Ravestein B.V. has been awarded the contract for the design and construction of a backhoe dredger type Ravestein 900B for Jan De Nul Group. The vessel will be delivered in January 2014. This will be the second contract for building a Ravestein 900B in short time, after successful delivery of the bac
The Methania liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,702 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on October 16, according to shipping data. The liquefied natural gas carrier will probably load in a re-export cargo and depart from the Zeebrugge terminal on October 1
Trinidad and Tobago shipped an LNG cargo from the Point Fortin terminal today, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the 151,945 cubic-meter British Ruby, and the destination of the cargo is unknown at this moment. Point Fortin LNG terminal produced 14,664,884 mt of LNG in 2011.
Peru LNG shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Mexico on October 3, according to PeruPetro S.A. The cargo is being hauled by the 173,400 cubic-meter Barcelona Knutsen, and it is sailing to Mexico’s Manzanillo terminal. The Peru LNG Project includes two parts: an LNG plant with a marine terminal f
The United Kingdom will soon be home to a very special Italian-built dredger designed by a British dredger operator specialising in marina dredging. The vessel, to be constructed by Italy’s leading dredger manufacturer, Italdraghe SpA (San Giovanni, Italy) and designed by Goodchild Marine Services L
BAE Systems has begun construction on the first of two dump scows for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company. Employees and executives from both companies gathered yesterday for a ceremony to mark the start of construction for the first module, which will weigh approximately 87 tons. When complete, the e
The Fuwairit LNG tanker, with a capacity of 138,262 cbm, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on October 19, according to port data. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal is situated on a 30ha site in the outer port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. It is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual throughput capa
LNG tanker ‘Ob River’ chartered by Gazprom Marketing & Trading group and operated by Dynagas (Greece) will carry out the world’s first LNG vessel passage through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) this month. ‘Ob River’ discharged her LNG cargo in Japan and replenished bunkers and provisions in South Kore
Today sees the completion of unloading and safe departure at the South Hook LNG Terminal of the first commercial cargo purchased by South Hook Gas from RasGas of Qatar. The Milaha Ras Laffan berthed yesterday and is discharging 2,950,000 MMBtu of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for supply to the UK natu
Taiwan’s Yung-An LNG terminal is due to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas this week, according to Kaohsiung Port Authority. The Puteri Zamrud Satu tanker, with a capacity of 137,000 cbm, will reach Yung-An terminal on October 4. The Yung-An terminal is Taiwan’s first liquefied natural gas rec
The Milaha Qatar liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,602 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on October 14, according to port data. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal is situated on a 30ha site in the outer port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. It is operated by Fluxys LNG a
According to akbizmag.com, the 50-foot dredging vessel, designed by Bremerton-based Art Anderson Associates, was recently delivered to Pacifica, a customer for gold dredging operations near Nome, Alaska. “This was a fun project in that we were able to learn quite a bit about the gold dredging busine
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG from Qatar next week, according to port data. The 145,800 cbm Simaisma LNG tanker, is due to arrive on October 11. The Zeebrugge terminal is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual throughput capacity of nine b
A new backhoe dredger manufactured by IHC Merwede was named ALBERTO ALEMÁN ZUBIETA during a special ceremony at the shipyard of its cooperation partner, NMC, in Nieuw- Lekkerland, The Netherlands, on 28 September. IHC Merwede has built the vessel for Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP). The ceremony
