Seaborne ethane and demand for a new ship type
Lloyd's Register has issued a report entitled "Seaborne ethane and demand for a new ship type: Very large ethane carriers
Read moreLloyd's Register has issued a report entitled "Seaborne ethane and demand for a new ship type: Very large ethane carriers
Read moreThe Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry remains the choice of flag for owners/operators of the worlds gas carrier fleet
Read moreOcean Yield ASA, the Oslo-based shipowner, has placed orders for three LEGCs of 36,000 cbm capacity, to be built at Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering, China
Read moreLloyd's Register released an article regarding the shale gas revolution and burgeoning volumes of ethane and ethylene
Read moreClarification is being sought for steam turbine LNG carriers in North and Baltic IGC Code updateSubject to some editorial clarifications, the draft revised International Gas Carrier (IGC) Code is scheduled for adoption at MSC 93 in May 2014, with a corresponding entry-into-force date of January 2016. The revised IGC Code will not be retroactive, and will apply only to vessels built after the entry-into-force date.IGF Code updateDevelopment of the International Code for Ships using Gas or other Low Flash-Point Fuels (IGF Code) continues to be progressed via correspondence group (CG). The primary focus of the CG remains the use of LNG as marine fuel, and although the CG is also addressing methyl alcohol and lowflash diesel fuels, that work will not delay the Code. Recent IMO sub-committee work has looked at the location of LNG bunker tanks (Ship Design & Construction Sub-committee) and STCW training requirements (Human Element, Training & Watchkeeping Sub-committee).Realistically, the IGF Code is at least 12 months behind the IGC Code, as the drafting group is not scheduled to meet until September 2014. IMO appears to be looking to fast track the IGF Code, with a target adoption date of spring 2015 and a resulting entry-into-force date ...
Read moreIn April, Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority Andreas Nordseth attended the naming ceremony of Evergas' new gas tanker that is to carry petrochemical gas for use in the plastic industry. It is Evergas' first vessel under the Danish flag
Read moreCaterpillar Marine is pleased to announce the first shipment of Cat 3500 series marine gas engines from its Lafayette, Indiana manufacturing facility
Read moreOil & Gas UK publishes its Activity Survey 2014 today (25 February), highlighting the contradictions currently at play in the UK offshore oil and gas sector
Read moreTGE Marine Gas Engineering signed the contracts for one firm and three optional vessels for the design and supply of the cargo handling systems, high pressure fuel gas systems including LNG fuel tanks and tank material packages for the next generation of ethane/ethylene carriers of 35,000 m3 capacity with Jiangnan Shipyard Group.
Read moreFrom January 2016 onwards all LNG will need to comply with the new Reference Line requirements IGC Code update The draft revised International Gas Carrier (IGC) Code was approved at the 92nd Session of IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 92) in June 2013. Following IMO protocol, the revised Code now goes through an official review period until adoption at MSC 93 in May 2014, with a corresponding entry-into-force date of January 2016. The revised IGC Code will not be retroactive, but will apply only to vessels built after the entry-into-force date. There area few parts of the revised IGC Code requiring clarification and these are being discussed with various flag states, the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) and the IMO working group chairs. It is notenvisioned that these clarifications will impact either adoption or the entry-into-force dateIGF Code updateAs IMO is currently between relevant sub-committee sessions, the development of the International Code for Ships using Gas or other Low Flash-Point Fuels (IGF Code) is being progressed via correspondence group. While the primary focus of the correspondence group remains the use of LNG as marine fuel, the group has also been tasked by IMO to also address methyl alcohol and ...
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