LNG as fuel news

In the April 2023 issue of LNG Industry, Pawel Warszycki, Hanseatic Institute for Entrepreneurship and Regional Development at the University of Rostock, Germany, examines small, micro, and nano scale LNG and bio-LNG markets as a significant niche for the future development of the LNG industry. This special report lists the bibliography for this article.

MEYER Group has presented a cruise ship concept that uses LNG as fuel.

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.