MarineLink News Search
Search term • LNG
Shell Outlines Plans for Decarbonized Shipping
![© bravajulia / Adobe Stock](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/bravajulia-adobe-stock-116822.jpeg)
It will take well-defined goals and a mix of new green technologies to meet the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) target to achieve net-zero shipping emissions by 2050, oil major Shell said in a newly published report.In the report, Decarbonizing Shipping: Setting Shell’s Course, Shell highlights the role that hydrogen and fuel cells could play in achieving a decarbonized shipping sector.
U.S., Greece Call for Peaceful Resolution of East-Med Maritime Disputes
![Oruc Reis seismic vessel - Credit: Sergey Moroz](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/oruc-reis-seismic-vessel-credit-116763.jpg)
The United States and Greece called on Monday for a peaceful resolution of maritime disputes in the east Mediterranean as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began a two-day trip to Greece amid increased regional tension over energy resources.NATO allies Greece and Turkey, at loggerheads on a range of issues, have agreed to resume exploratory talks over contested maritime claims following weeks of tensions that culminated in a collision between their warships."The United States and Greece ..
Harvey Gulf to Equip Eight More Vessels with Battery Systems
![Harvey Energy is America’s first tri-fueled vessel utilizing three fuel sources: diesel, LNG and electric battery power (Photo: Harvey Gulf)](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/harvey-energy-is-americas-first-116711.jpg)
Harvey Gulf International Marine announced Thursday it will install 10 battery systems on board eight of its vessels as the U.S.
Will Customers Redefine Design and the Science of Marine Propulsion?
![First Harvest.](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/first-harvest-116692.jpg)
It is “pre-COVID ” April of 2018, and 174 member states of IMO adopt a new strategy to reduce greenhouse gases from shipping. The meetings are considered “urgent” and the target is to reduce carbon emissions in half by 2050. Prior to those “targets” shipping dealt with regulations to address SOx and NOx reductions. Most of which have resulted in limited success due to infrastructure problems and a consideration as a temporary fix.The technical world has responded with low sulfur fuels…
Hyundai Discussing Concessions with EU Regulators Over Daewoo Deal
![© Genya / Adobe Stock](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/genya-adobe-stock-116658.jpeg)
The world's biggest shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co Ltd is discussing concessions with EU antitrust regulators to allay concerns over its $1.8 billion bid for rival Daewoo, people familiar with the matter said.The deal, in part a response to overcapacity in the sector, would reinforce the South Korean company’s top position with a 21% market share, and comes as rivals in China and Singapore make inroads.The European Commission…
KR Opens LNG Bunkering Simulation Center
![© vladsv / Adobe Stock](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/vladsv-adobe-stock-116623.jpeg)
The Korean Register (KR) said it established a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel and bunkering simulation center (KR LSC) at its headquarters in BusanThe use of LNG as a ship fuel and demand for bunkering is expected to increase as a result of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) regulations to reduce SOx, which came into effect at the beginning of this year, and with the strengthening…
New Icebreaking Cruise Ship Design Unveiled
![(Image: Knud E. Hansen)](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/image-knud-e-hansen-116611.png)
Naval architecture and marine engineering firm Knud E. Hansen has introduced a new 144-meter-long icebreaking expedition cruise vessel design with accommodations for up to 300 passengers in 150 cabins.Designed to achieve a service speed of 17 knots in open water, and with the ability to operate in solid multi-year ice of 1.8m thickness, the vessel has diesel electric propulsion, and two azipod-units, each 7.5 MW.
Fuel Choice is Key in Maritime Decarbonization - DNV GL
![© Suphanat / Adobe Stock](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/suphanat-adobe-stock-116603.jpeg)
Fuel choice is the essential decision as shipping charts a generational path to decarbonization, says DNV GL in its latest maritime forecast report.The industry is at the beginning of a transition phase, with many potential options emerging alongside conventional fuels. This increasingly diverse fuel environment means that engine and fuel choice now represent potential risks that could lead to a stranded asset.
