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and Chief Financial Officer of China State Ship- HÖEGH LNG ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE TO
128 LNG building Corporation (CSSC), a number of senior HÖEGH EVI
carriers in Chinese government officials, and senior executives Höegh LNG, a global leader in marine energy
QatarEnergy's from QatarEnergy, QatarEnergy LNG, and CSSC. infrastructure solutions, announced its new name,
orderbook In his comments on this occasion, His Excellency Höegh Evi.
Mr Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said: “The signing of Standing for “energy vector infrastructure”, the
today’s agreement is underscored by the stra- name Evi reflects the recent expansion of the
tegic importance of QatarEnergy’s historic LNG company’s focus beyond LNG import terminals to
fleet expansion programme and its commitment encompass innovative and tangible clean energy
to maintaining a leadership position in the global solutions. As a leader in liquefied gas handling,
LNG market”. Höegh Evi is accelerating the energy transition with
floating infrastructure for ammonia and hydrogen,
LASKARIDIS SHIPPING CO. LTD. AND as well as carbon transport and storage (CCS), in
LAVINIA CORPORATION JOIN FORCES addition to LNG.
WITH LIAOYU GROUP Höegh Evi has been a pioneer in liquefied gas solu-
Laskaridis Shipping Co. Ltd. and Lavinia Corpo- tions for more than 50 years and will continue to
ration recently announced that they have signed be a market leader in LNG with one of the world’s
agreements with the Liaoyu Group in Dalian, China, largest fleets of FSRUs (floating storage and regas-
for the establishment of a joint venture company ification units) and LNG carriers. The company is
which will trade under the name of Fresh Cool also developing innovative marine infrastructure,
Logistical Services. including floating ammonia and H import termi-
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Liaoyu Group Co. Ltd. is a large industrial, fishing, nals, ammonia cracking technology, and CCS.
and food processing conglomerate in Dalian, China,
ages, passenger liners, food processing companies, BLUE
which owns and operates port facilities, cold stor-

and factory fishing vessels with an approximate ECONOMY
workforce of 5,000 people.
The joint venture plans to initially order 2 firm and
2 optional reefer vessels of approximately 11,000 A GREEN AND DIGITAL TRANSITION
DWT to support the transportation of Liaoyu’s krill OF THE WATERBORNE SECTOR AT
and other fishing products from the Antarctic and THE HEART OF THE NEW EUROPEAN
worldwide, as well as to serve the transport needs COMMISSION
of Lavinia Corporation. The new company’s initial On 17 September, Ursula von der Leyen, President
investment plan exceeds $80 million. of the European Commission, presented the next
The two partners have expressed their satisfaction College of Commissioners for the period 2024-
with this new joint venture, which mirrors the excel- 2029. The mission letters for the Commission-
lent cooperation and mutual respect between them ers-designate are centred around competitiveness,
for nearly 30 years. sustainability, and digitalisation. These mission let-
The above venture also demonstrates Lavinia’s ded- ters are a further detailing of the Political Guidelines
ication to the transportation needs of the Chinese of the new European Commission, as presented in
fishing fleets, which dates back more than 35 years. July 2024.
The new Company will be based in Dalian. The part- As regards waterborne transport, the mission letter
ners are now proceeding with the design and speci- for Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Commissioner-designate
fications of the ships to be built in cooperation with for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, spells out
the respective design offices and shipyards. the aim to make European waterborne transport
more competitive, more sustainable, and more
MAERSK TANKERS LAUNCHES A NEW POOL resistant to future shocks, as well as to ensure
On 1 October, Maersk Tankers launched its new pool transport is safe, accessible, and affordable for all
- Maersk Tankers Chemicals. citizens. Increasing the modal shift towards sus-
Supported by existing Partners and drawing on their tainable means of transport means and making
extensive experience and expertise with chemi- the most of digital tools, new technologies, and
cal vessels, the new pool is designed to maximise innovations will be among the key priorities. Fur-
returns for Partners' J19 vessels. thermore, a Sustainable Transport Investment Plan
With no minimum commitment period and flexi- will be developed, outlining a strategic approach to
ble redelivery terms, the new chemical pool offers a scaling up and prioritising investments in transport
seamless onboarding process and a fair and trans- decarbonisation solutions. In addition, digitalisa-
parent earnings model. tion should continue to drive the modernisation of

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