In November 2012, DEME’s new cutter suction dredger “Amazone” was christened in Singapore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4aoI_uY8Q0 This is the official video for the name giving ceremony. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, January 31, 2013
Trinidad and Tobago shipped an LNG cargo from the Point Fortin terminal to Argentina on Thursday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the Polar Spirit, an 89,880 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive at Argentina’s Escobar LNG terminal on February 12. The Point Fortin LNG
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping has completed Approval in Principal of technical documentation for the LNG tanker that will form the basis of the LNG carrier fleet to meet the future needs of Gazprom Group. The approved type of the ship (project name – “Gaz-Ice”) in some respects, exceeds the
Golar LNG Limited said that it has entered into an agreement to sell the company that owns and operates the LNG Carrier Golar Maria, together with its time-charter, to Golar LNG Partners for a price of USD215 million. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions. Gola
Portugal’s Port of Sines is scheduled to receive a shipment of LNG from Nigeria on February 2, according to port data. The cargo is being hauled by the Stena Clear Sky LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,000 cbm, and it is sailing from Nigeria’s Bonny terminal. The Sines terminal is held by REN Atlân
IHC Beaver Dredgers, the world’s market leader for standard cutter suction dredgers, is continuing to deliver workboats to complement its dredging vessels. Now for instance, the company has supplied another Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1050 to support an IHC Beaver® 1200 for its operations in Nigeria. Th
Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Chile on Saturday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the 145,000 cubic-meter LNG Jupiter, and it is due to arrive at the Quintero LNG terminal on February 19. Trinidad and Tobago’s Poin
Associated British Ports (ABP) has recently awarded Boskalis Westminster the contract to widen and deepen a critical part of the access channel to the container terminal operated by DP World Southampton. This follows the announcement in December 2012 that the Marine Management Organisation had issue
The United Shipbuilding Corporation of Russia is to build at least four Arctic-class LNG tankers for the Pechora LNG project in northern Russia, RIA Novosti reported, citing Alltech president Dmitry Bosov as saying. “We are in talks with Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation and we have signed se
The DEME Group presents an overview of the most important projects it was involved in 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ScUzos_1JA The DEME has managed to keep a finger on the pulse in numerous projects and activities all over the world, from dredging and land reclamation to renewable energy an
Petronet’s Dahej LNG terminal on India’s west coast received a cargo of LNG onboard the 138,097 cbm Disha from Qatar yesterday, 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 terminal is meeting around 20% of
Peru LNG shipped another cargo of liquefied natural gas to Japan on January 27 after the Sevilla Knutsen LNG tanker departed the country’s only LNG terminal on January 23, according to PeruPetro S.A. The cargo is being hauled by the 153,600 cubic-meter STX Frontier, and it is due to arrive at the Ni
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, said that it has finalized a contract with Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) to design the conversion of the company’s two existing Orca Class, diesel-electric trailerships to liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion. This design
Holland Marine Technologies BV has developed a new range of bow-coupling systems for Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHD). The bow-coupling system enables a THSD to couple to-, and discharge slurry via a floating dredge pipeline or by means of a rain-bow nozzle (for beach replenishment). The Holl
