The UK’s Grain LNG terminal will receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Trinidad next week, shipping data reveals. The cargo is being hauled by the 138,000 cbm Cadiz Knutsen, and it is due to arrive at the Grain LNG terminal on October 18. Grain LNG is the UK’s first modern LNG facility and [
Petronet’s Dahej LNG terminal on India’s west coast is due to get a cargo of LNG from Qatar onboard the 138,700 cbm Raahi on October 8, according to shipping data. The Dahej terminal in Gujarat is India’s first LNG import terminal and has a nominal capacity of 10 MMTPA. The terminal is meeting aroun
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), a shipbuilding affiliate of Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, announced it successfully launched a 162,000 m3 LNG carrier built using the on-ground shipbuilding method for the first time in the world. The vessel, designed for delivering
GasLog said that it has taken delivery of the STX Frontier, a 2010-built, 153,600 cubic meter Tri-Fuel Diesel Electric LNG carrier from STX Pan Ocean LNG, a Singapore based company. The vessel has been renamed GASLOG CHELSEA. Paul Wogan, CEO of GasLog said, “We are delighted to have completed the pu
UK’s South Hook LNG import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on October 10, according to port data. The Bu Samra LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonn
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced that MOL, along with a subsidiary of GDF Suez, has signed a 20-year time charter party for one floating storage regasification unit (FSRU). The FSRU will be a core facility for an LNG import project in Uruguay led by Gas Sayago. This is the first FSRU project for MOL to
Taiwan’s Yung-An LNG terminal is due to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Indonesia on October 5, according to the Kaohsiung Port Authority. The Golar Mazo tanker, with a capacity of 135,000 cbm, is sailing from Indonesia’s Bontang LNG terminal. The Yung-An terminal is Taiwan’s first liq
The world’s first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled escort tug has been recently launched by Sanmar from its construction hall into the waters of Tuzla Bay near Istanbul. Designed by owner Buksér og Berging AS of Norway the vessel will be completed by Sanmar on its finishing pier and is scheduled to
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 October 6, 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 c
Kawasaki Heavy Industries said that it has delivered the LNG carrier Grace Dahlia to Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). This is the second 177,000 m3 LNG carrier to be delivered by Kawasaki, and is the world’s largest Moss-type LNG carrier currently in operation. The significant increase in L
GDF SUEZ announced that it has signed a 15-year BOOT (Build, Own, Operate and Transfer) contract with Gas Sayago S.A. for LNG storage and regasification services in Uruguay. Commercial operation of the new terminal is expected in 2015. Located in the Punta Sayago area, close to Montevideo, the offsh
President of Argentina, Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, became the “Godmother” to a vessel Francisco, in honour of the Argentine born Pope, the 99 metre World’s Fastest Ship, and the first large dual fuel high speed Ro-Ro to use LNG as its primary fuel. The vessel was built in Hobart by Incat Tasma
The Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas import terminal in Belgium is expected to receive a cargo of LNG from Qatar onboard the 210,198 cbm Al Oraiq on October 16, port data shows. Fluxys Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, recently said that during the first half of 2013, 18 ships were
The latest LNG cargo to be loaded at Norway’s Hammerfest terminal has been dispatched to Mexico, according to shipping data. The 165,500 m3 Meridian Spirit departed from Hammerfest on September 25 and it is due to arrive at the Altamira LNG terminal on October 10. The Hammerfest terminal is operated
