Six Chinese firms and Lloyd’s Register (LR) have signed an agreement to design and develop the first 220,000 cu m LNG carrier with a GTT Mark III membrane containment system.The Chinese companies include Cosco Shipping LNG Investment (Shanghai) Co...

U-Ming, Taipower, K Line and Kuang Ming are to form a joint venture to ship coal and LNG.

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has entered into a long term charter contract with Hong Kong LNG Terminal to supply a FSRU for the Hong Kong Offshore LNG Terminal project.The FSRU, the 263,000 cu m MOL FSRU Challenger, was built at South Korea’s...

The first European dredger converted to dual-fuel LNG/MGO propulsion has departed Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu) to return to work, 23 months after the contract signing.

Van Oord, in consortium with TechnipFMC, has been awarded a contract by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for the LNG project Area 1 Mozambique Golfinho/Atum.

The Panama Canal has published a proposal to modify its current tolls structure for the major shipping sectors.

Oil and gas major Shell sees a growing commitment to LNG as marine fuel and bio and synthetic options would make it “a robust step” in meeting IMO CO2 targets.

As shipowners start to grapple with CO2 emission targets for 2030, and then 2050, the role of LNG as a fuel marine very much comes into question.

Russian firms Sovcomflot Group and Gazprom Neft Marine have joined hands to develop projects for LNG bunkering as part of their efforts to reduce emissions from ships.

Cosco Shipping, Sovcomflot, Novatek and Silk Road Fund have inked an agreement to set up and Arctic shipping joint venture to manage icebreaking LNG carriers.