Crowley Maritime informed it christened the second of four new, Jones Act product tankers for use within the U.S.-coastwise trade. The LNG-ready tanker was christened at the South Florida petroleum terminal in Fort Lauderdale. The 50,000 dead-weight-ton (dwt), 330,000-barrel-capacity Texas joins sis
The 15,600 cbm Coral Energy, chartered by Skangas, is scheduled to dock at the Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge LNG facility in Belgium on February 22. Coral Energy will load a cargo of chilled gas and depart from Zeebrugge a day after, port data showed. It is expected that the vessel will arrive at Skanga
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (February 1-7, 2016). Sas van Vreeswijk Consortium Signs Beatrixsluis Contract The Sas van Vreeswijk consortium has won a contract for the construction of the 3rd chamber Beatrix lock and the widening of the Lekka
Boskalis-Van Oord joint venture has been busy for the last couple of months with the creation of an artificial island in the bay of Jakarta, Indonesia. Trailing suction hopper dredgers began the works in late September, and are now dredging the sand that is being used for this massive reclamation pr
The UK’s South Hook LNG terminal is scheduled to receive its third cargo of Qatari liquefied natural gas for the month of February. The 210,157 cbm Q-Flex carrier Umm Al Amad set off from the port of Ras Laffan in Qatar, and is scheduled to dock at the South Hook terminal on February 12, port data [
State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is reportedly planning to start a liquefied natural gas FSRU in the second half of 2016. According to a report by Reuters, the floating LNG import terminal is being supplied by U.S. company Excelerate Energy. The LNG import terminal’s import capacit
Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo-listed Aqualis ASA, informed it has been contracted by Gas Entec to provide an engineering study of a new-build LNG barge that will operate offshore the USA. Aqualis Offshore’s work scope is to provide a “failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) study for control and
Malaysia’s SapuraKencana informed it has through a joint venture with GE Oil and Gas secured a contract to work on two Petronas’ floating LNG units, PFLNG1 and PFLNG2. SapuraKencana GE Oil & Gas Services Sdn Bhd has been awarded by Petronas Floating LNG1 a contract for “comprehensive maintenance of
Briggs Marine and Environmental Services has ordered a Damen Multi Cat 2712, the 27-meter workboat capable of taking on almost any role in the coastal environment. Designated the Forth Warrior, the new Multi Cat is currently being fitted out at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld in the Netherlands. Special
Damen Shipyards Group has completed a key construction contract comprising two electric-powered cutter suction dredgers (CSD) for the Canadian oil sands industry. With both vessels built in Canada, the contract marks the close cooperation between Damen and Aecon, Canada’s largest publicly traded inf
Petronet LNG-operated Dahej liquefied natural gas terminal in Gujarat state, India received a cargo from Qatar, shipping data shows. According to the data, the 138,097 cbm Disha LNG carrier docked at the Dahej terminal’s jetty on Wednesday carrying a cargo of chilled gas from the Qatari port of Ras
REN’s Sines LNG import terminal in Portugal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on Friday. The 75,000 cbm Cheikh El Mokrani is transporting the cargo from Algeria’s Skikda liquefaction plant, port data reveals. The LNG terminal in Sines lies on Portugal’s Atlantic coast in the in
The ConocoPhilips-operated Australia Pacific LNG project has on Monday shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas from the Curtis Island facility to South Korea. The 155,300 cbm LNG Jurojin, which is co-owned by MOL and Kansai Electric Power, is expected to dock at Kogas’ Pyeongtaek LNG terminal aroun
Belgian dredging company DEME said on Monday it has ordered another dual-fuel dredger at the Dutch shipyard Royal IHC. The dual-fuel engines can either be run on diesel fuel or liquefied natural gas (LNG). IHC will provide the turnkey delivery of the entire vessel, including the dredging, electrical
