FLNG Nguya in Pointe-Noire officially marked the commercial launch of Phase 2 of the Congo LNG project with the shipment of its first LNG cargo.
This milestone was reached in just 35 months since the start of construction at Nguya FLNG, which is already being hailed as a new industry benchmark for speed and efficiency. Phase 1, with the Tango FLNG unit (capacity 0.6 million tons per year), commenced in December 2023. Now, with the commissioning of Phase 2, the […]
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ECAs and scrubbers: what is actually permitted under MARPOL?
❓Received a question:I haven’t been to the North Sea for a while, what should I do?⚖️ Regulatory framework The main document is MARPOL Annex VI.It expressly allows for equivalent methods of complying with sulfur (SOx) limits, including EGCS/scrubbers. 🌍 North Sea ECA The North Sea ECA requires a SOx equivalent of 0.10% sulfur. What this […]
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A signature is crucial when submitting maritime documents.
One of the most common and frivolous mistakes is sending certificates or work permits without the owner’s signature. Even if this doesn’t result in an immediate refusal, the lack of a signature always causes delays in document processing. 📌 In practice, this looks like this:— the crewing agency is forced to verify information and return […]
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Japan is preparing to build the world’s largest liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier – a mammoth 40,000-cubic-meter vessel that aims to transform global energy supply chains.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), a major shipbuilder, has joined forces with Japan Suiso Energy (JSE) to implement the project. It is significantly larger than the 1,250-cubic-meter experimental vessel used in previous trials and builds on the success of the world’s first LH2 carrier, the Suiso Frontier, demonstrated four years ago. The project is part of […]
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If you ask us, what to expect from WinGD XDF engines? + One serious issue, described below:
High levels of lower flammable limit methane (LEL) may be detected in the HT cooling water, causing gas relays to trip. This occurs due to high pulsations at high loads, when gases penetrate the pilot injector pre-chambers (cone seals). There are venting procedures to release these gas bubbles with a valve closing/opening sequence… But this […]
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