South & Central Asia
Qatargas, Petronas pen five-year LNG supply deal
Qatargas on Wednesday said it has signed a five-year LNG sale and purchase agreement with Petronas’ UK-based liquefied natural gas trading arm.
Partners Selected to Develop New Terminal at Chittagong Port
Bangladesh’s Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has selected three companies to carry out a feasibility study, which started in September 2016, for the Bay Terminal, a new facility to be constructed at the port. The companies, including HPC Hamburg Port Consulting, a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und L
Drewry: Gradual Recovery Expected in Container Shipping
Despite continuing concerns of weak trade growth and fleet oversupply in the container shipping market, a gradual market recovery is now expected, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. Worse than expected second quarter financial results will be followed by a better second half-year. But Drewry
All Set for CEDA Dredging Technology Webinar
The next event in the CEDA webinar series on dredging equipment and technology will be a practitioner-level presentation on ‘Production estimation based on specific energy in sand, clay and rock’ and will take place today, from 14:00-15:00 hrs (CEST). The practitioner-level webinars are for professi
Tokyo Gas September sales rise
Total gas sales by Japan’s Tokyo Gas reached 1,179.850 million cubic meters in September, 5.2 percent up compared to the same month in 2015.
Cochin Shipyard in LNG shipbuilding pact with Engineers India
Cochin Shipyard signed a memorandum of understanding with Engineers India for the design and construction of small-scale liquefied natural gas carriers.
NGO Calls On Maersk to Become True Leader for Safe Recycling
After the Danish shipping company Maersk admitted to duplicity in vessel recycling, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform’s Executive Director Patrizia Heidegger has called on “the world’s leading ship owner to become a true leader for clean and safe ship recycling.” In order to do so, Heidegger said that t
Petronet LNG: expanded Dahej terminal fully commissioned
India’s largest importer of liquefied natural gas, Petronet LNG, commissioned the second phase of the Dahej LNG terminal’s expansion project.
China: first APLNG dedicated tanker named at Hudong-Zhonghua
China COSCO Shipping, on Tuesday, said the first LNG carrier dedicated to transport the chilled fuel from the Australia Pacific LNG plant, has been named at the Chinese Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard.
SEALNG: LNG Sector Ready to Meet Shipping Industry Demand
The cross-industry coalition SEALNG has highlighted the ability of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector to meet the future emissions requirements of the global shipping industry ahead of the 70th Session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). “Independent of the timing of the
Dredging Today Ready to Host Its First Conference
The Dredging Today Conference 2017 will take place on 9-10 October, 2017 in RAI Amsterdam, with the theme ‘Business Opportunities & Reaching Potential in the Dredging Industry’. To make this event unique, Dredging Today will give the dredging companies an opportunity to come up with ideas for the co
Oil Search revenue climbs on higher LNG prices
Oil Search, the owner of a 29 percent stake in the ExxonMobil-operated PNG LNG project, said its third-quarter revenue rose 16 percent on higher LNG prices. Revenue rose to US$309.5 million in the third quarter of this year from $267.7 million in the June quarter. “The average realised oil and conde