Vessels
Eidesvik scores contract extension for LNG-fueled PSV
Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has secured a five-year deal from Equinor Energy for its LNG-fueled platform supply vessel (PSV) Viking Energy.
A&P Tees Extending the Life of TSHD Heortnesse
The team at A&P Tees is currently extending the life of the trailing suction hopper dredger Heortnesse, which maintains the navigable depth in the ports of Tees and Hartlepool, by up to 17 years. According to the A&P, the work is being carried out over two dockings – the first of which was completed
Flex LNG extends Flex Enterprise charter
Flex LNG, the company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen and an emerging player in the LNG shipping business, has extended the time-charter agreement for Flex Enterprise.
Pirat X – The Biggest Dredger in Africa (VIDEO)
The cutter suction dredger Pirat X is the flagship of B&Q Dredging fleet and one of the biggest CSDs in the world. With three pumps and roughly 10,000 horsepower, it can dredge and transport up to 12.000m³ soil-water mixture per hour at depths of up to 50 meters. Being the biggest dredger in Africa,
BW LNG marks BW Tulip’s two years of ops without LTI
BW LNG, a unit of the Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW Group, said its LNG carrier BW Tulip has completed two years of service with zero lost-time incidents and total recordable cases.
SHI lays keel for GasLog’s LNG newbuild
Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog said it has started the year 2020 laying the keel for another liquefied natural gas newbuild.
Total-chartered LNG bunkering newbuild completes sea trials
The world’s largest LNG bunkering vessel, which will be chartered by the French energy giant Total and owned and operated by MOL, has completed sea trials, according to Bureau Veritas official.
Keel Laid for New IHC Easydredge for Peruvian Cohidro
A keel laying ceremony for a new IHC Easydredge 700 took place last week at the Rio Maguari Shipyard in Belem, Para, Brazil. According to Royal IHC, IMA will be the name of the dredger that the Dutch company set to deliver to the Peruvian Cohidro and means ‘friend’ in a local dialect of the [&hellip
Tarmac Marine Opts for SMS Southampton
SMS Southampton, part of The SMS Group, has completed a significant dredger refit job for Tarmac Marine. The refit involved the 72 meter, 1997-built aggregate dredger ‘City of Chichester’ and was successfully wrapped up at Williams Shipping’s berths in the Western Docks, port of Southampton UK. The
PHOTO: Fresh Green Jacket for TSHD Nile River
DEME Group’s 17,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Nile River is getting into the new year with a fresh green jacket, the company said in their latest announcement. After a dry dock period in Singapore, the TSHD is now ready to head to her next project in Asia. Earlier this year, Alewijns
GasLog cuts steel for 180,000-cbm newbuild
Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog said the first steel has been cut for its HN2311 newbuild at Samsung Heavy Industries.
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 23 – 29, 2019). Titan LNG Delivers LNG to TSHD Scheldt River Via Trucks A joint effort between Port of Brest, CCIMBO, DEME and Titan LNG resulted in the successful truck-to-ship LNG bunkering of the Sche
Jan De Nul’s TSHD Galileo Galilei Launched in China
Jan De Nul Group has just announced that their new trailing suction hopper dredger Galileo Galilei was launched today at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry in Dalian, China. The 18,000m³ TSHD will be equipped with a two stage highly efficient exhaust gas filter system. This will result in emissions compl
Polish LNG terminal receives 78th cargo
Polish liquefied natural gas import facility, the President Lech Kaczyński terminal in Świnoujście, has received a new cargo on Thursday.Polish LNG terminal receives 76th cargo