India’s largest LNG importer Petronet LNG, said it has received its 2nd cargo at the company’s recently commissioned Kochi import terminal. The cargo has been supplied from RasGas of Qatar onboard the 138.000 cbm Fuwairit and the LNG tanker arrived at the Kochi terminal on November 15. Petronet LNG,
Vietnam: Flemish Minister Hilde Crevits Visits Soai Rap Site In the context of Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Hilde Crevits’ port trade mission, a visit has today been made to the crucial Soai Rap project and DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ that has been engage
Peru LNG shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Mexico on Thursday. The cargo is being hauled by the 173,400 cubic-meter Sevilla Knutsen, operated by Knutsen OAS Shipping, and it is sailing to the Manzanillo LNG terminal. The 500,000 Mc/d import terminal, built and owned by a consortium of Sams
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation signed recently two loan agreements amounting up to 10,754 million Japanese yen and 10,955 million Japanese yen, with LNG FUKUROKUJU SHIPPING CORPORATION and LNG JUROJIN SHIPPING COPRPORATION, both Bahamas companies owned 70% by The Kansai Electric Power
Mexico’s Altamira liquefied natural gas terminal will get a cargo of LNG on November 22, according to the Port of Altamira website. The 126,530 cbm LNG Edo is sailing from Nigeria’s Bonny LNG export terminal. In 2011, Vopak and Enagas have reached an agreement with Shell, Total and Mitsui to acquire
On November 2 and 3, Elengy and the Port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire successfully completed another transhipment of liquefied natural gas between two LNG carriers: the Arctic Princess and Grace Dahlia, the world’s largest spherical tank LNG carrier. With a capacity of 177,000 m3, Grace Dahlia is the lar
Fluxys of Belgium said that, in the first nine months of 2013, 28 carriers were unloaded at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, compared with 35 in the same period in 2012. Six of these were Q Flex-type carriers, one of the largest LNG carriers in the world. Last year’s trend with regard to loading LNG carr
Höegh LNG said on Wednesday that Gas Natural has exercised its option to extend the charter period for the 126,000 cbm LNG Libra with redelivery by year end 2014, a total period of around 13 months. Höegh LNG announced in April that the LNG Libra was chartered to Gas Natural for operation between Tr
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has entered into a contract with Seabulk Tankers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc., for the design and construction of one 50,000 deadweight ton LNG-conversion-ready product carrier with a 330,000 barrel c
Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Puerto Rico, shipping data reveals. The cargo is being carried by the 138,000 cbm Sestao Knutsen, and it is due to arrive at the Peñuelas LNG terminal on November 20. Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG te
For the first time in its history a conventional sized reload has been conducted at Dutch Gate terminal. On 5 November, the “LNG Excel” moored at Gate terminal on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. The carrier has a capacity of 135,000 m3 liquefied natural gas (LNG) and is a so called “full sized” LNG ves
The Al Ghuwairiya LNG carrier, with a capacity of 263,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on November 16, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of deliverin
In the context of Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Hilde Crevits’ port trade mission, a visit has today been made to the crucial Soai Rap project and DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ that has been engaged to carry out the work. The Soai Rap project is being carrie
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced today that it is providing a total of $1.4 million for two projects supporting the increased use of alternative fuels and technology in the maritime industry. The funds will be used to collect information on use of liq
