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
Elliott Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebara Corporation, has secured an order to supply cryogenic rotating equipment for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project being developed by Sempra Infrastructure in Jefferson County, Texas. Elliott said it was awarded the contract by Bechtel Energy, a compan
Hanwha Ocean, formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), has started the construction of the first Qatar-bound LNG carrier for K3 Consortium comprising H-Line Shipping, Pan Ocean, and SK Shipping. To mark the start of the construction, the shipbuilder held a steel-cutting cer
U.S.-based Commonwealth LNG has closed an investment of development capital from private funds managed by Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, boosting the development of its LNG export project in Louisiana, U.S. The investment is said to complete the development funding required for Commonwealth L
Canada’s HaiSea Marine, a joint venture majority-owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, has welcomed the second emissions-free battery electric tug built by Sanmar Shipyards in Türkiye. The tug named HaiSea Wee’git is joining its sister vessel HaiSea Wamis, which was delivered e
Jiangnan Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has started building a new wharf to facilitate the construction of large-scale LNG carriers. According to a statement by CSSC, Jiangnan Shipbuilding held a groundbreaking ceremony on 10 August for this wharf project
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
Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine has completed the final assembly of what it claims to be the world’s largest self-supporting prismatic shape IMO type B tank (SPB) for storing LNG. The company announced the milestone via social media on 11 August. As disclosed, the assembly was completed at Wi
Saipem is on a roll, as it lined up its second batch of contracts in two days and its third one since the start of this month.
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
First liquefaction modules for Plaquemines LNG, an LNG export facility being built by Venture Global LNG in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, have arrived at the construction site. On 10 August, Venture Global posted a short social media update, sharing this construction milestone. Earlier this year, t
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
