LNG ship maintenance news

The shipping industry has outlined a new protocol to incentivise methane reduction across the sector.

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

Seatrium has renewed its five-year Favoured Customer Contract (FCC) with GasLog LNG services and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited, involving the repairs, refurbishment, and upgrading of the two entities’ combined fleet of 43 LNG carriers docking in South East Asia.

In our recent October issue of LNG Industry, Mark Rubio, Energy Business Manager, and Neil Wilds, Global Product Director – CUI, Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine, consider performance improvements, such as liquid coatings, that can offer longer maintenance-free service for LNG assets.

Lloyd’s Register, Knutsen, HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering, and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries team up for first ‘Cradle to Grave’ study on the environmental impact of an LNG carrier.

Wärtsilä will supply the LNG fuel gas supply system, propulsion control system, and alarm monitoring and control system for four new 8200 TEU LNG dual-fuel container ships.

Wärtsilä have signed optimised maintenance agreements covering two LNG carrier vessels technically managed and operated by the Japanese shipping group MMS.

The agreement will cover five Minerva Gas LNG carrier vessels.

In SEA-LNG’s 2021 Outlook for LNG, Peter Keller (SEA-LNG chairman) outlines the fundamental binary choice facing new-builds in 2021.

GTT has received AiP for its NO96 containment system application as an LNG fuel tank for Ultra Large Container Vessels from DNV GL.