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LNG Unlimited LNG JOURNAL PUBLICATION 17 November 2020 French shipping line CMA CGM begins new era for European LNG bunkering UNLIMITED Marseille-based firm AGENDA starts fuel operations ENGINEERING in Rotterdam for its growing LNG-fueled fleet Japan’s JGC says LNG Canada is LNG News Editor progressing as other contracts expected The bunkering programme has started in the port of Rotterdam 2 for France-based container group CMA CGM with its first vessel, one PROJECTS of 26 the Marseilles shipping line has ordered, being refuelled after arriving on its maiden voyage from Dutch port will be main provider of LNG for container- Asia. The CMA CGM group pro- late head of CMA CGM after whom The bunkering vessel in the gramme to operate a new class of the newly-bunkered vessel is Rotterdam operation, the “Gas LNG-powered vessels is now well named. Agility”, is currently the largest in Kosmos venture for underway with the “CMA CGM “As well as being reliable, LNG the LNG fuel sector. CMA CGM has Mauritania-Senegal FLNG is advancing Jacques Saade” receiving fuel on is the best available technology a contract with French energy amid output boost November 12. for significantly improving air major Total for LNG bunkering for quality and contributing towards its container fleet. 3 Key role tackling global warming,” added The “Gas Agility” is owned The Port of Rotterdam will play Saadé. by Japanese shipping company CORPORATE a key role in refuelling the LNG- In November 2017, CMA CGM Mitsui OSK Lines and chartered Air Products reports powered fleet, which will operate made the decision to order the to Total. rise in full-year profits regular services between Asia and first nine Ultra Large container- The “Gas Agility” has a capac- amid major LNG Europe. ships with an LNG power supply, a ity of 18,600 cubic metres and is contract awards Following a record order for first in the history of the shipping equipped with a GTT Mark III Flex 5 nine 23,000 twenty-foot equiva- industry for vessels of this size. membrane tank. lent unit containerships, including “This pioneering fleet is the The Japanese shipping line has CONTRACTS the “CMA CGM Jacques Saade” and product of seven years of research chartered the ship to Total’s affili- McDermott wins the recently delivered “CMA CGM and development efforts. It will ate, Total Marine Fuels Global FEED services Champs Elysees”, the group now operate on the Group’s iconic Solutions. contract for Inpex’s operates seven LNG-powered con- French Asia Line connecting Asia The Total unit and MOL signed Ichthys LNG tainerships and will have a fleet of with Europe,” said CMA CGM. the Charter Party for the “Gas 6 26 containerships of various sizes “The line provides a weekly Agility” before construction began by 2022. service comprising 13 calls over 84 in November 2018 at Hudong- EARNINGS “The energy transition has well days. These nine vessels will be Zhonghua Shipbuilding’s yard near Cheniere Energy posts and truly started at CMA CGM,” registered on the International Shanghai in China. loss but expects global said Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman French Register (RIF),” it added. The bunkering ship was deliv- market to continue and Chief Executive of the ship- The vessels of the 23,000 TEU ered in April 2020 and meets the gradual recovery ping line. first series are 400 metres in highest technical and environmen- 7 “”Our flagship is powered using length, 61m wide, 78m tall and tal standards, using LNG herself as liquefied natural gas and by 2022, with a 16m draught. propulsion fuel, and integrating a AGREEMENTS our LNG-powered fleet will be 26 “The LNG tank is a key part complete re-liquefaction of the strong,” he added. of these vessels. Its 18,600 cubic boil-off gas. Abu Dhabi LNG plant “Through this initiative we are metres of stainless steel evokes The ship will serve in the signs short-term directly addressing the environ- a truly industrial cathedral with northwest Europe market for ship- supply deals with Vitol and Total mental challenges we are faced exceptional volumes,” said CMA to-ship LNG bunkering. with,” explained Saadé, son of the CGM. n 9 2 l NEWS LNG Unlimited 17 November 2020 Japanese engineer JGC reports LNG Canada progress and hopeful of work in Qatar and Oman LNG News Editor Arabia and a new oil refinery mod- JGC Holdings Corp. of Japan, one ernization in Iraq. of the leading global LNG engi- “The operating results are in neering companies, reported a 12 line with the full-year forecast. percent drop in quarterly profits We have an unchanged outlook because of market challenges, concerning the impact of Covid-19 though reported good progress on on construction profitability,” said the LNG Canada project in British JGC. Columbia and was