France’s fourth LNG import terminal located in the port of Dunkirk is scheduled to receive its first cargo of the chilled fuel in June this year, according to the latest construction update. This marks another delay as the EDF-operated terminal was initially expected to receive cargoes by the end of
Bermuda-based Golar LNG Partners said Wednesday it has entered into an agreement to buy the Golar Tundra FSRU from Golar LNG Limited. The deal is worth about $330 million, “less an expected amount of approximately $230 million of net lease obligations under the bank financing for the vessel“, Golar
Estonia’s Tallink Grupp informed it held a keel-laying ceremony for the LNG-powered ferry Megastar at the Meyer Turku yard on Monday. Total investment in the vessel is at €230 million and its delivery is set for the beginning of 2017, according to Tallink. The construction of the vessel kicked off a
Tower Software Ltd., a company involved in providing custom built software and hardware to the Hydrographic Surveying Industry, has installed a new crane dredging control system on the UK Dredging vessel Cherry Sand. “Our in proprietary crane control system outputs data from the crane to the process
Japan’s price of spot liquefied natural gas contracted in January averaged $7.1 per mmBtu on DES basis, down 30 cents from the previous month. The average LNG price for cargoes contracted last month in Japan was also the lowest since Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) started pub
The UK’s South Hook LNG terminal is due to receive the fourth cargo of chilled gas from Qatar in February. The Al Rekayyat LNG carrier, with a capacity of 216,000 cubic meters, is expected to arrive in the Milford Haven waterway and dock at the terminal’s jetty on February 16, port authority data re
Royal IHC is putting finishing touches on the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) JUN YANG 1. With the deck-house now installed, the JUN YANG 1 is one step closer to delivery, set for the end of July 2016. The vessel, being built for CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd (GDC), is already equipped wit
Poland received on Monday its second ever cargo of liquefied natural gas from Qatar at the LNG import terminal in Świnoujście. The cargo, that will be used for further operational tests, was brought onboard the 210,000 cbm Q-flex LNG carrier Al Nuaman. The Q-Flex vessel also delivered the first carg
The naming ceremony of Charlock, Van den Herik’s new trailing suction hopper dredger, took place on February 6th in Harlingen. The vessel was built by Barkmeijer Shipyards and will start her first assignment in March 2016. The first Charlock’s task will include the coastal replenishment operations o
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 [
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
