Becker Marine Systems’ floating LNG power plant, the environmentally friendly alternative for supplying power to cruise ships lying at port, was christened at Hafencity in Hamburg. Before invited guests, the LNG Hybrid Barge was christened the Hummel (Bumblebee) at Grasbrook Kai near the Hamburg Cru
Peru’s only LNG export facility shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo on Monday. The cargo is being hauled by the 137,814 cubic-meter Hispania Spirit, and it is sailing to Spain. The liquefaction plant in Pampa Melchorita has exported 233 cargoes since its startup in June of 2010, according to Perup
The South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal in the UK is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on October 23, port data reveals. The Zarga LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar. This is the third LNG shipment in October for the South Ho
Höegh LNG’s third FSRU, the 170,000 cbm Höegh Gallant, is expected to start operating as an LNG import terminal in Egypt by the end of 2014. The company signed earlier this year a letter of intent with Egyptian Natural Gas (Egas) to lease the FSRU for a period of five years. The Höegh Gallant is equ
Brittany Ferries of France said it has scrapped plans to build an EUR 270 million LNG-fuelled newbuilding and convert its existing ships to run on the chilled gas. Brittany Ferries chairman Jean-Marc Roue said that the company did not win a temporary exemption for its fleet from next year’s new sulp
MAN Diesel & Turbo has received an order for four MAN B&W 5G70ME-GI engines in connection with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering agreeing a deal with the BW Group to build two LNG carriers. The technical engine specification complies with IMO Tier II, with options to include remedies for Tier
The second of four Damen ASD Tugs 2810 for ARC Towage (Spain) has left for Trinidad. There, the Guapo Warrior will join the fleet of Joint Venture company ARC Towage, which will provide the gas terminal berthing services for a significant energy industry player in Trinidad and Tobago, according to a
Belgium’s only LNG terminal is expected to receive a cargo of the chilled fuel from Qatar. The 145,602 cbm Milaha Qatar is scheduled to dock at the Zeebrugge terminal on October 25, port data reveals. The Zeebrugge terminal imports liquefied natural gas mainly from the world’s largest LNG exporter,
The latest liquefied natural gas cargo to be loaded at Peru’s only liquefaction plant has been dispatched to Spain. The 173,400 cbm Sevilla Knutsen departed from the Peru LNG terminal on Tuesday. The tanker is probably sailing to the Bilbao terminal, even though the state-owned Perupetro did not pro
Elengy’s Fos Cavaou import terminal received a cargo of LNG from Algeria. The 75,000 cbm Cheikh El Mokrani docked at the Fos Cavaou on Friday, shipping data reveals. Elengy, a unit of GDF Suez, has this year achieved a record of 9,000 deliveries (about 275 million tons) since 1965. The company opera
GTT of France has secured an order for two LNGCs which will be built by the Korean shipbuilder DSME. The vessels will be equipped with the NO 96 GW membrane technology, which allows an optimized daily boil-off rate of cargo LNG, and helps to save fuel cost during journeys, GTT said in a statement. T
The 2006 built Arctic Princess LNG carrier posed at the Gate terminal on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. The 147,980 cbm vessel built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is chartered by Statoil. Gate LNG import terminal consists of three storage tanks, two jetty’s and a process area where the LNG is regasified.
The volume of dredging operations performed by Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. under MMPK Bronka project will exceed 10.4 mln cbm in 2014. Boskalis plans to deepen Bronka’s approach canal to 7.5 meters this year, according to portnews.ru. Many of the Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. vessels are opera
GTT said it received an AIP (Approval in Principal) from Bureau Veritas for its LNG bunker vessel. This AIP follows other recent approvals from several major classification societies for GTT designs for a 2.200m3 bunker barge in the US market and of the REACH4, bunker mast. It further positions GTT
