Van Oord Strengthens Its Position in UK Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has reached an agreement in principle on the acquisition of UK specialist marine civil contractor J.T. Mackley & Co Ltd. UK: Person Missing after
Italdraghe is currently working with an Italian dredging company on a beach replenishment project at the mouth of the Tagliamento River in north east Italy. All the equipment for the job, including a BDC 250 dredging head (fitted on a Fiat Kobelco excavator) and an SF BDC 150 cutter suction dredger,
The DSC Dredge Barracuda Class dredge features a swinging-ladder design and is easily transportable, making it ideal for navigational, recreational or restorative projects such as waterway maintenance and lake revitalization. Offering the option of two front-swing winches, the Barracuda Class is a t
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, commenced their annual maintenance dredging operations in harbors across the state. Shown here, contractors operate the “Alaskan Eagle” as it positions the cutter-head pipeline dredge in Dillingham Harbor. The harbor is scheduled to have up to 95,00
The latest liquefied natural gas cargo loaded at the Peru LNG terminal has been dispatched to Mexico. The 173,600 cubic-meter Castillo de Santisteban departed from the Peru LNG terminal on Wednesday, and it is due to arrive at the Manzanillo LNG import terminal on June 17. The 500,000 Mc/d Manzanill
The 173,400 cbm Stena Clear Sky LNG tanker, built by DSME of South Korea, was delivered in 2012. Stena Bulk took back the overall responsibility for the commercial operation and technical management of the tanker from Stena LNG on January 1 this year. [mappress] LNG World News Staff, June 11, 2014;
Rohr Sand und Kies, based in Waldsee near Speyer in Germany, received their second fully electric driven ISD300 from IDRECO BV. Two years ago Rohr bought their first deep dredger from IDRECO for their plant in Bensheim. After one year of working with the new IDRECO deep suction dredger, the decision
The UK’s South Hook LNG terminal will get another cargo of LNG from Qatar next week, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The Al Mafyar LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive at the South Hook terminal on June 18. Qatar Petroleum owns 67.5 per cent o
The Al Marrouna LNG tanker, with a capacity of 151,700 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at Belgium’s Zeebrugge LNG terminal from Qatar on June 25, port data shows. Fluxys of Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, said that in the first three months of 2014, nine carriers were unload
Qatar, the world’s largest LNG producer, shipped an LNG cargo from the Ras Laffan Port to Taiwan on Tuesday, shipping data reveals. The Al Deebel LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,700 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at Taiwan’s Taichung LNG terminal on June 23, according to the data. CPC of Tai
A new icebreaker being built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard for the Finnish Transport Agency will be powered by Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines capable of operating on both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and low sulphur diesel fuel. When launched in late 2015, it will be the first LNG-powered icebreaker in th
Petronet’s Dahej terminal on India’s west coast is due to get a cargo of liquefied natural gas onboard the LNG tanker Aseem from Qatar on Monday, shipping data reveals. The 155,000 cbm LNG tanker, managed by the Shipping Corporation of India, was recently repaired at the Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Ma
The Al Sadd LNG carrier, with a capacity of 210,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on June 16, port data reveals. The South Hook LNG terminal, a part of the Qatargas 2 integrated value chain, is one of the largest LNG re-gasification terminals in Europe and
The Gazocean employees, of the natural gas and LNG business line, lent themselves to the game of the “Make Us Dream” operation on board the GDF Suez Global Energy LNG tanker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RSFdxdfqz8 Gazocean, a subsidiary of GDF Suez and NYK Line groups, operates five LNG carrier
