Come the start of next year, a tough new regulation of sulphur content in fuel will come into force in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and English Channel, pushing it down to 0.1%. Unfortunately, it is beginning to look like it will be a bit of a mess.
In another first for LNG powered vessels classification society ABS and Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering (DSME) have formed a joint development project (JDP) to design an LNG fuelled drillship.
Keppel Shipyard has confirmed a contract worth $735m to convert an existing Moss LNG carrier into a floating liquefaction (FLNG) vessel for Golar Hilli Corporation, subsidiary of Golar LNG.
Nakilat-Keppel Offshore Marine's (N-KOM) has capitalised on its LNG experience in the first half of 2014, with LNG-related work topping a diverse list of projects.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has ordered the world’s first LNG bunker tanker at Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) for a planned LNG bunkering business in North Europe with GDF SUEZ and Mitsubishi Corporation.
A leak during an LNG bunkering operation on a Fjord Line ferry in Norway was due to a test of the vessel’s stability taking place at the same time as refueling.
At the vanguard of offering LNG as a bunker fuel, the Port of Gothenburg is to offer reductions in port tariffs for LNG-fuelled vessels in a bid to encourage owners to adopt the fuel.
