Recently, the China shipyard Huarun Dadong has started the conversion to LNG of Hapag-Lloyd's ultra-container Sajir, which is heralded as the first conversion in the world of a container ship of this size.
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of its founding, Carnival Cruise Line will build a new LNG-powered Excel-class ship that will join the Carnival fleet in 2022.
A recent survey by the online space magazine Austronautinews, explains the strategies of the French Ariane and ESA, the European Space Agency, for the use of LNG to replace hydrogen in the new engines of the "Protheus" series.
As part of the EU Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program, the port of Trieste has been awarded with European funds for the co-financing of two projects involving the use of LNG in the port area. European Commission has also granted around 700 thousand euros for a project, "Naples Lng Costal Depot", presented by the joint venture JV Edison-Q8, for the development of an LNG deposit in the port of Naples.