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Enterprise Loads Industry’s First LPG-Powered VLGC
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) announced on Dec 17 that the first vessel powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been loaded at the Enterprise Hydrocarbon Terminal on the Houston Ship Channel. The Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) BW …
Dec 23, 2020 / Vessels
World’s first LPG-fuelled VLGC now undergoing sea trials with Wärtsilä fuel system
Sea and gas trials for a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) featuring the technology group Wärtsilä’s pioneering liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Fuel Supply System are successfully completed. The ‘BW Gemini’, owned and operated by BW LPG a company …
Nov 4, 2020 / Curious
Very Large Gas Carrier BW Gemini Receives Class Certification And Embarks On Historic Transpacific Voyage On LPG Propulsion
BW LPG announces today the successful completion of sea and gas trials for Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) BW Gemini, which has been retrofitted with pioneering Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) dual-fuel propulsion technology.The gas and sea trials took …
Nov 4, 2020 / Vessels
World’s First LPG-Retrofit Announced
LPG carrier’s low-speed main-engine converted to dual-fuel running; owner, BW LPG, further enhances already strong green credentialsMAN PrimeServ, MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, has announced the successful conversion of the main engine …
Oct 28, 2020 / Vessels
World’s First VLGC To Be Retrofitted With Pioneering LPG Propulsion Technology Achieves Historic Milestone; Successfully Runs On LPG Fuel
BW LPG announces today the successful start of a week-long sea and gas trials for Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) BW Gemini which has been retrofitted with pioneering LPG dual-fuel propulsion technology.BW Gemini has achieved a historic milestone as …
Oct 21, 2020 / Vessels
BW Gemini first of 12 VLGCs to retrofit with dual-fuel propulsion in China shipyard: BW LPG
BW Gemini is the first of 12 Very Large Gas Carriers that BW LPG has committed to retrofit with LPG dual-fuel propulsion engines at a Chinese shipyard, aimed at zero-carbon fuel propulsion, a company spokeswoman said.“BW Gemini, BW Leo and BW Libra …
Oct 8, 2020 / Curious