Tag: LNG fueled vessels

Japan’s port of Tokyo will waive an entry fee from April, for ships fueled by LNG and hydrogen, as well as LNG bunkering ships. This is an attempt to promote the use of cleaner marine fuels.

French shipping giant CMA CGM reduced its CO2 emissions by 4% in 2020, having already reduced them by 6% in 2019 compared to 2018, the company said in its annual financial results released last week. 

The Finland-based Deltamarin Group introduced the new LNG-powered Kielmax container vessel of the C.Delta series, named as "C.Delta2100".

Last January the Panama Canal registered a new record of transits and tonnage of LNG vessels. Namely, atotal of 58 ships that transport LNG transited through the neopanamax locks.

A recent report by SEA-LNG outlines how LNG as a marine fuel has moved from being a niche option to a mainstream fuel of the future.

Singapore received its first LNG bunkering vessel, the FueLNG Bellina. The ship will provide LNG bunker to LNG-powered vessels that call at the Port of Singapore.

The German Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure extended the deadline on grants for equipping and converting seagoing vessels to use LNG as marine fuel until December 31, 2021.

Bunkering of the CMA CGM Jacques Saade, the world’s largest LNG-powered container ship, took place in the Port of Rotterdam, Thursday, marking a milestone for the promotion of LNG bunkering as an environmentally friendly alternative for larger ships. CMA CGM named this as 'the largest bunkering operation ever undertaken for a containership'.

If LNG is a ‘bridge’ fuel, how long is the bridge? And, more importantly, where is it leading? Those questions framed discussions at a series of virtual workshops hosted by Gas Fest and Society for Gas as Marine Fuel (SGMF) last week as senior representatives from shipowners, energy majors, bunker operators, port authorities, class societies and technology suppliers explored how to strengthen the framework for clean fuels in shipping.

The Bothnia Bulk project claims that it has reduced CO2 -emissions per transport work by up to 50% compared with conventional vessels in operation.