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| Harvey Energy Gets Its First LNG Fuel |
 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. |
| New Bunker Barges for the U.S. Europe |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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. |
| Wärtsilä 34DF for Indonesia CNG Carrier |
 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. |
| Applied LNG Gets Money for Texas Plant |
 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. |
| Matson Details Its LNG Needs at BPC Meet |
 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. |
| HHP Summit 2015: Call for Abstracts |
 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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