Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering and Lloyd’s Register China have agreed to the joint development of an LNG-fuelled 28,000 deadweight type motor general cargo ship design, built to Lloyd’s Registers requirements, that will meet current and future environmental targets. This new ship design project
The 488-metre-long hull of Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has been floated out of the dry dock at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in Geoje, South Korea, where the facility is currently under construction. Once complete, Prelude FLNG will be the largest floating faci
Awilco LNG said that the “WilPride”, the company’s second 156,000 cbm Tri Fuel Diesel Electric powered newbuilding, was delivered from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea on 28 November. The vessel was delivered on budget and on time, Awilco LNG said in a statement. The ve
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply the extended engineering scope for the initial, basic, and production designs for a series of two Container RoRo vessels to be built for US based owner, Crowley Maritime Corporation. The vessels will be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), and are
A consortium comprising Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line), and the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has announced an agreement with New Delhi–based Petronet LNG Limited for a long-term time charter of a new liquefied natural gas (LNG)
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is experiencing rapid population growth and this is placing ever greater demands on the country’s already limited water resources due to increasing needs for crop irrigation, drinking water and hydroelectric power. Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile Ri
Hamburg-based Hybrid Port Energy, a unit of Becker Marine Systems, has awarded a building contract to Shipbuilding and Machinery of Komárno, Slovakia to build the world’s first LNG Hybrid Barge. In summer 2012 AIDA Cruises and Becker Marine Systems teamed up on a long-term cooperation project to pro
Trinidad and Tobago shipped an LNG cargo from the Point Fortin terminal to Portugal on Sunday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the 151,945 cubic-meter British Ruby, and it is due to arrive at the Sines import terminal on December 11. The Point Fortin LNG terminal consists o
The Netherlands: Boskalis Orders Megacutter to Strengthen Its Fleet Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has ordered a new self-propelled megacutter from IHC Merwede. This self-propelled cutter suction dredger, with a total installed power of 23,700 kW and a pump ashore capacity of 15,600 kW, is a replac
A keel laying ceremony of the fourth ship in the series of LNG carriers with 170 000 cbm membrane cargo tanks took place on Monday at the STX Offshore & Shipbuilding shipyard, the Republic of Korea.The ships are constructed under RS survey by order of Sovcomflot. According to the design, the ships o
LNG shipper Awilco LNG said that it has signed a charter deal for its 156,000-cbm WilForce carrier with an unidentified oil and gas major. The 2013 built Tri-Fuel-Diesel-Electric (TFDE) vessel has been committed to a three-year contract plus a one-year option. The contract will commence 25 January 2
Terntank said it has ordered two new LNG-fueled 15,000 DWT tankers with delivery in February and May 2016. The order also includes an option for two more vessels. Terntank is the first shipowner to order vessels within the project platform Zero Vision Tool (ZVT). “With a newly developed dual fuel ma
Peru LNG shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Mexico on Wednesday, according to PeruPetro S.A. The cargo is being hauled by the Barcelona Knutsen, a 173,400 cubic-meter tanker, operated by Knutsen OAS Shipping, and it is expected to arrive at the Manzanillo import terminal on December 3. The 500
The Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas import terminal in Belgium is expected to receive a cargo of LNG from Qatar onboard the 145,702 cbm Al Thakhira on December 10, port data shows. Fluxys of Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, said that, in the first nine months of 2013, 28 carriers
