News / The LNG-powered mega-containership – 'a trend whose time has come'

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The entrance of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-powered containerships on European waters could occur sooner than thought, after classification society DNV-GL presented an “Approved in Principle” award to a new deepsea boxship design.

DNV-GL said the design, which would see the 11 14,000teu and six 18,000teu ships being currently built for UASC by South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries at some point converted to burn LNG rather than the heavy fuel oil ships currently use, was “technically feasible”.

“LNG as a ship fuel ...