Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has been selected by Matson Navigation Company to construct two 3,600 TEU containerships. Firm contracts are in place for the two vessels with a total value of $418 million. The vessels will be delivered in Q3 and Q4 2018 and will not require additional financing by APSI.
Portugal’s Port of Sines will receive a shipment of liquefied natural gas from Norway next week, according to the Port of Sines website. The 140,000 m3 Arctic Discoverer is expected to arrive at the Sines terminal on November 11. The terminal is held by REN Atlântico and has a nominal send out capac
After several years as designer within the dredging industry, where they have created both pure split hopper barges, trailer suction dredgers with bottom doors as well as split type, FKAB Marin Design has recently improved the split barges design both in building price as well as operation wise. “Th
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has launched the first of two ice class LNG tankers,SCF Melampus, ordered by Russia’s Sovcomflot under a long-term agreement with Shell, Sovcomflot said in a statement. The first LNG tanker will be delivered in late 2014, the second one – in early 2015, according to the s
Trinidad and Tobago shipped an LNG cargo from the Point Fortin terminal to Argentina on Tuesday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the Polar Spirit, an 89,880 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive at the Recalada port on November 19. The Point Fortin LNG terminal consis
Pacific Rubiales Energy and Gazprom Marketing & Trading announced the execution of a Heads of Agreement for the negotiation of a five year Sale and Purchase Agreement for approximately 0.5 million tons per year of liquified natural gas FOB Colombia (Caribbean Sea) beginning in the second quarter of
UK’s South Hook LNG import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG this week from Qatar, port data shows. The Shagra LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive at the South Hook terminal on November 9. Qatar Petroleum owns 67.5 per cent of South Hook LNG Terminal [
The U.S. imported six liquefied natural gas cargoes in September, according to the U.S. Department of Energy data. Three cargoes were shipped from Trinidad and Tobago, while the rest was sourced from Norway, Nigeria and Yemen. The Everett LNG terminal received two cargoes while the Sabine Pass, Free
One of Gazprom Marketing & Trading’s (GM&T) newest time-chartered LNG vessels, ‘Yenisei River’, rescued four sailors after their yacht began flooding off the French coast on 30 October. The Dynagas-owned 155,000-cbm newbuild, which was delivered to GM&T in July, braved moderate to rough seas to go
Peru LNG shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Mexico on November 1. The cargo is being hauled by the 173,400 cubic-meter Sevilla Knutsen, operated by Knutsen OAS Shipping, and it is due to arrive at the Manzanillo terminal on Thursday. The 500,000 Mc/d import terminal, built and owned by a co
Qatar, the world’s largest LNG producer, shipped an LNG cargo from the Ras Laffan Port to Taiwan on Saturday, shipping data reveals. The cargo is being carried by the 145,000 cubic-meter Lusail, and it is due to arrive at the Taichung LNG terminal on November 27. CPC of Taiwan officially inaugurated
Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering (OT&BE) said that it has been recently selected to design a new high speed, LNG-fueled articulated tug and barge (AT/B) container carrier for Minyan Marine. It will be the world’s first LNG-powered AT/B. Minyan Marine is planning to operate high speed U.S. coastwise AT/
Staff and managers at Alewijnse Marine Systems are celebrating the success of the first of twin innovative LNG Greenstream tankers at the 16th Maritime Awards Gala that took place on the 31st of October 2013. The award of the KNVTS Ship of the Year Award to the Greenstream tanker marks the fifth yea
During the last couple of weeks TGE Marine has obtained a number of new contracts for the engineering and delivery of gas handling systems and cargo tanks. In August contract was signed with Xinle Shipyard and CSR for the supply of the gas handling system for a 30,000 cbm LNG-carrier to be construct
