LNG Shipping

MAN Cryo has signed an agreement with Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard to deliver a marine LNG fuel gas supply system to an Italian ferry.

Titan LNG has been given the ‘Clean Harbour Programme’ award, including a €500 000 subsidy, by the Province of North-Holland, the Netherlands, to support the construction of its LNG bunkering pontoon.

SEA\LNG has released a statement claiming that a collaborative approach to understanding the opportunities and then tackling the associated commercial barriers to LNG is crucial to encourage its usage an alternative to traditional bunker fuels.

Wärtsilä Corp. has announced that it has signed a five-year maintenance agreement with AS Tallink Group for its new RoPax ferry, M/S Megastar.

Norsepower Oy Ltd has announced that it has reached an agreement with Viking Line to install its Rotor Sail Solution on board the M/S Viking Grace – an LNG-fuelled cruise ferry.

Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Carnival Corp. & Plc that strengthens their existing partnership and joint improvement efforts to maintain cruise ship safety and reliability.

AS Tallink Grupp has announced that it has taken delivery of Megastar – its new LNG fast passenger ferry – from Meyer Turku Oy shipyard in Turku, Finland.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has announced that it has reached an agreement to launch a joint study of an LNG-fuelled Capesize bulker with five other companies.

Sakhalin Energy has announced that it has signed a 10-year LNG tanker charter agreement with Gazprom Marketing & Trading.

ABS has announced that it has published its ‘Guide for LNG Bunkering’, which provides standards for the design, construction and survey of LNG bunkering systems on board vessels.

Fluxys has released a statement claiming that the world’s first top category ice class LNG carrier has docked at the Zeebrugge LNG in Belgium.

Teekay LNG Partners LP has announced that it is planning to issue new senior unsecured bonds in the Norwegian bond market through an add-on to its existing Norwegian bonds due in October 2021.

MISC Berhad has announced that it has held a naming and delivery ceremony for its new LNG carrier at the Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea.

Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd has awarded a contract to Wallace Stone Consulting Engineers for design development work in preparation of the introduction of a new LNG dual-fuel ferry on the Skye Triangle in 2018.

Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd has announced that it has successfully completed a new senior unsecured bond issue of NOK 1500 million in the Nordic bond market with a maturity date of 1 February 2022.