LNG

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Conrad Shipyard have secured Approval in Principle (AIP) from the American Bureau of Shipping for the basic design of a US-built LNG bunkering barge.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US maritime classification society, has inaugurated an ABS Global LNG Academy in the Qatari capital Doha and dedicated to training and educating mariners in modern LNG vessel operations.

US shipping logistics and bunkering companies Seaside LNG and Polaris New Energy gathered with Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding executives to christen the recently constructed LNG bunkering barge “Clean Everglades” to be deployed along the US Gulf Coast.

Sembcorp Marine Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, have celebrated the naming of its first of a series of LNG-hybrid tugs specially designed for domestic service in the Port of Singapore.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US maritime classification society, said that in a new survey liquefied natural gas and hydrogen are viewed as the frontrunners to be the fuels that will help shipping reach the decarbonization ambitions set by the International Maritime Organization.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, along with the American Club of insurers and Lamar University in Texas are calling on the industry to advance the cause of safety at sea with more comprehensive reporting requirements for injury and near-miss reporting.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, has awarded an approval in principle to Samsung Heavy Industries for an LNG boil-off gas expander system that will become one of the core technologies of the South Korean shipbuilder for future LNG carriers.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US maritime classification society, and South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries are to cooperate on a next generation of LNG carriers in a joint development project signed at the Gastech 2019 conference in Houston.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US maritime classification society, and Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines have signed an accord to collaborate on up to 14 new gas carriers expected to transport cargoes from the US to North Asia as well as other global markets.

April 5 (LNGJ) - The American Bureau of Shipping granted approval in principle to two new gas carrier designs from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding of China. The two new vessel designs are for a 200,000 cubic metres capacity LNG carrier and a 147,000 cubic metres capacity Very Large Ethane Carrier.

   “ABS is proud to support the pioneering work of Hudong Zhonghua in the design and delivery of gas carriers,” said Eric Kleess, ABS Senior Vice President for Eastern Hemisphere Operations. “In reviewing novel gas carrier designs, ABS is able to draw on our extensive experience in classification, supporting the safer handling, storage and transport of gas,” added Kleess.