Sovcomflot has on Friday signed a US$260 million 13-year loan agreement with VTB Bank to finance the construction of its Arctic LNG tanker for the Yamal LNG project.
Poland has officially joined the club of worldwide LNG importing nations with the arrival of the first commercial cargo at the Swinoujscie LNG terminal from the world’s largest LNG exporter, Qatar. The 210,000 cbm Al Nuaman docked at the Swinoujscie LNG terminal’s jetty at around 15.30pm local time.
Chevron’s Asia Vision LNG tanker is set to deliver a reloaded cargo of the chilled fuel to UK’s Grain LNG terminal, located on the Isle of Grain, Kent. The 160,000-cbm tanker is currently loading a cargo of previously imported LNG at Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge LNG terminal. The ship will depart from
Moray Council, the only authority in Scotland to own a dredger, invited Liebherr-Great Britain to design and supply an excavator for direct mounting on its new £2.5 million dredger, MV (Marine Vessel) Selkie. The R 936 excavator, supplied with marine specification and two excavation buckets, was sel
Following successful sea trials, Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard – part of United Shipbuilding Corporation – has completed delivery of the trailing suction hopper dredger Sommers. The Sommers is the lead vessel in a series of three 1000 m³ TSHDs that are being built for Rosmorport. The TSHDs were designed
MAN Diesel & Turbo on Tuesday said it has received orders for M-type, electronically-controlled, gas-injection (ME-GI) engines from Maran Gas, for its two newbuilds at DSME of South Korea.
Hokkaido Electric Power has started constructing the fourth storage tank at the Ishikari LNG import terminal on Hokkaido, Japan’s second-largest island. The storage tank has a capacity of 230,000 kiloliters (kl) and is expected to be completed in October 2020, Hokkaido Electric Power said in a state
Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas (LDT) and Litgas have booked LNG regasification capacities at Lithuania’s first LNG import terminal starting this October, Klaipedos Nafta, the terminal operator said. This follows the closure of “annual terminal capacities allocation procedure” and conclusion of agreements wi
Chile’s Quintero LNG terminal has received its first cargo from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana. This is the first U.S. LNG cargo produced from shale gas to reach Chile. The 155,000 cbm GasLog Shanghai LNG tanker arrived at the regasification terminal, located in the Bay of Q
Peru’s only liquefaction facility at Pampa Melchorita dispatched another cargo of liquefied natural gas to Mexico last week.
India’s ministry of shipping on Monday informed reviewed the follow up action on a memorandum of understanding between Inland Waterways Authority of India and Petronet LNG signed in April for providing alternative fuel on national waterways.
Korea Development Bank last week said it has agreed to provide US$1.5 billion for the proposed Delfin FLNG project 50 miles off the coastline of Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
A consortium formed by the Cochin Shipyard and Global United Shipping India recently bid jointly to build six liquefied natural gas carriers for GAIL under the utility’s US$7 billion tender.
The Western Dredging Association will host the 21st World Dredging Congress & Exposition, the WODCON XXI, at the Hyatt Regency Miami this week (June 13-17, 2016). The conference will showcase around 120 technical papers over three days covering all aspects of dredging and maritime construction. This
