The naming and launch ceremony of the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ILEMBE took place this morning at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. The dredger is being built for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the national port authority of South Africa. The ceremo
Nor Lines RoRo service between Cuxhaven and Norway was officially launched with the first departure of the MS Kvitbjørn.
Nor Lines RoRo service between Cuxhaven and Norway was officially launched with the first departure of the MS Kvitbjørn.
Qatar, the world’s largest LNG exporter, dispatched a cargo of the chilled gas from Ras Laffan to Belgium on Thursday.
Qatar, the world’s largest LNG exporter, dispatched a cargo of the chilled gas from Ras Laffan to Belgium on Thursday.
After Van Oord awarded the design and equipment contract for their new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel ‘Bravenes’ to Ulstein in September 2014, Sinopacific has now begun construction of the vessel with the first steel already cut for this innovative vessel. The DP-3 vessel is a unique design f
Jan De Nul Group has ordered two 6,000 ton Subsea Rock Installation (SRI) vessels from AVIC Weihai shipyard in Weihai, China. The vessels will be able to install rock at depths up to about 600 m by means of a flexible fall pipe. An inclined fall pipe will enable accurate rock installation around str
Royal IHC will hold naming and launch ceremony of the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ILEMBE at its shipyard in Kinderdijk on Saturday, 9 May, 2015. Designed and constructed for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the 5,500m3 capacity vessel will be the largest dredging vessel of it
Over the past few years, Van Oord has developed a new technique for dredging at great water depths. This Deep Excavation System (DES), patented by Van Oord, is an innovative method to prepare a sea bottom profile for installing offshore pipelines. Uneven sea beds are traditionally prepared for layin
Golar LNG said that it has commenced discussions with partners Keppel and Black & Veatch aimed at exercising an option, under an existing framework agreement, for the ordering of a third GoFLNG unit similar to the Hilli and the Gimi.
Golar LNG said that it has commenced discussions with partners Keppel and Black & Veatch aimed at exercising an option, under an existing framework agreement, for the ordering of a third GoFLNG unit similar to the Hilli and the Gimi.
In Bremerhaven, a vessel under German flag, the car and passenger ferry MS Ostfriesland, owned by AG EMS, was fuelled, for the first time ever, with low-emission liquefied natural gas.
In Bremerhaven, a vessel under German flag, the car and passenger ferry MS Ostfriesland, owned by AG EMS, was fuelled, for the first time ever, with low-emission liquefied natural gas.
The UK’s Isle of Grain LNG import terminal, operated by National Grid, will receive a cargo of the chilled gas this week. The 154,914 cbm GDF Suez Point Fortin, which is carrying a cargo from Algeria, is expected to dock at the Grain terminal on May 6, shipping data reveals. Grain terminal is about
