion of its recently acquired vessels, Titan Unikum and Titan Vision, into state-of-the-art LNG bunker vessels. The company bought the two ships at the beginning of 2023 from Canadian gas transportation company Seapeak for bunkering retrofit. Titan
The world’s largest container shipping firm MSC has returned to Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard with an order for an additional ten LNG-powered containerships. The deal will see Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard build ten LNG-powered behemoths each boasting a 10
Pipelaying activity for Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis LNG terminal, the first offshore LNG project in Greece, has been completed. On 8 August, oilfield services provider Saipem shared an update on social media stating its pipelay vessel Castoro 10 had completed the activity in the North-East of Greece,
The Norwegian government has given its stamp of approval for the Equinor-operated Snøhvit Future project, which comes with plans for the future operation of Snøhvit and Hammerfest LNG, subject to certain conditions.
Russian shipyard Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex has launched a new ice-class ARC7 LNG carrier for the Arctic LNG 2 project. According to Zvezda, the vessel was named Sergei Witte and has a capacity of 172,600 m3. It is the third unit in a series of fifteen LNG carriers ordered by Sovcomflot and being b
The German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umwelthilfe – DUH) has filed a lawsuit against the operation of the LNG terminal ship Neptune in Lubmin on the Baltic Sea as it considers it illegal. With the lawsuit at the Federal Administrative Court, the DUH is demanding that Deutsche ReGas revoke the licen
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has joined SEA-LNG, the multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate the benefits of the LNG pathway as a route to shipping’s decarbonization. In recent years, MSC has made investments in LNG-fuelled vessels in the different sectors it operates. In 20
