LNG Shipping

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd and Shell North America LNG LLC have announced the successful bunkering of the ZIM SAMMY OFER container vessel with LNG.

Fratelli Cosulich has announced that the christening and launch of the first of its two small scale and bunker vessels took place on 22 March 2023, at the CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering shipyard in China.

Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd has completed the acquisition of the 2013-built LNG carrier, Golar Seal.

Matson Navigation Company will convert the main engine aboard its container ship, ‘Kaimana Hila’, from a MAN B&W S90ME-C10.5 unit to a dual-fuel ME-GI unit capable of running on LNG.

SEA-LNG recognises the importance of continuing to drive global infrastructure build-out to improve availability of LNG bunkering to the rapidly growing LNG-fuelled fleet.

Performance Shipping Inc. has signed a shipbuilding contract with China Shipbuilding Trading Company Ltd and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Company Ltd for the construction of a 114 000 DWT LNG ready LR2 Aframax product/crude oil tanker.

The M/V Seaboard Blue was bunkered at PortMiami using LNG as a fuel on 12 March 2023, marking the first time in PortMiami’s history that a cargo vessel was bunkered there using LNG as a fuel.

ClassNK has issued four approvals in principle to GTT following its latest development projects in alternative fuels.

Shanghai SIPG Energy Service Co., Ltd and Avenir LNG Ltd have successfully delivered bonded LNG bunker to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd’s first LNG-fuelled containership.

Chevron Shipping Company LLC has entered into an agreement with Sembcorp Marine Repairs & Upgrades Pte. Ltd intending to reduce the carbon intensity of their LNG fleet operations.

Capital Product Partners L.P. has announced the successful delivery of the LNG carrier ‘Asterix I’.

Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd has entered into an agreement with CoolCo to acquire the 2013-built LNG carrier Golar Seal.

ADNOC and RWE have announced the successful delivery of the first shipment of LNG from the UAE to the Elbehafen floating LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel, Germany.

WinGD is trialling a pilot project for a new engine diagnostics solution that is tailored to greatly simplify engine maintenance for crew and fleet managers on a vessel managed by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement.

Furetank has turned a former office building into a maritime educational centre with a simulator complex for training, assessment, and certification in Donsö, Sweden.