Deliveries include an inland bunkering vessel for a Belgian-French joint venture, an LNG carrier for a Japanese owner, and a chemical tanker for a Chinese company. An LCO2 carrier for operation in Norway is nearing delivery while an agreement has been signed for a similar vessel that will support a carbon capture project off Denmark. Finally, a Norwegian firm announces plans for a new fleet of medium gas carriers powered by ammonia fuel.
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) has taken delivery of a new LNG carrier built by South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries.
Quest Kirishima will be deployed under a time-charter contract with Q United Energy Supply and Trading, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyushu Electric Power.
The 293- by 46-metre vessel's membrane-type cargo tanks have a total capacity of 174,000 cubic metres. A WinGD dual-fuel engine can operate on MGO or boil-off gas stored in the cargo tanks, while a reliquefaction system efficiently uses any surplus boil-off gas.
UK-based Ineos and Dutch shipping company Royal Wagenborg have entered into an agreement wherein Royal Wagenborg will supply a newly built CO2 carrier dedicated to the Ineos-led Project Greensand.
The agreement marks the first deployment of a dedicated CO2 vessel for Project Greensand, the aim of which is to establish a full CO2 capture, transport, and storage value chain. The purpose-built CO2 carrier, designed to meet the highest standards of safety and efficiency, will facilitate large-scale transport of CO2 to the Greensand storage site in the Danish North Sea.
China's COSCO Shipping formally took delivery of a new stainless steel chemical tanker from local company Chongqing Chuandong Shipbuilding Industry in a ceremony on Thursday, November 28.
Designed by the China Shipbuilding Group's subsidiary 708 Research Institute, the newbuild has an LOA of 110.5 metres, a beam of 17.3 metres, a design draught of approximately 6.4 metres, a depth of 9.3 metres, and a deadweight of 6,300.
Færder Tankers Norway has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to develop ammonia-fuelled medium gas carriers (MGCs) with full ammonia-carrying capability for CIP through its Energy Transition Fund (CI ETF I).
The MGC's design will feature a total capacity of 50,000 cubic metres, a dual-fuel ammonia engine, a retractable bow thruster and aft thruster to deliver high manoeuvrability, front accommodation for the crew, and full ammonia bunkering capabilities.
Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies' joint venture company Northern Lights will soon take delivery of a new liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier built by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) of China.
Northern Pioneer is the first ship in a series of LCO2 carriers ordered by Northern Lights in 2021. Sister ship Northern Pathfinder is still under construction at DSIC while another two vessels from the same series will be built by Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore.
LNG Shipping, a joint venture company formed by Belgian shipping firm Victrol and French transport specialist the Sogestran Group, has formally named its newest inland bunkering vessel.
Victrol claims that Energy Stockholm is one of the largest LNG bunkering vessels in Europe, having a cargo capacity of 8,000 cubic metres. The vessel will serve a long-term time charter contract with Shell Western LNG for bunkering operations in the ports of Zeebrugge, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam (ZARA), though ownership and operation will remain with LNG Shipping.