Chinese shipping company China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has moved forward with fleet expansion plans by signing contracts for the construction of two massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and two Aframax crude oil tankers. Dalian Shipbuilding has secured the shipbuilding contracts for
The global energy players are burning the midnight oil in pursuit of low-carbon solutions to curb emissions and enrich the energy mix.
Gate LNG terminal, a joint venture of Dutch companies Vopak and Gasunie, has announced that energy majors BP and PetroChina International London Co. Ltd will each separately acquire two billion cubic metres (BCM) per year of regasification and corresponding storage capacity. Gate terminal informed t
French LNG containment specialist GTT has signed a technical services agreement (TSA) with the shipping and maritime company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) and its LNG affiliate CoolCo. As part of the agreement, GTT is expected to support EPS and CoolCo with the maintenance and operation of a global
Ascenz Marorka, a GTT Group brand, has been awarded two contracts by Jovo, a China-based clean energy service provider, to equip two LNG carriers with its ‘Smart Shipping’ solution. According to GTT, a French LNG containment specialist, the contracts cover the installation of automatic data collecti
Norwegian supplier TMC Compressors (TMC) has been contracted to supply marine compressed air systems for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers under construction for Greek shipowner Maran Gas Maritime.
HaiSea Marine, a joint venture majority-owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, has taken delivery of the first of three emissions-free battery electric tugs that will operate at LNG Canada’s new export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia. The vessel named HaiSea Wamis was buil
The G7 stresses the role gas, especially LNG, can play in propelling the transition to clean energy forward.
Low and zero-emission fuels supplier Titan and Carnival Corporation, one of the world’s largest cruise companies, have completed their first LNG bunker operation in the port of Kiel in Germany. According to Titan’s brief social media update, the operation was the first-ever LNG bunker delivery perfo
Guangzhou Shipyard International, a subsidiary of CSSC, has held a naming ceremony for Hafnia’s second liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel product tanker.
Nordic energy company Gasum has terminated the long-term natural gas supply contract with Russia’s Gazprom Export while the long-term LNG supply contract between the two companies remains in place. On 22 May 2023, Gasum announced its decision to terminate the natural gas supply contract following Ga
Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has kicked off construction of another LNG-powered 16,000 TEU containership for Swiss shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The construction of the ship began on 15 May with the steel-cutting cere
The retrofitting cost of an existing ship fitted with a two-stroke engine to a dual-fuel engine should not exceed 25 percent of the ship’s newbuilding cost, according to an assessment from DNV and MAN Energy Solutions. The duo carried out an analysis of how retrofitting the existing maritime fleet t
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, has announced plans to order additional Aframaxes and LNG carriers. The decision was made during the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Board of Directors, with the board approving the construction of two new-generation Aframax
