Qatargas has delivered its first ever cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Singapore. The cargo was delivered on board the Q-Max LNG carrier “UMM SLAL” to Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd’s (SLNG) first LNG receiving terminal at Jurong Island. Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Qatargas Chief Executiv
Israel has achieved a major milestone on Saturday when natural gas production commenced from the Tamar field off Israel’s Mediterranean shore, Reuters reports. The country is expected to become a gas exporter by the end of the decade. Partners in the fields stated that they had invested $3 billion i
Partners in Tamar field offshore Israel announced the start of natural gas production from the field, informs Reuters. The start of production marks a major milestone for Israel, and the country expects to become a gas exporter by the end of the decade. The partners in the Tamar field are: Noble Ene
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One Injured and Three Missing after Tanoto Shipyard Fire (Singapore) One man has been seriously injured while three are still missing due to a fire that broke out yesterday at Tanoto Shipyard off Shipyard Road in Jurong, Singapore. SBM Offshore Wins Two FPSO Contracts from Petrobras (Brazil) SBM Off
Van Oord: “Titan” and “Astrachan” Commissioned (The Netherlands) Yesterday, Van Oord held a ceremony commissioning crane vessel Titan and accommodation pontoon Astrachan. Boskalis: New Trenchformer (The Netherlands) Boskalis Offshore expands its capabilities in the cable installation market with t
The high amount of plastic that floats freely in the oceans forming gyres, which endanger sea life, affects food chain and causes over a billion US dollar worth vessel damages per year. Take a look at the inspiring speech of a first year aerospace engineering student at the Delft University of Techn
A year after taking delivery of its last Bourbon Liberty 200 vessel and 1st Bourbon Liberty 300 vessel, BOURBON has extended its range of services with the Bourbon Liberty 151, the very first vessel in a series of 15 next generation PSVs. 111 Bourbon Liberty vessels by the end of 2014, 85 already op
A year after taking delivery of its last Bourbon Liberty 200 vessel and 1st Bourbon Liberty 300 vessel, BOURBON has extended its range of services with the Bourbon Liberty 151, the very first vessel in a series of 15 next generation PSVs. BOURBON has been investing in an extensive range of next gene
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Egypt’s coastguard caught three divers cutting an undersea internet cable and causing disruptions to online services on Wednesday, Telegraph reports. The damage was caused on South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) cable which links France to Singapore, with branches connecting telec
The international KPI Project, started by InterManager but now an industry-led initiative, is going from strength to strength. So far, 120 companies have registered with the Project, now managed by the independent KPI Association, and KPI data is being uploaded from more than 1,600 vessels into the
INTTRA, a multi-carrier network for ocean shipping, has entered into a multi-year agreement with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) to further extend the service benefits of INTTRA’s standardized e-commerce network to UASC customers. The new agreement will also support UASC in achieving its aggress
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