The UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG from Qatar next week, port data shows. The Al Khuwair LNG tanker, with a capacity of 217,000 cbm, is due to arrive at the South Hook terminal on May 23. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million to
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) said that the company, and other two companies including Chubu Electric Power, reached an agreement on joint ownership, with Chubu Electric’s decision to invest in Trans Pacific Shipping 2 Ltd., an LNG carrier-owning company. MOL established Trans Pacific Shipping 2 (TPS2),
ASL Marine Holdings Ltd, an integrated marine company offering comprehensive services in shipbuilding, shiprepair and conversion, shipchartering and dredging engineering, reported revenue of S$144.8 million and net profit attributable to shareholders of S$5.6 million for the three months ended 31 Ma
The UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on May 21, port data reveals. The Lijmiliya LNG tanker, with a capacity of 263,oo0 cbm, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar. Qatar Petroleum owns 67.5 per cent of South Hook LNG Terminal Co, Exxon M
ABS has been awarded a contract for the classification of two innovative ‘Moss-type’ LNG carriers to be built in Korea for Malaysia’s Petronas. The 150,200-m3 capacity ships will be the largest Moss-type units ever built at Hyundai Heavy Industry’s shipyard in Ulsan, Korea, featuring the latest tech
The modernization of USACE Jacksonville District’s fleet of survey boats continues with the arrival of its newest vessel. Crew members took delivery of the new boat, known as SB-48, in the past few weeks and have been working to install survey equipment so it will be ready to perform missions later
The WilPride LNG tanker, with a capacity of 156,000 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at Belgium’s Zeebrugge LNG terminal from Qatar on May 23, according to port data. Fluxys of Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, said that 37 LNG carriers unloaded at Zeebrugge in 2013, compared w
The shallow draft dredger “Murden” is working to clean up shoaling in Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey. This area requires dredging to provide reliable maritime navigation for the U.S. Coast Guard and a large fishing fleet consisting of full-time commercial, charter and recreational vessels. [mappress] Dr
Petronet’s Dahej LNG terminal on India’s west coast is due to get a cargo of LNG from Qatar onboard the 138,700 cbm Raahi on May 14, according to shipping data. Petronet has recently received environmental clearance from India’s Ministry of Environment & Forests for doubling the capacity of the Dahe
Royal Boskalis Westminster announced at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston that it has started a study into a new ultra large V-class Heavy Marine Transport Vessel (HTV). The Dockwise Vanguard which came into service early 2013 is already the world’s largest V-class HTV with a carrying ca
ABB, a global leader in power and automation technology, has secured a new order to supply electric power plant and Azipod propulsion units for one icebreaker vessel built for Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. The competitive bidding was done between several suppliers. Due
Höegh LNG (HLNG ) said that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Egyptian Natural Gas (Egas) for the use of one of its FSRUs under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries as an LNG import terminal in the port of Ain Sokhna, located on the Red Sea’s Gulf of Suez. The FSRU will be moored at a
The dredger “McFarland” recently cruised down the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia. The “Mac” is one of four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hopper dredgers. It conducts emergency and national defense dredging as well as planned projects in the Delaware River and Bay. [mappress] Dredging Today Sta
Höegh LNG of Norway has taken delivery of the “Independence”, the second of the four newbuilt FSRUs that the company has ordered from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), on May 12. The “Independence” is under a long term charter to Klaipedos Nafta in Lithuania, which will commence no later than by the e
