Tag: LPG

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) recently revealed that it has secured a 247.9 billion won contract (around $183.6 million) with a European shipping company to construct two liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessels.

As the maritime industry accelerates its pursuit of sustainable energy solutions, hydrogen has garnered significant attention as a potential alternative fuel, particularly in its compressed and liquefied forms (LH2).

Navigator Holdings Ltd. announces that, it entered into contracts to build two new 48,500 cubic meter capacity liquefied ethylene gas carriers with Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd. and China Shipbuilding Trading Co., Ltd., in China.

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has successfully completed its final supply chain trial for biofuel blended with very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions (WGS), will deliver the fuel supply and cargo handling systems for two new gas carriers that will operate with ammonia fuel.

According to NYK, following Gas Garnet, which was delivered in March this year, Gas Amethyst is the second jointly owned LPG dual-fuel vessel to be delivered this year and the fourth LPG dual-fuel vessel for Astomos Energy.

A new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR) explores the current state of LPG as a fuel for shipping. LPG is already a widely available fossil fuel that offers emissions benefits compared to other fossil options.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that its subsidiary, MOL Energia Pte. Ltd., signed a time charter contract with CSSA Chartering and Shipping Services SA, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, for two dual-fuel very large gas carriers (VLGCs).

Trafigura has signed a contract for four Medium Gas Carriers (MGC) that will be capable of using low-carbon ammonia as a propulsion fuel when delivered.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced that the LPG dual-fuel LPG/ammonia carrier (VLGC) Aquamarine Progress II, ordered by its group company, Aramo Shipping (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., was delivered on April 26 by Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., according to the company's release.