LNG Shipping

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.

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has announced that it has started construction on the third and fourth product tankers for Kinder Morgan.

MARAD has announced that it will provide over US$1 million to fund two emission reduction solutions, including an LNG conversion project.

KOTUG and Becker Marine Systems have signed an MoU for the introduction of an LNG hybrid barge for the Port of Rotterdam.

Konstantin Palnikov has been appointed Director General of FAI Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has started construction on two containerships, which will have dual-fuel engines and the capability of being adapted to LNG.