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 TERMINALS The search for cost efficiencies leads to ever-larger ships and, as a consequence, dock facilities. Equipping such facilities to handle the largest LNG carriers demands special expertise, as Trelleborg explains
There are those, apparently, who are sceptical about the claims made for shale oil and gas and the impact these new energy streams are going to make on the global energy scene.
RESULTS In the wake of deepening losses, IM Skaugen is planning to focus on its core activities in gas shipping and is looking to shed its peripheral businesses
FLOATING STORAGE September’s GasTech show in London heralded yet another ‘Golden Age of Gas’. HCB spoke to Reidar Strande, business unit director of LNG for Wärtsilä Hamworthy about what this means for his business
The big news in the November 1982 issue of HCB was that IMO’s Carriage of Dangerous Goods Sub-committee was debating long and hard on whether to include marine pollutants in the IMDG Code.
INLAND WATERWAYS The ADN Agreement is unusual insofar as it deals with cargo shipped in bulk as well as in tanks and packages. The ADN experts therefore have to address a large number of issues that the comparable regulations for land transport in Europe do not touch
PREVIEW The Gastech show has for decades been one of the most important events in the global LNG, LPG and natural gas calendar. Returning to London this year, the show promises to be as big and exciting as ever. Here’s a taste of what to expect
US-headquartered hydrocarbon and industrial gas handling equipment manufacturer Chart Industries announces that it is expanding its manufacturing capacity for LNG equipment.
MARKETS Its reputation for taking a comparatively civilised approach to business means that the LPG tanker sector is emerging from the recession rather faster than some other tanker segments, with little prospect at present of any supply overhang to disturb rising earnings
