DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for an independent Type B LPG cargo tank design for very large gas carriers (VLGCs).The approval covers HHI’s design for a 90,000-cubic-metre independent Type B contain…
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Sempra Infrastructure has started liquefied natural gas (LNG) production at the ECA LNG Phase 1 project in Ensenada, Mexico, being developed as a joint venture with TotalEnergies.The production of LNG was achieved as part of the commissioning…
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Oil prices edged down after Oman said operations at Mina al Fahal port were proceeding normally, following a Reuters report that oil loadings had been suspended after an explosion.Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell 24 cents, or 0.25%, to $94.79…
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Adam Parnell, Director (Maritime) of voluntary near-miss reporting scheme CHIRP Maritime, says fatigue is the maritime industry’s inconvenient truth.In recent months, CHIRP has received a number of reports in which fatigue was a factor, so Parnell has …
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Hapag-Lloyd and Seaspan Corporation have completed the first conversion under their joint methanol retrofit program.With delivery of the Seaspan Yangtze, the first of five 10,100 TEU charter vessels has been upgraded from a conventional MAN…
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