American transportation and logistics company Matson has confirmed plans to convert the main engine of its 2019-built container ship Kaimana Hila to run on LNG. The ship’s engine will be converted from an MAN B&W S90ME-C10.5 unit to a dual-fuel ME-GI unit that can run on LNG. The retrofit of the 3,6
Strikes against the French government’s planned pension reform entered a second week on Wednesday, disrupting maintenance at nuclear reactors, hitting liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices, and blocking some shipments from refineries and depots, Reuters news agency reported. According to Reuters, at le
UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has published in its Energy Transition Progress Report 2022, which shows it has met its climate targets as part of its energy transition strategy and reached a 30% reduction in carbon emissions from its operations by the end of 2022 compared with 2016 on a net bas
Polish and Ukrainian gas transmission system operators (TSOs) have discussed their future cooperation and issues related to natural gas transmission infrastructure in order to enhance energy security in the region. On 15 March, Poland’s GAZ-SYSTEM and the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine
A new milestone in the construction of the Icon of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International’s first LNG-powered cruise vessel, has been achieved with the start of the first multi-fuel engine at the Meyer Turku shipyard. Said to be the world’s most advanced and largest ship with environmentally-friend
RMK Marine Shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey, has laid the keel for an 8000 m3 inland waterways liquified natural gas (LNG) bunker barge owned and operated by LNG Shipping (a joint venture between Victrol and Groupe Sogestran) and long-term time chartered by Shell. The companies said the barge, named LNG Er
German liner heavy-weight Hapag-Lloyd is not planning any significant orders this year in the newbuilding space, especially not in the ultra-large containership sector. Speaking earlier today in a virtual live session, Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen said that if the company does move forward wit
Haugesund Knutsen, the first small-scale LNG bunkering vessel built in Spain, has completed its first LNG bunkering operation. The ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation took place on 13 March at the port of Barcelona where Haugesund Knutsen delivered LNG to Costa Smeralda cruise ship owned by Italian
Poland’s natural gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM has launched a non-binding market screening procedure to identify the demand for additional regasification capacity of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in the Gulf of Gdańsk area. Pursuant to the assumptions set out in t
Adriatic LNG, an Italian company, owned by ExxonMobil, QatarEnergy, and Snam, that operates the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Italy in terms of regasification capacity and volumes of gas sent into the national distribution grid, has received the 1000th LNG carrier. According to Adria
GAZ-SYSTEM’s Terminal LNG in Świnoujście, Poland, has seen the first delivery of LNG by the Lech Kaczyński, the first LNG carrier built for exclusive use by ORLEN Group and named after former president Lech Kaczyński. The ship was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, and the ORLEN Group said it will u
Italian energy company Snam has selected Lithuanian oil and LNG terminals’ operator Klaipedos Nafta (KN) for collaboration in the start-up of a greenfield FSRU-based LNG terminal in the port of Piombino. KN said it will support Snam in the FSRU installation and subsequent commissioning and testing o
Eight international associations and trade organisations have sent a joint letter urging the Group of Seven (G7) nations to affirm the role of natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in meeting energy security and climate objectives. The letter was sent to Japanese Prime Minister and current G7
ZIM Sammy Ofer, the first LNG-fuelled containership to join ZIM’s fleet, has kick-started its maiden voyage, the Israeli shipping company said. The containership departed Asia earlier this week heading for the United States East Coast. The vessel joins ZIM’s flagship service, ZIM Container Service P
