Höegh LNG took delivery of the “PGN FSRU Lampung”, the first of the four newbuilt FSRUs that the company has ordered from Hyundai Heavy Industries, on April 17. The “PGN FSRU Lampung” is currently sailing to Lampung in Indonesia to commence 20 years of operation for the Lampung FSRU project. The pro
In a significant milestone, DP World has welcomed the very first vessel to navigate the new channel on the Soai Rap River to its Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT) in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam. The MSC vessel Xutra Bhum, with a nominal TEU (twenty foot equivalent container unit) capacity of 23
Trinidad and Tobago shipped an LNG cargo from the Point Fortin terminal to Argentina, shipping data says. The 87,305 cbm Arctic Spirit departed from the Point Fortin terminal on Friday, and it is due to arrive at the Escobar LNG terminal on April 30. The Point Fortin LNG terminal consists of four tr
Van Oord Takes Over Dravo S. A. (Spain) Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has acquired all shares of its Spanish subsidiary Dravo S.A. UK: Boskalis Begins Port of Felixstowe Dredging Work has started at the Port of Feli
Dynagas LNG Partners, an owner and operator of LNG carriers, said that it has entered into a new 13-year time-charter contract with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore for the Clean Force, a fully winterized, 149,700 cbm Ice Class LNG carrier built in 2008. Dynagas LNG also entered into an agreeme
Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has acquired all shares of its Spanish subsidiary Dravo S.A. Dravo S.A. has been owned, since 1987, by Van Oord (50%) and the Spanish company Dragados S.A. (50%), a subsidiary of ACS, the
Dahej LNG terminal, operated by India’s largest liquefied natural gas importer Petronet LNG, received a cargo of LNG onboard the 210,157 cbm Umm Al Amad from Qatar on Thursday. Toyo Engineering of Japan has recently secured a contract from Petronet to boost the LNG receiving capacity of the Dahej te
Petrobras of Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Japan’s Mitsui and the Government of Rio Grande do Sul to prepare a study for building an LNG import terminal. LNG regasification terminal in Rio Grande do Sul would be Petrobras’ fourth LNG import terminal. The deadline for completion of
The UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on April 23, port data reveals. The Aamira LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar. Qatar Petroleum owns 67.5 per cent of South Hook LNG Terminal Co
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said that four MOL-operated and managed vessels were selected for FY2013 “Best Quality Ship Award” by the Japan Federation of Pilots’ Associations (JFPA). LNG carrier Energy Frontier; Containership MOL Majesty: VLCC Gassan; Car carrier Swift Ace. The award is aimed at heightening
The Barnegat Inlet dredging project is making progress. 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] Dredging Today Staff, April 17, 2014
FSUE Rosmorport and Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, part of United Shipbuilding Corporation OJSC, signed a contract for the design and construction of three dredging vessels. Upon completion, the dredgers will be delivered to Ust-Luga Port, Big Port St. Petersburg and Tuapse Port. The agreement was inked
The Port of Rotterdam posted an image of the 138,000 cbm Excalibur which recently docked at the Gate LNG import terminal. Gasunie and Vopak, the initiators and partners in the Dutch Gate terminal, originally developed this terminal as an LNG import facility. In addition to the importing capacity, Ga
LNG tanker Aseem, managed by the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), was recently repaired at the Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) shipyard in Qatar. “The highlight of the repair was the renewal and installation of two AMZ 1120 rotors for the 12,650 KW capacity Main Propulsion motors, done
