Höegh LNG has signed a contract with an Asia based national oil company to conduct pre-FEED engineering work for an offshore floating LNG facility (FLNG) with 2 million tonnes per annum production capacity. The work will be finalised in the first quarter of 2014. Provided that the conclusion of the
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum announced development plans for their Browse gas fields offshore Australia. The company revealed intention to use three FLNG vessels designed by Shell for the Browse project. “Given the combined size of the Browse fields the reference case is a phased development compr
Inai Kiara SDN BHD, Malaysia’s largest marine services provider, announced that the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will launch the trailing suction hopper dredger Inai Kenanga tomorrow. This remarkable vessel, which is 200m long and 36.4m wide, is Malaysia’s largest and the world’s third bigg
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 September 1, port data shows. The Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is situated on a 30ha site in the outer port of Zeebrugge. It has an annua
Wärtsilä is to supply the main propulsion generating sets for a new, environmentally sound, double ended ferry. The ship, which is the first gas fuelled ferry for a domestic route in Denmark, will operate between Jutland and the island of Samsø and will carry passengers, cars and trucks. The vessel,
Petronet’s Kochi LNG terminal received its first cargo from Qatar. The 125,500 cbm WilEnergy has been anchored at the outer channel of Cochin Port since August 11 awaiting dredging work to be completed at the port. The Kochi terminal is located on a 40ha site in the Puthuvype special economic zone a
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of South Korea has secured a contract for two LNG carriers worth $400 million. SHI revealed in a regulatory filling to the Korea Stock Exchange that it will deliver the two liquefied natural gas tankers by October 2016 to an unrevealed company from North America. SHI s
PROGROUPE announced that they equipped “DredgeKing“ dredging machine from Senwatec with Dredgepack®. This dredger was equipped with Dredgepack® from HYPACK, Inc: – version 2013 realtime dredge monitoring system with one hard lock key which all owsusers to monitor and recorddigging operations for hop
South Korea, the world’s second biggest buyer of LNG, is due to get a liquefied natural gas cargo on August 21, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the 141,000 cbm LNG Adamawa, and it is sailing from West Africa. South Korea’s Pyeongtaek LNG terminal is the country’s first LNG i
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines today announced that on August 17, the MOL-managed LNG carrier Energy Advance found and rescued one fisherman on a fishing boat that had been drifting without sufficient fuel about 300km east of the Mindanao Island. The rescue went as follows: At 13:00 of August 17 (local time),
Peru LNG shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Mexico on August 15, according to PeruPetro S.A. The cargo is being hauled by the STX Frontier, with a capacity of 153,600 cbm, and it is expected to arrive at Mexico’s Manzanillo terminal on August 24. The Peru LNG Project includes two parts: an
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 August 24, shipping data reveals. Petronet LNG received the 1000th cargo at its Dahej LNG terminal in February this year. The Dahej terminal in Gujarat
The latest LNG cargo to be loaded at Norway’s Hammerfest terminal has been dispatched to UK, according to shipping data. The 140,000 m3 Arctic Princess departed from Hammerfest yesterday and it is expected to arrive at the Dragon terminal on August 25. Hammerfest LNG on Melkøya, the world’s most nor
GasLog announced that it has ordered two new 174,000 cbm Tri-Fuel Diesel Electric LNG carriers from Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The vessels are expected to be delivered in Q3 and Q4 2016, respectively, and upon delivery will commence firm seven-year charters with a subsidiary of BG Grou
