Korean mid-sized shipyard K Shipbuilding Co. with LNG bunkering expertise signs Kongsberg deal
The South Korean mid-sized shipyard K Shipbuilding Co., formerly known as STX Offshore and Shipbuilding, has signed a preliminary deal with Kongsberg of Norway to cooperate on technologies for smart ships as it re-organises and outlines plans to capture parts of the market from LNG vessels to containerships.
LNG bunker ship
Oct 6 (LNGJ) - STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., the South Korean yard specialising in mid-sized ships and which is still suffering financial problems because of a lack of orders, said it completed the design of a 7,500 cubic metres capacity liquefied natural gas bunkering ship.
“The design project was in cooperation with the government-funded Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering,” said STX. The Korean company in 2017 delivered Royal Dutch Shell’s first LNG bunkering vessel, the 6,500 cubic metres capacity “Cardissa”.
French major Total cooperates with China on large LNG projects and small-scale shipping
The cooperation of French energy major Total with China in large-scale liquefied natural gas investments in Russia's Arctic region projects has extended to small-scale LNG with the completion of its first bunkering vessel at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding yard near Shanghai.
Singapore LNG completes terminal jetty modifications to welcome small LNG carriers
Singapore LNG Corp., operator of the import terminal in the Asian city state, said it successfully completed modifications to its secondary jetty on Jurong Island and was now able to handle small-scale LNG carriers.
Sovcomflot and Shell start LNG bunkering at Rotterdam with fuelling of Aframax tanker
Russian shipping line Sovcomflot said Royal Dutch Shell conducted a ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation in the Dutch port of Rotterdam for the “Gagarin Prospect”, the world’s first LNG-powered Aframax tanker.
Shell helps Lithuanians start commissioning of small-scale LNG distribution station for Baltic
Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of oil and liquefied natural gas terminals in the Lithuanian Baltic Sea port of Klaipeda, said it had started the commissioning work at its new LNG reloading station after a commissioning cargo was delivered by a Royal Dutch Shell bunkering vessel.
Singapore performs first small-scale LNG loading operation on new Shell vessel headed for Europe
Singapore LNG Corp., the owner of the city-state’s sole liquefied natural gas import terminal on Jurong Island, said it had performed its first small-scale LNG re-loading operation for a newbuild owned by Royal Dutch Shell to underline its capabilities as an Asian fuel hub.