World's Largest LNG-fueled Containership Delivered
![(Photo: CMA CGM)](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/photo-cma-cgm-116598.jpg)
The world's largest containership to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) has officially joined the fleet of French container shipping group CMA CGM, during a digital naming ceremony at CSSC’s shipyard in Shanghai.CMA CGM Group’s new flagship, CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, named after the group's founder, is the lead vessel in a series of nine LNG-powered, 23,000 TEU containerships ordered in 2017.Rodolphe Saadé…
Interview: Mike Fitzpatrick, Robert Allan Ltd.
![Mike Fitzpatrick is president and CEO of Robert Allan Ltd. (Photo: Robert Allan Ltd.)](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/mike-fitzpatrick-is-president-and-116584.jpg)
Robert Allan Ltd. is a consulting naval architectural firm, established in Vancouver, Canada in 1930. Mike Fitzpatrick has been a driving force in the company’s growth since joining the firm in 2003. As a key member of the initial employee ownership group, he was named president and CEO in 2015, responsible for corporate direction, business development, management of senior project managers, and project priorities, schedules and profitability.
BHP in Talks with for LNG Bunker Supply Contract
![Illustration - Credit: masterskuz55/AdobeStock](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/ustration-credit-masterskuz55adobestock-116565.jpg)
BHP Group is in talks with three companies for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel five ships it plans to use to transport iron ore between western Australia and China, a senior company executive told Reuters.A contract is expected to be awarded next month after an initial 8 to 10 firms vied for delivery of the super-chilled fuel to the miner over 2022 to 2027, Rashpal Bhatti, BHP's vice…
World’s Largest LNG Bunkering Vessel Named in Rotterdam
![(Photo: Chris Schotanus, Total)](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/photo-chris-schotanus-total-116549.jpg)
The world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel was officially named during a ceremony held Friday in Rotterdam. The 135.5-meter-long, 18,600-cubic-meter-capacity GTT Mark III Flex membrane vessel has been named Gas Agility.The first LNG bunker vessel owned by Emerald Green Maritime Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), she is chartered by Total’s affiliate Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions (TMFGS).In February 2018…
Japan’s First LNG Bunkering Vessel Named at Sakaide Works
![(Photo: Kawasaki Heavy Industries)](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/photo-kawasaki-heavy-industries-116544.jpg)
A naming ceremony was held for Japan’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel at Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Sakaide Works shipyard, on Wednesday.The ship, named Kaguyais, the first LNG bunkering vessel to be operated in Japan. Kaguya will be operated by Central LNG Marine Fuel Japan Corporation and will be based at JERA's Kawagoe Thermal Power Station. Kaguya will begin supplying LNG fuel…
Singapore Holds Key Role in Maritime Decarbonization
![Singapore Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/singapore-transport-minister-ong-ye-116513.png)
Singapore, which counts decarbonization among its top priorities, holds a key role in the maritime industry's push toward environmental sustainability, the nation's transport minister Ong Ye Kung said Thursday during the Future of Shipping Webinar on Decarbonization.One-third of world trade funnels through the narrow Straits of Malacca and Singapore, giving the small city state prominence and influence…
ABS to Class STL's New Very Large Ethane Carriers
![Illustration; A shipyard in South Kore - Credit: Stephan Scherhag - AdobeStock](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/illustration-a-shipyard-in-south-116505.jpg)
Maritime classification society ABS will class four new 98,000 cbm Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) ordered by China's Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical (STL)These ethane-fueled VLECs are part of a Phase-2 order from STL and South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries and Hyundai Heavy Industries will build two VLECs each.ABS, which was the classification society of choice for the first order of the six dedicated VLECs by Reliance Industries in 2014…
New Lives for Old Ships: Inside Keppel O&M’s FLNG Conversion Solution
![“Jointly developed by Golar and Keppel O&M, the concept of using sponsons was an innovative game changer, creating new acreage to house additional equipment on the vessel and segregating the hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon systems to meet safe design requirements.”
