The US company Dominion Energy, based in Richmond (Virginia), which operates in the field of electricity and natural gas, recently expanded its activities in the small-scale LNG segment by acquiring from the Southern Company the producer Pivotal LNG of Atlanta particularly active in the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the maritime market.
In the latest published comment, we hoped for a confirmation of the European Green Deal program as a tool for relaunching the European economy on new foundations, with a reformist imprint capable of supporting the growing environmental sensitivity of citizens. The analyzes we are reading tell us that we will emerge from the current crisis with an increase in this sensitivity, not a decrease.
The Swedish company OxGas, controlled by the Port of Oxelösund on the Baltic Sea south of Stockholm, has commissioned MAN Energy Solution for the development and construction of a multifunctional coastal LNG depot in the port area, the design of which was entrusted to the Danish company COWI.
With two different press releases at the beginning of April, AET, the shipping company of the Malaysian MISC Group, provider of maritime energy logistics services, and Chartering and Shipping Services SA, of the Total Group, have announced an agreement for the construction and temporary rental of two dual-fuel VLCC (Very Large Crude Carriers) with main use of LNG. The two new ships are expected to be delivered to AET and then to Total from the first quarter of 2022.
The German Federal Administration of Waterways and Navigation has ordered two special LNG-electric hybrid ships at the Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard in Lemwerder (Lower Saxony), with a third option by 2020, prepared to provide assistance in the event of accidents, fires or ships unable to maneuver. Propulsion will be ensured by Rolls Royce engines.
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