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Bomin Linde LNG GmbH & Co. KG has conducted the first bunkering of a chemical tanker with LNG at a German port.

The clear need to standardise LNG bunkering operations for all stakeholders at the international level has finally been recognised in a new ISO standard set up to ensure LNG-fuelled vessels can bunker…

The S/F SamuelLNG project, which began in Gijon, Spain on 12 December, aims to improve the sustainability of marine traffic through the use of LNG.

Finnish based wind propulsion expert, Norsepower Oy Ltd, has signed an agreement with Viking Line to install its Rotor Sail Solution onboard the ‘M/S Viking Grace’, the operators flagship LNG-fuelled cruise ship.

Tallink’s new LNG-powered fast ferry is set to start operations on the Helsinki-Tallinn route following a successful bunkering at Helsinki’s West Harbour.

The Port of Duisburg and German utility company RWE have teamed up to create LNG infrastructure at the port.

Commercial operations have started at the Dunkirk regasification terminal which is used to import, store and re-gasify LNG before delivery.

Brittany Ferries has signed a letter of intent with the Flensburger Schiffbau shipyard to construct a new LNG powered ship.

Discussion at this year’s Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Hamburg suggested that the tide is turning for LNG as a marine fuel, with increasing numbers of projects turning from concept to reality.

Total, the international oil and gas giant, has joined SEALNG, a multi-sector industry coalition created to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel.

ExxonMobil, Babcock International Group, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), Calor and Orkney Islands Council have signed an agreement for a Caledonia LNG project.

Titan LNG has developed a new LNG delivery solution for sea-going vessels and river barges at ports in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region (ARA).

The IMO’s move towards the global 0.5% sulphur cap by January 2020 has stirred up the debate again on how appropriate LNG is as the shipping industry’s main option to reduce greenhouse…

Caterpillar Marine’s dual fuel engine has been chosen for a new generation of cruise ships, as the company works to strengthen its position in the LNG marine propulsion market.

Skangas has been chosen as a partner for the new LNG driven fast ferry, Megastar, which is being developed by the Tallink group.

Royal Boskalis Westminster joint ventures Keppel Smit Towage and Maju Maritime have ordered two LNG dual-fuel harbour tugs, a breakthrough for environmentally-friendly harbour towage services in the Singapore port.

Shell has signed a supply agreement with Carnival Corp to supply LNG to fuel two vessels due to be in service by 2019.

M/T Ternsund has become the first ship to bunker LNG at The Port of Gothenburg, the green fuel was bunkered from the Dutch vessel Coral Energy.