From Florida to Maine, one unique vessel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ maritime fleet earns its “indispensable” reputation 363 days a year by dredging dangerous shoaling in shallow draft federal channel inlets: hopper dredge Currituck. The Currituck recently spent three days dredging the fede
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG from Qatar next week, according to port data. The Simaisma LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,800 cbm, is due to arrive on August 6. The Zeebrugge terminal is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual throughput
Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas yesterday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the LNG Jupiter, a 145,000 cubic-meter tanker, and the destination of the cargo is Pacific Ocean at this moment. Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fo
UK’s South Hook LNG terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on August 2, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The Al Mayeda LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,oo0 cbm, is sailing from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year an
Statoil has declared its option for one year extended period for the Time Charter party with Eidesvik Offshore for the environmental friendly LNG powered PSV Viking Queen, Eideswik said in a statement. The extended period starts primo November 2012. Statoil has further one yearly option on this cont
Chile’s Quintero LNG terminal is due to receive a liquefied natural gas cargo from Trinidad and Tobago on August 10, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the the 165,000 m3 Maersk Methane, which departed from the Point Fortin terminal on Tuesday. The Quintero terminal, which is s
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on July 29, according to shipping data. The RasGas Asclepius LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,ooo cbm, is sailing from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The Zeebrugge terminal is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual thro
The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP announced that it has advised Brunei Gas Carriers Sdn Bhd on the raising of US$170 million to fund the acquisition of one 155,000m3 newbuild LNG vessel. The vessel will be chartered under a long term charter to Brunei LNG Sdn Bhd. WFW also advise
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to supply the ship designs for three new platform supply vessels (PSVs). The contracts have been signed with Kleven Maritime AS, the Norwegian shipyard that will build the vessels, two of which will be owned
The Al Mafyar liquefied natural gas tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on July 31, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of
Peru LNG shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Spain yesterday, according to PeruPetro S.A. The cargo is being hauled by the Sevilla Knutsen, a 173.400 cubic-meter tanker operated by Knutsen OAS Shipping. The Peru LNG project includes two parts: an LNG plant with a marine terminal from which L
Fjord Line’s two new international cruise ferries will be powered solely by environmentally friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of the more polluting heavy fuel oil. When MS Stavangerfjord is put in operation in 2013, it will be the first and largest cruise ferry in the world to sail with a
Petronet’s Dahej LNG terminal on India’s west coast is due to get a cargo of LNG onboard the 149.600 cbm LNG Borno from Nigeria on July 27, 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 a
Portugal’s Port of Sines is scheduled to receive a shipment of LNG from Nigeria on August 1, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the British Diamond LNG tanker, with a capacity of 151,945 cbm, and it is sailing from Nigeria’s Bonny terminal. The Sines terminal is held by REN Atl
