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DNV GL Recommendations for Adopting LNG as Ship Fuel

Jul 06, 2016

As air emission requirements are becoming more stringent, one possible solution for reduced emissions is to use LNG as fuel for shipping.  However take-up of LNG as ship fuel in Europe is still at an early stage.  DNV GL has provided a report…

Qatargas, RWE Ink SPA Deal for LNG Deliveries

Jul 02, 2016

Qatargas, the World’s Premier LNG Company, today announced a flexible Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with RWE Supply Trading (RWEST), a leading European electricity and gas company. Qatargas will deliver up to 1.1 million tonnes of Liquefied…

Conrad Shipyard Forms LNG Business Unit

Jun 24, 2016

Conrad Shipyard has formed a new business unit focused on LNG projects. Conrad, builder of North America’s first LNG bunker barge scheduled for 2017 delivery, said it continues to actively pursue other LNG opportunities, including developing designs for additional transport barges…

Braemar Engineering Restructures Leadership

Jun 23, 2016

Recently appointed Managing Director of Braemar Engineering, Sheila McClain, has unveiled the company’s new management team that will spearhead the future strategic direction of the marine engineering and liquefied natural Gas (LNG) expert technical advisory consultancy…

GTT, Endel Team-up to Roll-out Membrane Containment Systems

Jun 22, 2016

21 June 2016. GTT and the Endel company1 reaffirmed their collaboration in the area of LNG as a marine fuel, following the recent signature of a Technical Assistance and License Agreement (TALA) for the construction of GTT membrane containment systems…

Teekay Orders LNG Cargo Training Software

Jun 16, 2016

Specialist liquefied natural gas (LNG) training and simulation provider GTT Training has been awarded a contract by Teekay Shipping to supply the G-Sim LNG simulator software into its training centers in Glasgow, Manila and Bahrain. The…

NYK Joins Study for LNG Bunkering in Yokohama

Jun 15, 2016

NYK is participating in a study launched by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to explore the feasibility of LNG bunkering in Yokohama. This study is examining the technological and infrastructural…

DNV GL, SGN Join Forces to Deliver Innovative project

Jun 15, 2016

Following a successful Network Innovation Competition bid in 2015, DNV GL has secured innovation funding from SGN to partner in a project to demonstrate the viability and practical reality of a mixed-source, energy-centric gas network for the future…

India Teams up with Japan, South Korea on LNG

Jun 15, 2016

India plans to form an alliance with Japan and South Korea to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) at 'reasonable prices', the country's oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. India may soon rope China into the alliance as well, he said. A…

GE, Technip Ink LNG Project Deal

Jun 14, 2016

TGE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) and Technip (Euronext: TEC) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a joint project to explore areas to co-develop digital solutions for the LNG industry, with a particular focus on the design and build phase of new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects…

NLNG Adds New Vessels

Jun 14, 2016

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) will this month receive the last of the six new vessels it bought for the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to various parts of the world, says a report in The Nation. Five of…

Helengi Unveils LNG Bunkering Vessel

Jun 11, 2016

Greece's LNG engineering solutions provider, Helengi has revealed its LNG bunker feeder vessel Amaltheia during the recent Posidonia exhibition held in Athens. 'A state of the art vessel is the result of years of intensive engineering studies…

DNV GL Works with Industry Leaders to Develop a New LPG Carrier

Jun 11, 2016

DNV GL has initiated a joint industry project for the design of a state-of-the-art next generation LPG carrier.  LPGreen aims is to develop a more energy efficient, environmentally friendly, and safer vessel for the transportation of LPG products…

Second LNG-powered Cement Carrier Delivered

Jun 09, 2016

Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit has delivered the second LNG-powered cement carrier, MV Ireland, to owners JT Cement, a joint venture between Swedish shipping company Erik Thun AB and Norway’s KG Jebsen Cement. MV Ireland, along with sister vessel MV Greenland delivered in December 2015…

French LNG Terminal Workers Plan to Strike

Jun 08, 2016

Workers at Elengy's three liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals in France have voted to stage two 24-hour strikes on Thursday and next Tuesday as part of nationwide protests against a labour reform bill, a CGT union official said on Wednesday…

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