UK’s South Hook LNG import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on August 19, 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 tonne
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XXI, in a ceremony on 8 August 2013 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. The DCI DREDGE XXI is the third vessel in a series of three dredgers, including the DCI DREDGE XIX and
Höegh LNG of Norway posted a picture of the company’s newbuilding “PGN FSRU Lampung” under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, Korea. Höegh LNG and PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) signed a final agreement on 25 January 2012 to provide PGN with an FSRU and mooring system offshore Sumatr
Cryonorm Systems, a Netherlands-based developer and supplier of cryogenic vaporizers, said it has received an order from Koedood to retrofit the propulsion system from diesel to dual fuel gas/diesel onboard the MV Eiger, a push-tow combination from Danser Group. The order consists of a turn key syst
The Dahej LNG terminal, owned by India’s biggest LNG importer Petronet LNG, will receive a cargo of LNG onboard the 154,800 cbm Aseem from Qatar on Wednesday, shipping data reveals. Petronet LNG received the 1000th cargo at its Dahej LNG terminal in February this year. The Dahej terminal in Gujarat
Sabetta Port Construction to Include Huge Dredging Operation (Russia) Nineteen vessels will be part of the dredging operation on Sabetta arctic port construction project on the Yamal Peninsula this year. Boskalis Bags EUR 80 Million Dredging Contract Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has
The Zeebrugge LNG terminal in Belgium, operated by Fluxys, will get an LNG cargo onboard the 210,152 cbm Fraiha from Qatar on August 25, port data reveals. SENER has recently won a contract for the extension works at the LNG terminal which will consist of adding a second jetty, enabling the facility
Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Spain on Thursday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the 137,814 cubic-meter Hispania Spirit, and it is due to arrive at Spain’s Bilbao terminal on August 18. The Point Fortin LNG terminal
The U.S. imported three liquefied natural gas cargoes in June, according to the U.S. Department of Energy data. All cargoes were shipped from Trinidad and Tobago. The Everett LNG terminal received two cargoes while the Sabine Pass terminal received one cargo. There were no exports of domestically-pr
Bolidt has added the award-winning cruise ferry Stavangerfjord to its growing list of passenger ship references. The Fjord Line ship was delivered by the Bergen Group Fosen yard in Norway. The environmentally-friendly vessel is the first cruise ferry to be powered purely by LNG, and its major contri
As a global LNG supplier, GDF SUEZ has enlarged its footprint in the Middle East with the delivery of its first LNG cargo to Dubai on the 4th of August. The LNG carrier “BW GDF SUEZ Boston”, with a 138,000 cu.m capacity, has unloaded its LNG cargo to the United Arab Emirates’ sole LNG import [&helli
Scorpio Tankers said that it has reached agreements to construct four Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC) at two yards in South Korea along with two MR and two Handymax ice class-1A fuel efficient product tankers at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of South Korea. VLGC Newbuildings The Company has reached
UK’s South Hook LNG terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG from Qatar next week, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The 210,168 cbm Al Aamriya is due to arrive at the South Hook terminal on August 13. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year [
Bestobell Valves have supplied valves to what has become the fastest LNG (liquefied natural gas) fuelled ferry ever built. Approximately 70 globe, check and thermal relief valves were supplied to Chart Ferox, a company based in the Czech Republic, which manufactured the fuel system for the ferry. Th
