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Capstone Turbine: Argonon, First Inland LNG Barge (VIDEO)
Capstone Turbine Corporation uploaded an interesting video showing the Argonon, the first inland barge that runs on liquefied natural gas. Two LNG fueled Capstone C30 microturbines onboard the Argonon Type-C tanker in the Rhine River in Europe, operate in an N+1 setting and serve as the main electri
Kleven Orders TTS Crane from Offshore Construction Vessel (Norway)
Kleven shipyard from Norway has ordered an active heave compensated subsea crane for an offshore construction vessel from TTS Offshore Handling Equipment. The crane will be installed on board an offshore construction vessel which Kleven will build for Rem Offshore. The value of the crane is approxim
Wintershall to Use Transocean Arctic for PL 418 Drilling (Norway)
Wintershall Norge AS has received consent to conduct drilling of an exploration well in a prospect in production licence 418 in the northern part of the North Sea, Norway. The drilling operation will be carried out with the Transocean Arctic semi-submersible drilling rig. Wintershall is the operator
Russia: Gazprom Elects Dmitry Lyugai as Member of Management Committee
The Board of Directors of Gazprom elected Dmitry Lyugai as a Member of the Management Committee for a five-year term. At the same time, the Board of Directors terminated the authority of Vlada Rusakova as a Member of the Company’s Management Committee. In December 2012 Dmitry Lyugai was appointed as
“Ship of the Year” Crashes into Breakwater (UK)
The offshore supply vessel North Sea Giant collided with a breakwater last week at Peterhead port, Scotland, a local newspaper Buchan Observer reports. According to Buchan Observer, the vessel, named Offshore Support Journal’s “Ship of the Year 2012″, sustained damage to its hull when high winds cau
Swedish Companies Ready to Invest in LNG
There is considerable interest in liquefied natural gas, LNG, in shipping and Swedish industry. This is revealed in a market screening conducted by Swedegas. New, stricter environmental stipulations for maritime fuel in Swedish waters from 2015, coupled with the need in industry to switch from oil,
Ukraine in Talks with Turkey over Bosporus LNG Transportation Route
Ukraine is in talks with Turkey on the possibility of the passage of liquefied natural gas tankers through the Bosphorus Strait. This was stated by Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov during a meeting with the State Department’s Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, Amba
UK: Alnmaritec Launches WFSV for North Sea Logistics
Boat builder Alnmaritec launched the latest of its windfarm support vessels (WFSV) recently for long time client North Sea Logistics. The 19m Wave Captain class boat is powered by 2 x 880bhp Doosan engines and reaches over 25 knots. She has demonstrated exceptional sea keeping characteristics and su
UK: Alnmaritec Launches WFSV for North Sea Logistics
Boat builder Alnmaritec launched the latest of its windfarm support vessels (WFSV) recently for long time client North Sea Logistics. The 19m Wave Captain class boat is powered by 2 x 880bhp Doosan engines and reaches over 25 knots. She has demonstrated exceptional sea keeping characteristics and su
Van Oord Wins Constanta Port Breakwater Deal (Romania)
Rotterdam based dredging and marine construction contractor Van Oord and the Romanian Transports Ministry have signed the contract for the completion of the offshore breakwater in the Port of Constanta. Regarding this deal, Minister of Transports Relu Fenechiu, said: “This action complies with the m
Mechanical Failures Extend Yard Stay for Songa Trym (Norway)
Songa Offshore, a drilling contractor based in Cyprus, yesterday announced that due to unexpected mechanical failures to already overhauled, installed and certified equipment and late delivery of OEM equipment, the completion of the yard stay for Songa Trym will be further delayed. The work and acce
Germany: GL Systems Certification Joins WindMade
GL Systems Certification has joined WindMade as one of its accredited verifying partners. The certification body of classification society Germanischer Lloyd thereby commits itself to supporting the WindMade label by aiding in the development of the label. The WindMade label, which is backed by the
UK: LNG Imports Down
The UK’s imports of natural gas in the latest three months of 2012 were 8.3 per cent lower than a year ago. Exports were less than half at 20.9 TWh for the same three month period, and were at their lowest since 2004, whereas net imports of gas were 28.5 per cent higher. Pipeline imports from [&hell
4C Offshore Maps Development of European Wind Farm Service Vessel Fleet
Offshore shore wind market consultancy 4C Offshore has researched and mapped the development of the European Wind Farm Service Vessel fleet. The sector has grown rapidly over the last five years providing more sophisticated vessels in response to client requests and the needs of personnel being tran