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ESL Shipping names its 1st LNG-powered bulker
Finnish shipowner ESL Shipping on Wednesday held a christening ceremony for its first LNG-powered dry cargo vessel at the Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, China. The first of the two new LNG-powered handysize bulk carriers ordered back in September last year, was christened Viikki in honor of the shippi
Japan’s MOL inks Yamal LNG charter deals
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) said Thursday it had signed a long-term charter contract for four LNG carriers which will serve the Novatek-operated $27 billion Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic. The four 174,000-cbm LNG carriers will be delivered and serve on Yamal LNG project in 2019 and 2
Fluxys merges with its finance unit
Belgium-based LNG operator Fluxys has merged with its wholly owned subsidiary Fluxys Finance that was in charge of the centralised management of cash funds and financing within the group. These activities will now be carried out by Fluxys itself. The transaction simplifies Fluxys’ organisational str
Skangas adds new board member
Norwegian LNG supplier and terminal operator, Skangas has appointed Jarmo Honkamaa as a new member of its board of directors. Honkamaa is Chief Executive of the consulting company Tixicon and has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has earlier worked in senior positions
Finland’s Port of Helsinki releases LNG bunkering manual
The Port of Helsinki announced on Tuesday that, in response to liquefied natural gas becoming an increasingly popular marine fuel, it has published instructions for the safe LNG bunkering of ships. With the expansion of the sulphur emission control area of the Baltic Sea, LNG is becoming an increasi
MacGregor, ESL Shipping to test cranes on LNG-powered bulkers
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, and ESL Shipping, part of Aspo Plc, have agreed to jointly develop and test an autonomous discharging feature on MacGregor bulk handling cranes. The cranes will be fitted on board ESL Shipping’s two new LNG-powered handysize bulk carriers. “Autonomous crane operation imp
LDT books additional capacity at Lithuania’s LNG terminal
Lithuania’s natural gas supply and trading company Lietuvos Dujų Tiekimas has booked additional capacity at the country’s first LNG import terminal in the port of Klaipeda. Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of the LNG import facility, said Tuesday it concluded a deal with LDT under which the latter gets
UK’s South Hook books first July LNG cargo
The UK’s South Hook import terminal has booked its first cargo of liquefied natural gas LNG for July. The 266,000 LNG carrier Zarga is scheduled to arrive at the South Hook LNG terminal on July 2 from Qatar, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority data. South Hook is also expected to receive a
Wood Group scores Greek LNG contract
Aberdeen-based LNG engineer Wood Group has secured a new front-end engineering design contract with Gastrade for the Alexandroupolis liquefied natural gas project offshore Greece. Wood Group’s subsea team will perform the design and engineering definition of the Alexandroupolis floating storage and
TurkStream deep water pipe laying starts
Russian gas giant Gazprom on Friday started laying the TurkStream gas pipeline in the deep-water area off the coast of Anapa. The operations were launched with the command given by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Pioneering Spirit pipe-laying vessel, according to a Gazprom s
Lithuania’s LDT buys US LNG cargo
Lithuania’s natural gas supply and trading company Lietuvos Dujų Tiekimas, part of the state-controlled Lietuvos Energija, said Monday it bought a cargo of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Houston-based Cheniere. The first US LNG cargo to land in Lithuania is expected in the second half of August
Coral South FLNG contract goes to Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions of Norway has secured a contract for Eni’s multi-billion Coral South FLNG project, Mozambique’s first offshore field development. The work scope includes three steel tube umbilicals that would total more than 19 kilometers in length and connect the Coral South floating liquefied natur
DEME holds naming ceremony for its 1st LNG-powered dredger
Belgian dredging specialist DEME on Friday held a naming ceremony for its first LNG-powered dredger in the port of Zeebrugge. DEME claims that the 3,500-cbm trailing suction hopper dredger named Minerva is the first dredging vessel in the world equipped with dual fuel engines and capable of operatin
Amec Foster Wheeler offloads boiler business for $170 million
London-based LNG engineer Amec Foster Wheeler has completed the sale of its circulating fluidised bed boiler business to Japan’s Sumitomo Heavy Industries for $170 million. The net proceeds of will be used to reduce the company’s net debt. The CFB boiler business is the largest part of the company’s