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January 25, 2024 No Responses

Lekki Seaport To Receive First LNG-Powered Boxship January 28

CMA CGM Scandola, the first LNG-powered containership of the French shipping company, CMA CGM is scheduled to arrive Lekki Seaport, Lagos, Nigeria, January 28, 2024. Before reaching Lekki, the vessel is scheduled to first call the port of Tema, Ghana, on January...

January 21, 2024 No Responses

BYD Takes Delivery Of First Car Carrier

BYD, a China-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer that overtook Tesla as the world’s biggest EV seller in 2023, has taken delivery of its first car carrier which is dual-fueled. The maiden voyage ceremony for BYD Explorer No.1, the 7,000 CEU...

January 5, 2024 No Responses

LNG Firm Seals Charter Deals

UK-based small-scale LNG company, Avenir LNG has executed time charter agreements for LNG bunkering vessels Avenir Advantage and Avenir Accolade. Under the arrangement, Future Horizon, a joint venture between Avenir and MISC, signed a new two-year time charter...

December 12, 2023 No Responses

NNPC, Firm Seal Floating LNG Project Deal

Wison (Nantong) Heavy Industry, an affiliate of Wison Offshore & Marine (WOM), has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) for the development of a floating LNG project in Nigeria, target...

December 7, 2023 No Responses

NNPC Seals MoU On Ajaokuta LNG Project, Others

In its efforts to further boost natural gas utilization in the country and enhance Nigeria’s gas revenue, NNPC Ltd has signed two major agreements to deliver LNG to the domestic gas market and the international LNG market. During two separate...

November 19, 2023 No Responses

Firm Gets $530m Contract For Two LNG Carriers

South Korean shipbuilding giant, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Company (HD KSOE) has received an order to build two liquified natural gas (LNG) carriers for an undisclosed shipowner from Africa. According to the company’s stock exchange fi...

November 12, 2023 No Responses

Firm Boosts Fleet With New LNG-Powered PCTC

Japanese shipping company, Nippon Yusen Kaisha has taken delivery of Sweet Pea Leader, the latest LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), at Tadotsu Shipyard, part of Imabari Shipbuilding Group. Ordered from Nihon Shipyard, the 77,644 GT vessel...

November 7, 2023 No Responses

Train-7 Project Hits 52%, Employs 8,300 Persons

The ongoing construction of the $5bn Train-7 project being undertaken by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) at Finima, Bonny Island, Rivers State has reached 52 percent and currently engages 8,300 Nigerians of diverse skill sets. These facts emerged on.....

October 1, 2023 No Responses

Firm Takes Delivery Of 3rd LNG Carrier

Japanese shipping company K Line has taken delivery of the newly-built W-Max class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, Lagenda Setia, intended for a long-term charter with Malaysian energy major Petronas LNG. The Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuildi...

September 28, 2023 No Responses

QatarEnergy Places $3.9b Order For 17 LNG Carriers

Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy has signed an agreement with South Korean shipyard HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of 17 LNG carriers. The shipbuilding contract, valued at QR14.2 billion ($3.9 billion), was revealed...

August 22, 2023 No Responses

LNG’s Plant Strike Push-Up Gas Price

The prospect of a possible strike at a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Australia has pushed wholesale gas prices up in Europe. The Offshore Alliance union warned that a strike at the North West Shelf facility could start as...

August 20, 2023 No Responses

Firm Hands Over LNG-Fueled Car Carrier To NYK Line

Japanese shipping major NYK Line has taken delivery of the fourth and final LNG-powered pure car truck carrier (PCTC) from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) Co. The vessel named Sumire Leader was delivered to NYK on 14 August, which is 139 d...

August 18, 2023 No Responses

TotalEnergies Equips LNG Carrier With Carbon Capture System

A ship-based carbon capture (SBCC) prototype developed under the EverLoNG project has been installed on an LNG-powered LNG carrier owned by energy major, TotalEnergies while in drydock in Spain. The carbon capture unit was built in the Netherlands by carbon...

August 9, 2023 No Responses

MSC Makes Fresh Order For Ten LNG-Powered Containerships

The world’s largest container shipping firm MSC has returned to Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard with an order for an additional ten LNG-powered containerships. The deal will see Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard build te...