LNG

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, said the first liquefied natural gas-powered Newcastlemax bulk carrier in an order of 13 ABS-classed vessels for Eastern Pacific Shipping has been fuelled with LNG in a bunkering operation at Singapore, and was now heading for Australia to load iron ore for Asia.

The South Korean company, Hyundai Engine Machinery, has completed the tests for six gas engines for LNG power from MAN Energy Solutions, bound for a series of container ships ordered by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping.