Exmar and Pacific Rubiales Energy (PRE), through its fully own affiliate Pacific Midstream Holding, announced the ordering of a barge-based floating LNG regasification unit under a 50/50 joint venture. The unit will be constructed by Wison Offshore & Marine at its shipyard in Nantong, China. Deliver
Pivotal LNG, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGL Resources, and WesPac Midstream announced they have been selected by TOTE to provide liquefied natural gas to fuel TOTE’s two new state-of-the-art container ships in Jacksonville. TOTE’s new dual fuel LNG container ships are expected to be delivered to t
Dharti Dredging and Infrastructure Ltd. (DDIL), the largest provider of dredging services in the India, has won the contract for the capital dredging works at the New South Oil Jetty dock basin at Paradip Port. This contract was awarded to DDIL by the Paradip Port Trust (PPT), Paradip, the state of
Peru LNG shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Spain’s Bilbao terminal onboard the Valencia Knutsen, a 173,400 cbm tanker, on Wednesday. This represents the sixth cargo that departed from Peru’s only liquefaction terminal this year. The terminal was officially inaugurated in 2010 and has a nom
Argentina is expected to receive an LNG cargo from Trinidad and Tobago, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the Polar Spirit, an 89,880 cbm tanker, and it is scheduled to arrive at the Recalada port on February 17. Trinidad’s Point Fortin LNG terminal consists of four trains an
IHC Merwede has been successful in securing orders worth € 350 million for a wide range of dredging and offshore vessels and equipment. The company’s Dredging division has confirmed new contracts for the delivery of a large custom-built trailing suction hopper dredger, 13 units that will be supplied
GDF Suez of France said that, together with its project partner Marubeni, it has chartered a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) which will be the world’s largest upon commissioning. It will be used for the LNG import terminal project, GNL del Plata in Uruguay. The Uruguay FSRU will be 3
Qatar, the world’s largest LNG producer, shipped an LNG cargo from the Ras Laffan Port to Taiwan on Friday, shipping data reveals. The cargo is being carried by the 145,700 cubic-meter Umm Bab, and it is due to arrive at the Yung-An LNG terminal on February 14. The Yung-An terminal, operated by CPC,
Sevan Marine ASA said it has acquired the technology rights of TORP LNG AS and its affiliates. This acquisition gives Sevan Marine ownership of the proprietary HiLoad technology for offshore loading of LNG. The HiLoad technology was originally developed for offshore loading of crude oil and the tech
Peru LNG shipped an LNG cargo to Mexico on Sunday, according to PeruPetro S.A. The cargo is being hauled by the Barcelona Knutsen, a 173,400 cbm tanker, operated by Knutsen OAS Shipping, and it is expected to arrive at the Manzanillo import terminal on February 8. The 500,000 Mc/d Manzanillo termina
Fjord Line took delivery of the new MS Bergensfjord, the second of two eco-friendly cruise ferries built for the Norwegian shipping line by the Bergen Group Fosen shipyard in Rissa, Norway. “The completion of the ship went faster than expected, so we are looking into the possibility of putting it in
Kelvin Hughes, said that its SharpEye™ radar is now in continuous use on the world’s fastest ferry, operating between Argentina and Uruguay. Launched in Oct 2013 by the President of Argentina, Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, and operated by Buquebus of Uruguay, the ferry, named Francisco after the
South Korea, the world’s second biggest buyer of LNG, is due to get a liquefied natural gas cargo from Qatar, according to shipping data. The 135,000 cbm Hyundai Technopia departed from Ras Laffan in Qatar on Friday and it is expected to arrive at the Tongyeong LNG terminal on February 16. Tongyeong
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea secured a US$410 million deal to build two LNG tankers for an unnamed European company, DSME said in a filling to the stock exchange. Daewoo expects to deliver the LNG tankers by 2016. DSME is one of the world’s leading shipyards for the
