LNG ship maintenance news

Nakilat has assumed the technical ship management and operations of the FSRU ‘Exquisite’ from Excelerate.

The Korean Register (KR) has developed new class rules that completely revise the existing structural rules for membrane-type LNG carriers.

Wärtsilä’s recently introduced Compact Reliq reliquefaction plant will be installed in two new LNG carrier vessels being built for Knutsen OAS Shipping.

The KFTC has reached a decision in its investigation regarding GTT’s commercial practices with Korean shipyards in relation to the construction of LNG carriers.

Nakilat has completed the second phase of its fleet management transition from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited.

Kjell Ove Ulstein and Per Helge Madsen, Wärtsilä Gas Solutions AS, Norway, review the latest trends occurring in the LNG regasification sector and some of the new regasification technologies and supporting systems currently available and in development for FSRU conversions.

BW LNG and Burckhardt Compression have signed a 10-year service agreement covering nine LNG carriers.

Nakilat has assumed full ship management and operations of the Q-Flex LNG carrier ‘Al Rekayyat’ from Shell.

A study conducted by ERM has shown that Keppel O&M’s conversion of an LNG carrier into an FLNG vessel provides significant GHG emissions savings compared to a new-build.

Island Offshore has contracted Kongsberg Maritime to provide hybrid power vessel conversions for its PSVs.