Sleipnir, Heerema Marine Contractor’s semi-submersible crane vessel and the world’s first LNG-powered construction vessel, is set to embark on its maiden voyage from Singapore.
Norwegian shipping company Knutsen said it has expanded its liquefied natural gas carrier fleet to 12 vessels as its latest newbuild Adriano Knutsen is set to depart the South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard.
The Port Authority of Douala, Cameroon, is about to receive new dredging equipment including an IHC Beaver 50 cutter suction dredger, the company reports. According to the port, the new dredger will arrive in Douala in the next couple of days. IHC Beaver CSDs are reliable, fuel efficient, have low m
International law firm Ince has advised Japanese shipowner, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), on the supply of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to the Hong Kong Offshore LNG terminal project.
REN-operated Sines LNG import terminal in Portugal is set to receive a new cargo of the gas from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana.
Russian shipping company Sovcomflot said it has reached a milestone with its LNG-fueled Aframax tankers fleet as it has been in operation for a full year.
Royal Niestern Sander and the German ferry operator AG Ems signed the agreement for the conversion of the passenger ship Münsterland to LNG propulsion.
French shipping company Brittany Ferries has named its third E-Flexer class vessel powered by liquefied natural gas the Santoña.
Capacities at Lithuania’s first and only import terminal in the port of Klaipeda have been fully booked until the end of the gas year 2020.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District has just announced that the 20-inch cutterhead dredge Goetz is currently busy operating in Pool 16, just downriver of Locks and Dam 15 in Rock Island, Illinois. As USACE reported, the Goetz is performing maintenance dredging operations to ensure
BW LNG, a unit of the Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW Group, reached 95 percent completion on its BW Paris LNG carrier conversion project.
Classification society Lloyd’s Register has signed an agreement with a group of Chinese companies to design and develop the first 220,000-cbm LNG carrier with a GTT Mark III membrane containment system.
Finnish shipping company Containerships has carried out first bunkering of LNG during cargo operations.
Estonian shipping company Tallink Grupp said its unit, Tallink Superfast, signed an agreement with KfW IPEX-Bank, securing a €197.6 million ($221.77 million) loan to fund the construction of its new LNG-powered fast ferry.
