Nuclear and fuel cell alternatives foreseen

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Published on Sunday, 15 June 2014 20:03
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Nuclear and fuel cell alternatives foreseen                 

13 Jun 2014
 

‘Viking I’ was in many ways the forerunner of the current ro-pax ship

Such is today’s focus on alternative fuels that it seemed slightly odd to see that the same subject was a hot topic back in 1964.

The June 1964 issue of The Motor Ship began with a leading article about nuclear power, then on the next page we found a news item about fuel cell development.

Official British proposals for nuclear power for ships were described as a ‘whitewash’, while fuel cells were received in a considerably kinder vein, despite the maximum power available at the time being only 25kW, though 200kW versions were expected

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Vessel head journeys to Callaway

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Published on Saturday, 14 June 2014 05:41
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13 June 2014

A new reactor vessel closure head has completed a five-week journey by sea, river and road to arrive at the Callaway nuclear power plant in Missouri, USA.

The 180 tonne component, which is over 9 metres tall, was ordered from Areva by Ameren Missouri in 2009. It was manufactured by Spain's Equipos Nucleares SA (Ensa) at Maliaño, from where it began its trans-Atlantic journey in April. The reactor head was shipped in a special container to protect the component itself and the control rod drive mechanisms installed inside it.

After crossing the ocean, the vessel head was loaded onto a barge and travelled from the port of New Orleans via the Tombigibee, Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The final 11 km of its

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Russia-China Natural Gas Deal to Set LNG Price Floor, BofA Says

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Published on Thursday, 05 June 2014 06:54
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By Isis AlmeidaMay 27, 2014 1:17 PM GMT+0200
 

Russia’s deal to sell natural gas toChina after a decade of talks will set a floor for prices of the liquefied fuel as the Asian nation is set to become the world’s leading consumer, according to Bank of America Corp.

The 30-year accord for 38 billion cubic meters a year (3.8 billion cubic feet a day) of supplies from 2018 by pipeline from eastern Siberia was probably reached at a price of $10.50 to $11 per million British thermal units, the bank said in a report e-mailed today. China, which consumes about half of the world’s coal, copper and iron ore and 4 percent of its gas, is set to become the biggest gas user by 2035.

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LNG as a fuel, a commercially attractive option for bulk carriers?

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Published on Wednesday, 04 June 2014 01:40
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05 May 14 Safety4Sea

 

The milestone of 100 confirmed LNG projects worldwide has been recently passed and it is true that we are seeing many more developments in LNG ship fuel industry. Currently, there are three key stakeholders regulating the future development of LNG; charterers, LNG suppliers and shipowners, each and one of them having their own objectives and challenges moving ahead.

 

 

Until now, there were two players dominating the discussions around the future of the LNG industry; LNG suppliers and shipowners facing the well-known ''chicken- egg problem''. On the one hand, shipowners are talking about not enough supply in order to justify the investments for LNG fuelled ships and on the other hand, suppliers claim that there are not enough LNG

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