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ABS has been selected by FueLNG Pte Ltd to class Singapore’s first LNG bunker barge which is scheduled to begin construction in January 2019.

An Africa-focused private equity fund has signed an agreement with a Chinese engineering firm for the construction of Sub-Saharan Africa’s first regasification terminal at Ghana’s Port of Tema.

The Port of Amsterdam has doubled the maximum Environmental Ship Index (ESI) discount for vessels that have an ESI certificate and use LNG for their main or auxiliary engine to incentivise efficiency…

Adani Ports has inked a long-term LNG regasification agreement for the Dhamra LNG terminal with GAIL India to help secure its future status as a supply hub to eastern India, Bangladesh and…

Carnival Corporation has opened a brand-new cruise terminal at the Port of Barcelona which will accommodate its next-generation green cruisers powered by LNG.

Three ports have joined an international LNG bunkering port focus group set up to boost the uptake of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as marine fuel and expected to increase Intra-Asia trade routes…

More than 90% of the global LNG fleet can transit the Panama Canal since its expansion, enabling US producers to ship LNG to Asia more quickly and easily.

Repsol and Enagás have supplied a ship LNG directly from a regasification plant, apparently the first time this has happened in Europe.

Sabetta Port has received its first ice-breaking LNG tanker which will serve Russia’s Yamal LNG project, strengthening the position of the Russian Federation in the Arctic and contributing to the development of…

Becker Marine Systems has been chipping away at establishing itself in the North American market where it says its innovative cold ironing and LNG solutions are particularly in demand.

Nature Energy is set to join other corporations working on an advanced LNG liquefaction plant project at the Port of Frederikshavn.

Australia, the world’s second largest LNG exporter, is expanding its LNG market with the first LNG bunkering terminal at Fremantle Ports in partnership with EVOL LNG, writes Lauren Riga.

Western Australia-based EVOL LNG says it has won approval from Fremantle Port Authority to offer LNG truck-to-ship bunkering at the port.

GNL Quintero, the first of three LNG terminals built in Chile, will soon welcome the services of two new RAstar 3200-class tugs.

The Port of Barcelona and Enagás have signed an agreement to set up a new logistics services for LNG using the energy companys regasification plant it manages in the port area.

The first de-bunkering of a LNG-powered inland waterway barge, Greenstream, has been successfully carried out at the Port of Moerkijk in the Netherlands.

The Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Denmark is set to expand fivefold to enable marine customers to meet environmental and energy targets.

Baleària has signed a contract with LaNaval shipyard to construct a new eco-friendly smart ferry which will be powered by LNG and solar power.

A joint project by Swan Energy Limited (SEL) and Exmar Marine N.V will give India its first jetty-moored floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU).

Economic and environmental opportunities lie ahead as the Baltic-Nordic regions plan new LNG terminals, writes Lauren Riga, international energy and sustainability analyst.