Sector News – Page 60

  • DNV GL said that although the LNG market is growing, the development of international standardisation has lagged behind Photo: DNV/GL
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    Harmonising LNG bunkering

    2014-05-22T17:09:00Z

    DNV GL is launching a new Recommended Practice (RP) on LNG Bunkering in the Middle East & South Asia.

  • Three more Evergas LNG tankers will be powered by Wärtsilä 50DF engines
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    Repeat LNG package order for Wärtsilä

    2014-05-22T15:33:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to supply integrated LNG equipment and propulsion packages for three more LNG tankers for Danish operator Evergas, in an extension to a similar previous order placed in 2013.

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    LNG packages for German vessels

    2014-05-19T14:44:00Z

    India-based INOXCVA is to supply LNG storage tanks and install equipment in the tank connection space of LNG fuel gas packages for Germany’s TGE Marine.

  • Oman Dry Dock is to join with DSME subsidiary DSEC to offer LNG tanker repair facilities
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    Oman launches new LNG repair partnership

    2014-05-17T10:30:00Z

    Oman Drydock Company (ODC) and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) are joining forces to form a new partnership to target the LNG carrier repair market.

  • MHI’s Sayaendo LNG carrier design is unusual in claiming eco-credentials while retaining steam turbine propulsion
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    First LNG order for Japanese joint venture

    2014-05-16T10:30:00Z

    MI LNG, the joint venture company established by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Imabari Shipbuilding, has received an order for an LNG carrier for NYK Line.

  • Steel cutting on the first of the project’s LNG carriers took place in April
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    Braemar oversees Nigerian LNG build

    2014-05-14T10:00:00Z

    Braemar Engineering has been appointed to act as shipping consultants to Bonny Gas Transport, subsidiary of Nigeria LNG (NLNG), and will oversee the building of six LNG carriers.

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    ‘Next generation’ short-sea ships ordered

    2014-05-12T10:45:00Z

    Finland’s Containerships Ltd Oy, GNS Shipping/Nordic Hamburg and ARKON Shipping have ordered two ‘next generation’ dual-fuel container ships for the European short-sea trade.

  • The PFLNG2 project will be located off Malaysia's coast. Photo: Eric Teoh
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    Air Products signs Malaysia agreement

    2014-05-08T16:01:00Z

    Norway’s Air Products is to provide its LNG technology, equipment and process license for Petronas’ second floating LNG project (PFLNG2), to be located off the coast of Malaysia.

  • The Taichung port green belt
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    Greening Ports in Taiwan

    2014-04-29T20:30:00Z

    The Taiwan International Port Corporation (TIPC) Greening the Ports action plan integrates environmental protection into its operating philosophy, with as goal to enhance the competitiveness and promote green port policies.

  • Imabari will build the two new LNG carriers at its Saijo yard in 2017
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    Imabari Shipbuilding carriers for Spain

    2014-04-29T10:23:00Z

    Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd is to build two LNG carriers at its Saijo yard for Spanish shipping company, Elcano.

  • The ports are joining forces to introduce LNG to inland shipping on the Rhine-Main-Danube corridor. Photo: Claudio.Ar/Flickr
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    EU ports enter LNG joint venture

    2014-04-29T09:59:00Z

    The port authorities of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Strasbourg and Switzerland are joining forces to introduce LNG in the Rhine-Main-Danube corridor.

  • The ports are joining forces to introduce LNG to inland shipping on the Rhine-Main-Danube corridor. Photo: Claudio.Ar/Flickr
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    EU ports enter LNG joint venture

    2014-04-28T14:09:00Z

    The port authorities of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Strasbourg and Switzerland are joining force to introduce LNG in the Rhine-Main-Danube corridor.

  • LNG will be shipped from Fluxys terminal at the Port of Zeebrugge
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    Yamal LNG signs transhipment agreement

    2014-04-28T14:09:00Z

    Yamal LNG has signed an agreement with Belgian company Fluxys to co-operate on the transhipment of LNG from its terminal at the Port of Zeebrugge.

  • The new terminal is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2014. Photo: Höegh LNG
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    Lithuanian LNG terminal makes progress

    2014-04-25T14:17:00Z

    The Lithuanian National Commission for Energy Control and Prices (NCECP) has agreed the rules for the first Baltic LNG terminal, making it open to the global gas supply market.

  • Nakilat's fleet expansion was made possible by a US$807.4m refinancing agreement with QIB and Bawra Bank
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    Nakilat expands LNG fleet

    2014-04-23T10:59:00Z

    Qatar gas transporter, Nakilat, is adding three new LNG vessels to its fleet through its joint venture Maran Nakilat Co Ltd after refinancing US$807.4m with Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) and Barwa Bank.

  • There is 'evident need' that the US needs to 'fast-track' LNG projects to become a major market player. Photo: Lightgraphs
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    US needs to up its game, says GlobalData

    2014-04-14T11:01:00Z

    Despite the US being the world’s largest natural gas producer, its lack of approved LNG export terminals is preventing energy companies from competing in the growing global LNG market, says Global Data.

  • 'Siem Symphony' will be operated by Siem Offshore
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    Nauta launches LNG PSV

    2014-04-11T11:07:00Z

    Poland’s Nauta Shiprepair Yard has launched a partly outfitted hull of an LNG-powered platform supply vessel (PSV).

  • Ports like Hamburg are preparing for LNG. Photo: Port of Hamburg
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    Ports prepare for gas-fuelled future

    2014-04-09T09:41:00Z

    More and more ports are either planning for, or are anticipating, the development of LNG bunkering, according to a new survey by Lloyd’s Register.

  • Gas-fuelled future: Ports like Hamburg are preparing for LNG. Photo: Port of Hamburg
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    Ports prepare for gas-fuelled future

    2014-04-07T16:59:00Z

    More and more ports are either planning for, or are anticipating, the development of LNG bunkering, according to a new survey by Lloyd’s Register.

  • Transas wants to help to improve safety in ship-to-ship LNG transfer operations
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    LNG cargo handling simulator

    2014-04-01T14:39:00Z

    Sweden’s Transas Marine has launched a new liquid cargo handling simulator, the LCHS 5000 TechSim LNG, which it says is the first in the market to boast ship-to-ship transfer functionality.