The establishment of natural gas as the shipping industry’s fuel of the future has been ‘remarkably difficult’, according to the classification society DNV GL.
REN’s Sines LNG import terminal on Portugal’s Atlantic coast has booked two cargoes for the end of November and early December.
Construction of the new multi-purpose 5.450m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ‘DC Orisant’ has come a long way since the keel-laying in July. The vessel, being built by Royal IHC for joint venture consisting of Den Herder (Reimerswaal Dredging) and Group de Cloedt, is set to be launched in ea
By David Pitt, Naval Architect at Offshore Ship Designers In the wake of the well-documented downturn in the oil and gas markets in recent years, an increasing number of platform supply vessels (PSVs) are currently under-utilized or languishing in lay-up, most notably in the US Gulf Coast region. Va
OLT Offshore LNG Toscana has closed its tender for the supply of a single liquefied natural gas cargo for peak shaving services during the coming winter season.
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed an order for the fabrication, engineering and project management of a complete subsea mooring and riser system with the Bangladesh-based company, Summit LNG Terminal.
UK-based shipbuilder Ferguson Marine Engineering launched the MV Glen Sannox at its Port Glasgow shipyard, the first LNG-fueled ferry designed and built in the UK.
The Scottish Energy Ports Capability Directory has been launched with the aim to provide up to date technical information on active marine energy industry ports covering the oil and gas, decommissioning, subsea and renewable sectors.
The Novatek-operated Yamal LNG export project in Russian Arctic has taken delivery of two Arc7 ice-class liquefied natural gas carriers. The 172.410-cbm LNG carriers named Boris Vilkitsky and Fedor Litke, both built by South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering, have been delive
Philly Shipyard, the U.S. unit of Philly Shipyard ASA delivered the American Pride, the last of four LNG-ready to American Petroleum Tankers, a Kinder Morgan unit.
Sea Machines Robotics has announced a collaboration with TUCO Marine of Denmark to offer remote and autonomous control products as factory options in their line of ProZero workboats. The TUCO Marine Group manufactures a range of modern efficient workboats at its Faaborg, Denmark, location and is spe
France’s Dunkirk LNG import terminal, the country’s fourth regasification facility, received its first ever Q-Max cargo from Qatar. The 266,366-cbm Al Dafna, one of the world’s largest LNG tankers, arrived at the EDF-operated terminal on Sunday, Dunkerque LNG, the terminal operator said in a stateme
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has taken delivery of the new build ATB hopper dredge Ellis Island and tug Douglas B. Mackie after successful completion of United States Coast Guard and American Bureau of Shipping regulatory sea trials. David Simonelli, President, Dredging Division comm
The technology group Wartsila has supplied the full propulsion package for the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Arzana. The vessel is owned by National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) from Abu Dhabi and has been specially designed to operate in high ambient temperatures. The 6.000m³ capacit
