LNG

French liquefied natural gas storage technology firm and smart-shipping services supplier, Gaztranzport and Technigaz (GTT), has signed two technical services agreements for ships owned by Jovo Group of China.

July 20 (LNGJ) - JFE Steel of Japan has signed long-term charter agreements with the three main Japanese shipping companies, Mitsui OSK Lines, NYK Lines and K-Line for three LNG-powered bulk carriers to transport iron ore and coal. The three 210,000 deadweight-ton bulk carriers are being designed and built by Japanese shipbuilder Nihon Shipyard, a joint venture set up by Imabari Shipbuilding and Japan Marine United. JFE Steel said the charters were part of a gradual switch to LNG-fuelled vessels in an efforts to reduce shipping emissions.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has held a naming ceremony at the Sakaide shipyard for Japan’s first liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel, the “Kaguya”, as Japanese companies respond to the International Maritime Organization’s campaign for cleaner fuel in the shipping industry.

Nov 28 (LNGJ) - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, the Japanese shipping company known as K-Line, said it signed a ship management agreement for the newbuild LNG bunkering vessel owned by FueLNG and set to operate in the Port of Singapore. FueLNG is a bunkering joint venture between Singapore’s Keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd and Shell Eastern Petroleum.

   “We signed a ship management contract for the 7,500 cubic metres capacity LNG fuel supply ship owned by FueLNG,” said K-Line. “After the ship is delivered to FueLNG in the second half of 2020, it is scheduled to begin service as the first LNG fuel supply ship in Singapore, the world's largest fuel supply base,” added K-Line, whose own fleet contains LNG carriers, Ro-Ro ships, tankers and container vessels.