Greek state-run DEPA has made a step towards LNG bunkering in the country with plans to build a 3000-cbm LNG bunkering vessel to serve the port of Piraeus and other Greek ports.
Lithuanian Parliament on Tuesday approved the amendments of laws initiated by the Ministry of Energy, aimed at reducing the annual costs of LNG terminal operating costs by the acquisition of the FSRU vessel.
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Gerd Stensen AS from Norway for the delivery of a Damen Stan Tug 1606. According to Damen, the client will apply the new vessel to their dredging operations. Gerd Stensen, like Damen, is a family company. Their dredging work includes but is not limite
Saga LNG Shipping’s 45,000-cbm liquefied natural gas carrier named Saga Dawn has completed sea trials in the East China Sea. As reported by LNG World News, the LNG vessel left China Merchants Heavy Industry’s (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu last Thursday. Saga Dawn has returned from a 5-day trial where t
South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) said Tuesday it has won another order to build a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. The shipbuilder did not reveal who is the company behind the order saying only it is a shipowner in the Oceania region. The LNG c
French LNG containment specialist, GTT has received an order from a Korean shipyard for the tank design of two new liquefied natural gas tankers, reaching a total of 50 orders for the year 2018.
LNG Canada and Boskalis continue to advance the marine and dredging construction activities in the harbor of Kitimat to ensure the existing harbor is ready for larger vessels. According to the LNG Canada latest update, they will begin the disposal at sea dredging activity shortly. The company said t
The Bermuda-based LNG shipping giant Golar LNG said on Monday that it has received a limited notice to proceed from BP for the provision of a floating LNG producing unit for BP’s West African project. Golar LNG entered into a preliminary deal in April with units of BP in Mauritania and Senegal for t
To complete an extensive oil pipeline dredging and installation project, Murjan Al Sharq Marine Contracting Co. Ltd. (MSMC) has taken delivery of three Damen vessels: a Stan Tug 1606, a Shoalbuster 2509, and a Stan Pontoon 4512 equipped with a Damen DOP Pump. For Damen, this marks the successful con
Sweden’s Thun Tankers on Saturday held a naming ceremony for its new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered tanker in Groningen, Holland. The tanker named Thun Evolve and built at Dutch Ferus Smit shipyard will be long-term leased by Preem for deliveries to the company’s depots and customers in Sweden,
The UK’s South Hook LNG terminal located on the shores of the Milford Haven waterway is scheduled to receive a cargo from Qatar this week. The 216,000 cbm LNG carrier Tembek is scheduled to dock at the South Hook jetty on December 22, data from the Milford Haven Port Authority reveals. Tembek was th
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 10 – 16, 2018). Steel Cutting for New DEME’s Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger Construction of DEME’s 2,300m³ new trailing suction hopper dredger has officially kicked off with a steel cutting ceremony at
Her Majesty Queen Máxima performed the christening ceremony for Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Amalia in Rotterdam this afternoon in presence of 1,400 employees and guests. The vessel was moored along Wilhelminakade next to the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam for this special event. Her
Saga LNG Shipping’s 45,000-cbm liquefied natural gas carrier named Saga Dawn started sea trials on Thursday in the East China Sea. The LNG carrier is being built at China Merchants Heavy Industry’s (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu. “The sea trials will last 4-5 days. Then we will work towards to the gas t
