LEAD STORY
Investors flock to South Australia which is turning into a prime producer of green hydrogen (NH3) and ammonia – rival fuels to LNG for ships, trucks and power stations. The only NH3 exporters to date, however, are Saudi Arabia and Brunei, from where test shipments to Japan took place throughout 2020. Regular trade is due to start in August this year, once the first dedicated hydrogen carrier – the Suiso Frontier – entered into service; our Markets Editor Anja Karl investigates.
Over the past decade, Mozambique has chipped away at the development of its fledgling LNG sector. Now, with success and a GDP boost on the horizon, a growing insurgency is putting all at risk. Markets Editor Alexander Wilk elaborates.
Also in this issue
LNG trade was still behind its March equivalent at the time writing due to lagging demand in Europe and the Far East, our Markets Editor Alexander Wilk reports.
ABS, the US classification society, has held its annual meeting of members in Houston and recalled a past year of success in enacting ship safety and technical development, including in the LNG and gas carriers sphere.
UK-based Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure has delivered ship-to-shore infrastructure for more than 20 years, finding considerable success in the FSRU and LNGC sectors. Technical Editor Ian Cochran investigated.
Finding a way to include LNGCs in the IMO’s Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) parameters has been challenging.
Maintaining efficient delivery and safety will be two of the major challenges for LNG bunkering operations as infrastructure scales-up rapidly in the near-term, according to fuelling specialist GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz). Fuelling editor Malcolm Ramsay has more.
