Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO)

Ready for take-off

LNG BUNKERING It finally looks realistic that supply and demand for LNG bunkering facilities will level up into a workable arrangement. Now the lack of regulation and common safety guidelines the next obstacle to be overcome before 2015

LNG refuelling at Hamburg

Beady eye on EEDI

LNG Gas carriers are still a grey area in the now mandatory Energy Efficiency Design Index requirement for new vessels. SIGTTO has been working to clear things up

LNG tanker at sea

Trading standards

LNG BUNKERING July saw the inaugural meeting of the new Natural Gas Marine Fuel Safety Advisory Group, set up to develop standards on LNG bunkering operations with the aim of preserving the excellent safety record of the LNG sector so far

Gas tank being moved by crane

SIGTTO addresses LNG bunkering standards

SIGTTO has formed the Natural Gas Marine Fuel Safety Advisory Group as a cross-industry platform to advise on the design, operation and maintenance of LNG marine fuel systems.

Japan proves STS for LNG

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co Ltd (Japex) is aiming to improve the coastal distribution of LNG on a small scale throughout Japan, as a means of combating energy shortages in small communities. As part of that ambition, it needed to prove the viability of ship-to-ship transfers of LNG.

OCIMF progresses terminal audits

The Oil Companies’ International Maritime Forum (OCIMF) is preparing to launch the second leg of its Marine Terminal Information System (MTIS) by the end of the first quarter 2012.

First of four

TERMINAL SAFETY The world’s oil industry, through OCIMF, is taking steps to improve standards at marine terminals. A four-pronged approach is being used

Anuj Gupta - OCIMF

QA via CDI

MARINE Training is always crucial to safe operations but never more vital than when handling dangerous goods. Videotel has announced two new programmes aimed at the chemical and gas tanker sectors

Tanker at Sea

Ship-to-ship guide on its way

Participants in the Chemical Distribution Institute (CDI) vessel auditing scheme have concluded that existing ship-to-ship (STS) cargo transfer guides produced for the oil and LNG tanker sectors are in many ways inappropriate for chemical transfers. The existing guides produced by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Oil Companies International Maritime Forum (OCIMF) and the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) are well established but do not reflect the reality of chemical tanker operations, says the International Parcel Tankers Association (IPTA).

SIGTTO analyses ESD

The Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) has published the results of an investigation of emergency shutdown systems (ESD) for ship/shore transfer operations.

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