The implementation of the RaiLNG project continues, promoted by the Spanish consortium formed by Renfe, Enagas, Naturgy and ECA / Bureau Veritas, selected by the European Executive Agency for Innovation and Networks (INEA) to demonstrate the technical, economic, environmental and legal feasibility of LNG railway traction in Spain and in the EU.
On March 22, the semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir of the Heerema Marine Contractors, the first of its kind in the world to be powered by LNG, arrived for the first time in the port of Rotterdam after being towed by the tug Kolga in the Caland Canal.
Following recent orders for LNG car carriers, the Korean Register (KR) classification company recently announced that it has granted approval in principle (AIP) for the suitability of two ships with LNG propulsion (dual fuel) used for the transport of vehicles developed by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
n the United States on last March, the first test of the combustion chamber of the cryogenic M10 liquid oxygen and methane engine for the third stage of the future Italian Vega E launcher was held at the historic NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville (Alabama).
After a first order concluded at the beginning of the year of the new MAN 51/60DF engines for a LNG RoPax ferry from the Jiangsu Jingling shipyard for the German TT-Line (Volkswagen group), MAN Energy Solutions has been awarded another order from the shipyard Finnish Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) for a similar supply in favor of Estonian Tallink Grupp.
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