The first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been made to a new facility on Teesside, port officials have confirmed. US-based Excelerate Energy set up the UK’s second LNG import terminal at Teesport, after being granted planning permission last year.
‘Carnival Dream’ and ‘Carnival Magic’ are the names Carnival Cruise Lines has chosen for its two 130,000-ton SuperLiners scheduled to enter service in October 2009 and June 2011, respectively. Representing a new class of vessel for the line, the 3,652-passenger “Fun Ships” will be the largest in Car
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest shipping company, has ordered four car and truck transport ships from China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd, the Copenhagen-based company said. Maersk has an option for delivery of another four ships of the same type, which can transport 4,900 cars
Coastguards say a small amount of cargo from the wrecked container ship the MSC Napoli has gone overboard in bad weather at the weekend. About eight bags of yellow plastic strips went into the sea in 3m swells but they are non-toxic and most have been collected from Lyme Bay.
Support services and shipbuilding company VT Group (VT) has strengthened its US business with the acquisition of MILCOM Systems Corporation (MILCOM) for a debt free cash consideration of $42.5 million. For the full 2007 calendar year, MILCOM is expected to generate revenues in excess of $100m and a
Statoil (OSL: STL; NYSE: STO) has today 12 February 2007 presented its view on the synergy potential from the merger between Statoil and Hydro’s (OSE: NHY; NYSE: NHY) oil and gas activities.
Senior secured credit facility of $770 million with Fortis closed at delivery of first tanker. Aker American Shipping has, concurrently with the delivery of the first Product Tanker, closed a senior secured credit facility of $770 million with Fortis as Agent, financing its long term ownership of th
As part of its move towards formal statehood distinct from the communist People’s Republic of China on the mainland, the Taiwanese leadership has launched a campaign to remove the word ‘China’ from company names. While many Taiwanese find the name changes necessary, some analysts have warned they co
An anti-whaling group’s boat collided twice with a Japanese whale-spotting vessel in Antarctic waters today, tearing a three-foot gash in the protest ship, the Sea Shepherd conservation group said. The Japanese ship Kaiko Maru issued a distress signal after the clash, but had not responded to Sea Sh
Fishermen in Cornwall have criticised new government monthly restrictions on cod fishing for small boats. The new quotas mean that Cornish boats of 10m or less have caught almost their entire cod quota for 2007.
According to London-based Clarkson, the world’s biggest shipbroker, shipowners ordered new vessels worth a record $105.5 billion in 2006. The trend has been spurred by tanker owners keen to upgrade their fleets ahead of IMO single-hull tanker deadlines that kick in at the end of the decade.
Jersey is hoping to boost income from its sea port through its membership of a new federation. The Federation of Regional and Local Channel Ports aims to increase cooperation between port authorities in the English Channel and France.
A DUTCH dredger has been working in Newhaven Harbour carrying out maintenance work
Life aboard Adele. What’s it really like cruising on a superyacht – not just cruising but undertaking an Antarctic adventure which very much relies on the yacht as a platform, a lifeline and a completely independent mode of transport?