Mr. Chor How Jat, Managing Director (Conversions & Repairs), Keppel O&M](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/jointly-developed-by-golar-and-116472.jpg)
As the focus on carbon emissions comes to the fore across all industries, Keppel O&M, which supports the circular economy concept and is a ship conversion leader, is able to help companies reduce their indirect emissions. Proof of this was delivery of the world’s first FLNG conversion solution that dramatically reduced the carbon footprint of the project as compared to new construction. There’s a second conversion project currently underway…
World's First LNG-powered Very Large Containership Delivered
![CMA CGM Tenere (Photo: Eastern Pacific Shipping)](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/cma-cgm-tenere-photo-eastern-116471.jpg)
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has delivered the world's first very large containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Singapore's Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS), the South Korean shipbuilder announced Wednesday.The LNG-powered, 14,800 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity CMA CGM Tenere is one of six containerships in a series being built for EPS by Hyundai Samho, a unit of shipbuilding giant Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co.
Germany Offered to Build LNG Terminals to Avert US Pipeline Sanctions
![© Nord Stream 2 / Axel Schmidt](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/nord-stream-2-axel-schmidt-116466.jpg)
Berlin offered to spend 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) to build two liquid natural gas terminals in a bid to dissuade the United States from imposing sanctions over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, due to bring gas directly from Russia to Germany, Die Zeit reported on Wednesday.The weekly paper said Finance Minister Olaf Scholz made the proposal in an Aug. 7 letter before Washington imposed sanctions on companies involved in building the Baltic Sea pipeline…
Petronas Exec Sees Number of LNG-fueled Ships Doubling by 2030
![Image Credit: Avenir LNG](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/image-credit-avenir-lng-116454.jpg)
The number of ships fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expected to more than double by 2030, driven by the shipping industry's desire to cut emissions, a senior executive at Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) said on Wednesday.Currently, less than 400 out of a total of more than 80,000 registered ships, run on LNG as fuel source. This number could increase to 1,000 vessels globally by 2030…
Sovcomflot Targets at Least $500 Million in Moscow IPO
![(Photo: Sovcomflot)](https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/w200h200c/photo-sovcomflot-116426.jpg)
Sovcomflot plans to raise at least $500 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Moscow Exchange, Russia’s top shipping company said on Tuesday, in a deal that could value it at roughly $10 billion according to sources.The move by the state-controlled firm comes as Russian airline Aeroflot also plans to raise capital in a secondary public offering (SPO).For Aeroflot, the cash is needed to…
Icebreaking LNG Carrier Vladimir Rusanov on Ice Trials
![](https://images.marinelink.com/images/storage/w150h150c/dzb9n6nw4aasept.jpg)
Maritime Reporter TV Interviews Timo Koponen, Wärtsilä
![](https://images.marinelink.com/images/storage/w150h150c/662036de.jpg)
Digitalization Driving Safety in the Maritime Sector
![](https://images.marinelink.com/images/storage/w150h150c/cropimg2546.jpg)
Designer seeks permit to send out United States gas to Mexico for LNG exports
![](https://images.marinelink.com/images/storage/w150h150c/roundex-adobe-stock-149830.jpeg)
Video: LNG Carrier Transits the Northern Sea Route
![](https://images.marinelink.com/images/storage/w150h150c/eduard-toll-northern-sea-route-passage-1.jpg)
Crowley Christens LNG-Powered ConRo
![](https://images.marinelink.com/images/storage/w150h150c/0x4a1012-bhdisplay.jpg)
Pasha Hawaii Brings LNG Containerships Online
![](https://images.marinelink.com/images/storage/w150h150c/nicksouzahnl1.jpg)
LNG Investment Set to Grow
![](https://images.marinelink.com/images/storage/w150h150c/jim.png)
Maritime Reporter TV Interviews Leif Gross, Caterpillar
![](https://images.marinelink.com/images/storage/w150h150c/74b84e3d.jpg)
Inside Crowley's Commitment Class ConRo Ships
![](https://images.marinelink.com/images/storage/w150h150c/untitled-c616.png)