Sinopec’s new Tianjin liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in the north of China received its first-ever cargo of the fuel from Australia. The cargo arrived on Tuesday from the Australia Pacific LNG project aboard the CESI Beihai tanker, Sinopec said in a statement. The 174,000-cbm CESI Beiha
Elcome International, the Dubai-based maritime solutions provider, said it had completed a satellite communications retrofit program for a major fleet of liquefied natural gas tankers providing broadband data and voice services. The company said in a statement on Tuesday that its team decommissioned
Norway’s Höegh LNG said on Wednesday that its floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Höegh Giant has started its time charter contract with Spanish LNG operator Gas Natural Fenosa. The initial term of the contract is three years, and it includes the option for Gas Natural Fenosa to utilize
The Delaware River deepening project, undertaken to allow more efficient transportation of containerized, dry bulk and liquid bulk (crude oil and petroleum products) cargo to and from the Delaware River ports, continues to progress. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has just r
South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and the UK-based Lloyd’s Register have teamed up on what they claim to be the world’s first ballast-free liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel. Germany’s Bernhard Schulte placed the order for the 7,600-cbm bunkering vessel back in 2016. Once completed, it w
The Gate terminal in the Dutch port of Rotterdam is expected to handle this week the second cargo from the Novatek-operated Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic. To remind, Gate performed the first-ever transshipment of a cargo sourced from the Russian project in late December. According to the v
Australian engineering company AMOG has secured a grant through Marine-i program that will enable the company to test its wave energy device at FaBTest site in Falmouth Bay.
Jan De Nul Group, a Luxembourg based dredging, offshore, civil and environmental company, has ordered three trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs). Cosco Dalian Shipyard Co. Ltd. will build the 18.000m³ dredger in its shipyard in Dalian, China, with the delivery set for 2020. According to Jan De N
The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation via a ship-to-ship method has taken place in the Spanish port of Bilbao. LNG-fueled cement carrier, Ireland, received 90 cubic meters of the chilled fuel from the Oizmendi bunker vessel on February 3, according to a statement by the Spanish p
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto is looking to procure a vessel that will be used for scale testing of its Deep Green tidal energy technology.
Law firm Ince & Co advised EDF LNG Shipping, a unit of France’s EDF, on the recent long-term charter contract with the Japanese shipowner NYK. To remind, the newly-ordered LNG carrier will have a 174,000-cbm capacity membrane-type cargo tank fitted with a GTT Mark III system and a WinGD dual-fuel sl
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. recently released a video about the installation of Dolwin Gamma platform in the German part of the North Sea. Dolwin Gamma, part of the 900MW DolWin3 offshore grid connection system, is a daughter platform to the DolWin alpha and will be connected to it via a fixed b
Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding delivered the 174,000-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier CESI Wenzhou to its owners on January 31. The dual fuel CESI Wenzhou is the fifth Australia Pacific LNG-dedicated tanker in a series of a total of six carriers that will be built at Hudong. Th
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 29 – February 4, 2018). Boskalis in Markermeer Lake: Changing Map of the Netherlands Boskalis is changing the map of the Netherlands in the Markermeer lake, where nature is getting a boost with an archipe
