LNG Shipping

Trelleborg has confirmed that it has acquired Maritime International Inc.

NASSCO has started construction on a third commercial product tanker for SEA-Vista, which will have the capability of having an LNG fuel-gas system installed.

Santos has released a video to accompany the first shipment of LNG from its Gladstone LNG project from Curtis Island, Australia.

Golar LNG has announced that its Cameroon FLNG project has acquired signature and approval of the binding tolling term sheet.

NASSCO has announced that it has successfully delivered the world’s first LNG-fuelled containership to TOTE Maritime.

Bechtel has announced that the first cargo from the GLNG facility on Curtis Island, Australia, has been loaded onto a vessel and will be shipped to South Korea.

GTT will equip two new LNG carriers for BW Group with its NO96 GW technology.

Mike Johnston, T.A. Cook Consultants Inc., UK, looks at the growth prospects for LNG in the context of Asian and global markets.

Qatargas and RasGas have announced that their vessel, Rasheeda, has commissioned its first gas burning ME-GI system.

Synectics has signed contracts to supply an FLNG vessel and two LNG carriers in the Asia Pacific region with surveillance solutions.

Deltamarin and Brevik Technology have jointly launched a new multigas carrier design, which they claim will be cost-efficient for ship owners and can be used in LNG applications.

EGAS has awarded an LNG import contract to seven companies, in order to solve its increasing energy shortage.

Trafigura has announced that two LNG cargoes will be delivered to IOC by late 2015.

Bestobell has announced that it has received an order for its cryogenic globe and check valves for a second Yamal LNG carrier.

Teekay has announced that Creole Spirit, the first of nine LNG newbuilds, has left the DSME shipyard and started its sea trials.