How to prevent Sloshing Effect ❓

Before you continue reading, check out the previous issue for Sloshing Definition.

👉 Filling limit for cargo tank level

The first precaution is to maintain the level of the cargo tanks within the required limits 🎯 i.e. 

Lower than ⬇ a level of 2.75 m of the tank height or Higher than ⬆ a level corresponding to normally 70% of the height of the tank.

👉 Ship's movement

The second precaution is to try to limit the ship's movement 🛑, which would generate Sloshing in the tanks.

The amplitude of sloshing depends on the sea condition (wave pattern), the trim and the speed of the ship 🛳.

Due to its Spherical from, the LNG tank Moss type has no filling limitations 🏆 and the Sloshing effect cannot be experienced to the cargo containment.

New Fortress Energy’s has chartered out a floating storage and regasification unit 🤝 on a three year deal to a project in the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean 📌.

New Fortress has fixed the 125,000-cbm Energos Freeze (built 1977) to power company Energia 2000.

Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) is closing in on the start-up of Germany’s second LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven 🎊.

The final testing of ECOnnect Energy’s IQuay F-Class system at the Wilhelmshaven II terminal expected to entail full system validation 🎯. 

This system is built to deliver up to 8.5% of Germany’s natural gas imports directly to shore 💭, without the need for fixed marine jetties or invasive construction ❌.

A first cargo of US-produced LNG contracted 🥇 under a long-term contract has arrived in Italy for Edison .

The 174,000-cbm LNG carrier Elisa Aquila (built 2022) discharged about 165,000-cbm of LNG 💧 from Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass facility in Louisiana today at the Piombino terminal on Italy’s north-west coast 📌.

The terminal is served by the 170,000-cbm FSRU 👉 Italis LNG (ex-Golar Tundra, built 2015).

Following the suspension of regasification services, which emerged in late January 2025 due to a technical issue 🚨 leading to the damage of the booster pumps onboard the FSRU Alexandroupolis in the Aegean Sea, Gastrade claims to have taken all the necessary actions to address this and repair the booster pumps.

The terminal will resume unloading and regasification services on August 15, 2025 📅 .

Hyundai LNG Shipping has put two of its steam turbine-driven LNG carriers up for sale 💵 as shipowners’ efforts to clear out their older tonnage gather pace.

Brokers have circulated the details of the 135,000-cbm 👉 Hyundai Aquapia (built 2000) and 👉 Hyundai Technopia (built 1999), inviting offers on an en-bloc sale of the ships.

The two vessels are available for delivery in June from their current locations in Korea and Indonesia, respectively 🎯.

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TMS Cardiff Gas has sold its last steam turbine LNG carrier 💵 to Chinese interests as the drip feed of older tonnage onto the market continues 📈.

Brokers said the 145,000-cbm 👉 Condor LNG (ex-GasLog Athens, built 2006) fetched about 💰29m.

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China LNG Shipping (Holdings) Limited has delivered a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to QatarEnergy 🤝. 

Al Tuwar was the first of the three 3️⃣ 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carriers to be delivered to its charterer, QatarEnergy LNG Marketing, on May 16, 2025.

Al Tuwar is equipped with the X-DF 2.1 iCER engine, a dual-fuel engine 🏭 that uses fuel oil and boil-off gas as fuel. It also features a reliquefaction device 💧 that uses surplus boil-off gas, reportedly reducing greenhouse gases (GHG).

Celsius Tech Limited has welcomed a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier built by South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) 🎊.

The 180,000-cubic-meter Celsius Galapagos, boasting what Celsius Tech says is an eco-efficient design, is the 👉 12th LNG vessel in its growing fleet,

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Energy company Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co (EGAS) has secured 🤝 three floating storage and regasification units to bolster its import capacity 📈.

EGAS inked a deal under which Turkey’s Botas will supply one of its FSRUs to the Egyptian company on a temporary basis 🕔.

Oman LNG signined with Vitol Asia Pte. Ltd. to optimize Oman LNG’s LNG supply portfolio 💧, marking another significant step in strengthening its global partnerships.

The agreement, commencing in 2026, entails optimizing up to 0.8 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with Vitol on a Delivered Ex-Ship (DES) basis 🛳. 

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Ksi Lisims LNG 🤝 to purchase 2 Mtpa of LNG for 20 years 💧 from the future plant located in Western Canada.

TotalEnergies also takes a 5% stake in Western LNG, the developer, shareholder, and future operator of the Ksi Lisims LNG project 🏗.

For the first time, St1 and St1 Biokraft have delivered their own Swedish-produced bio-LNG 💧 to the maritime sector — as Terntank's vessel Tern Ocean was bunkered at the Port of Gothenburg ⚓. 

St1 and St1 Biokraft are now aiming to become large scale suppliers 📈 of biomethane for shipping, while the Port of Gothenburg continues to pursue its goal of becoming Scandinavia’s primary bunkering hub for alternative fuels 🔥.

Joint venture partners Pilot LNG and Seapath Group have received the final permits 🎯 for their planned Galveston LNG Bunker Port (GLBP) project 🏗 in the US and aim to start fuel deliveries in 2027.

GLBP has received authorisations from the US Army Corps of Engineers and US Coast Guard that will allow it to begin construction 🏗.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) recently commenced demonstration testing 🏭 for a methane oxidation catalyst system for vessels fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) 🔥.

The effort entailed fitting the equipment on the 👉 KEYS Azalea, an 82.4-meter-long dual-fuel LNG bunkering vessel owned by KEYS and constructed by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding. 

Hapag-Lloyd welcomes another ‘Hamburg Express’ class containership to its fleet 🎊.

The 24,000 TEU vessel, Genova Express, has been named at shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean’s shipyard Okpo, South Korea 🌊.

The ‘Hamburg Express’ class is a series of 12 dual-fuel containerships powered by LNG 💧 and designed to run on future-ready alternatives like green methane 🔥.

A first methanol dual-fuel bulk carrier chartered by NYK from KAMBARA KISEN was delivered at the TSUNEISHI Factory in Japan 🎊.

Methanol has a lower environmental impact than fuel oil 📉, and by using bio-methanol and e-methanol produced using hydrogen derived from renewable energy sources and recovered carbon dioxide, the vessel achieves significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions 🎯.

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement is looking for LNG experienced officers :

🎯 Chief Officer (Steam)

🎯 Chief Engineer (Steam)

🎯 2nd Engineer (MEGA)

🎯 Gas Engineer (MEGI)

🎯 3rd Engineer (MEGI)

🎯 4th Engineer (Steam)

Requirements

The engine type is a mandatory

Contact

BSM Crew Service Centre Croatia on +385 21 322 860

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