Clarksons Research is closely tracking uptake of “green” technology that will impact the shipping industry’s 883mt (2008: 1,028mt) and 2.4% contribution to global CO2 (and 1.8% of all GHG). Reviewing data points and latest trends in technology uptake and fleet renewal extracted from our upcoming...
Top questions in everybody’s mind include when will the energy crisis come to an end and when will energy markets return back to normality. These and a host of other uncertainties frame 12 themes expected to shape the outlook, markets and prices for natural gas...
2021 was a year of dramatic progress and growth for LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as a marine fuel and its pathway to decarbonisation. Orders for LNG-fuelled vessels hit record levels while the bunkering infrastructure continued to expand at pace. There was significant progress on increasing production of...
LNG has been highlighted as the best starting point to do something that would set on an ultimate course of moving to new zero-carbon fuels in the future. Many of the shipping industry’s top executives gathered on Glasgow over the weekend to give their verdict on...
Traditionally, LNG terminals constitute large-scale projects, with the goal of providing access to clean energy to fleets, onshore transportation and households. However, the past few years have seen increased development of small-scale LNG throughout the world. Small-scale LNG provides three major advantages. First, large-scale LNG terminals...
Despite that some voices have recently and in the past try to present a limited use of LNG in the future alternative fuel mix, noting that its benefits are not enough to support carbon reduction goals, the reality is much different. LNG is becoming a much more...
SEA-LNG and SGMF commissioned an update to the Lifecycle GHG Emission Study on the use of LNG as a Marine Fuel. Conducted to stringent ISO standards by independent specialist consultants, Sphera (formerly thinkstep), the study is peer-reviewed by a panel of internationally-recognised academic experts. The research...
A joint industry project (JIP) has quantified the financial and environmental performance of certain fuel alternatives and technologies in order to define ‘realistic carbon-robust pathways’ for MR and LR2 tankers. The project involved participation from DNV, ship designer Deltamarin, Minerva Marine as a vessel manager, and...
probunkers supports SEA-LNG report regarding LNG as fuel viability: "Waiting for a “utopian solution” risks locking the maritime industry into the highly polluting conventional oil-based marine fuels for years, if not decades, to come. Today, and for the foreseeable future, LNG is the only viable fuel for deep-sea...
Following a greener path, the shipping industry is constantly searching for alternative fuels that will be in line with the environmental regulations, with LNG currently seeing a high demand. The IMO sulphur cap which came into force on January 1st, 2020, requires that all vessels limit...