LNG PICTURE STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE IN U.S.

摘要

It's hard to believe that it has been more than two years since TOTE announced it would be building the world's first con-tainerships to burn Liquefied Natural Gas as fuel. On April 18, however, the first of the two Marlin Class ships will be launched and christened at NASSCO in San Diego. The first ship is expected to enter service between the Port of Jacksonville and Puerto Rico later this year, followed by her sister ship next year. Other LNG marine milestones are also falling into place. As we highlight this month in our Update section, the dual fuel Platform Supply Vessel Harvey Energy is now working for Shell in the Gulf Of Mexico, after her delivery from the Gulf Coast Shipyard Group, and the keel has been laid at Davie Shipyard for the first LNG-fueled ferry for STQ to be built in North America, while another one, F.-A.-Gauthier, is en route from Fincantieri from Italy.