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  • Dubai Drydocks awarded major ship conversion deal

    11 August 2005

    Dubai Drydocks has been awarded a $25 million (Dh92 million) contract, one of its largest this year, to convert a giant tanker into a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. Work on Knock Adoon, a 240,000-tonne very large crude carrier (VLCC) owned by Fred Olsen Production (FOP), will begin in early November and be […]

  • Picture of the Day: Methane Nile Eagle

    28 April 2014
    Vessels

    The Methane Nile Eagle forms part of BG’s core fleet of liquefied natural gas tankers. Built in 2007, the ship is powered by a steam turbine engine and has a capacity of 145,598 cubic metres. BG’s customers are supplied from the company’s global portfolio of LNG, with multiple production sources around the world, including Egypt, […]

  • Trinidad LNG Cargo Bound for Argentina

    9 October 2013
    Vessels

    Trinidad and Tobago shipped an LNG cargo from the Point Fortin terminal to Argentina on Monday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the Polar Spirit, an 89,880 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive at the Recalada port on October 19. The Point Fortin LNG terminal consists of four trains and […]

  • DSME: BW Offshore Gets VLCC Blue Opal

    2 January 2014

    BW Offshore has exercised an option to acquire the tanker Blue Opal for USD 83.4 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). Blue Opal is a DSME designed and built VLCC (320,000 dwt) from 2012. BW Offshore has performed detailed engineering studies and inspections of the VLCC since Q4 2012, and is currently evaluating […]

  • Greece: Empire Navigation Takes Delivery of M/T MR Sirius

    12 October 2012

    Empire Navigation Inc., headquartered in Glyfada, Athens, announced that M/T MR Sirius (46,846 DWT Oil/ Chemical Tanker) came under its management on 10th of October 2012. The delivery of the vessel took place at Cristobal Port (Panama). The company is a member of INTERTANKO, BIMCO, OCIMF, and HELMEPA.It is engaged in managing modern ships which […]

  • More Qatari LNG for UK

    22 September 2014
    Vessels

    One of the largest LNG carriers in the world, the 266,000 cbm Shagra, is scheduled to arrive at UK’s South Hook import terminal this week. The vessel, with a Qatar-sourced LNG cargo, is expected to arrive at one of Europe’s biggest LNG receiving terminals on September 28, port data shows. This is the second LNG […]

  • India: Dahej Terminal May Get LNG Cargo on December 26

    15 December 2011

    Petronet’s Dahej terminal on India’s west coast may get one liquefied natural gas cargo from Nigeria on December 26, according to ship transmission data. The cargo is being hauled by Castillo de Villalba, a 138,000 cubic-meter tanker. The Dahej terminal is India’s first LNG receiving and regasification terminal and has a nominal capacity of 10 […]

  • Mainport Completes Purchase of New Vessel (Ireland)

    24 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Mainport completed the purchase of the Forth Hunter last on Thursday 12 July in Edinburgh. The ship has now been renamed Mainport Kells and she started her new long term contract in Bergen supporting the seismic industry. The vessel is owned and managed by Mainport. She is currently on charter to Western Geco in the […]

  • MT Marina Arrested under Suspicion of Illegal Bunkering Ops

    5 May 2016

    A tanker identified as MT Marina was arrested due to suspected illegal bunkering activities by the Nigerian Navy personnel on April 28, according to the navy. At the time of the arrest the vessel, which was loaded with 100 metric tons (MT) of illegal refined automotive gas oil, was conducting a routine patrol of the area off Nigerian […]

  • Japan presses for probe after U.S. sub, Japanese ship collide in Straits of Hormuz

    10 January 2007

    Japan on Wednesday pressed for a thorough investigation of a collision between a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine and a Japanese oil tanker near one of the world’s most crucial shipping lanes. The fast-attack USS Newport News submarine rear-ended the supertanker Mogamigawa on Monday night in the 34-mile wide Straits of Hormuz, through which 40 percent of […]

  • Nigeria militants release crew

    22 July 2009

    Militants in Nigeria have released six crew members they seized from an oil tanker, the Sichem Peace, nearly three weeks ago. The ship’s managers, EMS, said the six, including the Russian captain, were on their way to Lagos for medical checks. The militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), said […]

  • Incheon Terminal to Get LNG Cargo from Qatar

    28 March 2013
    Vessels

    Incheon LNG terminal in South Korea is due to receive a cargo of LNG on March 12, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the K. Fressia tanker, with a capacity of 135,256 cbm, and it is sailing from Ras Laffan in Qatar . Incheon LNG terminal is one of the biggest in […]

