LNG

Cameron LNG, the US plant operated by Sempra, has signed an accord with power company Entergy Louisiana to negotiate the terms and conditions for a new electric service agreement (ESA) to reduce the liquefaction and export plant’s Scope 2 emissions from the electricity it purchases from Entergy.

MAN Energy Solutions has won an order from German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd for engines with LNG-powered capability and equipment for six ultra-large container vessels to be built in South Korea.

The French containership line, CMA CGM, has taken delivery of its third Ultra Large LNG-powered containership, named the “CMA CGM Palais Royal”, from the Chinese Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding group's Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai.

French energy major Total said it signed a pioneering agreement to charter its first two Very Large Crude Carrier-type oil tankers equipped with liquefied natural gas propulsion.

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. 

Dec 24 (LNGJ) - Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. said it delivered the first LNG fuel supply system for dual-fuel marine engines. This system will be installed onboard the first LNG-powered pure car carrier (PCC) built in Japan. The vessel is currently under construction at Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding in Aichi Prefecture on Honshu Island. The Fuel Gas Supply System (FGSS) has been developed by Yokohama-based Mitsubishi Shipbuilding utilizing LNG and vaporized gas-handling technology.

“The FGSS consists of LNG fuel tanks, LNG fuel gas supply units and control units and is delivered in modules, which is expected to contribute to the optimum design of the cargo space and help the shipyard to shorten the installation period,” said Mitsubishi. “Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has also provided the shipbuilding yard with the engineering service and technical support relating to the gas-handling of the ship,” it added.

Gibraltar has formally opened its liquified natural gas import terminal as the British overseas territory switches from diesel power to gas-fired electricity and promotes cleaner fuel for shipping visiting the port.

Nordlaks, the fish-farming and processing business based in Stokmarknes in Northern Norway, has ordered the industry’s first LNG-powered vessel to carry live salmon and seatrout in tanks.