ZIM’s LNG ship sets sail

ZIM Sammy Ofer, the first LNG-fuelled containership to join ZIM’s fleet, has kick-started its maiden voyage. The containership departed Asia earlier this week heading for the United States East Coast. The vessel joins ZIM’s flagship service, ZIM Container Service Pacific (ZCP), from Asia to the USA East Coast. After touring U.S. ports Savannah, Charleston, Norfolk,

GAIL to import ethane from the US

GAIL is looking to import ethane from the US, and, it has issued an expression of interest (EOI) for chartering a very large ethane carrier (VLEC) for 20 years, with an option to extend it for another five years. GAIL intends to use the same vessel for co-transporting ethane and LNG in different compartments. GAIL

NYK completes test voyage of Lycaste Peace

NYK Line said that test voyage of the Lycaste Peace was completed on 26 February. The Lycaste Peace, which is owned by NYK Line and chartered by Astomos, was bunkered in Singapore ahead of the voyage with FAME B24 marine biofuel supplied by TotalEnergies Marine Fuels. The demonstration was part of a project to establish

Orders for methanol-fuelled ships increasing rapidly

According to Alphaliner, methanol boxship orders have grown more rapidly than LNG in the last six months, while carriers have all but ditched orders for conventional fuel oil tonnage with just 8% of orders by capacity so far this year going for the old fashioned bunker fuel. LNG and methanol dual-fuel tonnage now represent 40%

LNG at forefront of Dutch foreign fossil fuel funding

The Netherlands is assessing several applications for international fossil fuel projects that could be granted state funding until the end of 2023, most of which target the LNG supply chain. Dutch export credit agency Atradius — in charge of the country’s public financing for foreign fossil fuel projects — received 10 such applications before the

MOL to study use of LBM derived from Cattle manure

Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL), the Japan’s largest shipowner, has signed a memorandum of understanding with compatriot firm Air Water to jointly study the trial use of liquefied bio-methane (LBM) derived from cattle manure in LNG-fuelled vessels. Other shipping lines, notably CMA CGM, are also looking at LBM at the moment. This joint study in Japan

Freeport LNG gets the nod for commercial operations

Freeport LNG, the operator of the second-largest U.S. LNG export facility, has received regulatory approval to resume commercial operations of its natural gas liquefaction. The Freeport LNG export facility in Texas has been shut down since June last year when a fire broke out and damaged the plant. The authorization received provides for the immediate

World’s largest river-sea intermodal LNG carrier delivered in China 

Chinese shipbuilders Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co and China Shipbuilding Trading Co deliver an 80,000-cubic meter LNG carrier, which is currently the world’s largest river-sea intermodal LNG carrier, to their client Shenzhen Gas Co. The Dapeng Princess is also the first LNG carrier to be completed and delivered by Hudong-Zhonghua in 2023, marking the start of

ADNOC delivers first LNG cargo to Germany

ADNOC and RWE Aktiengesellschaft (RWE) has announced the successful delivery of the first shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Elbehafen floating LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel, Germany. Produced by ADNOC Gas at Das Island, Abu Dhabi, the shipment of 137,000 cubic meters of LNG is

Newtrace to develop membraneless electrolysers

Newtrace to develop a new class of membraneless electrolysers to make a dent in the green hydrogen market, which currently is a miniscule portion of the 6 to 7 million tonnes of hydrogen produced in the country annually, all from fossil fuels. Prasanta Sarkar and Rochan Sinha co-founded Newtrace to develop a new class of