LNG as fuel news

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Banco Santander and a syndicate of lenders on an export credit-backed cruise financing for two new passenger cruise vessels, World Class 3 and World Class 4, for MSC Cruises.

HAM Italia and the HAM Group have inaugurated the first EDUX LNG-CNG refuel-ling station in Italy, located in Via del Camposanto.

In our recent April issue of LNG Industry, Cathy Farina, General Manager Product Development, PolaireTech International Inc., and Aditya Hegde, General Manager, Polairetech India Private Ltd, explore how small scale LNG is gaining popularity in unlocking and commercialising local stranded gas resources, enabling a sustainable transition to cleaner energy.

Texas Brownsville LLC has signed a Heads of Agreemnt with EQT Corporation for natural gas liquefaction services for an additional 1.5 million tpy of LNG over 20 years.

Technip Energies has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction contract of a liquefaction train for OQ and TotalEnergies’ Marsa LNG project.

Himalaya Shipping Ltd has taken delivery of another 210 000 dwt newcastlemax dual-fuel newbuilding the company has on order from New Times Shipyard.

TotalEnergies has joined forces with the Sultanate of Oman and OQ Alternative Energy for the building of the Marsa LNG project, a sustainable LNG project fueled using renewables.

Rystad energy reports that despite the growth in dual fuels, LNG remains supreme in terms of shipping fuel choices.

ClassNK has verified the methane slip reduction effect of the methane slip reduction system jointly developed by Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd, and Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd, and issued a statement of fact.

Titan Clean Fuels and STX Group have concluded a ship-to-ship bunkering of 2200 t of bio-LNG to a Hapag-Lloyd container vessel in the port of Rotterdam.