Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie) announced the conclusion of a two ship order from La Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ). The two dual-fuel LNG Ro-Pax ferries will operate on the St. Lawrence River on the Tadoussac-Baie-Sainte-Catherine route and shall enter service in 2015. At 92 m long, each vessel will have over 625 lane [...]
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Burckhardt Compression received the first order for the fuel gas compressor system Laby® -GI for two LNG carriers. This marks a major milestone for Burckhardt Compression in setting up a compressor business for energy-efficient, environmentally friendly propulsion systems for gas-operated marine diesel engines. The compressor system will inject boil-off gas into the ME-GI dual-fuel two-stroke [...]
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SEACOR Holdings Inc. announced that it has executed an agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), through a subsidiary of SEACOR Ocean Transport Inc., for the construction of two Liquefied Petroleum Gas tankers (VLGCs) with expected deliveries in 2014 with an option to purchase up to three additional VLGCs with delivery in 2015. These vessels will [...]
The managing director of Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) says the country will roughly triple its gas condensate exports in less than two years. Seyyed Pirouz Mousavi said on Wednesday that in less than two years, Iran will increase its export of gas condensate from the current level of 450,000 barrels per day (bpd) to [...]
The Gazprom Management Committee took note of the progress with the Program for hydrocarbon resources exploitation on the Russian Federation shelf until 2030. It was mentioned that the Russian continental shelf was a region of the Company’s strategic interest. A large hydrocarbon production center will be formed here and in future it will acquire great [...]
The European Commission recently proposed two separate initiatives, which include funding possibilities intended to help finance projects combating pollution caused by ships. Though not explicitly mentioning liquefied natural gas (LNG), both initiatives are perfectly designed for LNG-related projects to benefit from the provided financial aids. Commission proposes renewed resources to counter pollution at sea In [...]
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Today Shell puts two inland shipping tankers into use which run on LNG. The 110-metre long ships are ‘single fuel’: they only use one type of fuel, LNG. This not just a first for Shell in the Netherlands, but also for the inland shipping industry. From today the two tankers will sail between Rotterdam and [...]
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JGC of Japan said that at the meeting of its Board of Directors, to be held on July 1 st , 2013, it will merge its wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries JGC Plant Solutions and JGC PLANTECH. The name of the new company will be JGC Plant Innovation. Purpose of the merger by merging the management of [...]
Manufacturing Australia Chair, Sue Morphet, this morning called for the establishment of two gas prices in Australia – one for domestic markets and one for international markets, on the grounds that this occurs in “all other gas – rich countries”. She said Manufacturing Australia is asking policymakers to do “what the rest of the world [...]
BG of UK said that the construction of the first of two QCLNG storage tanks is nearly complete. The tanks are being constructed using the most advanced engineering techniques and safety designs, BG said. Measuring some 80m x 49m each tank is larger the Royal Albert Hall in London and will be capable of withstanding up [...]
