SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has developed the nation’s first-of-its-kind eco-friendly oceangoing vessel that can reduce the generation of fine dust, one of the main culprits of environmental pollution, by up to 99 percent. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries held a naming ceremony for the nation’s first liquefied national gas (LNG)-powered [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has announced plans to develop an eco-friendly hybrid ship for collecting marine waste floating in the Pacific Ocean. The Hydrogen Ship Technology Center at Pusan National University in Busan said Tuesday that it will carry out a project to develop the eco-friendly ship for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. said Wednesday it has delivered the world’s first container ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a Singaporean shipping company. The LNG-powered container ship with a capacity of 14,800 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) is one of six ships to be [...]
TEMECULA, Calif., Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (“Group”), a subsidiary of Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan), announces the establishment of their new office in Moscow, Russia, managed by Ayman Zeitoun, Vice President, Russia. The facility will allow us to support LNG and Petrochemical customers in the Russian [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will promote the liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering industry, which is expected to gain strong growth momentum thanks to tougher international environmental regulations. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that a revised Urban Gas Business Act which includes a newly-created category for LNG bunkering businesses, [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. said Wednesday it will build a ship powered by electricity and other fuel with its own technologies by 2022 for the first time in the country to expand its presence in the ecoship market. Hyundai Mipo signed a deal with a local government to build [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ocean ministry said Monday it will gradually replace 140 government ships with those utilizing clean energy sources by 2030 to meet tighter regulations. “The project will help South Korea to reduce fine dust, greenhouse gas and air pollution, and contribute in developing technologies in the field of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shippers are considering joining hands to win massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation orders to be placed by Qatar, industry sources said Sunday. Five bulkers — reportedly Korea Line Corp., Pan Ocean Co., SK Shipping Co., Hyundai LNG Shipping Co. and H-Line Shipping Co. — are set [...]
JEJU, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The era of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has opened for Jeju island. On Tuesday morning, SM JEJU LNG No.1, a cargo ship carrying LNG, finally docked at the Korea Gas Corporation’s LNG Receiving Terminal in Jeju’s Aewol Port. The ship was made available on September 18 to exclusively transport LNG [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run Korea Gas Corp. signed a deal to import an additional US$9.6 billion worth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States for up to 18 years, in line with efforts to expand ties with the world’s top economy in the energy segment, Seoul’s trade ministry [...]