Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to supply a combined inert gas generator and gas combustion unit for two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers being built at the DSME yard in South Korea. The ships will be owned by Canada based Teekay C
Fuel shortages and empty store shelves are a potential reality Alaskans will not have to face thanks to the work of 45 crewmembers aboard the Essayons, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-owned and operated hopper dredge. The vessel performed a dredging mission for the Corps’s Alaska District from May 12
Petronet’s Dahej LNG terminal on India’s west coast is due to get a cargo of LNG onboard the 138,700 cbm Raahi from Qatar on July 4, according to shipping data. Petronet LNG of India received the 1000th LNG cargo at its Dahej LNG terminal in February. The Dahej terminal in Gujarat is India’s first L
Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Argentina on Monday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the 71,500 cbm SCF Arctic, and it is due to arrive at the Escobar LNG terminal on July 13. Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG
Peru LNG shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Spain on Thursday, according to PeruPetro S.A. The cargo is being hauled by the Ribera del Duero Knutsen, a 173,000 cubic-meter tanker owned by Knutsen OAS Shipping, and it is expected to arrive at Spain’s Bilbao terminal on July 23. The Peru LNG pro
The first electrical LNG carrier to be ordered by Maran Gas of Greece incorporating induction-based electric propulsion motor technology from GE’s Power Conversion business is expected to enter commercial service in July. The Woodside Rogers, built by one of the major Korean shipbuilders, Daewoo Shi
Thailand’s Map Ta Phut LNG terminal, operated by PTT, received a liquefied natural gas cargo from Nigeria on Monday, according to shipping data. The 145,o00 cbm Methane Rita Andrea docked today at Thailand’s only LNG import terminal. The terminal facilities comprise one jetty and two storage tanks t
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea secured a US$412 million deal to build two LNG tankers for Angelicoussis Shipping Group of Greece, the company said in a filling to the stock exchange. DSME will deliver the two 173,400 cbm tankers by the end of 2016. The vessels will be
The Simaisma LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,800 cubic metres, is scheduled to arrive in the Taiwan’s Yung-An terminal on July 10, according to shipping data. The LNG tanker is sailing from Qatar’s Ras Laffan port. Taichung is a regasification terminal based in Taichung, Taiwan and operated by CP
From 1 July inland shipping can officially bunker (refuel with) LNG in the Seinehaven, in Rotterdam Botlek. The municipality of Rotterdam has amended the Port Management Regulations to allow this. On Thursday afternoon, 27 June, Port Alderman Jeannette Baljeu welcomed clients who had come to witness
The new hopper dredger ‘Gaasterland’, owned by Mineralis BV from Wezep, is employed to win sand on the IJsselmeer since June 2012. Teus Vlot Dredging BV, from Sliedrecht – Holland, has equipped the new ship with a DN 400 suction pipe installation with an underwater pump, which can win sand and grave
Portugal’s Port of Sines is scheduled to receive a shipment of LNG from Nigeria on June 29, according to port data. The cargo is being hauled by the Soyo, a 160,000 cubic-meter tanker, and it is sailing from Nigeria’s Bonny terminal. The Sines terminal is held by REN Atlântico and has a nominal send
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed the classification contract for six 174,000 m3 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers to be built by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Ltd. The project is a key milestone in Chinese shipbuilding and a key indicator in the development of China’s LNG ambitions. Whe
Contracts for building the first LNG-fuelled ferry for domestic Danish trade have now been signed. This represents a major milestone as the ship will be the first LNG-fuelled ferry designed for domestic trade in the EU. 1 October 2014 is the date set for the ferry’s first journey between the island
