Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has won two orders in Brazil and the Bahamas. The activities involve dredging work for the construction of a new shipyard in Aracruz, Brazil. The client is Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA),
VVV-Spetstekhnika, a Kherson-based manufacturer of suction dredgers, recently delivered new dredger, the НСС 400/20-F-GR to a customer in Ukraine. The model, equipped with two removable suction nozzles on the suction tube and capable of dredging up to 10m, was produced in just four months. Control h
According to the latest video, the Liepaja Port dredging project has entered into its second (and final) phase. Liepaja Special Economic Zone Authority reported earlier this month that Strabag Wasserbau GmbH has completed the first phase of the project, increasing the water depth in sectors 2.5 and
The Al Kharaitiyat LNG carrier, with a capacity of 216,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on July 30, according to port data. The facility can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and this cargo will be the third shipment in five days. Qatar Petroleum
The UK’s South Hook import terminal will get another cargo of LNG from Qatar on July 28, port data reveals. Cargo is being shipped to the facility that can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year onboard the 266,000 cbm Al Mafyar. This will be the third shipment from Ras Laffan to South Hook in th
The Bu Samra LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal on July 25. According to the Milford Haven Port Authority website, this will be the second LNG shipment this week. The South Hook LNG terminal, a part of the Qatargas 2 integrated valu
The South Hook terminal, a facility that can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year, is awaiting a new LNG shipment from Qatar. New cargo, onboard the Al Gattara LNG carrier, with a capacity of 216,000 cubic metres, is scheduled to arrive on 23 July, according to port data. It will be the third L
BC Ferries has awarded Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. of Gdansk, Poland contracts totalling $165 million to build three new ‘Intermediate Class’ ferries. Lloyd’s Register (LR) will class the ferries. Mark Wilson, BC Ferries’ Vice President of Engineering, said: “BC Ferries is very pleased to have LR as
Belgium’s Zeebrugge import terminal, operated by Fluxys, will receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on July 28. The Umm Bab LNG carrier, with a capacity of 145,700 cubic metres, is sailing from Ras Laffan in Qatar, port data reveals. Nine LNG carriers were unloaded, and five were loaded at the Ze
GTT, specialist in the design of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG, announced the notification of four LNGCs which will be built by the Chinese shipbuilding company Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. The new ships will be jointly owned by Teekay, the third la
Peru’s only LNG export facility shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Spain on July 11. The cargo is being hauled by the Barcelona Knutsen, a 173,400 cbm tanker, and it is sailing to the Bilbao import terminal. The liquefaction plant in Pampa Melchorita has exported 218 cargoes since its startup
Höegh LNG of Norway has launched the company’s fourth floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. The Höegh Challenger FSRU with a capacity of 170,000 cbm, is due for delivery in March 2015. The class membrane FSRU is equipped with dua
In 2012 DNV presented its Shipping 2020 publication predicting 1000 vessels sailing on LNG by 2020. Now DNV GL, the world’s largest classification society, still believes this will be the case, Matthé Bakker, Head of Solutions DNV GL in the Netherlands, told LNG World News in an interview. DNV GL re
Wärtsilä has signed technical management agreements with four Greek liquefied natural gas ship owners, Maran Gas Maritime, Dynagas, TMS Cardiff Gas and Thenamaris LNG covering condition based maintenance for a total of 80 Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines for a five year period. The agreements have be
