Tag: LNG

China Classification Society's latest paper examines the progress of alternative fuels within the maritime sector.

Not for profit coalition SEA LNG opposed to a recent report by the World Bank which found that LNG cannot form a large proportion of the bunker fuel mix in 2050 due to its carbon intensity, in line with Paris Agreement and Initial IMO GHG Strategy. 

Pavilion Energy has imported a carbon neutral LNG cargo into Singapore, which is the first for Singapore.

An update to the research study ‘Lifecycle GHG Emission Study on the use of LNG as Marine Fuel’ commissioned by SGMF and SEA-LNG in 2018 / 2019 has confirmed that GHG reductions of up to 23% are achievable from LNG as a marine fuel.

On 2 April, the first low-speed dual-fuel marine engine developed by CSSC’s subsidiary China Shipbuilding Power Group has been officially delivered in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu.

Turkey’s new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) is expected to enter Turkish waters within the month.

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.

The first LNG bunkering operation to be carried out in Gibraltar recently took place when the Shell chartered LNG bunker vessel Coral Methane supplied LNG to Lomosov Prospect, an Aframax tanker operated by Sovcomflot. 

On 23rd March 2021, Port of Antwerp, Fluxys and Titan LNG christened a new LNG bunker vessel named as "FlexFueler 002 ". Owned by gas infrastructure group Fluxys and the leading LNG supplier Titan LNG,  the bunker barge ensures that ships can refuel with LNG anywhere in the port.

On 24th March, 2021, Asia marked its first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation, undertaken by CMA CGM and FueLNG at the Port of Singapore.