Teekay LNG Partners acquired ownership interests in four 174,000 cubic meter Tri-Fuel Diesel Electric (TFDE) liquefied natural gas carrier newbuildings from BG, which will be constructed by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China. The vessels, which are scheduled to deliver between September 2017 and
Demand from the offshore wind industry has led Innovatum to add a second Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact to its ROV fleet. This comes as Innovatum’s reputation grows in the offshore wind industry for cutting the cost of inshore survey work. They have achieved this by creating the world’s smallest syst
DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger Artevelde has started its participation in the Belgian Fishing for Litter (FFL) project. The Foundation for the Development of Sustainable Fisheries SDVO, Waste Free Oceans WFO, DAB Vloot, DEME, the Directorate-General for the Environment, Ecodivers and Healthy
Tap Oil Limited has provided the following update on the Manora oil development in the Northern Gulf of Thailand (TAP 30% interest). Mubadala Petroleum, the operator of the Manora joint venture, continues to advise that the development is on schedule for start of production in late Q3 2014. On 7 Jul
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has awarded of a contract for dredging in the Waackaack Creek and Thorns Creek Channels in Keansburg, Monmouth County. The $1.2 million state-funded Waackaack and Thorns Creeks Channels navigation maintenance project in Keansburg will remove approx
Unique British designed and manufactured smart tools for use in pipeline maintenance stole the show at the EEEGR Energy Innovation Awards at Norwich City Football Club’s Top of the Terrace. Aberdeen-based Equalizer International took the main award after a competition between nine finalists whose li
Indonesia’s Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) will receive the first LNG cargo at its new FSRU located 6 km offshore Lampung this week. “We have approved the signing of the free-on-board LNG sale and purchase agreement and the confirmation notice between Tangguh and PGN over the selling of one 3.32 millio
Decatur City Council and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation will today hold a meeting to discuss details about the future of Lake Decatur Dredging Basins 1-4 and Oakley Sediment Basin Rehabilitation Contract (City Project W1314). The meeting will allow residents to ask questions about the city’s
RDS, has been awarded a $10m USD contract to carry out front-end engineering design (FEED) work on Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea.
HyGear has recently signed an agreement with Kogas, the world’s largest corporate buyer of LNG, to fixate the ambitions to collaborate in the Korean market, the company said in a statement. The agreement was signed during HyGear’s environmental and energy related business mission to Korea. HyGear’s
Japan’s INPEX announced today it launched the hull of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project from the dry dock at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The launch on Sunday, 6 July, sa
New Zealand’s Thames-Coromandel District Council has provided funds for extension works on rock walls at Buffalo Beach, in Whitianga, and at Cooks Beach. Due to a storm from last month several areas of the two beaches have been damaged and eroded. According to Mayor Glenn Leach erosion at Buffalo Be
Vroon, an international shipping company, has announced that Vroon Offshore Services Genova will continue its cooperation with Polarcus DMCC with the signing of an 18-months charter for VOS Theia last Monday. VOS Theia is a supply, anchor handling, oil recovery and fire-fighting vessel, built at Fuj
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding confirmed that it had signed a contract with BG to build four 174,000 cbm LNG tankers. “With GTT No.96 E-2 membrane-type cargo tanks, these vessels are 290m in length, 46.95m in breath and 26.25m in depth,” the Chinese shipbuilder said in a statement. The LNG vessels wil
