Since it’s the first edition of LNG4U, let’s start with the First ship to carry LNG 🥇.

Methane Pioneer was the first oceangoing LNG tanker in the world built in 1945 as a cargo ship before being rebuilt in 1958 for the purpose of

transporting LNG and operated between 1959 and 1972 🌎.

The cargo of 5000 m³ 💧 was carried from USA to UK in 1958 .

When a liquefied gas is spilled in an open space the liquid will evaporate 📈 to produce first a large vapour cloud and then an extremely large cloud of a mixture of flammable gas and air.

The resulting vapour cloud is not flammable 🚫 throughout its entire volume. The cloud is sometimes referred to as a plume and is shown as a concept in the below Illustration. However, reality can introduce vapour eddies and many other variables.

If the spill occurs at point 'A’, Area 'B', which is immediately above the spill area, would be non-flammable 🚫. This is because it contains too high a percentage of flammable vapour and so would be over rich.

Area 'D' would also be non-flammable 🚫 because it contains too little flammable vapour and so would be too lean.

The flammable range 🔥 would be somewhere between B and D, referred to as 'C' in the diagram.

The main purpose for liquefying Natural Gas from gas form to liquid form is to allow Its shipment by sea 🌎.

Liquefying the NG is to reduce 📉 its volume 600 times 1 m³ LNG = 600 m³ NG.

This illustration shows the NG shipment chain from the Gas field to the Consumers 🏢.

The Excelsior FSRU arrived in Wilhelmshaven, marking the start of commissioning for this key infrastructure 🏗.

The FSRU that was developed by TES and ENGIE for DET Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH and BMWK will add up to 4.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year 💭 to Germany’s supply — helping to strengthen energy supply resilience across Europe ⚡.

The Excelsior will undergo extensive testing 🎯 over the next few weeks before being connected to the gas grid via the new WAL II pipeline.

Liquefied gas systems provider TGE Marine has been selected to provide cargo tanks, cargo handling, and fuel gas systems for an LNG bunker vessel 💧 being built at RMK Marine shipyard in Türkiye for Gasum and Sirius Shipping.

The vessel named Celsius is a 7,800 cubic meter (cbm) LNG bunker vessel with a ‘highly efficient’ propulsion system, a hybrid battery for peak shaving, and a gas combustion unit 🔥 of 27,7 MW ordered jointly by Gasum and Sirius Shipping earlier this year.

Celsius is scheduled for delivery in 2027 🎊. Gasum will charter the ship to increase LNG and bio-LNG availability in the Northwestern European maritime market 💧, where demand is set to increase in the coming years.

As part of its collaboration with RMK Marine, TGE Marine will provide its Type C Bi-lobe tanks and a cargo handling and fuel gas system on board the vessel.

Hanwha Ocean has picked TMC Compressors to deliver the marine compressed air system to 12 LNG vessels the South Korean shipbuilder is constructing for an undisclosed LNG shipping major.

TMC will supply a complete marine compressed air system 🏭 consisting of control and service air compressors, to each of the 12 vessels. The newbuild LNG carriers will each have a storage capacity of 174 000 m3 💧.

TMC designs marine compressed air systems solely for offshore and marine use ⚓. A key part of strategy is to supply compressors that the vessel crew can easily maintain themselves while at sea.

State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) and UAE’s ADNOC Trading have signed 🤝 a liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading supply agreement.

Under the agreement, the first such between the entities 🥇, the product will be received at the recently commissioned Chhara terminal of HPCL subsidiary HPCL LNG. 

Chhara LNG Terminal has regasification capacity of 5 MMTPA with gross storage capacity of LNG 400,000 Cu.M. in two equal sized LNG tanks 💧.

(Reuters) — Morocco is seeking to diversify its coal-dependent energy sector, took the first step toward locating a liquefied natural gas terminal 🏗 near the Mediterranean city of Nador.

