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GDF Suez has signed a framework agreement with Mitsubishi and NYK to develop the LNG bunkering market through LNG bunkering vessels.

The Rotterdam Port Management Bye-laws have been amended to enable LNG bunkering of seagoing ships at the Port of Rotterdam.

The Port of Gothenburg is encouraging shipping companies to switch to cleaner fuel with a substantial discount for vessels running on LNG.

Texas LNG LLC has received authorisation from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to export domestically-produced LNG to all existing, and any future, countries that have an FTA with the US.

US-based Sempra Energy’s subsidiary, Cameron LNG, has received the go ahead from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC to site, construct and operate an LNG export facility.

Germany’s Linde Group is to build an LNG fuel gas system for a new icebreaker being built by Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard.

DNV GL is leading a new joint industry project to design a new next generation LNG carrier in conjunction with Gaztransport & Technigaz, Hyundai Heavy Industries and GasLog.

German shipbuilder Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has announced a contract with Australian shipping company SeaRoad for a 181m long ro-ro newbuild to be fuelled by LNG.

Drydocks World and Dubai Maritime City (DMC) and Wärtsilä are to build an LNG-powered tug as part of the UAE ‘Green Economy for Sustainable Development’ initiative.

Wärtsilä is to supply integrated LNG equipment and propulsion packages for three more LNG tankers for Danish operator Evergas, in an extension to a similar previous order placed in 2013.