LNG vessels

Meyer Werft’s Third LNG-Powered Cruise Ship ‘AIDAcosma’ Starts River Ems Conveyance

AIDACosma

AIDAcosma will leave Papenburg in the night from Friday to Saturday and will be transferred on the Ems to Eemshaven (NL). The 115th cruise ship of the MEYER Group will start the manoeuvre shortly after midnight with the passage of the Papenburg dock lock.

During the Ems transfer and the subsequent technical and nautical sea trials on the North Sea, around 1400 people will be on board – around 99 per cent have a full Covid-19 vaccination, with the remainder recovered and/or tested.

“This means we...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/meyer-werfts-third-lng-powered-cruise-ship-aidacosma-starts-river-ems-conveyance/

KSME Receives Won382.6 Billion Order For 4 LNG-Powered Large PC Ships

CMA CGM LNG Powered

Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, an intermediate holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, won an order for four LNG-powered large-scale PC ships worth a total of 382.6 billion won.

Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering announced on the 25th (Mon) that it had recently signed a contract with a Middle East-based shipping company to build four 114,000-ton class large PC ships.

The vessels ordered this time, measuring 239m in length, 44m in width and 22m in height, will be built at...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/ksme-receives-won382-6-billion-order-for-4-lng-powered-large-pc-ships/

Hyundai Mipo Delivers Korea’s First LNG-Powered Ro-Ro

Hyundai Mipo delivers Korea's first LNG-powered ro-ro

On the 8th October, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard delivered the ‘FAUSTINE’, a 20,000-ton LNG-powered ro-ro ship, to ‘CldN’ of Luxembourg.

A ro-ro ship is a ship capable of loading (Roll-On) or unloading (Roll-Off) through a ramp by loading not only cargo with self-driving power such as passenger cars and trucks, but also trailers loaded with containers.

This vessel is the first LNG-powered ro-ro ship built in Korea. It has dimensions of 217m in length, 32.2m in width, and 27.3m in height. It can operate...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/hyundai-mipo-delivers-koreas-first-lng-powered-ro-ro/

SeaRoad Signs Off On New €100 Million LNG-Powered RoRo Vessel For 2023

Searoad

Australian-based transport company SeaRoad has secured its future growth plan after finalising an agreement with German shipbuilding yard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) to construct a new roll-on / roll-off (RoRo) vessel with LNG propulsion worth more than 100 million euros.

The new freight vessel will join Searoad Mersey II and replace charter vessel MV Liekut to operate on Bass Strait between Melbourne and Devonport, scheduled for the last quarter of 2023.

Construction on the...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/searoad-signs-off-on-new-e100-million-lng-powered-roro-vessel-for-2023/

Yanmar Receives First Order Of Marine Dual Fuel Engines For LNG-Fueled Large Coal Carrier

Yanmar Receives First Order for 6EY22ALDF Marine Dual Fuel Engines for LNG-Fueled Large Coal Carrier

Yanmar has received an order for dual fuel 6EY22ALDF engines which will be used to power generators on board a LNG-fueled large coal carrier to be operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. The coal carrier will be built by Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

Emission regulations in the marine sector are becoming ever more stringent, with LNG vessels being adopted globally as a means of reducing environmental impact.

As this trend has progressed in recent years, dual fuel engines have attracted ever more...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/yanmar-receives-first-order-of-marine-dual-fuel-engines-for-lng-fueled-large-coal-carrier/

Japan’s First LNG-Fueled Tugboat Ishin Uses Carbon Neutral LNG

Suppling CNLNG to the LNG-fueled tugboat Ishin

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and its group company Nihon Tug-Boat Co., Ltd. (Nihon Tug-Boat) announced that the Nihon Tug-Boat-operated liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled tugboat Ishin (Note 1) was supplied for the first time with Carbon Neutral LNG (CNLNG) fuel by Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. and Daigas Energy Co., Ltd. (Daigas Energy) on September 1, 2021. This marks the first use of CNLNG as vessel fuel in Japan.

CNLNG for the Ishin was supplied to the tugboat using the truck to ship method (Note...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/japans-first-lng-fueled-tugboat-ishin-uses-carbon-neutral-lng/

MOL To Build Series Of 4 LNG-Fueled Car Carriers; Progressing Towards 90 LNG-Fueled Vessels By 2030

MOL and Karpowership announce the first LNG-to-Powership project

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reached an agreement with Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co., Ltd. (Ehime Prefecture) and Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd. to build four 7,000-unit capacity car carriers using environment-friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG) as their main fuel.

Compared to conventional marine fuel oil, LNG is expected to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) which is a greenhouse gas (GHG), by about 25-30%, sulfur oxide (SOx) by 100%, and nitrogen oxide (NOx) by about 85%. The vessels are...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/mol-to-build-series-of-4-lng-fueled-car-carriers-progressing-towards-90-lng-fueled-vessels-by-2030/

Volkswagen Becomes First Automaker To Use LNG Ships To Transport Most Of Its Vehicles

Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with LNG ships

Volkswagen is the first automaker to transport most of its new vehicles overseas using low-emission LNG ships (LNG – liquefied natural gas). After the first two LNG car carriers entered service in 2020, Volkswagen Group Logistics has now ordered four more ships with dual-fuel engines that can be powered with environmentally-friendly liquid gas.

They should be traveling the world’s oceans by the end of 2023, serving the North American route between Emden in Germany and Veracruz in Mexico. On the...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/volkswagen-becomes-first-automaker-to-use-lng-ships-to-transport-most-of-its-vehicles/

Flex LNG Acquires New Charter Deal For Its Vessel

  • Flex LNG has secured a new charter deal for the 173,4000-cbm Flex Freedom.
  • The company noted on Friday that the vessel has been chartered to “an LNG portfolio player”.

Norwegian pure-play LNG carrier company Flex LNG has secured a new charter deal for the 173,4000-cbm Flex Freedom, reports Flex LNG.

Chartered Deal

In its quarterly report, Flex LNG said that Flex Freedom is chartered for a minimum firm period of either three or five years.

The vessel has already been committed to an Asian-based...

https://mfame.guru/flex-lng-acquires-new-charter-deal-for-its-vessel/

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