Today, LNG-fuelled vessels amount to approximately 13% of the current newbuild order book and estimates for 2021 and beyond show continuing growth in many classes of vessels, reports The Maritime Executive.
Reducing the carbon footprintImportantly, 2020 also saw the first uses of bio-LNG by deep-sea ocean vessels, thereby reducing the carbon footprints of these vessels.
The reasons for this expansion are clear. Ports and cities around the world are beginning to take the threat of air pollution...