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German shipyard Meyer Werft laid the keel for the lead vessel of a new series of three cruise ships at its Papenburg facilities on Thursday, April 8. The vessel will be ..
Since the start of the year, there have been 27 LNG-fuelled vessels
ordered, according to a recent market insight from Gibson Shipbrokers, reports offshore energy.
Of these, 14 have been tankers, nine have been container vessels, two general cargo, and PCCs respectively. The vessels will be built through to 2024.
Furthermore, IMO figures show that the current orderbook for LNG-fuelled vessels stands at over 130 ships.
Industry BeliefThe ordering trend supports the industry belief...
https://mfame.guru/27-lng-fuelled-ships-ordered-so-far-this-year/
Pan Ocean entered a contract to charter out an LNG bunkering vessel to Anglo-Dutch major Shell, says an article published in Splash 247.
$55 revenue dealSouth Korean shipping company Pan Ocean had entered a contract to charter out an LNG bunkering vessel to Anglo-Dutch major Shell. It was noted that the deal would bring in $55mn in sales revenues.
Contact duration
The contract will come into force in May 2023 and includes a firm duration period and two extension options, with an overall duration...
Samsung shipyard acquires independent technologies for wind turbine installation vessel, says a press release published on Samsung Heavy Industries.
Design and approvalSamsung Heavy Industries (SHI) said that the design of its low carbon-emitting WTIV concept has obtained “Approval in Principle” simultaneously from three major maritime classification societies — the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), DNV, and Lloyd’s Register (LR).
Eco-friendlyThe shipbuilder said it has applied eco-friendly...
https://mfame.guru/independent-technology-for-construction-of-wtiv/
Disney Cruise Line’s First LNG cruise ship named Disney Wish has reached a major construction milestone at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany, says an article on Cruisehive.
Tradition with a TwistThe traditional newly minted coin, which was placed underneath the keel, showed Captain Minnie, who made her debut aboard Disney Cruise Line ships in 2019 as part of a collection of initiatives aiming to inspire the next generation of female leaders in the maritime industry.
Disney Goes GreenDisney...
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Houston-based Clean energy solutions company Pilot LNG LLC, in theri website, has said it has awarded the Front-End Engineering & Design (FEED) contract for its Galveston LNG Bunker Port (GLBP)...
https://mfame.guru/feed-contract-awarded-for-floating-lng-project/
GTT announces that it has received an order from its partner the Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the tank design of two VLECs on behalf of an Asian ship-owner.
Multi-gas vesselsAs part of this order, GTT will design the tanks for the VLECs with a cargo capacity of 98,000 cubic meters. The tanks will be fitted with the GTT Mark III membrane containment system.
Due for delivery in the last quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, the latest generation vessels are designed...
https://mfame.guru/gtt-secures-design-order-for-vlec-newbuilds/
Ολοκληρώθηκε η μετασκευή του «Bergen LNG», του πρώτου LNG bunkering πλοίου της Νορβηγίας, και πλέον είναι έτοιμο για την έναρξη των θαλάσσιων δοκιμών του πριν ξεκινήσει τις δραστηριότητες τροφοδοσίας άλλων πλοίων με καύσιμο LNG.
To συγκεκριμένο project μετασκευής από φορτηγίδα τροφοδοσίας ναυτιλιακών καυσίμων πετρελαίου σε LNG bunker ξεκίνησε τον Αύγουστο του 2019 και αποτελεί μέρος της μακροχρόνιας συμφωνίας ναύλωσης της Bergen Tankers με την Gasnor.
Το νορβηγικό ναυπηγείο Westcon Yards...
https://www.naftikachronika.gr/2021/04/11/to-proto-lng-bunkering-ploio-tis-norvigias/
CMA CGM has stepped up its investment into alternative fuels, launching a project to buy 12,000 tonnes of bio-methane on a guarantee-of-origin basis.
It noted that this amount of fuel would be enough to power two of its intra-Europe subsidiary Containerships’ 1,400 teu LNG-powered vessels, deployed on a St Petersburg-Rotterdam Baltic Sea feeder loop, for an entire year.
However, the company stressed that, acquiring the fuel did not mean it would be …
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