LNG

A multilateral LNG project has been launched to provide customers in the north UK and North Sea with gas deliveries, including bunkering.

US ship owner Matson Navigation Co has chosen MAN Diesel & Turbo’s ME-GI engines, with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) for NOx abatement, to power two dual-fuelled containerships to be built by General…

DNV GL has launched an online methane number calculator to help ship owners match LNG quality to their engine requirements.

There are 86 LNG fuelled ships currently in operation and 93 ships on order as of October 2016, according to DNV GL.

In the wake of IMO decisions on shipping emissions, rival perspectives have resurfaced on the potential of LNG to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution from ships.

ClassNK has issued Approval in Principle (AIP) for a 7,500 cbm LNG bunkering vessel designed by Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co Ltd.

Skangas has signed an agreement with Statoil for delivery of LNG fuel for its platform supply vessels (PSV).

Kobe Steel is to deliver two screw compressors for an LNG carrier to supply boil-off gas to two-stroke dual-fuel engines – the first time screw compressors have been used for this application.

Vancouver-based ferry operator Seaspan Ferries has taken delivery of the first of five LNG-battery hybrid ferries – the first in North America – from Turkish shipyard Sedef.

Nine dual-fuelled vessels powered by Wärtsilä engines will enter operation in Canada within the next year as the company capitalises on its strong regional presence.