LNG as fuel news

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received a large order for comprehensive packages of RoRo equipment for a total of two dual-fuel LNG pure car and truck carrier vessels.

Matson Navigation Company will convert the main engine aboard its container ship, ‘Kaimana Hila’, from a MAN B&W S90ME-C10.5 unit to a dual-fuel ME-GI unit capable of running on LNG.

HAM Group has opened in Benavente, Zamora, a new service station for LNG and CNG, located next to the A-6, one of the six radial highways in Spain.

The M/V Seaboard Blue was bunkered at PortMiami using LNG as a fuel on 12 March 2023, marking the first time in PortMiami’s history that a cargo vessel was bunkered there using LNG as a fuel.

ClassNK has issued four approvals in principle to GTT following its latest development projects in alternative fuels.

Infrastructure developments and the role of bio-LNG and synthetic LNG as green fuels are being discussed at the 9th International LNG Congress, 6 – 7 March 2023, in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Shanghai SIPG Energy Service Co., Ltd and Avenir LNG Ltd have successfully delivered bonded LNG bunker to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd’s first LNG-fuelled containership.

A consortium including technology group Wärtsilä has secured EU funding to develop solutions minimising methane slip from marine engines, advancing the environmental and climate benefits of LNG as a ship fuel.

Avenir LNG’s wholly owned subsidiary, Avenir LNG B.V., has successfully conducted Germany’s first direct LNG unloading operation from a transport vessel into trucks.

Liqvis GmbH and revis bioenergy GmbH have concluded an agreement on supplying bio-LNG.