LNG Shipping

Petroleum and chemical tanker owner and operator AET has announced that up to four of its new Aframax tankers will feature an LNG dual-fuel option.

Bureau Veritas has announced that it has made two key appointments to its Marine & Offshore Division.

SCF has announced that Christophe de Margerie – the world’s first ice-breaking LNG tanker – has successfully berthed at the gas terminal at Sabetta Port in Russia, making it the first vessel to do so.

Desgagnés has announced that it has taken delivery of the M/T Damia Desgagnés – a dual-fuel asphalt-bitumen-chemical tanker capable of operating on LNG.

The Maritime Standard Awards 2017 will take place at the Atlantis Ballroom, Atlantis, The Palm on 23 October this year.

Philly Shipyard Inc. has delivered the second of four next generation 50 000 DWT product tankers being built for the Kinder Morgan Inc. subsidiary, American Petroleum Tankers.

Liebherr's ship crane department has equipped 15 new vessels of the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd has announced that the MOL Triumph containership has been delivered from Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.

Shell has released a video looking at its new 6500 m3 LNG bunker vessel.

Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has won an order from Sovcomflot to construct four 114 000 DWT Ice-Class IA Aframax tankers.

GasLog Partners LP and GasLog Ltd have entered into an agreement for the partnership to purchase from GasLog 100% of the shares in the entity that owns and charters the GasLog Greece LNG carrier.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has announced that it will carry out a joint study with the National LNG platform, focusing on opportunities to develop LNG from renewable sources as a transport fuel in the port.

General Dynamics NASSCO has announced that it has christened and launched the LNG conversion-ready ECO Class tanker, Palmetto State, at San Diego Bay, US.

Saipem and NTT DATA have signed a cooperation agreement with a view to prototyping and implementing new solutions in Saipem yards and on Saipem vessels. 

Nakilat has announced that it has assumed full ship management and operations of the Mesaimeer Q-Flex LNG carrier from Shell Trading and Shipping Co. Ltd.