LNG

Hybrid Port Energy, a subsidiary company of Becker Marine Systems, has reported that the Hummel LNG Hybrid Barge at the Port of Hamburg has been working effectively.

Two streams of gas engine research have recently collided – with results that should make LNG carrier owners and engine manufacturers sit up and take notice, writes Stevie Knight.

Lloyd’s Register has granted approval in principle for a 6,600m3 capacity LNG bunkering vessel designed by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) to the requirements of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal.

Terntank’s dual-fuelled chemical tanker ‘Ternsund’ passed its sea trials last month, representing the final step in bringing Wärtsilä’s dual-fuel two-stroke engine to market.

Could LNG-powered turbines be the future of containership propulsion? A recent collaboration between GTT, CMA CGM and DNV GL explored the possibility, writes Arthur Barret, program director, LNG bunkering, GTT.

Heavy fuel oil is ‘discouraged’ in the Arctic and completely banned in the Antarctic, which means there is a greater emphasis on low-pollution propulsion, for example LNG, writes Stevie Knight