Alternative Fuels – Page 42
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NewsISO standard for safe bunkering of LNG ships
The clear need to standardise LNG bunkering operations for all stakeholders at the international level has finally been recognised in a new ISO standard set up to ensure LNG-fuelled vessels can bunker in a safe and sustainable way.
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NewsSamueLNG project
The S/F SamuelLNG project, which began in Gijon, Spain on 12 December, aims to improve the sustainability of marine traffic through the use of LNG.
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NewsTackling barriers in LNG adoption
SEA\LNG believes that in order to encourage the use of LNG as an alternative to traditional bunker fuel, a collaborative approach needs to tackle the associated commercial barriers.
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NewsLNG-wind powered hybrid cruiseship first
Finnish based wind propulsion expert, Norsepower Oy Ltd, has signed an agreement with Viking Line to install its Rotor Sail Solution onboard the ‘M/S Viking Grace’, the operator''s flagship LNG-fuelled cruise ship.
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NewsCleaner energy for the Baltic
Tallink’s new LNG-powered fast ferry is set to start operations on the Helsinki-Tallinn route following a successful bunkering at Helsinki’s West Harbour.
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NewsDuisburg port backs LNG
The Port of Duisburg and German utility company RWE have teamed up to create LNG infrastructure at the port.
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NewsDunkirk regasification terminal commissioning
Commercial operations have started at the Dunkirk regasification terminal which is used to import, store and re-gasify LNG before delivery.
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NewsTackling high LNG equipment costs
LNG has a huge opportunity to become a key shipping fuel because of its environmental advantages and relatively stable price, but equipment costs and lack of LNG bunkering facilities are still weighing heavily on shipowners'' minds.
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NewsLNG cruise ship
Brittany Ferries has signed a letter of intent with the Flensburger Schiffbau shipyard to construct a new LNG powered ship.
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NewsLNG projects gather momentum
Discussion at this year’s Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Hamburg suggested that the tide is turning for LNG as a marine fuel, with increasing numbers of projects turning from concept to reality.
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NewsDanish LNG cooperation
Nature Energy is set to join other corporations working on an advanced LNG liquefaction plant project at the Port of Frederikshavn.
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NewsTotal joins SEA\LNG
Total, the international oil and gas giant, has joined SEA\LNG, a multi-sector industry coalition created to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel.
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NewsCaledonia LNG project
ExxonMobil, Babcock International Group, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), Calor and Orkney Islands Council have signed an agreement for a Caledonia LNG project.
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NewsTitan LNG fueller
Titan LNG has developed a new LNG delivery solution for sea-going vessels and river barges at ports in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region (ARA).
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NewsThe great LNG debate
The IMO’s move towards the global 0.5% sulphur cap by January 2020 has stirred up the debate again on how appropriate LNG is as the shipping industry’s main option to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Ports work on LNG bunkering standards
The ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Singapore and Zeebrugge have developed the first set of harmonised LNG bunkering standards.
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NewsLNG power for cruise ships
Caterpillar Marine’s dual fuel engine has been chosen for a new generation of cruise ships, as the company works to strengthen its position in the LNG marine propulsion market.
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Low emissions LNG ferry for Mediterranean
Wärtsilä has signed a contract for the design and supply of the LNG power and propulsion installation on a new low emissions passenger ferry.
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NewsLNG ferry in Finland
Skangas has been chosen as a partner for the new LNG driven fast ferry, Megastar, which is being developed by the Tallink group.
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NewsLNG tugs and bunkering contract
Royal Boskalis Westminster joint ventures Keppel Smit Towage and Maju Maritime have ordered two LNG dual-fuel harbour tugs, a breakthrough for environmentally-friendly harbour towage services in the Singapore port.
