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Houston skyline at night. JuWonOil looking to strengthen with two Houston hires  

Texas-based firm is recruiting a marine lubricants sales executive and a marine fuels and distillates trader.
Lloyd's Register (LR), Seapeak, Kongsberg Maritime and Tunable JDP launch. Four firms partner to trial continuous emissions monitoring on LNG carrier  

LR, Seapeak, Kongsberg Maritime and Tunable will test onboard CO₂ monitoring against engine data and default emissions factors.
Bunker Holding logo. Bunker Holding reshuffles commercial leadership across brand portfolio  

Appointments announced across KPI OceanConnect, Glander International Bunkering and its digital sales operations.
Design Appraisal (DA) awarding ceremony for an LNG carrier design. Lloyd's Register grants design appraisal for wind-powered LNG carrier concept  

Vessel design featuring four Wind Challenger sails moves closer to commercial deployment.
Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) logo. SGMF publishes first ISO-compliant life cycle assessment of methanol as a marine fuel  

Study evaluating 15 production pathways completes organisation’s suite of LCAs covering LNG, ammonia and methanol.
AiP award ceremony for 271,000-cbm LNG carrier (LNGC) design. DNV grants approval in principle for HD HHI’s 271,000-cbm LNG carrier design  

Classification society backs Hyundai’s largest LNG carrier design yet, featuring five membrane tanks and dual-fuel propulsion.
GTT logo. GTT Energy launches new LNG fuel tank design for container ships  

'Next-generation' LNG fuel containment system features 2 barg technology.
Flex Commodities logo. Flex Commodities seeks operator for bunker trading operations  

Candidates should have three to five years of relevant bunker or commodity trading operations experience
Glander International Bunkering logo. Glander International Bunkering seeks bunker trader for Valencia office  

Role open to sales professionals regardless of prior oil industry experience.
Frankie Russ vessel. TB Marine takes over technical management of methanol-ready tanker  

Newbuild MT Frankie Russ is first tanker in Ernst Russ's fleet.
AiP award ceremony for ecoAPEX cargo-handling technology. Lloyd’s Register grants approval in principle to Babcock LGE’s ecoAPEX cargo-handling technology  

New integrated system for gas carriers targets lower emissions and reduced reliquefaction energy consumption, with LR approval confirming its potential.
Lloyd's Register (LR) and K Shipbuilding MoU signing. K Shipbuilding and Lloyd’s Register to jointly develop ethanol-fuelled tanker design  

The pair will assess an ethanol-fuelled 50,000 dwt MR tanker, targeting Approval in Principle from LR.
AiP award ceremony for methanol-fuelled catamaran concept. Bureau Veritas grants approval in principle for methanol-fuelled catamaran concept  

Classification society backs O.S. Energy and Chartwell Marine’s fuel-system design for an aluminium vessel developed under a UK decarbonisation programme.
LNG carrier render. Wind propulsion offers 'no fundamental barriers' for LNG carriers, study finds  

Bound4blue’s research with Cryosafe Services concludes that wind-assisted propulsion can be integrated into LNG carrier operations without major obstacles.
Bureau Veritas grants AiP to Hudong-Zhonghua. Bureau Veritas grants AiP to Hudong-Zhonghua for new LNG carrier and VLGC designs  

Classification society approves two gas carrier designs featuring next-generation containment systems and dual-fuel propulsion capabilities.
Guanabara Bay FSRU. Petrobras signs 20-year LNG supply deal with Sempra Infrastructure  

Brazilian state oil company will purchase 0.8 mtpa of LNG from a Texas liquefaction terminal for two decades.
Launching ceremony of Amor. LNG dual-fuel crude oil tankers launched for Maran and Capital Ship  

Two 155,500-DWT vessels launched by New Times Shipbuilding in China.
AiP award ceremony for hybrid electric LNG carrier design. LR, HHI and KSOE sign an AiP to advance hybrid electric LNG carrier design  

Partners to focus on system architecture, redundancy and battery integration for a 185,000-cbm vessel.
Bureau Veritas awards AiP to Kairong and MannTek. Bureau Veritas awards AiP to Kairong and MannTek for LNG bunkering crane system  

Integrated crane and bunkering system unveiled at Gastech 2026 in Bangkok.
AiP award ceremony for VLAC design. Bureau Veritas grants AiP to Jiangnan Shipyard's electric-propelled ammonia carrier concept  

VLAC design combines ammonia-fuelled power, fuel cells, battery storage and wind propulsion.