The 173,000 cbm Prachi LNG carrier was launched on November 27 at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. The vessel is owned by India LNG Transport Company No. 4, a joint venture comprising Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, NYK, “K” Line and the Shipping Corporation of India. Once delivered
DNV GL granted an approval in principle certificate to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) for a new LNG-fueled very large crude carrier design.
Pakistan State Oil company recently issued a tender seeking the supply of seven liquefied natural gas cargoes for delivery in January and February 2016.
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha said that it has named the newly-built LNG carrier Bishu Maru at the Sakaide Shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries on Tuesday.
Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) informed on Tuesday it is supplying two Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines 5X72DF for an LNG carrier under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is scheduled to receive a cargo of the chilled gas from Qatar.
Statoil’s Hammerfest LNG facility has dispatched a cargo to the United States on November 30.
Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore signed an eight-year deal with Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures, Perenco and Golar LNG to offtake 1.2 mtpa from the Cameroon FLNG project.
Fugro has been contracted by Ophir to provide survey services for the development of large-scale assets and infrastructure offshore Equatorial Guinea.
Peru’s LNG export facility at Pampa Melchorita dispatched three liquefied natural gas cargoes to Mexico within a seven day period.
France’s Engie informed that the first cargo for Beijing Gas Group has been unloaded at PetroChina’s Caofeidian LNG receiving terminal on November 25.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines performed a tabletop drill on Wednesday based on a scenario in which an LNG carrier collided with another vessel in Tokyo Bay, leaving the vessel stranded with no steering and serious engine problems.
Fosmax LNG informed on Thursday it will offer transshipment service at the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal in Fos-sur-Mer from December 1, 2015.
A coalition between the Shearer Group, Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities and Clean Fuels Clean Rivers received a grant from MARAD to convert a harbor towboat to burn LNG as its fuel source.
