Free ReadBureau Veritas, the French maritime classification society, has taken delivery into its class portfolio of the LNG-powered newbuild cruise ferry “Salamanca” constructed for France’s Brittany Ferries in the Chinese Jinling shipyard. The LNG-fuelled vessel will be able to carry more than 1,000m passengers and be operated by Brittany Ferries on…
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said its Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement entered into force at the start of January, creating the world’s largest free trade area in all products, including LNG and hydrocarbons fuels.
Dutch liquefied natural gas fuel provider Rolande said it recently opened its 20th filling station for LNG as it expands in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Free ReadDaewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering said it received an order to build two liquefied natural gas carriers for Maran Gas of Greece as South Korean shipbuilding undergoes a revival led by LNG vessels and LNG-powered ships. DSME said the LNG vessel orders were valued at 502 billion-won ($420 million) and…
A South Korean company has won a contract for a mega-scale gas and chemical plant in Russia, defeating European competitors for the building of the biggest complex of its kind with capacity to turn 45 billion cubic metres of natural gas into LNG and chemical products.
China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC) said the world’s first LNG-powered very large crude carrier, the “Yuan Rui Yang”, would soon be ready to hand over to Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation after completing its gas trials following successful sea trials and LNG bunkering during the fourth quarter.
Australian exports of liquefied natural gas hit a record high in 2021 to keep the nation in the World No. 1 spot of global exporters from its 10 liquefaction plants in the East and West coasts and in the Northern Territory.
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) said it helped JERA Co. Inc., the largest Japanese utility and LNG importer, to acquire a 27 percent stake in Aboitiz Power Corp. of the Philippines for $1.58 billion.
Free ReadUS attorneys general in Democratic Party-ruled states and cities have started a new campaign against hydrocarbons by trying to force the government regulatory agency, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), to ban for ever all transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail. A coalition of 14 state attorneys…
Sonatrach, the Algerian state energy company and LNG exporter, said it was putting into service on January 4 the compression system booster of the Medgaz natural gas pipeline from Algeria to Spain and Portugal.