Hyundai Heavy Industries subsidiary, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard received an order for three vessels, two of which are LPG carriers. The company said the $104.7 mln order for the two LPG carriers comes from StealthGas and delivery is scheduled for mid-2017. Vessels capacity will be 22.000 m3 of LPG. LN
Charles Darwin, a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD), used for dredging loose material such as sand, clay or gravel, recently arrived to Brisbane. The dredger will be crucial in building Brisbane Airport’s second runway. Charles Darwin will dredge the seafloor section of Moreton Bay, called Midd
Belgian LNG and LPG carrier owner and operator Exmar said that the construction of the world’s first floating liquefaction unit Caribbean FLNG at Wison Heavy Industry’s shipyard in Nantong, China is progressing as planned. Start of operations is scheduled from the second half of 2015. EXMAR and Paci
Royal IHC is constructing the first vessel in its range of competitively priced standard trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD). It has started to build the Easydredge™ 2700 for stock in response to the increasing global demand for TSHDs with an extremely short delivery time. The new vessel will be
In this video you can see the launch of the “Novadragamar”, on which the new Liebherr P 9350 pontoon excavator is mounted. The Novadragamar is a Ravestein 750B Backhoe Dredger that was built by a Portugal-based company ETERMAR. The dredger, featuring an extensive range of attachments, is ideally sui
Wärtsilä has signed a long-term technical management agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine. This five-year agreement covers condition based maintenance and dynamic maintenance planning for eight new offshore supply and multi-purpose support vessels – six liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled
One of the biggest projects handled in 2014 by the Gibraltar-based Gibdock has been definitely the docking of Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger Lelystad. This is the second time that 137-meter-long TSHD has been to Gibdock for repairs. The general drydocking project includes steelwork, pipe
Аmphi-King from the German manufacturer Senwatec is a first ever made amphibious boat of this type and PROGROUPE is the first company to use such equipment. The boat is capable of working on the ground as well as the water. “Of its kind little brother of big dredgers.” Amphi-King is a brilliant solu
Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee took part in the naming ceremony for an LNG carrier in the city of Jinhae (South Korea). The vessel with a cargo capacity of 170.200 cubic meters was named Pskov. Equipped with a specialist diesel-electric drive, Pskov is among
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding of South Korea hosted a name-giving ceremony for the LNG carrier Pskov after the construction of the vessel was successfully completed. Pskov is the second in the series of four membrane-type gas carriers of 170,000 cubic meters being built by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding
Conrad Shipyard engaged Bristol Harbor Group (BHGI) to develop a 3,000 cubic meter Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) transport barge utilizing a Bristol Harbor Group proven hull design built by Conrad. Bristol Harbor Group has been awarded an “Approval in Principle” (AIP) by the American Bureau of Shippin
The Al Ghuwairiya LNG tanker, with a 263,000 cubic metres capacity, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on September 1, port data reveals. This will be the first LNG carrier to dock at the import terminal in the month of September. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 mil
South Korea, the world’s second biggest buyer of LNG, is due to get a liquefied natural gas cargo from Qatar on September 5, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the 138,000 cbm SK Summit, and it is sailing to the Pyeongtaek LNG terminal. South Korea’s Pyeongtaek LNG terminal is
C&M Dredging’s machine, Ellicott 360SL, is currently working on the Jackson Lake Restoration project in Tennessee. It is being used to dredge 20,000 cubic yards of accumulated silt and sediment, which have built up over the past century. C&M Dredging, located in Florida, specializes in hydraulic dre
