SEALNG, the coalition aiming to accelerate the widespread adoption of LNG as a marine fuel, announced that it has welcomed the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) to its membership coalition.
The MPA became the third port member to join the coalition, after the Port of Rotterdam and Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation (YKIP).
MPA has already launched its LNG Bunkering Pilot Programme (LBPP) since 2017 to trial operational protocols and gather experience to ensure LNG...
Shell Canada Energy, an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell, announced it has taken a final investment decision (FID) on LNG Canada, a major liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Kitimat, British Columbia, in which Shell has a 40% working interest. With LNG Canada’s joint venture participants also having taken FID, construction will start immediately with first LNG expected before the middle of the next decade.
LNG Canada is a long life asset that will initially export LNG from two processing units...
https://safety4sea.com/watch-shell-greenlights-investment-in-lng-canada/
Japanese INPEX Corporation announced the departure of its first shipment of condensate from the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The cargo departed on 1st October from the Project’s massive offshore floating production, storage and offloading facility -the Ichthys Venturer- moored in the Browse Basin, 136 miles off the northwest coast of Western Australia.
Departure of the first condensate cargo from the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project demonstrates our commitment to be a reliable, global...
https://safety4sea.com/first-condensate-cargo-from-ichthys-lng-project-departs/
The Port of Amsterdam developed a tool to make LNG bunkering safe and sustainable. This tool ensures that the responsibilities of bunker facilities operators (BFOs) regarding safe and sustainable business operations are clear and that there is a careful examination of how the LNG bunker operations are set up.
This tool has been developed in cooperation with international players in the shipping sector, the International Association of Ports and Harbors – IAPH, Titan LNG, Bureau Veritas, oil and...
https://safety4sea.com/port-of-amsterdam-develops-tool-for-safe-lng-bunkering/
Yamal LNG announced that the 68th cargo offloaded from the Yamal LNG project onto the Arc7 ice-class tanker ‘Christophe de Margerie’, exceeding 5 million tons of LNG produced since the start of the first LNG train in December 2017.
The first two liquefaction trains with total annual production capacity of 11 million tons have been operating within their nameplate design parameters.
As commissioning of the third LNG train continues, the first firing of a compressor gas turbine was achieved...
https://safety4sea.com/lng-shipped-from-yamal-lng-exceeds-5-million-tons/
Ahead of the 2020 sulphur cap, CMA CGM announced the measures it will take in order to comply. Namely, the company will use both LNG and scrubbers as ways of compliance.
The new IMO Low Sulphur Regulation, effective from 1 January 2020, will require all shipping companies to reduce their sulphur emissions by 85%.
In order to comply, CMA CGM has decided to favor the use of 0.5% fuel oil for its fleet, and to invest significantly:
https://safety4sea.com/cma-cgm-to-use-lng-and-scrubbers-for-2020-compliance/
https://safety4sea.com/cm-full-development-of-lng-as-a-fuel-to-be-seen-between-2024-2028/
With the growing relevance of LNG as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, Sembcorp Marine, ABS, and A*STAR’s Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) announced a collaboration to develop new technologies, applications and capabilities in the offshore, marine and energy sectors that will advance the adoption of LNG as a globally preferred fuel.
Through this collaboration, the three organisations aim to make LNG more accessible, reliable and safer for industry and domestic consumption....
https://safety4sea.com/partner-trio-team-up-to-promote-lng-as-a-fuel/
In its report for 2018, K Line describes its plan to comply with the 2020 sulphur cap regulation. The company said that it will proceed by a ship-by-ship basis, as it plans to use a range of compliance methods.
As K Line specifically said in the report:
We will use low-sulfur fuel, install SOX removal equipment, convert fuel to LNG and otherwise proceed with optimal measures on a ship-by-ship basis.
Currently, rules regarding sulphur concentration in marine fuel are attracting particular...
https://safety4sea.com/k-line-to-use-various-measures-to-comply-with-2020-sulphur-cap/