LNG Shipping

Carnival Corp. & plc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Meyer Werft and Meyer Turku to deliver three additional next-generation, LNG-powered cruise ships.

Lloyd’s Register has announced that it has signed a joint development project with Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard to produce a ship-to-ship LNG bunkering compatibility study.

ABB believes that the improved fuel efficiency and bollard pull of the Azipod XL will increase its competitiveness into new sectors such as LNG carriers.

Excelerate Energy L.P. has announced that it successfully completed its 1000th commercial ship-to-ship LNG transfer on 31 August 2016 at the GNL Escobar LNG import terminal in Argentina.

Kooiman Marine Group has announced that it has developed a push boat that features an LNG dual-fuel propulsion system.

Strategic Marine has announced that the construction of two 70 m LNG-powered aluminium vehicle and passenger catamarans is progressing well at the group’s yard in Vietnam.

ABS has announced that the ABS-classed Navigator Aurora – the largest ethane/ethylene capable liquefied gas carrier in the world – has been delivered to Navigator Gas by Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, China.

Kongsberg Digital has signed contracts with Chalmers University of Technology, Kalmar Maritime Academy and Linnaeus University that include the development of an LNG dual-fuel cruise ferry simulator model for the K-Sim Engine simulator platform.

Teekay has released a video looking at the Torben Spirit, which is the company’s third MEGI-Type LNG carrier.

Pivotal LNG has announced that it has reached a multi-year agreement to sell LNG to a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corp., Carib Energy LLC.

Crowley Maritime has released a video of its new LNG-ready tanker, the West Virginia, during a recent stop in the Port of Jacksonville, US.

Teekay has released a statement claiming that the world’s second MEGI-Type LNG carrier, the Oak Spirit, has been delivered to Cheniere Energy.

WinGD has received an order from SK Shipping to supply two 5-cylinder X72DF engines for new LNG carriers.

Bureau Veritas has released a statement claiming that it has classed the Ternsund – an LNG-fuelled newbuild oil/chemical tanker.

Wärtsilä and Gasum have formed a joint cooperation to help develop LNG markets.