South Korean shipping heavyweight HMM has signed newbuilding contracts with compatriot builders Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for twelve 13,000 TEU container vessels, worth $ 1.57 billion. Under the agreement, DSME and HHI will build six vessels,
Spanish ferry operator Baleària will put to work its converted LNG vessel on 30 June on the Barcelona-Eivissa route to cut CO2 emissions.
Maritime classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted a design approval for SpaceTech4Sea, a project to adapt technology developed for space use to maritime LNG fuel tanks.
Chinese shipbuilding major Hudong-Zhonghua held the naming ceremony for floating storage and a regasification unit (FSRU) built for Greek shipping company Dynagas.
Russian LNG producer Sakhalin Energy will replace the existing loading arms at the country’s first LNG plant.
Dutch Titan LNG has commissioned a short-term truck loading facility in Belgium’s Port of Zeebrugge to help supply LNG as marine fuel during GATE terminal maintenance.
The government of Bangladesh plans to buy 3.36 million metric million British thermal units (MMBtu) of LNG from US-based Excelerate Energy.
French LNG containment specialist GTT has signed technical assistance and license agreement (TALA) with China’s COSCO Shipping for the construction of membrane tanks.
Indonesian gas companies Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) and Pertamina have signed a Head of Agreement (HoA) on the supply of LNG carriers and LNG bunkering facilities.
The first Turkish-flagged floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Ertuglrul Gazi was put into service with a ceremony held on 25 June at the Dortyol facility in the southern province of Hatay.
German cruise company AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation & plc, has decided to dispose of AIDAcara, the oldest ship in its fleet.
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has received two more orders for its complete LNG cargo handling and fuel system.
Tellurian’s subsidiary Driftwood Pipeline has filed an application to construct and operate a new pipeline to serve Southwest Louisiana and reduce emissions.
Siemens Energy will provide engineering services, equipment, technology and CO2 emission reduction solutions for GNL Quebec’s Énergie Saguenay LNG project in Quebec.
