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Kawasaki Receives Order for Two 309,000 DWT Class, LNG-fueled VLCCs
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has announced that it has concluded a shipbuilding contract with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. for two 309,000 deadweight-ton class, liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs). The newly …
Sep 9, 2022 / Vessels
International team nets €3.4M to advance ship-based carbon capture for maritime sector
EverLoNG to conduct technology trials on board two LNG-fuelled ships along with supporting studies.A cross-boundary project involving science and industry experts has landed €3.4 million (total budget €4.9M) from an EU climate action fund to …
Apr 18, 2022 / Curious
GTT to design the fuel tanks for five very large LNG-fuelled container vessels
GTT has received, at the end of June, an order from its partner, the Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the fuel tank design of five very large LNG-fuelled container vessels, able to carry 15,000 containers each, on behalf of the …
Jul 21, 2021 / Curious
JFE Steel Signs Long-term Charter for 3 LNG-fueled Ships to Transport Raw Materials
Switch to LNG will help reduce greenhouse gas emissionsJFE Steel Corporation announced today that it has signed long-term deals with NYK Line, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines to charter three 210,000-ton LNG-fueled bulk carriers for …
Jul 20, 2021 / Vessels
Two Sovcomflot LNG-fuelled Aframax tankers time-chartered to the Sakhalin-2 project for 10 years
On 4 June 2021, Sovcomflot (SCF Group) and Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the Sakhalin-2 project, signed long-term time-charter contracts for two existing LNG-fuelled tankers of SCF’s successful ‘Green Funnel’ series, Korolev Prospect and Vernadsky …
Jun 8, 2021 / Vessels
Successful TAT for WinGD’s X82DF Engine to Power World’s First LNG-Fuelled VLCC
WinGD has completed a successful Type Approval Test (TAT) for their X82DF-1.0. The 7-cylinder dual fuel engine will be the first to power a VLCC with LNG fuel, extending the benefits of WinGD’s X-DF technology into even more vessel segments. With …
Apr 28, 2021 / Curious
K Line’s new LNG-fuelled car carrier launched at Tadotsu Shipyard
On July 31 2020, the LNG fueled car carrier which is under construction at Tadotsu Shipyard Co.Ltd. (Imabari Shipbuilding Group) was launched safely. Construction is currently ongoing with estimated delivery within the 2020 fiscal year.The main …
Aug 24, 2020 / Vessels
WinGD wins type approval for biggest and most powerful ever dual-fuel engines
WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) has received type approval for the biggest and most powerful LNG-fuelled engines ever built. Class society Bureau Veritas awarded the approval for WinGD’s dual-fuelled 12X92DF engines, the first series of which is …
May 28, 2020 / Curious
BC Ferries Awards Contract For Additional Salish-Class Vessel
BC Ferries continues to roll out its Clean Futures Plan and has awarded Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. of Gdansk, Poland a contract to build an additional liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled vessel scheduled to go into service in the Southern Gulf …
Feb 3, 2020 / Vessels
Deltamarin and GTT receive ABS AiP for Dual-Fuel Newcastlemax Design
ABS Classification Society has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to Deltamarin and GTT for the dual-fuel Newcastlemax bulk carrier design.Deltamarin, GTT and ABS have been cooperating on the development of an LNG-fuelled energy-efficient …
Dec 11, 2019 / Curious