Texas-based Excelerate Energy has entered into a 10-year charter deal with Dubai Supply Authority (DUSUP) to provide and operate an FSRU that will be located at DUSUP’s existing Jebel Ali LNG import terminal. DUSUP is responsible for supplying energy to a number of key utility and industrial compani
BC Ferries plans to convert its two largest vessels, the Spirit of Vancouver Island and the Spirit of British Columbia, to dual fuel, as well as make modifications to the hull, in order to save approximately $9.2 million per year over the remaining 27-year life cycle of the two vessels. The conversi
TOTE Shipholdings and Saltchuk Resources said they have secured a $324.6 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) for their Marlin Class vessels. The two new Marlin Class vessels, which will be the world’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered containerships, will ser
The world’s first escort tugs fueled solely by LNG and powered by Rolls-Royce engines, are already proving themselves at a gas-processing terminal in Norway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjVLecU95cU The Rolls-Royce propulsion package includes the gas tank and supply system and two of the latest d
Bremenports, the management company for the twin German ports of Bremen and Bremenhaven, has taken delivery of its first Damen-built vessel – a Stan Tug (Stu) 1606. Built to a proven design and delivered on time, the 16.76 tug named Albatros will be mobilized primarily in assisting maintenance dredg
Qatar, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas producer, shipped an LNG cargo from the Ras Laffan Port to China on Sunday. The Duhail LNG tanker, with a capacity of 210,100 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at CNOOC’s Zhejiang LNG on October 14, according to shipping data. Qatargas delivered the
One of the largest LNG carriers in the world, the 266,000 cbm Shagra, is scheduled to arrive at 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 September 28, port data shows. This is th
Belgium’s only LNG terminal is expected to receive a cargo of the chilled fuel from Qatar in the first week of October. The Umm Bab LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,700 cubic metres, is scheduled to dock at the Zeebrugge terminal on October 3, port data reveals. The Zeebrugge terminal imports liqu
Oman Drydock Company (ODC), one of the largest ship repair yards in the Middle East, said it has completed work on the Ibra LNG tanker, owned by Oman Shipping Company (OSC). It is the first membrane containment LNG vessel to be repaired at the yard after ODC passed stringent tests, to be awarded the
On 4 September, both the “Wilgas” and the “Coral Methane”, were moored and reloaded simultaneously at the jetties of the Dutch Gate LNG terminal. This is the first time in its history Gate has simultaneously reloaded two LNG carriers. Reloading of LNG at the terminal in the port of Rotterdam started
BW said it has signed shipbuilding contracts with DSME of South Korea for two LNG carriers with options for additional vessels. The two firm newbuildings will be delivered in late 2017 and early 2018 and have been specified to meet next generation LNG shipping requirements. The vessels will have the
The WilForce LNG carrier, with a capacity of 156,000 cubic meters, is scheduled to arrive at Belgium’s Zeebrugge terminal on September 24, port data reveals. The liquefied natural gas carrier will probably load in a re-export cargo and depart from the terminal on September 26. Belgium’s only LNG ter
The UK’s Dragon terminal is expected to receive an LNG cargo from Nigeria’s Bonny LNG plant onboard the 145,000 cbm Methane Jane Elizabeth on September 23, according to port data. Dragon LNG imports and supplies 6 billion cubic metres of gas per year to the UK’s national transmission system, as and
Late last month, NASSCO engineers placed the world’s first dual-fuel slow speed engine into the world’s first liquified natural gas (LNG) powered containership. The ME-GI engine represents the next generation of technology that will open the door to a cleaner and safer shipping industry, particularl
