LNG as fuel news

OLT Offshore LNG Toscana received its first small scale LNG cargo at the FSRU Toscana terminal, marking the operational launch of commercial activities for this new service.

TT-Line and Everllence PrimeServ Germany have worked together to operate Ro-Ro passenger vessels on bio-LNG during 2025.

Avenir Marine Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avenir LNG, has signed a framework fuel supply agreement with the shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk.

As a prelude to the launch of its ship-to-ship LNG bunkering business in April 2026, Osaka Gas has held a naming ceremony for its first-ever LNG bunkering vessel at Shitanoe Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

United European Car Carriers is further expanding its fleet of eco-friendly pure car and truck carriers with the order of two additional multi-fuel battery hybrid newbuilds at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Nanjing.

China Merchants Heavy Industry has contracted TMC Compressors to deliver a complete marine compressed air system for newbuild LNG dual-fuel containerships that are being constructed by the Chinese shipbuilder.

CLPe and CNOOC has completed Hong Kong’s first LNG ship-to-ship bunker operation for a very large crude carrier, Maran Dione.

The question of nuclear as an alternative fuel for shipping will take centre stage at Posidonia 2026 during a high-level Executive Briefing that will examine the role of advanced nuclear technologies in commercial shipping and near-shore power generation.

Through close collaboration with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and Shell Eastern Trading (Pte) Ltd, Yang Ming’s lead container vessel, YM Willpower, bunkered around 3500 t of LNG in Singapore

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions will supply its cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems for two new LNG bunkering vessels being built at the Zhejiang XinLe Shipbuilding yard in China.