Small Scale LNG

Wärtsilä Corp. has announced that it has signed a five-year maintenance agreement with AS Tallink Group for its new RoPax ferry, M/S Megastar.

Norsepower Oy Ltd has announced that it has reached an agreement with Viking Line to install its Rotor Sail Solution on board the M/S Viking Grace – an LNG-fuelled cruise ferry.

Wison Offshore & Marine has announced that the world’s first barge-based floating storage and regasification unit has successfully undocked from the company’s dry-dock in Nantong, China.

Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Carnival Corp. & Plc that strengthens their existing partnership and joint improvement efforts to maintain cruise ship safety and reliability.

AS Tallink Grupp has announced that it has taken delivery of Megastar – its new LNG fast passenger ferry – from Meyer Turku Oy shipyard in Turku, Finland.

I.M. Skaugen SE has announced that it has signed long-term contracts for the time charter of three Multigas vessels.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has announced that it has reached an agreement to launch a joint study of an LNG-fuelled Capesize bulker with five other companies.

ABS has announced that it has published its ‘Guide for LNG Bunkering’, which provides standards for the design, construction and survey of LNG bunkering systems on board vessels.

Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd has awarded a contract to Wallace Stone Consulting Engineers for design development work in preparation of the introduction of a new LNG dual-fuel ferry on the Skye Triangle in 2018.

The Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas, has successfully commissioned its first micro scale liquefaction system at the Ten Man LNG facility in Pennsylvania, US.

The Port of Gothenburg has announced that the number of environmentally friendly vessels calling at the port is growing.

Bureau Veritas has released a statement congratulating Seaspan on its new dual-fuel ferry entering service.

Philly Shipyard Inc. has announced that it has held a keel laying ceremony for the fourth product tanker in a four-vessel order for American Petroleum Tankers.

Hydro has signed an LoI with the state of Pará and an MoU with Shell Brasil Petróleo LTDA to replace a portion of its current fuel oil consumption at the Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil with natural gas.

BC Ferries has announced that the LNG-fuelled Salish Orca has arrived in British Columbia, Canada.