Lithuania’s port of Klaipeda has conducted its first LNG bunkering on Sunday with supply of the clean fuel to a cement carrier from the Malkos Bay Terminal.

Technology group Wartsila announced that it will supply a cargo handling system for a new 18,000 cu m LNG bunkering vessel being built for Korea Line at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) in South Korea.

DNV GL’s maritime boss, Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, has affirmed the class society’s continued support for LNG as a marine fuel.

DNV GL has developed and introduced a new online bunkering tool to help operators with the use of LNG as fuel from order through to delivery.

Finland’s gas company Gasum has penned a deal to supply LNG to four new crude shuttle tankers ordered by Norway’s energy firm Equinor.

Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA) and European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed an agreement with financing of up to EUR20m ($22m) to construct the first LNG bunkering vessel for use in Piraeus, Greece.

A new report just released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) concludes that using LNG for bunkers may not be as beneficial as previously thought. In fact, on a lifecycle basis, LNG as a marine fuel may have little impact...

As questions are raised about the environmental impact of very low sulphur fuels that comply with the IMO 2020 regulation some Greek shipping executives believe that LNG or even nuclear power would be a cleaner option for the future.

LNG solutions firm KC LNG and cryogenic equipment supplier Cryostar have clinched a contract to build an LNG ship bunkering and truck fuelling facility in Belgium’s Antwerp port.

Zhejiang Wuxing Logistics and Shanghai Zhixian Transportation Shipping have agreed to jointly invest in and construct four plus four LNG dual-fuel multi-purpose heavy lift carriers.