IHC Merwede has announced that it has recently secured orders to the value of €125million for a wide range of new cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and related equipment. The latest sales agreements confirmed by the company include a new custom-built CSD and a further 12 units that will be supplied by
Portugal’s Port of Sines will receive a shipment of liquefied natural gas from Qatar next week, according to the Port of Sines website. The Ejnan liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,000 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at the Sines terminal on June 19. The terminal is held by RE
The Shagra LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal on June 18, port data shows. This is the second cargo that is scheduled to arrive at the South Hook terminal in the next seven days and they are both sailing from Ras Laffan […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District officially commissioned its newest shallow-draft dredge vessel – MURDEN – in a ceremony May 29 at the Engineer Repair Yard in Wilmington. The Commissioning Ceremony signifies the acceptance for service and entry of a ship into the active fleet. It
A new Incat built fast ferry currently being sea trialled in Hobart will be christened Francisco in honour of the Buenos Aires born Pope of the Catholic Church. The decision to name the 99 metre ferry Francisco was made by Senor Juan Carlos Lopez Mena, the founder and Chairman of the South American
The Dahej LNG terminal, owned by India’s biggest LNG importer, Petronet LNG, will get a cargo of LNG onboard the 138,097 cbm Disha from Qatar on June 14, 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 termina
UK’s South Hook LNG import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on June 15, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. 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 c
HMS Dragon helped shepherd a gigantic gas tanker through one of the world’s most important ‘choke points’ during an exercise to hone protecting sea trade. The Type 45 destroyer joined forces with other Royal Navy and US Navy vessels, escorting the 130,000-tonne tanker through the narrows between the
The Methania liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,702 cubic meters, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on June 11, according to port data. The liquefied natural gas carrier will load in a re-export cargo and depart from the Zeebrugge terminal to Argentina’s Bahia Blanca
Teekay LNG Partners entered into two, five-year time-charter contracts with Cheniere Marketing to provide the company with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) transportation services. The fixed-rate time-charter contracts will be serviced by the two 173,400 cubic meter LNG carrier newbuildings ordered by Te
The first of Fjord Line’s two new cruise ferries was christened on Thursday at Bergen Group Fosen’s Rissa shipyard in Sør-Trøndelag county. The ship’s godmother Janne Johnsen, mayor of Rogaland county, christened the new vessel MS Stavangerfjord. “Our finest dreams have come true,” said Fjord Line’s
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on June 26, according to shipping data. The Al Shamal LNG tanker, with a capacity of 217,000 cbm, is sailing from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The Zeebrugge terminal is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual throughput
In recent years, Chinese dredging companies have been actively taking pail in the domestic and foreign dredging market. They have built a large numbers of cutter suction dredgers, CSDs & trailer suction hopper dredgers, TSHDs with the Chinese dredging equipment makers developing and improving a lot.
Argentina’s Bahía Blanca GasPort is due to receive a liquefied natural gas cargo on June 18, according to shipping data. The cargo, which was re-exported from Belgium’s Zeebrugge terminal on June 2, is being hauled by the 140,000 m3 Galicia Spirit. The Bahía Blanca GasPort is South America’s first-e
