Category: Gas
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Exmar launches new gas carrier operating division
Exmar launches new gas carrier operating division Baird Maritime Go to baird maritime
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Shipyards advance designs as CO2 shipping gains oxygen
Shipyards advance designs as CO2 shipping gains oxygen A purple-hulled vessel, sporting a rotor sail, has been criss-crossing the Yellow Sea in recent weeks carrying out landmark sea trials. The Northern Pioneer is the first is a series of four 7,500 cu m liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers ordered at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC)…
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Flex LNG to seek new play for redelivering vessel as charterer opts out
Flex LNG to seek new play for redelivering vessel as charterer opts out Flex LNG will have one of its ships open for hire late in the first quarter of 2025 after its current charterer decided not to use the option to extend the charter. The Oslo- and New York-listed company said in its quarterly…
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Blue Visby trials cut emissions on Marubeni’s LPG trades by nearly 30%
Blue Visby trials cut emissions on Marubeni’s LPG trades by nearly 30% The Blue Visby cross-industry project aimed at reducing shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions by tackling the sail fast, then wait practice has completed another series of prototype trials, delivering average savings of about 29%. The trials involved 16 LPG carriers under charter by Marubeni…
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The shipping consequences of Mr Trump
The shipping consequences of Mr Trump Splash’s lead columnist has been forced out of silence by the results in America. I have on my wrist a wristwatch made in the year of my birth -1952. It was made in two stages – the movement was made in Le Locle, in Switzerland, by the firm of…
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Höegh Evi moves to develop French hydrogen import terminal
Höegh Evi moves to develop French hydrogen import terminal Norway’s Höegh Evi, formerly known as Höegh LNG, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the port of Port-La Nouvelle to develop a floating hydrogen import terminal targeting up to 210,000 tonnes of volumes annually from producers in the Middle East, North Africa and the Americas…
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Egypt reveals $6bn revenue hit as Houthis vow to up campaign against shipping
The Houthis vowed Sunday to keep up their attacks on merchant shipping likely to the consternation of politicians further north along the Red Sea in Egypt. Egypt’s foreign minister Badr Abdel Aati revealed in discussions with International Maritime Organization secretary-general Arsenio Dominguez on Friday that the Egyptian economy has taken a $6bn hit from the…
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K Line inks LNG carrier order at Samsung Heavy
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has been identified as the owner behind an order for a single LNG carrier at South Korean shipbuilder Samsung. Brokers have tied Japan’s third largest shipping company to a 174,000 cu m unit delivering by June 2027 at about $259m. Samsung has ordered LNG carriers at the Geoje-based shipyard before,…
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New Jiangzhou Shipyard seals debut ethylene carrier order
China’s Jiangxi New Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Heavy Industry has entered the gas carrier shipbuilding segment in a deal with a domestic owner. The restructured builder, formerly known as Jiangzhou Union Shipbuilding, has been contracted by gas shipowner Shenzhen Haihong Shipping for a single 7,000 cu m ethylene carrier. The builder, which has seen several orders coming…
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Latest ABS report outlines potential of nuclear technology on LNG carriers