The UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is scheduled to receive a cargo of the chilled fuel from Qatar next week. According to the port data, one of the world’s largest LNG carriers, the 266,000-cbm Aamira, is set to dock at South Hook LNG jetty in the port of Milford Haven on Febru
Turkey commissioned on Wednesday the country’s second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at a port in Dörtyol, Hatay located on the country’s Mediterranean coast. The MOL FSRU Challenger, the world’s largest FSRU, arrived in Turkey in November last year following delivery to its owner o
Royal IHC has completed the substantial renovation of the self-propelled cutter suction dredger HUTA 14, owned by Saudi Arabian Huta Marine. The vessel is already undertaking operations after final tests were successfully completed last week on the CSD, said IHC. The renovation project was accomplis
Elcome International, the Dubai-based maritime solutions provider, said it had completed a satellite communications retrofit program for a major fleet of liquefied natural gas tankers providing broadband data and voice services. The company said in a statement on Tuesday that its team decommissioned
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 29 – February 4, 2018). Boskalis in Markermeer Lake: Changing Map of the Netherlands Boskalis is changing the map of the Netherlands in the Markermeer lake, where nature is getting a boost with an archipe
Increasing vessel supply will keep liquefied natural gas (LNG) charter rates under pressure in 2018, despite strong growth in trade, according to a report by the shipping consultancy Drewry. Drewry’s short-term outlook for LNG charter rates remains pessimistic because of the high fleet growth rate c
Royal IHC has just announced that the first custom-built trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) in the Middle East, the 6,000m³ ARZANA successfully completed sea trials last week in the Netherlands. It took the Dutch shipbuilder only ten months to completely design, construct and test the new vessel
The second phase of dredging operations in connection with the berth extension project at Ra’s al-Khaimah’s Saqr Port is set to begin today, according to a Notice to Mariners issued by the Harbor Master of RAK Ports. The work will be conducted by the cutter suction dredger Athena and is expected to
Q-Flex liquefied natural gas carrier Al Aamriya recently undergone a routine survey at the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Qatar’s Port of Ras Laffan, according to the LNG shipping giant Nakilat. Nakilat and the Japanese J5 consortium jointly own and operate the 210,168-cbm LNG carrier. The
Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and export complex in Ras Laffan dispatched a cargo to Belgium.
Royal IHC has begun sea trials for the recently launched 6,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ARZANA. The vessel is owned by National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) from Abu Dhabi and has been specially designed to operate in high ambient temperatures. Over the next couple of days, IHC eng
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 15-21, 2018). VIDEO: Royal IHC Launches Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger DC Orisant The launching ceremony of new multi-purpose 5.450m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) DC Orisant took place earlier
Chevron’s unit, Chevron Shipping Company awarded a three-year ship agency deal for crude and LNG vessels to GAC Group.
Royal IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands, is making good progress with the construction of the new 900kW cutter suction dredger (CSD) Jarash. Named after an ancient city in Jordan, the custom-built stationary CSD is being built for Arab Potash Company (APC). According to the shipbuilder, IH
