Petronet’s Dahej LNG terminal on India’s west coast is due to get a cargo of LNG onboard the 154,800 cbm Aseem from Qatar on Friday, shipping data reveals. The Dahej terminal in Gujarat, when built, was South East Asia’s first LNG receiving and regasification terminal with an original nameplate capa
Eidesvik Offshore and Lunding Norway AS have entered into a contract for the LNG driven PSV Viking Queen . The contract for the PSV Viking Queen is for 15 wells with options for 5 more wells. Duration for the firm period is minimum 900 days. The work will start medio-ultimo 2014. Viking Queen will b
Gulf Coast Shipyard Group (GCSG) said it has launched the first of six LNG-powered offshore supply vessels which it is building for Harvey Gulf International Marine. John Dane III, Gulf Coast Shipyard Group’s President and CEO, said, “The launch of the first vessel of its kind in the United States,
GTT membrane technology has been selected by STX France to fit out PEGASIS (Power Efficient GAS Innovative Ship), the new environmental ferry propelled with LNG, ordered by Brittany Ferries. This innovative vessel will use GTT Mark III insulation system and will be built in Saint-Nazaire, in France.
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard secured a contract to build a new icebreaker for the Finnish Transport Agency. The Finnish Transport Agency procures a new icebreaker to renew the aging fleet of state-owned icebreakers, to improve the level of icebreaker services and to ensure the competitiveness of Finnis
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) said it has on Sunday delivered its 3000th cargo of LNG to Botas Petroleum Pipeline Corporation at Marmara LNG Terminal in Turkey. The event was marked with a brief ceremony on board the NLNG Lokoja, at the Marmara LNG Terminal, attended by senior NLNG officials including
South Korea, the world’s second biggest buyer of LNG, received a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Nigeria, according to shipping data. The 155,000 cbm GasLog Shanghai docked at the Pyeongtaek LNG terminal on Wednesday. The Pyeongtaek LNG terminal is South Korea’s first LNG import terminal and it
Wison Offshore & Marine announced the award of a binding agreement with Vessel Gasification Solutions (VGS) of New Jersey, USA, for the supply of the industry’s first barge-based floating LNG regasification unit (FRU) to be installed offshore India. The FRU, which will be owned by VGS, will consist
On 20 January, a naming ceremony was held for the new state-of-the-art LNG carrier Velikiy Novgorod, ordered by Sovcomflot group of companies (SCF) for transportation of LNG for Gazprom group. The ship will operate under a long-term time-charter agreement with OAO Sovcomflot and will reinforce posit
The WilForce liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 156,000 cubic meters, is due to arrive at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on January 25, port data reveals. The liquefied natural gas carrier will probably load in a re-export cargo and depart from the Zeebrugge terminal to South Korea’s Inch
M/T Borgøy, the world’s first LNG-powered tugboat, designed by Norwegian Buksèr og Berging in-house team with the assistance of Marine Design AS in Norway, and developed by Sanmar’s modern shipyard in Istanbul, completed her sea trials successfully this month and started her maiden voyage on 14th of
Codelco of Chile signed a deal to buy two cargoes of LNG for about $100 million from Metrogas, the company said in a statement. Two 165,000 cbm tankers will deliver the cargoes during 2014 and in 2015 to the Mejillones LNG terminal, operated by GDF Suez, in which Codelco has a 37% stake. The deal [&
Sunday, January 13th witnessed the official opening ceremony of Damen Shipyards Sharjah FZE – the newest shipyard of Albwardy Marine Engineering. In a joint venture between the Damen Shipyards Group and Albwardy Marine Engineering, the core activities at DSS will continue along the tried and trusted
The latest LNG cargo to be loaded at Trinidad’s Point Fortin terminal has been dispatched to Argentina, according to shipping data. The 126,000 cbm LNG Libra departed from the Point Fortin terminal on Wednesday and it is due to arrive at the Escobar LNG terminal on January 27. The Point Fortin LNG t
