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• 17 July 17 The LNG advantage In the first of a series of reports on sustainable cruise ports, Michele Witthaus talks to Jordi Vila of the Port of Barcelona about how the port’s environmental initiatives benefit cruise operators. As one... Read more ›
• 04 July 17 Brittany Ferries confirms LNG ferry Brittany Ferries has signed a contract for a GBP£175m Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cruise ferry for its Portsmouth to Caen route, to be delivered in spring 2019. Honfleur will be built by the Flensburger... Read more ›
• 21 June 17 3RD INTERNATIONAL LNG CONGRESS will be on 16-17 October | Barcelona BGS Group has announced the dates for 3rd International LNG Congress – it is October 16-17, 2017. The closed-door environment gives a direct access to 200+ decision-makers, including delegates from EPC Contractors, Gas Majors,... Read more ›
• 30 May 17 Extreme weather tug to escort LNG ships A Norwegian-owned dual fuel tug will begin providing services from the port of Melkøya’s north terminal, following successful completion of sea trials. Hard weather vessel DUX will serve Norwegian state-owned energy company Statoil and... Read more ›
• 06 April 17 Arctic LNG terminal swings into action 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 the Northern... Read more ›
• 09 September 16 ICS chairman warns IMO’s authority at risk The new chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has claimed that the shipping industry has to tackle the challenge of maintaining the authority of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). At the ICS’s... Read more ›
• 18 August 16 Carbon award for Dover The UK’s Dover Harbour Board has achieved the Carbon Trust Standard award for the fourth time after accomplishing an impressive 17.2% reduction in the Port of Dover carbon footprint. The port also achieved a... Read more ›
• 08 August 16 LNG bunkering at Rotterdam Ternsund is set to be the first sea-going vessel to bunker LNG at the Port of Rotterdam. The tanker is operated by the Swedish shipping line Terntank and will benefit from Rotterdam’s LNG bunker... Read more ›
• 06 July 16 Aiming for zero emissions Recently awarded best seaport in North America for the second year in a row, the Port of Long Beach (POLB), aka ‘Green Port’, knows that what’s good for business, is also good for the... Read more ›
• 05 July 16 10th LNG shipment arrives in Klaipeda Indre Miliniene, spokeswoman for Klaipedos Nafta (Klaipeda Oil), the Klaipeda LNG terminal’s operator, told BNS that the Arctic Aurora had entered the Lithuanian port at around noon on Tuesday. The last time a LNG... Read more ›