  • Top Ship Buys Eco-Type Vessel

    25 December 2013

      Top Ship, a shipping company from Greece, has entered into a contract to buy a medium- range tanker, currently under construction at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea. It has been reported that the company will allocate $37m for this 50,000-dwt eco-type vessel, which will be paid upon delivery in the first quarter of […]

  • Norway: Hammerfest Ships LNG Cargo

    22 March 2012

    Norway’s Hammerfest LNG terminal shipped an liquefied natural gas cargo yesterday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the Provalys, a 154,000 cubic-meter tanker and the destination of the cargo is unknown at this moment. The Statoil-operated Hammerfest terminal has a capacity to produce 4.3 million mt/year of LNG. [mappress] LNG World […]

  • Taiwan to Get LNG Cargo This Week

    9 April 2012

    Taiwan’s Yung-An LNG terminal is due to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas this week, according to Kaohsiung Port Authority. The Golar Mazo tanker, with a capacity of 135,000 cbm, will reach Yung-An terminal on April 12. The Yung-An terminal is Taiwan’s first liquefied natural gas receiving terminal, and it is operated by CPC. […]

  • Qatari LNG Heads for Belgium

    20 March 2012

    Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG from Qatar onboard the Ejnan, a 145,000 cbm tanker, on March 30, according to shipping data. Fluxys, the operator of the terminal, recently said that it has unloaded 70 carriers at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal in 2011. The Zeebrugge terminal has an […]

  • Trinidad LNG Heads for Argentina

    1 June 2012
    Vessels

    Trinidad and Tobago shipped an LNG cargo from the Point Fortin terminal to Argentina yesterday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the Norman Lady, a 87,600 cubic-meter tanker, and it is sailing to Argentina’s Escobar LNG terminal. Point Fortin LNG terminal produced 14,664,884 mt of LNG in 2011. The terminal consists of […]

  • Qatari LNG on Way to UK

    5 May 2014
    Vessels

    The UK’s South Hook import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas this week, port data shows. The Rasheeda LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cbm, is sailing from Qatar’s Ras Laffan port. The South Hook LNG terminal was fully commissioned in 2010 and is among the largest LNG receiving […]

  • Mexico to Get LNG Cargo from Peru

    27 December 2013
    Vessels

    Peru LNG shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Mexico on Tuesday, according to PeruPetro S.A. The cargo is being hauled by the Barcelona Knutsen, a 173,400 cubic-meter tanker, operated by Knutsen OAS Shipping, and it is expected to arrive at the Manzanillo import terminal today. The 500,000 Mc/d Manzanillo terminal, built and owned by […]

  • Belgium to Get LNG Cargo

    5 March 2014

    The Umm Bab LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,700 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal from Qatar on March 18, according to the Port of Zeebrugge website. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal, operated by Fluxys, serves as a gateway to supply LNG to Northwestern Europe. About 1,300 LNG […]

  • Trinidad Exports LNG Cargo

    7 June 2012

    Trinidad and Tobago shipped an LNG cargo from the Point Fortin terminal yesterday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the Sestao Knutsen, a 138,000 cubic-meter tanker and the destination of the cargo is unknown at this moment. Point Fortin LNG terminal produced 14,664,884 mt of LNG in 2011. The terminal consists […]

  • EU helicopter wards off pirate attack

    27 May 2010

    A helicopter from the EU Navfor warship FS Nivôse was launched against a pirate skiff leading to the disruption of a pirate attack against the product tanker Nordneptun off Zanzibar, Tanzania, on the morning of May 25. On arrival, the Nivôse helicopter fired warning shots and both skiffs gave up their attack and moved into […]

  • CSBC Says Profit May Fall on Low-Margin Ship Orders From Taiwan Government

    10 August 2010

    CSBC Corp., Taiwan’s biggest shipbuilder, said profit may fall this year as it works through low-margin orders placed by government-owned companies during the global recession. “There’s no money to be made from these contracts,” President Paul Tang said in an interview in his Taipei office yesterday. Orders for tankers from refiner CPC Corp. and for […]

  • Wider canal means lower prices for U.S.

    25 October 2006

    The United States on Monday applauded Panama’s overwhelming vote in favor of widening its canal, an eight-year project that will cost $5.25 billion and should lower prices for shoppers on the East Coast buying goods from Asia. The massive project, which would add a third set of locks on the Atlantic and Pacific sides of […]

  • EPA Sets Future Emissions Standards For US Flagged Shipping

    24 December 2009

    In their constant drive to purge the skies of harmful emissions and particulate matter the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a press release this week confirming the standards required for marine diesel engines in the future. All types of carriers, from container shipping and bulk tankers will be included and the programme will be put […]