Chevron-led Angola LNG project could ship a cargo of chilled gas in the coming weeks as an LNG tanker is heading towards the plant in Soyo, shipping data showed. This would be the first cargo of chilled gas to leave the Soyo LNG export plant since the project was shut down in April 2014 after [&hell
Scotland’s only council-owned dredger has made its inaugural journey from shipyard to the sea. Moray Council – responsible for the maintenance of six harbors – is the only local authority in Scotland to own its own dredger. The £2.5 million, 250 tonne vessel was floated off at high tide from the Mac
Helsinki-based, marine drive train technology specialist, The Switch, on Thursday informed it has received an order for its permanent magnet shaft generator for a 45,000 cbm LNG carrier being built for Saga LNG Shipping.
Van den Herik’s new trailing suction hopper dredger, Charlock, has successfully performed the dredging trials on the Wadden Sea and is now ready for its first job. The vessel’s first assignment will include the coastal replenishment operations on the Dutch coast near Bloemendaal Zandvoort. The namin
Danish shipping company, Terntank Rederi recently held a naming ceremony for the two of its four LNG-powered newbuilds at AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding in China.
Israel Electric Corporation has reportedly agreed to purchase three cargoes of liquefied natural gas from BP.
DEME has just released a video about another project in Lagos, the Ilubirin Lagos Lagoon Islands Project, for which the company was awarded the dredging and reclamation contract. Dredging International Services Nigeria Ltd (DISN), a full subsidiary of DEME, carried out the phase one of Ilubirin recl
Jiangsu Haihong Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. has ordered 4×MAN 32/40 engines in connection with an order for 2×8,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredgers. The scope of delivery covers two ship-sets, with each including a propulsion package consisting of 2×9L32/40 engines, an MAN Alpha twin-screw
A new Moray Council’s dredging vessel, called Selkie, is expected to begin sea trials later this week. The £2.4 million vessel, built by Macduff Shipyard Ltd, will be the only dredger in Scotland operated by a local council. It will service the council-owned harbors at Buckie, Burghead, Hopeman, Fin
MSC Cruises on Wednesday said it has signed a letter of intent with STX France for the construction of up to four LNG-powered cruise ships.
Qatargas and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) have signed an agreement for the supply of half a million tonnes of liquefied natural gas to Kuwait over the next four years. The LNG will be sourced from Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited (2) (Qatargas 2) , a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum, E
Dutch-based Shipyard Constructions Hoogezand Nieuwbouw (SCHN) last week held a launching ceremony for LNG-powered hopper barge “greenports 1”. The vessel, presumably the first working vessel at a European seaport to be powered by eco-friendly LNG, was launched at SCHN yard in Foxhol, Groningen, on T
USACE’s hopper dredger McFarland returned home to Philadelphia this weekend after completing urgent dredging assignments for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans and Wilmington Districts. The dredger was recently deployed for an emergency dredging assignment in Wilmington Harbor, Outer Ocea
LNG-powered hopper barge named greenports 1 has recently been launched in at Shipyard Constructions Hoogezand Nieuwbouw (SCHN) in Foxhol, The Netherlands.
