U.S. shipping company Matson Navigation has signed an agreement with MAN Energy Solutions to retrofit the main engine on board the 2018-built containership Daniel K. Inouye to dual-fuel LNG. The…
https://gcaptain.com/matsons-2018-built-daniel-k-inouye-to-undergo-lng-engine-conversion/
German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd has announced the successful conversion of the 15,000 TEU-capacity Brussels Express to run on liquefied natural gas. In completing the conversion, the ship becomes the first…
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China’s Huarun Dadong yard has started retrofitting Hapag-Lloyd’s ultra-large containership Sajir to use LNG as fuel, in a move claimed to be the world’s...
https://mfame.guru/worlds-first-lng-conversion-begins-operation/
AG Ems and Royal Niestern Sander celebrated the official start of the section building for the LNG conversion of the passenger ferry MÜNSTERLAND (1986). Royal Niestern Sander will design and build a completely new aft ship for the passenger ship from 1986, including dual fuel engines, LNG storage...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/second-life-for-ferry-munsterland-with-lng-conversion/
Holland-based shipyard Royal Niestern Sander announced the signing of an agreement with the ferry company AG Ems for the conversion of another passenger ferry to LNG propulsion. The shipyard receives some funding from the European Regional Development Fund of the EU for this process.
Royal Niestern Sander will design and build a completely new aft ship for the passenger ship ‘Münsterland’, including dual fuel engines, LNG storage tanks, propulsion systems, all LNG installations, pipelines and...
https://safety4sea.com/ag-ems-signs-for-conversion-of-another-ferry-to-lng/
Hapag-Lloyd has scheduled to convert its first large container vessel in the second quarter of 2020. The 15,000 TEU container ship, “Sajir” will be the converted container ship.
The German shipping company believes that the conversion is a pilot project for the entire industry.
Hapag-Lloyd expects to gather experience from the conversion of “Sajir”, which will pay off when the company is considering buying new vessels. Germans will also gain valuable operational experience.
In case of the...
https://container-news.com/hapag-lloyd-milestone-sajir-lng-conversion/
Gibraltar’s Gibdock shipyard has completed a major conversion project on the Baleària ferry Napoles, converting the vessel LNG fuel. The three-month conversion project was one of the largest projects ever undertaken by the shipyard, located on the Mediterranean side of the Strait of Gibraltar. The...
BC Ferries expects to cut CO2 emissions by 12,500 tonnes per year with Spirit-class conversions.
Polish Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA. realized the LNG conversion of BC Ferries’ second Spirit-class ferry, ‘Spirit of Vancouver Island’. The ferry departed from the yard, following the completion of a mid-life upgrade (MLU), in late February.
The ‘Spirit of Vancouver Island’ entered Remontowa SA on 15 October 2018. After undergoing modernization, upgrade and machinery conversion, the ship began her voyage across the Atlantic, the Panama Canal and a passage along the west coast of North America...
https://safety4sea.com/lng-conversion-of-second-bc-ferries-spirit-class-ship-completed/