Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said that on October 6, the MOL-operated LNG carrier Senshu Maru found drifting castaways in the Celebes Sea off Indonesia, and was able to safely rescue three Indonesian fishermen. The Senshu Maru, sailing from the port of Bontang, Indonesia, to the port of Sakai-Senboku in Osak
Peru’s only LNG export facility shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Mexico on Monday. The cargo is being hauled by the Barcelona Knutsen, a 173,400 cbm tanker, and it is sailing to the Manzanillo import terminal. The liquefaction plant in Pampa Melchorita has exported 231 cargoes since its star
Seven shipping lines from South Korea joined forces with local shipbuilding companies to try and win an order from Korea Gas Corp for the build of six LNG carriers. Kogas, that will be importing 2.8 million mt per year of the chilled gas from the Sabine Pass terminal in the US for 20 years starting
The volume of dredging operations performed by Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. under MMPK Bronka project will exceed 10.4 mln cbm in 2014. Boskalis plans to deepen Bronka’s approach canal to 7.5 meters this year, according to portnews.ru. Many of the Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. vessels are opera
GTT said it received an AIP (Approval in Principal) from Bureau Veritas for its LNG bunker vessel. This AIP follows other recent approvals from several major classification societies for GTT designs for a 2.200m3 bunker barge in the US market and of the REACH4, bunker mast. It further positions GTT
The UK’s Grain LNG terminal, operated by National Grid, is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Trinidad and Tobago, shipping data says. The cargo is carried by the 135,500 cbm British Merchant, and it is scheduled to arrive at the terminal near London on October 14. The termina
VOSTA LMG, offering state-of-the-art solutions in dredging technology, together with Karnafuly Shipyard, has delivered ten new cutter-suction dredgers to the Bangladesh Inland Transport Water Authority (BITWA) and the Water Development Board (BWDB). Out of the ten delivered, six are CSD 450 type dre
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, foreseeing the effects of the shale gas revolution, has been developing a new type of medium size multi gas carrier for sea transport of LNG and co-product of shale gas such as ethane and ethylene gas. In the coming decade, LNG carriers may probably be classified i
Italy is set to receive an LNG cargo at its offshore terminal in the northern Adriatic Sea, shipping data shows. The 151,700 cbm Al Daayen departed from the Ras Laffan port in Qatar on Monday, and it is due to to arrive at the Adriatic LNG terminal on October 16, the data shows. The LNG […]
An IMS Model 7012 HP Versi-Dredger is cleaning out a port in Indonesia. The patented Starwheel Drive self-propulsion system allows the dredger to travel between boats without damaging hulls or propellers with swing wires or anchor cables. [mappress] October 6, 2014
Shipping Corporation of India and GAIL Limited are mulling a cooperation to acquire and operate nine LNG carriers for almost $3 billion. SCI Director (liner and passenger services) Sarveen Narula said that once the JV is formed the shipping company will have the option to buy the stake of up to 25%,
One of the world’s largest LNG tankers in the world, the 266,000 cbm Mozah, is scheduled to arrive at the UK’s South Hook import terminal this week. The vessel, with a Qatar-sourced LNG cargo, is expected to arrive at one of Europe’s biggest LNG receiving terminals on October 12, port data shows. Th
Petronet’s Dahej LNG terminal on India’s west coast received a cargo of LNG onboard the 216,000 cbm Mesaimeer LNG carrier on Wednesday from Qatar, according to shipping data. The LNG carrier departed from the 10 mtpa Dahej terminal yesterday, the data shows. Toyo Engineering of Japan has earlier thi
TOTE Shipholdings and Sea Star Line signed a deal on the charter of the two new Marlin Class vessels being built at NASSCO in San Diego, CA. The new Marlin Class ships will be the first liquefied natural gas powered containerships in the world and will almost double the cargo capacity available to P
