LR: SHIPPING’S ESG PROGRESS VARIES BY SECTOR
ESG performance remains as variable in shipping as the industry itself, a new report from Lloyds Register's Advisory branch suggests. For most firms, there is value to be gained in making a commitment to...
WORLD’S LARGEST FLNG CROSSES THE FID FINISH LINE WITH $5 BILLION COMMITTED
Delfin Midstream, a U.S.-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure development company, has signed off on a final investment decision (FID) for the first floating LNG (FLNG) vessel destined for an LNG project under...
UKRAINIAN DRONES HIT OIL TERMINAL IN ST. PETERSBURG’S HARBOR
On Wednesday morning, a flotilla of slow-moving Ukrainian drones penetrated Russian air defenses to attack the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, a petroleum transshipment pier about five miles from the city center.
Ukraine's ability to operate...
INEOS AND MARUBENI’S DEAL BRINGING MORE LNG TO ASIA
London-based Ineos Energy has shaken hands with Marubeni Corporation, a Japanese integrated trading and investment business conglomerate, on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal, which enriches the Asian LNG arsenal.
Ineos Energy has signed...
PORT OF ITAJAI PLANS TO REMOVE 133-YEAR-OLD WRECK TO PREPARE FOR DREDGING
The Brazilian Port of Itajaí has embarked on a project to remove the wreck of a merchant ship that has been lying on the bottom of a critical shipping channel for more than 130...
LR DRIVES NEW PUSH TO STANDARDISE CONTAINER STOWAGE DATA WITH LAUNCH OF LXF CONSORTIUM
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has helped establish a new industry consortium aimed at ending the fragmented way container stowage and lashing data is shared across the sector.
The Lashing Exchange Format (LXF) Consortium brings together major...
BECHTEL IN CHARGE OF EPC SCOPE FOR CHENIERE’S LNG TERMINAL EXPANSION PROJECT
Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage V, a subsidiary of U.S. energy player Cheniere Energy Partners, has tasked Bechtel, an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management player, with helping bring to life a liquefied natural...
FIRE BREAKS OUT ABOARD RO/PAX FERRY AT PORT OF NAPLES
Firefighters at the port of Naples, Italy have successfully controlled a blaze that broke out yesterday aboard a moored ferry near the city's famous Piazza Mercato.
The incident occurred aboard the ferry GNV Phoenix, a...
MULTIPLE TANK DESIGN ORDERS FOR LNG VESSELS IN GTT’S BAG
French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has won new tank design jobs for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers (LNGCs) with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and Hanwha Ocean.
GTT has...
G2 OCEAN TO EXPAND AND ADD SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES TO OPEN HATCH CARGO
Norway-based G2 Ocean, which was established in 2017 focusing on the open hatch segment, reports it has placed orders for six additional vessels in its growth program while also working to incorporate elements of...