A pair of Elcano-owned 178,000m³ LNG carriers, which will be built to LR class, will be two of the largest of their kind to navigate the Panama Canal – which is due to re-open in 2016.
Royal IHC has successfully launched the MAHURY, a 1,840m³ capacity twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), at partner shipyard MTG Dolphin Shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria. The new TSHD is Dutch Dredging’s fourth IHC-built vessel, after the ALBATROS, LESSE and AMAZONE. The MAHURY is an upgrade
Dynagas LNG Partners, an owner and operator of LNG carriers, revealed a net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 of $14.3 million and $29.2 million, respectively, an increase of 40.0% and 37.3%, respectively, over the same periods in 2014.
Sakhalin Energy said it has offloaded the 1000th standard cargo of LNG, produced since the start of the first Russian LNG plant.
The latest LNG cargo to be loaded at Statoil’s Hammerfest terminal in Norway has been dispatched to Spain.
The launching ceremony of the 1.840 m³ twin screw trailing suction hopper dredger “MAHURY” took place at MTG Dolphin Shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria, on August 10, 2015. The new TSHD is Dutch Dredging’s fourth IHC-built vessel, after the ALBATROS, LESSE and AMAZONE. The MAHURY is an upgraded version of
South Hook LNG terminal in the UK is scheduled to receive the sixth cargo of Qatari liquefied natural gas within a period of ten days.
DNV GL informed that it has developed a new class notation for gas bunker vessels to ensure safe fuel transfer operations from one ship to another.
The 148,000 cbm LNG tanker Arctic Lady is sailing again after it has recently undergone a major overhaul at Damen Shiprepair Brest in France.
Bestobell Valves informed that it has supplied cryogenic valves to the LNG-fuelled ferry, the MV Armand-Imbeau II, which has recently been launched by Chantier Davie of Canada.
A busy month at the UK’s South Hook LNG import terminal continues with another delivery.
Construcciones Navales del Norte – La Naval informed that it has launched the ferry Texelstroom, which is currently under construction for the Dutch company Royal N.V. Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming.
Shipping services group Clarksons said that the current order book for LNG tankers will need to be added to significantly to keep pace with demand.
REN’s Sines LNG terminal in Portugal is expected to receive a cargo of the chilled gas on August 22.
