Harvey Energy Gets Its First LNG Fuel |
![](https://i0.wp.com/files.ctctcdn.com/92fc0d16201/8a408572-fe85-4a8e-8fa3-1b9bf8467066.png?resize=154%2C71&ssl=1) Harvey Gulf International Marine and partners carried out the first LNG bunkering of Harvey Energy, a brand new offshore supply vessel that is the first-ever U.S.-flag ship built to operate primarily on LNG. Also making history: the third of the Harvey Gulf series for Shell, Harvey Power, was launched earlier in the week.
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New Bunker Barges for the U.S. Europe |
![](https://i0.wp.com/files.ctctcdn.com/92fc0d16201/bad3462d-9e23-4dab-aa71-0ed30f46af3e.jpg?resize=118%2C59&ssl=1) Executives of two shipping companies advise that they’ll soon make final decisions and place orders for liquefied natural gas bunker vessels. An LNG barge – two? – in the U.S. would be the first on this side of the Atlantic. A new LNG bunker vessel in Europe, while not the first to be ordered, would nonetheless be the first of its type.
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Skaugen-Norgas Ready to Deliver LNG |
![](https://i0.wp.com/files.ctctcdn.com/92fc0d16201/c186c6df-6502-43b6-9f60-97b23bb75f73.jpg?resize=147%2C46&ssl=1) Norway’s I.M. Skaugen and its operating unit Norgas stand ready to support growing use of liquefied natural gas, in Europe and elsewhere. The firm claims the world’s largest small-scale LNG fleet – half a dozen modern vessels that can move LNG or bunker it – and has operations as far flung as Singapore, with an arm in Houston.
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INEA/Ten-T Funding for Marine LNG |
![](https://i0.wp.com/files.ctctcdn.com/92fc0d16201/d16b69d2-dc7a-4fd8-b4be-841436c6ad86.png?resize=113%2C59&ssl=1) INEA, the European Union’s Innovation and Networks Executive Agency, has made new awards to help establish commercial use of liquefied natural gas as a transportation fuel – primarily for marine, but also for rail and road. The latest of the so-called Ten-T awards support projects at the German seaport of Bremen, at Denmark’s port of Hirtshals, in the Greek archipelago and the broader eastern Mediterranean, and at a trio of ports serving the English Channel.
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Wärtsilä 20DFs for Shell LNG Bunker Vessel |
![](https://i0.wp.com/files.ctctcdn.com/92fc0d16201/c609ab73-bec2-4cba-8607-359dd44e1063.png?resize=73%2C46&ssl=1) Wärtsilä will supply three 8-cylinder 20DF dual fuel engines to power a new liquefied natural gas bunker vessel on order for Shell. The engine order was placed in December, Wärtsilä said Monday.
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Wärtsilä 34DF for Indonesia CNG Carrier |
![](https://i0.wp.com/files.ctctcdn.com/92fc0d16201/1307f0d4-a96f-4604-a1db-7bfbbdcd128c.jpg?resize=92%2C46&ssl=1) The world’s first-ever carrier vessel for compressed natural gas is to be powered by an integrated Wärtsilä propulsion system, ‘chosen for its energy efficiency and environmental sustainability,’Wärtsilä said.
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Applied LNG Gets Money for Texas Plant |
![](https://i0.wp.com/files.ctctcdn.com/92fc0d16201/b6848c42-9eb4-460a-a070-c7819b940d26.jpg?resize=87%2C46&ssl=1) Applied LNG said last week that it’s closed on a $22.5 million senior secured loan provided by Texas Capital Bank, paving the way for the firm’s new liquefied natural gas plant in Midlothian, Texas.
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Matson Details Its LNG Needs at BPC Meet |
![](https://i0.wp.com/files.ctctcdn.com/92fc0d16201/35a6cd54-ef3f-4978-b5ae-1f0815eafa34.jpg?resize=118%2C59&ssl=1) Matson and others aired their views on LNG as a marine fuel at an Expert Briefing hosted by the (San Francisco) Bay Planning Coalition last week in Oakland. The Port of Oakland, I-5 Clean Fuels and the U.S. Coast Guard participated.
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HHP Summit 2015: Call for Abstracts |
![](https://i0.wp.com/ih.constantcontact.com/fs122/1109742636841/img/2033.jpg?resize=72%2C47) Interested in speaking at HHP Summit 2015? Taking place October 26-29 in Dallas, Texas, HHP Summit’s four-day program will showcase the key fueling solutions, engines, equipment, technology, and policies driving the advancement of natural gas as a diesel displacement for marine, mining, E&P, locomotive, and off-pipeline power generation applications. The deadline to submit abstracts is June 3.
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