Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd shipyard in Singapore has handed over the second LNG trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Apolonia to Van Oord. After an intensive construction period, colleagues, partners and suppliers came together yesterday (December 13) to celebrate this memorable moment. The state-of-t
Fluxys LNG, a part of Belgian natural gas transmission operator Fluxys, has decided to provide additional LNG slots at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal. With an intention to ensure increased LNG supply into Europe, Fluxys will be offering 13 additional primary slots to unload, store and regasify LNG cargo
Dutch energy company VTTI has decided to explore the development of a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility that will provide the Netherlands with additional storage and import capacity. As disclosed, the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) facility will be connected to one of th
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received its first order for the tank design of two LNG carriers from its new partner, the Chinese shipyard Yangzijiang, on behalf of a European ship owner. The delivery of the vessels is scheduled between the fourth quarter of 2025 and the second quarter of
Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has released the timelapse of its two-year-long construction of the new fast passenger ferry MyStar. The time-lapse video shows various stages of the construction process throughout different seasons as we get a behind-the-scenes peek into the cre
German shipbuilding group Meyer Werft has postponed the delivery of the LNG-fueled ship Carnival Jubilee, which is being built for the US-based Carnival Cruise Line. The cruise ship is under construction at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany. Meyer has notified Carnival that due to supply chain logis
Gasunie, a European energy-infrastructure company, has been investigating options for LNG import expansion in the Netherlands. The investigation comes after consultation with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and is in accordance with the plans Minister Rob Jetten for Climate and Energy s
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has put into operation Askeladd natural gas development in the Barents Sea two years after the project was originally completed. Askeladd is a satellite field of the Snøhvit field and was developed as a subsea tie-in to the Snøhvit facility and Hammerfest LNG. Equinor
Icon of the Seas, which is being built at the Meyer Turku shipyard, was launched on Friday, December 9, 2022. Over the weekend, the ship will be moved to the outfitting dock, where its now fully assembled hull will receive final outfitting. The shipyard celebrated the float-out with a ceremonial can
Finnish energy company Gasgrid has announced that Excelerate Energy’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Exemplar will arrive at Fortum’s Inkoo port in Finland in the coming weeks to serve as an alternative to the country’s gas import. Exemplar departed Argentina in August, sailed to do
While pondering whether gas is the green choice to bolster decarbonisation, Wood Mackenzie has been reviewing Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
The launch of operations at the floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Lubmin, Germany, has been delayed for several weeks, according to reports by Der Spiegel news magazine. Germany’s first private LNG terminal was scheduled to begin operations at the beginning of December. The first floa
German energy company EnBW has revealed plans to import three billion cubic metres (cbm) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year via Hanseatic Energy Hub (HEH) in Stade. EnBW booked long-term capacity at HEH’s terminal in the past few days as part of a sales process and expects to make a significant
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank for Germany’s largest integrated bio-LNG plant has arrived in Rostock harbour, plant construction company EnviTec Biogas informed. According to EnviTec’s social media update, the almost 40-metre long and over 5-metre high LNG tank arrived in Rostock harbour on 7 De
