South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and Ilshin Logistics have delivered what they claim to be the world’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled bulk carrier. The vessel named Ilshin Green Iris is under the dual-class of Lloyd’s Register and Korean Register. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won the order in
Cape Sharp Tidal is preparing to deploy the second of the two 2MW tidal turbines this summer at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) test site in the Bay of Fundy.
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot signed on Tuesday time-charter agreements with the Hague-based energy giant Shell for two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled Aframax tankers. The vessels are part of a series of six Sovcomflot tankers currently under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industr
HMSML Gleaner, the Royal Navy’s smallest ship and with a crew of just eight sailors, has decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base after 35 years of service. The vessel began her career as the Royal Navy’s Inshore Survey Vessel in 1983. Since then she has operated in the majority of ports around the UK
Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has secured multiple contracts for its liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled platform supply vessels Viking Prince and Viking Queen.
France’s GTT, the maker of LNG containment systems, said it had received several orders since the beginning of the year, including for the equipment of three LNG carriers and one bunkering vessel. The three LNGCs, offering capacities ranging from 174,000 to 180,000 cbm, will be built at Samsung Heav
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 12 – 18, 2018). DEME’s TSHD Scheldt River Bunkered with LNG in Germany DEME’s new dual fuel trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Scheldt River’ was successfully bunkered with Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) at Br
DEME’s LNG-powered offshore multipurpose vessel, the Living Stone has caught fire on Thursday while under construction in a shipyard in Spain’s port town of Santurtzi. According to local media reports, the fire started on Thursday at around 4:55 PM local time, and was put out at around 5:20 PM. “The
Royal IHC successfully launched a 5,940kW cutter suction dredger (CSD) for Golden Falcon Marine Construction on 28 January at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands. Abu Dhabi based Golden Falcon Marine Construction was formed in January 2006, with the objective of carrying out dr
A keel laying ceremony was held on February 1 for Sirius Shipping’s LNG-ready oil and chemical tanker at China’s Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding. The vessel is the first of two ice-class 7999 dwt tankers with the Evolution design ordered by the Swedish company back in 2016. Sirius said then that the vess
Hexagon Composites’ subsidiary Hexagon Lincoln has been awarded a contract to supply high-pressure tanks for fuel storage onboard a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel being built for Babcock Schulte Energy. Germany’s Bernhard Schulte placed the order for the 7,600-cbm bunkering vessel back
The UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is scheduled to receive a cargo of the chilled fuel from Qatar next week. According to the port data, one of the world’s largest LNG carriers, the 266,000-cbm Aamira, is set to dock at South Hook LNG jetty in the port of Milford Haven on Febru
Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW Group has ordered two liquefied natural gas carriers at South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). A spokeswoman for BW confirmed to LNG World News on Wednesday that BW’s LNG unit is the owner behind the order announced by Daewoo on February
A naming ceremony took place in Malta last week for a tug built by the Dutch shipbuilder Damen. The tug named St. Angelo will provide port towage services and environmental assistance, and will also be able to serve the island’s LNG needs, by operating at Delimara LNG terminal, according to a Damen
