LNG Shipping

Bureau Veritas has granted Approval in Principle to a 4000 m3 Bunkering Ship concept developed by GTT.

ABS has announced that it has been selected to class two LNG carriers for SK Shipping, which will both feature the KC-1 cargo containment system.

Bureau Veritas has announced that it will class the Arctic LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project in Russia.

GTT has received an AIP from Lloyd’s Register for a 4000 m3 bunkering vessel with a cargo vapour pressure of up to 2 barg, adding that it is looking into developing similar technology for LNG applications.

ABB’s simulations indicated diesel electric propulsion can be a fuel efficient solution for LNG carriers under realistic operating conditions.

In partnership with Cryovision, GTT has installed an LNG sloshing monitoring system – SloShield – on the GasLog Singapore LNG carrier.

Bureau Veritas has issued design approval for the GTT-designed Mark V containment system.

General Dynamics NASSCO has announced that it has held a christening ceremony for the first of five ECO tankers for APT.

GTT has released its report for the first nine months of 2015, noting a decrease in total revenue from royalties and an increase in revenue from services.

GasLog Ltd has announced that it has completed an export credit agency-backed debt financing of US$1.3 billion with fourteen international banks for its current newbuilding programme.

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.