LNG Shipping

The US Department of Energy has issued a final long-term order authorising the export of domestically produced LNG from the proposed Jordan Cove LNG Terminal.

GTT has received an order from the Russian shipyard Zvezda for the tank design of five ARC7 ice-breaking LNG carriers.

GTT and Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex sign a technical assistance and license agreement for the construction of LNG carriers incorporating membrane tank systems.

Golar Power has entered into an alliance with Galileo Technologies to promote LNG and cleaner bio-energies in Brazil.

BMT has announced the completion of sea trials for the first of two 70 m LNG-fuelled ROPAX ferries it has designed for the operator Rederij Doeksen in the Netherlands.

The first steel cutting for Terntank’s two LNG/LBG-powered biofuel tankers with hybrid battery systems has taken place at the China Merchants Jinling shipyard.

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co has signed a contract to construct three LNG carriers for COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation.

Qatargas has delivered its first cargo of LNG on a Q-Flex LNG carrier to the Adriatic LNG receiving terminal in Italy.

Gasum’s latest new bunkering station for liquefied gas has been brought into use at Port of Nynäshamn, Sweden, on the premises of the Ports of Stockholm.

Chevron has signed a domestic gas sale agreement with BHP Billiton Nickel West for the delivery of natural gas from Wheatstone LNG.

BV, in collaboration with PSA Marine, has completed a remote marine survey for an LNG dual fuel PSA Marine harbour tug.

Nauticor, a subsidiary of Gasum, has conducted the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation for the new-build cruise ship ‘Iona’.

The Port of Marseille Fos, a member of the SGMF, is seeking to promote LNG and become an LNG hub for the Mediterranean.

The first commingling LNG cargo of Hiroshima Gas and Tokyo Gas, transported by Tokyo LNG Tanker, has arrived at Hiroshima Gas’ Hatsukaichi LNG terminal.

The steel cutting ceremony for UECC’s second LNG battery hybrid powered PCTC was recently held at Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai, China.