LNG as a marine fuel

New containership retrofit concept: Stretch and switch to LNG

Converting existing containerships to LNG fueling can be expensive. Could adding in a new revenue-earning ship section ease the financial pain? Bureau Veritas (BV) has given its Approval in Principle (AiP) to a new containership retrofit concept that combines conversion to LNG fueling with vessel jumboization.

Awarded at a ceremony at Bureau Veritas (BV) headquarters in Paris, the AiP was granted to Joint Development Program (JDP) members GTT, consultancy Alwena Shipping and China’s CHI Zhoushan...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/shipping/new-containership-retrofit-concept-stretch-and-switch-to-lng/

Fincantieri Bay to build second Polaris LNG bunkering barge

Sturgeon Bay, Wis., based Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has agreed to partner with PNE Marine Holdings, an affiliate of Polaris New Energy to build a second 5,500 cubic meter LNG bunker barge. This new barge will be a sister vessel to the LNG bunker barge Clean Canaveral, which is set for delivery to Polaris later this month.

Demand for LNG as a marine fuel is growing rapidly, with over 400 new LNG-fueled vessels set to enter service over the next several years. Polar New Energy is a unit...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/fincantieri-bay-to-build-second-polaris-lng-bunkering-barge/

ZIM to charter in 5 more LNG-fueled box ship newbuilds

Haifa, Israel, headquartered ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM), reports that it has exercised its option to long-term charter an additional five 7,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel container vessels from Seaspan Corporation. The option was exercised under ZIM’s July 21 agreement with Seaspan for ten 7,000 TEU LNG vessels due to be delivered starting from the fourth quarter of 2023 and into 2024, bringing the total number of vessels chartered under the transaction to...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/zim-to-charter-in-5-more-lng-fueled-box-ship-newbuilds/

NYK Line opts for WinGD hybrid solutions for car carrier quartet

WinGD digital and hybrid specialist Steven Goranov

Engine developer WinGD is making its debut in the hybrid sector. Four newbuild car carriers ordered by Japan’s NYK Line will feature an integrated hybrid power solution that will help dramatically cut their GHG emissions. The pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) will run on LNG, with power being provided by WinGD’s 7X62DF-2.1 two-stroke engines coupled with shaft generators, DC-links and battery systems.

Based on its in-depth knowledge of the main engine’s performance WinGD has optimized spinning...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/nyk-line-opts-for-wingd-hybrid-solutions-for-car-carrier-quartet/

Zim in second LNG dual-fuel box ship deal with Seaspan

Containership leasing giant Seaspan Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp. (“Atlas”) (NYSE:ATCO),, today reported that it has entered into long-term charters with Haifa, Israel , headquartered ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM) relating to ten ultra-modern 7,000 TEU dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) containership newbuilds. This latest charter is additional to the agreement for the charter of ten 15,000 TEU LNG dual fuel containerships announced by the two...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/markets/zim-in-second-lng-dual-fuel-box-ship-deal-with-seaspan/

BV classes Norway’s first LNG bunkering vessel

Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded its classification to Bergen Tankers’ Bergen LNG, the first LNG bunkering vessel (LBV) operating in Norway.

The vessel was created by converting the 2010-built oil tanker Oslo Tank to carry LNG instead of conventional liquid marine fuels. Bergen LNG is operated by Gasnor (recently acquired from Shell by Spain’s Molgas Energy) in the Bergen area and on the Norwegian west coast to supply the LNG fueled passenger ships operated by Hurtigruten and Kystruten.

The...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/bv-classes-norways-first-lng-bunkering-vessel/

VIDEO: Remontowa launches LNG-fueled ferry

Canada’s BC Ferries has released a video showing the launch of its fourth liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled Salish Class vessel at Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Gdansk, Poland,

Work at the shipyard will continue until the ferry’s scheduled sea trials in late 2021, following which it will make the 10,440 nautical mile journey from Gdansk, \ to British Columbia in early 2022.

The vessel is identical to the three Salish Class vessels built by Remontowa for BC Ferries in 2016-2017.

BC Ferries issued...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/ferries/video-remontowa-launches-lng-fueled-ferry/

Yanmar generator engines selected for Japanese LNG-fueled ferry duo

Osaka, Japan-headquartered Yanmar Holdings has received an order from Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) for dual fuel 8EY26LDF engines. The engines will be used to power generators on board Japan’s first two LNG-fueled ferries (provisionally named Sunflower Kurenai and Sunflower Murasaki). As we reported earlier, the ferries are to be built at Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.’s Shimonoseki Shipyard.

Ferry Sunflower (a group company of MOL) will charter the ferries after delivery and launch them on...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/yanmar-generator-engines-selected-for-japanese-lng-fueled-ferry-duo/

First of six LNG-fueled box ships completes trials

The first in a series of six LNG-fueled neo-Panamax containerships has successfully completed sea and LNG gas trials in Korea. The ships are being built for Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping at the HSHI (Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries) shipyard and are each powered by an MAN B&W 11G90ME-GI main engine. The engines are the first to feature MAN Energy Solutions’s Pump Vaporizer Unit (PVU).

CMA CGM has already chartered the first vessel, named Tenere, from Eastern Pacific.

“The successful gas...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/first-of-six-lng-fueled-box-ships-completes-trials/

Two-thirds of shipowners have no decarbonization strategy, survey finds

Shipowners see ammonia and hydrogen as the most attractive fuel options for the long term, according to an ABS survey. Nearly 60 per cent of respondents said they viewed hydrogen and ammonia as the most attractive fuel choices in the long-term. However, the survey also indicated that nearly two thirds of owners currently have no decarbonization strategy in place.

The survey covered shipowners and operators registering for an ABS webinar, Pathways to Sustainable Shipping.

When asked which fuel is...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/environment/two-thirds-of-shipowners-have-no-decarbonization-strategy-survey-finds/

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