Global LNG logistics company Atlantic Gulf & Pacific (AG&P) has received the first LNG cargo for the first LNG import terminal in the Philippines. The commissioning cargo for the Philippines LNG (PHLNG) terminal was delivered on board the 162,000 cbm LNG carrier Golar Glacier. This was the country’s
The first LNG cargo, pursuant to the agreement concluded between Bulgaria’s state gas company Bulgargaz EAD and Turkish company BOTAŞ, has been delivered to an LNG terminal in Turkey. Bulgargaz said the gas delivered by the tanker is from the American company Shinier, which in the fall of last year
England-based CRP Subsea has delivered dynamic bend stiffeners to Norway’s ECOnnect Energy that will be used for a jettyless LNG transfer system. ECOnnect Energy’s jettyless transfer system IQuay F-Class will be used to continuously transfer LNG gas from an offshore LNG production facility to a perm
Low and zero-emission fuels supplier Titan has completed ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation on LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Jasmine Leader owned by Japanese shipping company NYK Line. According to Titan, the operation was executed on 8 April in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in B
Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy has signed a definitive partnership agreement with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) for the North Field East (NFE) expansion project. With this deal, Sinopec becomes the first Aisan shareholder in one of the NFE joint venture compan
Japan’s Itochu Corporation has decided to make an equity investment in Purus Marine, a recently formed, environmentally focused maritime vessel and infrastructure company. UK-based Purus Marine owns and manages various environmentally advanced vessels. Its business purpose is to provide vessels that
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received a new order from the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for the tank design of two new liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGCs). It will design the tanks of the two vessels, which will each offer a total cargo capacity of 174,000 m3
In 2021, LNG was the most popular alternative fuel considered by shipowners for use in the (then) next five years; twice as many as those who said they were considering biofuels. That position has now virtually reversed, with biofuels at the same level of response as LNG in 2021 while LNG has fallen
Dutch tank storage company Vopak has provided updates on its LNG projects, including EemsEnergyTerminal, Gate terminal Rotterdam, and Hong Kong LNG terminal project. EemsEnergyTerminal Vopak’s first update is in regard to EemsEnergyTerminal, an LNG import terminal located in the Eemshaven in the Net
Global Energy, an LNG carrier owned by Qatari LNG shipping operator Nakilat, has wrapped up its first commercial ship-to-ship transfer of LNG. In a brief social media update on 10 April, Nakilat said that Global Energy completed the operation with BW Helios, an LNG carrier owned by BW LNG, in Linggi
BW Batangas, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) owned by BW LNG, is getting ready to start its deployment with First Gen Corporation’s Batangas LNG import terminal in the Philippines. According to a social media update from BW LNG, a unit of the Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW G
South Korean shipbuilding major Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has secured a construction order for an LNG carrier from an unidentified shipowner from Oceania. The order is worth KRW 339.6 billion ($ 257 million), according to DSME’s stock exchange filing. Under the contract, DSME i
Fairfield Chemical Carriers (FCC), a US operator specialising in chemical tankers, has launched the Fairchem Pioneer, its first LNG-powered stainless steel chemical tanker. The LNG dual-fueled (DF) vessel, jointly developed by Fukuoka Shipbuilding and Fairfield Japan, a subsidiary of FCC, was launch
Japanese energy giant JERA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s state-owned natural gas importer and transporter Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) for cooperation in the LNG business. Pursuant to the MoU which seeks to secure the stability of LNG supplies, JERA and KOGAS agr
