Qatar on Sunday advanced plans to increase the country’s LNG production capacity by 85% from current levels, upping a bet that more natural gas will be needed as progress at other liquefaction projects appears to slow. CEO Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, of state-owned QatarEnergy, said an appraisal program had determined that the productive layers of the…
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LNG Carriers to Avoid Suez Transit Toll Hike
The Egyptian government’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) reported it plans to soon raise tolls on ships transiting the key waterway linking the Mediterranean and Red seas — with two notable exceptions: cruise ships and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. According to SCA, the 6% hike year/year takes effect in early Feb. 2022. Cruise ship and…
Cryopeak Signs MOU to Provide LNG Bunkering in Western Canada
Cryopeak LNG Solutions Corp. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a marine bulk fuels transporter to deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering services on Canada’s West Coast. Cryopeak signed the MOU with Seattle-based Island Tug & Barge Ltd. The companies have developed a design for a 4,000 cubic meter vessel that would fuel…
Briefs — Carnival Corp., Shell
Carnival Corp. has struck an agreement with Shell Western LNG B.V. to be its supplier of marine liquefied natural gas (LNG) to power what it claims are to be the world’s first fully LNG-powered cruise ships. Shell will initially supply Carnival’s AIDA Cruises and Costa Cruises brands with fuel for two new LNG-powered ships expected to launch in 2019 with itineraries visiting popular northwest European and Mediterranean ports. The ships will use Shell’s infrastructure in cruise ports to refuel with LNG throughout their itineraries. The vessels, equipped with dual-fuel engines, are the first of a new generation of cruise ships fully powered by LNG both while in port and at sea — an industry first, Carnival said (see Daily GPI,Sept. 7). As part of the framework agreement, Carnival Corp. and Shell have the opportunity to partner together on supplying marine LNG fuel to future LNG-powered vessels or additional itineraries. The overarching agreement enables each Carnival brand to negotiate individual LNG supply contracts with Shell as new LNG-powered cruise ships begin to launch in coming years.
LNG in Marine Transportation Sailing Along
The first of two new cargo ships destined for Mediterranean trade has been outfitted with its liquefied natural gas (LNG) engine, Crowley Maritime Corp. said.
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First LNG-Fueled Containership Transits Panama Canal
The world’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered containership, the Isla Bella, made its first journey through the Panama Canal on Oct. 30, just two weeks after shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO made delivery of the ship to owner TOTE Maritime (see Daily GPI,Oct. 19).
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Houston Ship Channel Collision Delays Exports, Imports
The Houston Ship Channel, the 52-mile convoy that delivers close to 11% of U.S. refining capacity for the Port of Houston, was shuttered for a third day Monday as cleanup continued to remove close to 4,000 bbl (168,000 gallons) of residual fuel oil that spilled after an oil barge and cargo ship collided.
New LNG-Fueled Container Vessels to Serve Puerto Rico
Crowley Maritime Corp. has commissioned construction of two of the world’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled combination container and vehicle transport ships to provide shipping and logistics services between the United States mainland and Puerto Rico.
North Dakota Prices, Drilling Decline, But Production Climbs
While drilling, prices and permitting all declined in North Dakota, natural gas and oil production set new monthly records, according to the most recent statistics compiled at the end of October in a Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) report released Monday.
Excelerate Inks Deal to Expand Floating LNG Regasification Fleet
Looking to expand its ability to offload and convert liquefied natural gas (LNG) from ships to pipeline-grade natural gas around the world, Excelerate Energy has reached a shipbuilding option agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the delivery of up to eight floating storage and regasification units (FSRU) between early 2015 and early 2017.