Maran Gas extends optimised maintenance agreement with Wärtsilä

The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a renewal of its Optimised Maintenance Agreement with the Greek shipping company Maran Gas Maritime. The new agreement will run for five additional years, and is designed to ensure operational certainty with controlled and predictable costs for Maran Gas’s fleet of 21 TFDE LNG carrier vessels. The signing took

Crowley inaugurates LNG loading terminal

Crowley inaugurated its LNG loading terminal in the southern town at Peñuelas in Puerto Rico. The facility marks a major milestone and supports the island’s economy with full-service, sustainable energy solutions to industrial and commercial operators in Central America and the Caribbean. The facility will significantly grow the company’s service capabilities in Puerto Rico, delivering

Golar LNG and Snam agree to transform an existing LNG carrier into FSRU

Golar LNG and have entered a €269m contract to transform an existing LNG carrier, dubbed Golar Arctic, into a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). The contract covers the vessel and capex for its conversion into an FSRU. The FSRU will be installed by Snam in the port area of Portovesme in Sardinia, an Italian

Hyundai to design six LNG tanks for GT

GT It was selected in April 2022 by its partner, Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries, to design cryogenic tanks for six liquefied natural gas (LNG) container ships. These six new vessels, capable of carrying 7,900 containers each, will be equipped with a tank of liquefied natural gas, used as fuel, with a capacity of 6000

Titan LNG to supply fuel to Brittany Ferries’ new LNG-fueled vessels

Dutch independent LNG supplier Titan LNG and French shipping company Brittany Ferries have signed a long-term agreement for the supply of LNG and LBM to two new LNG-fueled hybrid Ro-Pax vessels. Brittany Ferries will operate these vessels between England and France from 2025. The ferries will serve routes connecting Portsmouth with Saint-Malo, and Portsmouth with

Banning Russian LNG tough without supply alternatives

Japan’s trade minister said it would be difficult for the Group of Seven nations to ban Russian liquefied natural gas imports unless alternative suppliers can be found. The G-7 nations including Japan have decided to ban or phase out coal and oil imports from Russia as part of sanctions imposed in response to its invasion

Niedersachsen Ports’ contract for construction of first LNG terminal in Germany

The first pile driving was set in Wilhelmshaven to build Germany’s first LNG terminal. In view of the need to reorganize the energy supply, the project is being advanced under enormous time constraints. The necessary steps must be taken to prevent the occurrence of a gas shortage and to achieve independence from Russian gas supplies.

LNG for PGNiG to Klaipeda terminal delivered

The delivery of almost 65 000 t of LNG from the US is a step towards further integration of gas markets in this part of Europe and strengthening of their energy security. The gas came from a liquefaction plant in Freeport, Texas. Iwona Waksmundzka-Olejniczak, President of the PGNiG S.A. Management Board, said: “The first delivery

Australian R&D puts low-cost hydrogen within reach

Local researchers have unlocked a way to produce low-cost hydrogen from renewable electricity, which is now on the road to commercialisation. Australian hydrogen technology developer Hysata says its breakthrough puts within reach the cost of producing hydrogen at a cost competitive with gas – $2 per kilogram. Hard-to-abate sectors including steel manufacturing, heavy transport and

Gas Entec, completes conversion of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier

GAS Entec, a subsidiary of Atlantic Gulf & Pacific International Holding (AG&P), has completed the conversion of a 125,000m³ LNG carrier (LNGC) for KARMOL, a joint-venture between Turkey’s Karpowership and Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), into an 84 mmscfd Modular Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (M-FSRU) with capacity to scale from 15 to 300 mmscfd