CT Systems officially released their world first, true all in one, dredging computer called GeoDredge. GeoDredge houses all necessary components in a rugged and compact housing, offering maximum installation and maximum user friendliness. GeoDredge acts as a hardware platform for the tried and teste
Pon Power, the Dutch Caterpillar® dealer, and Bolier, the MaK dealer for the Benelux, have recently signed a three year contract with Van Oord, the world’s leading dredging, hydraulics and offshore projects contractor. Together the two Pon companies will be responsible for the full maintenance and r
Sovcomflot of Russia plans to start fueling ships with LNG by 2017, the company’s CEO Sergei Frank said at the WPC in Moscow. The company aims to begin the process together with Gazprom, Gazprombank and Shell, reports ITAR-TASS. In an earlier statement Sovcomflot announced that it was ready to run s
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is due to ship a re-export cargo on July 1. The destination of the cargo is South Korea’s Incheon LNG terminal, operated by Kogas, the world’s largest corporate buyer of LNG. The GasLog Skagen LNG tanker, with a capacity of 155,000 cbm, will reach t
The technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a contract by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard of Finland to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel gas system for a new icebreaker for the Finnish Transport Agency. The vessel has been designed especially for the demanding icebreaking operations in
The UK’s South Hook import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Qatar this week, port data shows. The Rasheeda LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cbm, is due to arrive at the South Hook terminal on June 22. The South Hook LNG terminal was fully commissioned in 20
Van Oord Strengthens Its Position in UK Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has reached an agreement in principle on the acquisition of UK specialist marine civil contractor J.T. Mackley & Co Ltd. UK: Person Missing after
Italdraghe is currently working with an Italian dredging company on a beach replenishment project at the mouth of the Tagliamento River in north east Italy. All the equipment for the job, including a BDC 250 dredging head (fitted on a Fiat Kobelco excavator) and an SF BDC 150 cutter suction dredger,
The 173,400 cbm Stena Clear Sky LNG tanker, built by DSME of South Korea, was delivered in 2012. Stena Bulk took back the overall responsibility for the commercial operation and technical management of the tanker from Stena LNG on January 1 this year. [mappress] LNG World News Staff, June 11, 2014;
Rohr Sand und Kies, based in Waldsee near Speyer in Germany, received their second fully electric driven ISD300 from IDRECO BV. Two years ago Rohr bought their first deep dredger from IDRECO for their plant in Bensheim. After one year of working with the new IDRECO deep suction dredger, the decision
The UK’s South Hook LNG terminal will get another cargo of LNG from Qatar next week, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The Al Mafyar LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive at the South Hook terminal on June 18. Qatar Petroleum owns 67.5 per cent o
The Al Marrouna LNG tanker, with a capacity of 151,700 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at Belgium’s Zeebrugge LNG terminal from Qatar on June 25, port data shows. Fluxys of Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, said that in the first three months of 2014, nine carriers were unload
A new icebreaker being built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard for the Finnish Transport Agency will be powered by Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines capable of operating on both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and low sulphur diesel fuel. When launched in late 2015, it will be the first LNG-powered icebreaker in th
The Al Sadd LNG carrier, with a capacity of 210,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on June 16, port data reveals. The South Hook LNG terminal, a part of the Qatargas 2 integrated value chain, is one of the largest LNG re-gasification terminals in Europe and
