The naming ceremony for vessel LESSE, a custom-built 2,300m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), took place yesterday (23 May) at Royal IHC’s partner yard MTG Dolphin BV in Varna, Bulgaria. The vessel is the newest addition to the fleet of Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging and is based on t
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) will soon begin maintenance dredging at the Port of Weipa. Dredging will also be completed at Amrun on behalf of Rio Tinto. Dredge vessels TSHD Brisbane and Oranje will work within the Port of Weipa and Amrun from approximately 3 June and to 17 July inc
South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) booked an order for a pair of liquefied natural gas carriers on Thursday.
Royal IHC has signed a contract with Cameroon’s Port Authority of Douala (PAD) for the delivery of an IHC Beaver 50 cutter suction dredger and Delta Multi Craft 1450 work boat. “An important aspect of the contract is the transfer of knowledge by on-site assistance, training and consultancy. With thi
Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog has cut the first steel for its newbuild liquefied natural gas carrier at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard.
French liquefied natural gas containment system specialist, GTT has been contracted by Samsung Heavy Industries to design the tanks for an LNG carrier newbuild.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed long-term service agreements for four Japanese-owned LNG carriers.
Malaysian energy giant Petronas said its floating LNG facility, PFLNG Satu, produced first drops of the chilled fuel at the Kebabangan cluster field, 90 kilometers offshore Sabah, recently.
MAN Energy Solutions said the Jinling Shipyard in China has ordered four MAN 51/60DF engines in connection with the building of a 230-meter-long RoPax vessel for TT-Line, the German ferry operator.
Damen Shiprepair Brest carried out repairs to the hull of the 266-meter, 138,000-cbm, liquefied natural gas carrier LNG Methane Princess owned by Golar LNG.
REN-operated Sines LNG import terminal in Portugal is set to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Trinidad & Tobago at the end of the week.
BW LNG, a unit of the Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW Group, reached a milestone in its BW Paris LNG carrier conversion project.
Danish shipping company Evergas has delivered a dual-fueled very large ethane carrier (VLEC) to Ineos Trading and Shipping.
The South Hook liquefied natural gas import facility on the Milford Haven waterway is set to accommodate one of the largest vessels in the global LNG tanker fleet.