hopeful of new “Our strong financial base is contracts in Qatar and Oman. maintained,” it added. JGC reported fiscal second- In its outlook for the rest of the LNG Canada’s main camp for site workers at Kitimat quarter profits of 3.9 billion yen fiscal year, JGC said the market ($36.16 million) compared with declined to 199.4Bln yen ($1.89Bln) its Asian partners. JGC’s joint ven- environment remained uncertain. $4.4Bln yen in the same three from 218.3Bln yen in the prior- ture engineering partner is Fluor “We will focus on projects months a year ago. year period. Corp of the US. likely to proceed and aim for fur- JGC noted that the slowdown “Our progress included the in- ther growth. Several expected Leader in the industry caused by Covid- sertion of piling and the comple- projects have been postponed The company, based in Yokohama, 19 and the oil prices slump had tion of the shipment to the site to next fiscal year,” said the has been an industry leader in led to delays in final investment near Kitimat of major equip- company. the construction of LNG produc- decisions. ment,” said JGC. “It will be difficult to attain tion plants in countries such as Its outstanding LNG contracts The company’s other ongoing the target. To lay the groundwork Australia, Malaysia, Qatar and in progress amounted to 555.5Bln project is the Coral Floating LNG for the future, we will focus on Russia. yen ($5.28Bln) and included LNG contract offshore Mozambique for securing FEED orders for projects JGC’s quarterly net sales also Canada for Royal Dutch Shell and Italian energy company Eni. materializing in the next fiscal JGC said it was still hopeful for year onward,” it stated. contract awards in the months JGC Holdings said in September Our progress included the insertion of piling ahead for the Qatar LNG expan- 2020 that it had brought in struc- “ sion and the LNG bunkering pro- tural reforms and is seeking to en- and the completion of the shipment to the ject in the Sultanate of Oman in hance competitiveness of its site near Kitimat of major equipment the Arabian Peninsula. overseas engineering operations -” JGC Non-LNG work includes a gas by streamlining project execution. separation plant contract in Saudi n Chiyoda Corp boosts profits amid advances in Tangguh expansion and Golden Pass LNG Chiyoda Corp., the leading “Cameron LNG’s third and final export ventures. This first is the ter of 2021,” said Chiyoda. Japanese energy and liquefied Train was completed in July 2020, Tangguh LNG expansion in the BP- Chiyoda is also part of the con- natural gas engineering company, and the project was successfully operated Indonesian liquefaction sortium transforming the existing said revenues fell while profits handed over to the customer,” plant, where Chiyoda is working Golden Pass LNG import terminal rose as it completed its work on said Chiyoda. with two partners, Saipem of Italy in Texas into an export plant for the US Cameron LNG plant in The Japanese company said it and local firm Tripatra. Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil. Louisiana, while proceeding with expected final investment deci- The Tangguh venture, including It estimated that Golden Pass two other projects, Golden Pass in sions for large-scale overseas pro- the building of a third Train, was was 19 percent complete as engi- Texas and the Tangguh LNG expan- jects in the second half of this 88 percent complete. neering, procurement and site sion in Indonesia. fiscal year. Offshore gas production facili- construction continued. Fiscal second-quarter revenues Chiyoda forecast full year-end ties in the Papua Barat Province of Its engineering partners are US fell to 161.5 billion yen ($1.54Bln) revenues of 280Bln yen, up 58 per- Indonesia are also being modified companies Zachry Group and Mc- from 174.9Bln yen in the same cent and profits rising 83 percent and a Train with liquefaction ca- Dermott International and the three months of 2019. to 7Bln yen compared with the pacity of 3.8 million tonnes per three expect to complete the Profits in the quarter rose to previous fiscal year. annum is under construction. plant by 2025. 5.8Bln yen ($55.5 million) from Chiyoda noted that it was cur- “The scheduled completion n 4.8Bln in the year-ago period. rently involved in two ongoing LNG date for Tangguh is the third quar- 17 November 2020 LNG Unlimited NEWS l 3 Petronet LNG Kosmos says the Mauritania-Senegal names Kumar project is advancing amid output boost Singh to be LNG News Editor the new CEO Kosmos Energy, the US shareholder Petronet LNG, the largest In- in the floating LNG projects offshore dian importer and owner of two the West African nations of Mauri- regasification terminals on the tania and Senegal, said in its third- West Coast, has named Indian quarter earnings that the ventures Oil Corp.