Shell Western LNG B.V will supply LNG to Hapag-Lloyd’s ultra large dual-fuel container vessels. Bunkering for these 12 new vessels is expected to start in the second half of 2023 and LNG will be supplied in the Port of Rotterdam. This is another important step for Hapag-Lloyd to decarbonize its fleet in line with its goal of becoming net zero carbon by 2045.
Coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the Green Ray project has secured European Union funding (around €7 million from Horizon Europe) to develop solutions minimizing methane slip from LNG-fueled marine engines. The initiative will develop technologies for low-pressure dual-fuel engines as well as a novel aftertreatment concept.
As an LNG-powered ship, MSC Euribia marks another step forward for MSC Cruises in substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions. LNG plays a key role in the journey towards climate change mitigation and will reduce CO emissions by up to 25% on MSC Euribia compared to standard fuels while also virtually eliminating other air emissions.
The joint study will be conducted as part of a bio-LNG technology research and development program approved by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment and promoted by Air Water. The goal is to use this renewable fuel, derived from cattle manure, on the MOL Group’s coastal LNG-powered vessel in the first half of FY2023.
Wärtsilä will supply dual fuel engines and high-performance axial flow waterjets for a new high-speed ro-pax ferry. The ship, the ‘Margarita Salas’, is being built at Astilleros Armon Gijon in Spain on behalf of the Spanish shipping company Baleària. LNG is currently the cleanest and most mature marine fuel available within the industry’s decarbonization focus.
The ‘Haugesund Knutsen’, chartered by Shell Spain and built by Astilleros Armón Gijón, will be based at the Port of Barcelona. It will also serve more customers in the Mediterranean, playing a key role in the region’s security of supply and boosting the use of LNG as the most environmentally friendly fuel for shipping today.
The new vessel is the first of 10 LNG dual-fuel ships that Anglo American will introduce to its chartered fleet during 2023 and 2024, delivering an estimated 35% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to ships fueled by conventional marine oil fuel. This is a key component of the company’s ambition to achieve carbon-neutrality for its ocean freight by 2040
SEA-LNG has shared its overview of LNG as a marine fuel in 2022-2023. This resource highlights how the shipping industry has advanced along the LNG pathway to decarbonization in 2022 and outlines what progress is anticipated in 2023. LNG is the only scalable fuel available today for deep-sea shipping that addresses both climate and health challenges.
Japan’s first LNG-powered ferry ordered by MOL and operated by Ferry Sunflower received its first LNG supply at the Port of Beppu in Oita Prefecture from Kyuden. LNG was supplied via truck-to-ship —the first time in Japan— with a skid, which connected four tank trucks to the ferry. The vessel will be deployed on the Osaka-Beppu route starting on January 13.
Over the last five years, Coralius has safely and successfully bunkered 109,567 mt of LNG to a vast array of vessels – oil tankers, car carriers, shuttle tankers, dry cargo carriers, cruise ships, expedition vessels, and ferries. Coralius itself is completely powered by LNG, which drastically cuts both SOx and NOx emissions and lowers CO2 emissions.
