The Royal Navy’s smallest commissioned vessel, Her Majesty’s Survey Launch Gleaner, returned to Devonport homeport one last time on Tuesday ahead of her decommissioning. In mist and rain, and with a 16-meter decommissioning pennant tied to the stern rail to prevent it flapping around uncontrollably,
Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding delivered this week to its owners the Pan Americas LNG carrier, the second of four vessels set to transport liquefied natural gas from the QCLNG project in Australia to China. The 174,000-cbm LNG carrier named Pan Americas is owned by China LNG Shipping,
The 173,400-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Patris was recently delivered to its owners by shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea. The LNG vessel was ordered back in 2015 by a joint venture comprising of “K” Line LNG Shipping, a unit of the Japanese shipping major
Teekay has taken the delivery of its first Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, the 172,000-cbm Eduard Toll. Eduard Toll is the fourth of 15 Arc7 LNG carriers being built for the Novatek-operated Yamal LNG project in Russia and Teekay’s first of six newbuildings contracted to service the proj
Dutch dredging specialist, Van Oord has launched a new crane vessel, powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam. This is the first LNG-powered vessel in the Van Oord fleet. “The vessel will contribute to the further modernisation of Van Oord’s fleet and therefore mark the
Increasing vessel supply will keep liquefied natural gas (LNG) charter rates under pressure in 2018, despite strong growth in trade, according to a report by the shipping consultancy Drewry. Drewry’s short-term outlook for LNG charter rates remains pessimistic because of the high fleet growth rate c
France’s Dunkirk LNG import terminal, the country’s fourth regasification facility, has performed its first-ever reloading operation. The cargo of previously imported liquefied natural gas was loaded onboard Engie’s LNG carrier, the 153,000-cbm Provalys. The LNG carrier arrived just a day after the
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Stena Crystal Sky recently rescued two American citizens from their stranded yacht off the west coast of Mexico. According to a statement by the Glasgow-based crew management company, Northern Marine Manning Services, the LNG carrier received a distress call via th
The special purpose vessel Currituck begins the day at Rudee’s Inlet in southeastern Virginia. The project provides access to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean for commercial fishing vessels, charter fishing boats, head boats and a wide range of private recreational vessels. The dredging is bein
Arctia’s LNG-fueled icebreaker Polaris on Tuesday departed the base in Finland’s capital Helsinki and is on its way to the Bothnian Bay in the Baltic Sea to start its icebreaking duty. This is the vessels’ second icebreaking season. Polaris departed Helsinki as the Finnish icebreaking season’s third
Tallink Grupp’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered ferry Megastar has proved to be the new benchmark for the in the Baltic Sea, according to the company’s CEO Janek Stalmaister.
Royal IHC has just announced that the first custom-built trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) in the Middle East, the 6,000m³ ARZANA successfully completed sea trials last week in the Netherlands. It took the Dutch shipbuilder only ten months to completely design, construct and test the new vessel
Japanese shipper NYK Line signed a contract with EDF LNG Shipping, an EDF unit, to charter out a newly ordered liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier.
Philly Shipyard, the U.S. unit of Philly Shipyard ASA, said it will not extend its letter of intent signed with TOTE for the construction of four LNG-ready containerships.
