LNG as fuel news

ExxonMobil’s advanced 40BN cylinder oil has been validated by WinGD for use in its dual fuel engines with conventional fuels, including methanol, and now LNG.

Stirling Cryogenics B.V. has recently opened an office in Sweden, which will focus its business exclusively on the Nordic countries.

The volume of LNG loaded as fuel by Enagás-operated plants in 2023 amounted to 1359 GWh, over four times the figure achieved in 2021.

Limagas and HAM Group has created a new company called Energía de Valor Ambiental, with the aim of promoting the use of LNG in road transport and compressed natural gas for passenger cars, light vehicles, and trucks.

The 210 000 DWT capesize bulker fuelled by LNG, CAPE HAYATE, which had been under construction at Tsu shipyard of Japan Marine United Co., Ltd, has been delivered to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd (‘K’ LINE).

From 21 May ¬– 7 June 2024, Dunkerque LNG is running a request for interest regarding its small scale services.

TFG Marine has completed the first LNG refuelling of its bunker vessel, the MT Diligence, in Jurong Port, Singapore.

Seatrium has announced that it has secured a favoured customer contract with Hyundai LNG shipping, which will entail the refit of a series of LNG carriers over the next two years.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd has announced that a training programme for ‘K’ LINE seafarers on gas-fuelled ships has been certified by the Philippine Maritime Industry Authority as a training course that meets the IGF Code.

Volvo Peru has delivered its first LNG tractors to HAM Criogénica Perú, which are characterised by having high-pressure direct injection.