Attacks on shipping in Red Sea and voyage disruptions have impact on Singapore vessel bunkering market
Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) issued data showing liquefied natural gas bunkering sales jumped in June and for the first half of 2024 as overall bunker sales increased for all fuel types because Red Sea shipping disruptions have led to longer voyages and higher expenses for shipowners.
Israeli containership company ZIM signs 10-year LNG bunkering accord with Shell valued at $1 billion
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, the Israeli containership company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has signed a liquefied natural gas bunkering accord valued at $1 billion with UK-based energy major Shell.
China advances LNG bunkering with start-up of service using quayside trucks at Macun port in Hainan
China is expanding the liquefied natural gas fuel bunkering market in competition with other Asian fuelling ports like Singapore and has just started commercial operations at the Chinese port of Macun in Hainan where LNG is being offered to shipping traffic from quayside trucks.
French storage firm GTT to supply fuel tanks for 12 more new CMA CGM LNG-powered containerships
French maritime storage technology company GTT has been chosen to design the fuel tanks of 12 new liquefied natural gas-powered container vessels ordered from China by the global CMA CGM shipping group based in the French port of Marseille.
French designer of LNG storage GTT receives approval for fuel tanks for ultra-large container vessels
Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT), the French designer of liquefied natural gas maritime and onshore storage, has received approval for the No. 96 containment system application as an LNG fuel tank for Ultra-Large Container Vessels from the European classification society DNV GL as the number of LNG-powered ships increases.