Morocco's energy industry filed an expression of interest for the LNG terminal 💧. The country is also pushing ahead with a renewable energy plan aiming to reach 52% of total installed capacity before 2030 from 45% now 💡.

The terminal will be linked to an existing pipeline 💭 connecting Morocco to Spain as well as industrial zones in Mohammedia and Kenitra, in the country's northwest

The new infrastructure will also be connected to an under-development project that aims to connect Morocco to Nigerian gas fields 📌.

The Morocco-Nigeria pipeline, agreed in 2016, will stretch over 6800 km, including 5100 km offshore and is projected to cost 💰25 billion

Naftogaz Group and ORLEN have signed an agreement for the supply of a further 100 million m3 of LNG 💧. 

This marks the third contract under the companies’ long-term co-operation framework signed in March 2025 📅, bringing the total contracted volume to 300 million m3.

ORLEN will import LNG from the US, regasify it at the Swinoujscie terminal in Poland 📌, and transport it through the Polish transmission system to the Ukrainian border.

Singapore-based shipping company Pacific International Lines (PIL) has held the naming ceremony 🎊 for its first 8,200 TEU LNG dual-fuel containership.

The LNG-powered vessel will also be capable of using greener bio-methane fuels and equipped with Win-GD’s XDF engines with iCER (Intelligent Control by Exhaust Recycling), which is expected to significantly reduce methane emissions 📉.

In addition, Kota Oasis and the remainder of PIL’s O Class vessels are equipped with ammonia intermediate-ready fuel tanks 🔋.

Shanghai Port Group Energy has booked an LNG bunker vessel newbuilding at Jiangnan Shipyard 🏗.

The business unit of Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) has signed up for a 20,000 cu m unit , scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2027 🎊.

The vessel, contracted for an undisclosed sum, will feature three twin-ear C-type tanks, equipped with a full-rotating electric propulsion system and will be able to meet the requirements of NOx Tier III 🎯, achieve near-zero SOx emissions, and reduce CO₂ greenhouse gases by about 20% 📉.

SIPG Energy carried out its first LNG bunkering onboard a CMA CGM containership during cargo operations (SIMOPS) in March 2022. The company’s fleet currently includes one LNG bunker unit as well as one methanol bunkering vessel.

Switzerland-based renewable energy producer Axpo has conducted its first LNG ship-to-ship delivery in the Port of Algeciras in Spain 📌.

The operation was completed using the 2021-built 7,500 cubic meter (cbm) small-scale LNG vessel Avenir Aspiration to transfer approximately 5,000 cbm of LNG 💧 to Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) containership Mariacristina.

The latest delivery marks the expansion of Axpo’s LNG bunkering operations 🚀 to a second Spanish port, following the ship-to-ship bunkering in the port of Málaga last month.

Hong Kong owner Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings has announced a new deal 🤝 to supervise a series of very large ammonia and ethane carriers being built for the Middle East market 🌎.

The company said its subsidiary, Venture Marine Services (VMS), will be overseeing the construction of seven 7️⃣ 99,000-cbm VLECs and four 4️⃣ 93,000-cbm VLACs at Jiangnan Shipyard for AW Shipping.

The owner is a joint venture between Abu Dhabi-based shipping giant Adnoc Logistics & Services and Shandong-based Wanhua Chemical Group.

Tsuneishi Group (Zhoushan) Shipbuilding Inc has completed the first block loading for its first Methanol-Fueled 🔥 5,900-TEU Type Container Carrier earlier this month.

The 5,900-EU type container carrier is the largest container carrier built by Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Group 🥇. 

In addition to the enhanced hull form and MT-FAST, its energy-saving technology, the integration of a large-capacity shaft generator 💡 has enabled this dual-fuel vessel to achieve both optimal loading performance and exceptional fuel economy 📉 when compared with fuel oil vessels in the same segment.

This vessel has been developed based on the concept of a final solution for the zero CO₂ emission vessel 💭 through the use of green methanol 🔋. 

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