LNG Shipping

Carlos Guerrero, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division, France, explains why ship conversions are fuelling the move to LNG.

The first of four Höegh LNG floating, storage and regas units has today been named ‘Independence’

The Ichthys LNG project has laid the first block of the keel for its FPSO unit at the DSME shipyard in South Korea.

Toetem Ocean has chosen Wärtsilä technology for the largest LNG ship conversion in North America.

The Port of Zeebrugge has carried out its first ‘truck to ship’ bunkering operation of an LNG fuelled tugboat.

Qatargas has successfully completed the first ship-to-ship transfer of LNG between two Q-Flex type ships.

The Swedish shipping company Erik Thun has awarded a contract to Ferus Smit to build a cargo vessel powered by LNG.

Yokogawa has received an order for the supply of the control system for a LNG carrier being built for the Ichthys LNG project, Australia.

Officials from Qatari and Pakistani governments are due to finalize an agreement for the supply of LNG to Pakistan at a meeting in Doha.

Harvey Gulf International Marine has announced the ground breaking of construction on its LNG fuelling facility in Louisiana.

The launching ceremony of the fourth ship in a series of four LNG carriers has taken place in South Korea.

In 2013, EG LNG shipped eight excess LNG cargoes and recorded zero loss time injuries.

Hyundai Merchant Marine plans to sell its LNG transport business to a local investment firm for US$ 1.03 billion.

Congressman Garamendi has called for all exports of LNG from the US to be on US built and US flagged ships with American crews.

A Russian Ministry of Transport official has said that Russian ports will focus on LNG terminal development.