LNG as fuel news

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.

HAM Group has inaugurated a new refuelling station EDUX GNL - GNC in Hospitalet de l'Infant, Spain.

In 2023, the US became the leading LNG exporter, driven by increased exports to Europe and Asia, with the the Netherlands, France, and the UK as top importers, while Brazil’s LNG imports declined due to hydropower reliance.

The first ever ship bunkering at Hamina LNG terminal has been successfully completed. In co-operation with Rohe Solutions and Glander International Bunkering.