LNG appeared briefly to go out of fashion last year after being slammed as a ‘bridge to nowhere’ and a fossil fuel industry ‘con’.
However, LNG-fuelled containerships have swept back to prominence in newbuild ordering, with a share of some 55% of the 2024 orderbook.
A record 1.76m teu of LNG-powered tonnage has been ordered, says Alphaliner this week, up from 440,000 teu in 2023.
It also represents a major increase over the …
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