Canada’s HaiSea Marine, a joint venture majority-owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, has welcomed the second emissions-free battery electric tug built by Sanmar Shipyards in Türkiye. The tug named HaiSea Wee’git is joining its sister vessel HaiSea Wamis, which was delivered e
Jiangnan Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has started building a new wharf to facilitate the construction of large-scale LNG carriers. According to a statement by CSSC, Jiangnan Shipbuilding held a groundbreaking ceremony on 10 August for this wharf project
Oman LNG has signed a binding term-sheet agreement with German Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) to supply 0.4 million metric tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG starting from 2026. According to a report from the Omani state news agency, the agreement, based on a 4-year contract, aims to enhance the partne
Energy major Enagás has announced that the El Musel LNG terminal in Gijón, Spain, has received power major Endesa’s first vessel, the 180,000 m3 capacity Gaslog Warsaw, following the final technical tests required before the plant’s commercial commissioning. According to Enagás, on 31 July, followin
Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine has completed the final assembly of what it claims to be the world’s largest self-supporting prismatic shape IMO type B tank (SPB) for storing LNG. The company announced the milestone via social media on 11 August. As disclosed, the assembly was completed at Wi
Saipem is on a roll, as it lined up its second batch of contracts in two days and its third one since the start of this month.
As the race to decarbonize the industry continues it’s becoming more and more evident that green fuels are essential for the much-needed energy transition and will surely play a pivotal role in the road towards net zero. Green methanol is rapidly emerging as a transformative marine fuel, leading the
First liquefaction modules for Plaquemines LNG, an LNG export facility being built by Venture Global LNG in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, have arrived at the construction site. On 10 August, Venture Global posted a short social media update, sharing this construction milestone. Earlier this year, t
In its Q2 2023 report, Golar LNG, owner and operator of LNG midstream infrastructure, has announced growth in its FLNG business. The company revealed that conversion works on FLNG Gimi are 97% complete, with the floater scheduled to leave the yard in September 2023. Final checks, storing up and sea
Germany’s Deutsche ReGas has completed the procedure for the allocation of long-term regasification capacity for the planned floating LNG terminal in the port of Mukran. The company said the procedure was completed on 7 August and the offered capacity of 4 billion cubic meters (bcm) for a period of
In the bidding for the batch tugboat construction project of Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Branch, Tongfang Jiangxin Shipbuilding won the 2023 Shengli Oilfield Offshore Oil Ship Center 4 A 5000 HP full-turn tugboat construction project contract. According to the China Association of the National Shipbuil
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has started construction of the first LNG carrier for compatriot COSCO Shipping Energy and Sinochem Petroleum. According to the shipbuilder’s statement, the construction of the 174,000 m3 LNG carrier began on 8 August at the Changxing Shipbuilding Bas
Dutch bunker supplier Titan has completed the conversion of its recently acquired vessels, Titan Unikum and Titan Vision, into state-of-the-art LNG bunker vessels. The company bought the two ships at the beginning of 2023 from Canadian gas transportation company Seapeak for bunkering retrofit. Titan
Swiss renewable energy producer Axpo has inked a ten-year charter deal for a liqufied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel, which could also transport bio-LNG and ammonia.
