LNG Shipping

US and Australian projects boost Q3 LNG supply 10% on year

Fraser Bennie, Alpha Process Controls, UK, examines the role of the fall arrestor in LNG ship-to-ship transfers.

Pan Asia, China's largest LNG carrier, was put into service in Shanghai on 15 October.

Global LNG suppliers are taking time to revise destination clauses in supply contracts for Japanese buyers despite a ruling by authorities that the provisions are anti-competitive.

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% shareholdings in its equity accounted joint ventures for a nominal cash consideration.

Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver 16 engines for four new LNG carrier vessels being built at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China.

A representative from Trelleborg’s marine systems operation will head-up the ASTM ’Standard for Liquefied Gas Ship Shore Links’ standardisation group.

Bakker Sliedrecht awarded contract for the engineering, delivery, and commissioning of the main electrical power package of an offshore installation vessel. 

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has announced that a naming ceremony for a newbuilding LNG carrier was held at the Tsu Shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation.

The company has expanded its LNG ship-to-ship transfer technology.

The technology group Wärtsilä reached a new milestone in battery technology development.

Wärtsilä opens the first of four Digital Acceleration Centres.

For the first time Skangas’ vessel Coralius both cooled down tanks and delivered LNG in one operation.

Naval architects from Deltamarin have developed a multipurpose inland vessel called DeltaBreaker.

According to Exxon Mobil, the demand for natural gas is expected to double by 2040.