Dalian Shipbuilding (DSCI), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, said the world’s first LNG-fueled very large crude carrier (VLCC) has completed its sea trials in Chinese waters.
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has completed its first bunkering operation of a large LNG-powered vessel with more than 250 tonnes bunkered on the Salamanca ship.
Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed charter deals with Novatek Gas and Power Asia, a subsidiary of Russia’s PAO Novatek for four newbuilding liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has been in talks with Russian contractors to build icebreaking LNG carriers for $2.6 billion.
Italian energy player Edison has unloaded the first refueling of LNG at the new small-scale LNG terminal in the port of Ravenna.
Japan’s oil and gas producer Inpex will deliver a carbon-neutral LNG cargo from the Ichthys LNG Project to compatriot gas company Toho Gas.
Classification society ABS, shipbuilder Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HZS) and technology company Wärtsilä have partnered up to develop a flexible, future-ready and modular concept for a future multi-fuel electric liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC).
Dutch maritime equipment manufacturer Straatman will add a complete mooring system on the FSRU Toscana, serving the LNG terminal off the Italian coast.
French LNG containment specialist GTT has launched LNG Optim, a new smart shipping solution to optimize vessel energy performance.
Santos and Oil Search have entered into a definitive agreement to merge the two companies in a deal valued at about $16 billion.
Norsk Hydro has finalized a 15-year agreement with New Fortress Energy (NFE) for the supply of LNG to the Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil to reduce carbon emissions.
Weekly LNG exports increased the second week in a row, boosting Henry Hub prices, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) report.
Japan’s shipowner Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Line has joined forces with compatriot company MTI Co. and Finnish maritime consulting and engineering firm Elomatic Oy for the development of a concept design for “ammonia ready” liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled vessel (ARLFV).
Norwegian pure-play LNG carrier company Flex LNG will be included in the Oslo Stock Exchange (Oslo Børs).
