BC Ferries has awarded Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. of Gdansk, Poland contracts totalling $165 million to build three new ‘Intermediate Class’ ferries. Lloyd’s Register (LR) will class the ferries. Mark Wilson, BC Ferries’ Vice President of Engineering, said: “BC Ferries is very pleased to have LR as
Belgium’s Zeebrugge import terminal, operated by Fluxys, will receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on July 28. The Umm Bab LNG carrier, with a capacity of 145,700 cubic metres, is sailing from Ras Laffan in Qatar, port data reveals. Nine LNG carriers were unloaded, and five were loaded at the Ze
GTT, specialist in the design of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG, announced the notification of four LNGCs which will be built by the Chinese shipbuilding company Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. The new ships will be jointly owned by Teekay, the third la
The arrival of the world’s first dual-fuel slow-speed engine to General Dynamics’ NASSCO’s Shipyard marks the next phase of construction for TOTE’s Marlin Class vessels, projected to be the world’s safest and cleanest containerships. Doosan Engine, under license from MAN Diesel and Turbo, delivered
Peru’s only LNG export facility shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Spain on July 11. The cargo is being hauled by the Barcelona Knutsen, a 173,400 cbm tanker, and it is sailing to the Bilbao import terminal. The liquefaction plant in Pampa Melchorita has exported 218 cargoes since its startup
Höegh LNG of Norway has launched the company’s fourth floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. The Höegh Challenger FSRU with a capacity of 170,000 cbm, is due for delivery in March 2015. The class membrane FSRU is equipped with dua
In 2012 DNV presented its Shipping 2020 publication predicting 1000 vessels sailing on LNG by 2020. Now DNV GL, the world’s largest classification society, still believes this will be the case, Matthé Bakker, Head of Solutions DNV GL in the Netherlands, told LNG World News in an interview. DNV GL re
Wärtsilä has signed technical management agreements with four Greek liquefied natural gas ship owners, Maran Gas Maritime, Dynagas, TMS Cardiff Gas and Thenamaris LNG covering condition based maintenance for a total of 80 Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines for a five year period. The agreements have be
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) secured a contract for the construction of the world’s first LNG bunkering vessel from NYK of Japan. So far, a small bunkering vessel or barge has been used to transfer LNG fuel to a certain ship. It is the first time to use an LNG bunkering vessel for s
Portugal’s Port of Sines will get a shipment of liquefied natural gas from Qatar next week. The Al Utouriya, with a capacity of 216,164 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at the Sines LNG import terminal on July 21, according to port data. The terminal is held by REN Atlântico and has a nominal sen
South Hook terminal is awaiting a new LNG cargo onboard Shagra, an LNG carrier with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, which is due to arrive on July 19, port data shows. This will be the third shipment in the next seven days that is scheduled to arrive at the South Hook terminal from Ras Laffan in
The latest liquefied natural gas cargo to be loaded at the Peru LNG terminal has been dispatched to Mexico. The 173,600 cbm Castillo de Santisteban departed from the Peru LNG terminal on Wednesday, and it is sailing to the Manzanillo LNG import terminal. Peru also shipped a cargo of LNG onboard the
‘Pieter Schelte’, the biggest vessel in the world, is to be completed in the port of Rotterdam. Owner and designer Allseas and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed an agreement to this effect. Final assembly of Pieter Schelte will take place in the Alexiahaven. The inner lake of Maasvlakte 2
Atlantic LNG, the operator of Trinidad’s only liquefaction plant, has achieved a milestone with the loading of the 3000th LNG cargo at the plant located in Point Fortin, on the southwest coast of Trinidad. This was accomplished on July 8th with the loading of the 151,455 cbm British Emerald. Two mon
