Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT), the French technology firm and designer of liquefied natural gas storage tanks, has acquired another French firm specializing in the assembly of electrolysers for the production of green hydrogen, a future fuel to rival LNG.
Australian and the Asia-Pacific region shipping companies believe switching to liquefied natural gas is the preferred solution in meeting the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) stringent new international emissions standards for marine bunker fuels.
The International Gas Union (IGU) released a report on the crucial role of liquefied natural gas for cleaner marine transport, saying that in Hong Kong for example ship traffic was responsible for half of the city’s emissions of pollutants.