The Gazocean employees, of the natural gas and LNG business line, lent themselves to the game of the “Make Us Dream” operation on board the GDF Suez Global Energy LNG tanker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RSFdxdfqz8 Gazocean, a subsidiary of GDF Suez and NYK Line groups, operates five LNG carrier
This week Uljanik Brodogradiliste in Pula, Croatia, started with the construction of the Multi-Purpose Vessel JDN8628. This versatile vessel can be equipped with two cable turntables with a total capacity of 10,000 tonnes. For Subsea Rock Installation the vessel can carry up to 10,000 tonnes of rock
The South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal in the UK is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on June 12, port data reveals. The Zarga LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar. This represents the third qatari cargo scheduled to arrive at
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired two contracts in the United Kingdom and Sweden with a combined value of approximately EUR 70 million. In the UK Boskalis is to build a breakwater in Clacton-on-Sea for Tendring District Council over a distance of five kilometers between Clacton
Joseph Plateau was launched in 2012 at the Spanish shipyard Construcciones Navales de Norte in Sestao. This 191,5 m long vessel is used for precise rock dumping to a depth of 2,000 m. The system for the unfolding of the fall pipe is extremely advanced and operates fully automatically. At the bottom
DNV GL has initiated a joint industry project to define the state-of-the-art next-generation LNG carrier. The aim is to develop a new LNG carrier that has a significantly improved environmental footprint and is more energy efficient and better suited to future trading patterns than existing vessels.
The Cutter Suction Dredger D’Artagnan, built by IHC Holland, is capable of dredging to a depth of 35m. The vessel is equipped with two inboard dredge pumps and one submerged dredge pump on the cutter ladder. The dredged material can be pumped ashore through a 1,000mm discharge pipe. The dredger is e
Peru’s only LNG export facility shipped an LNG cargo to Spain on May 28. The cargo is being hauled by the Sevilla Knutsen, a 173.400 cubic-meter tanker, and is expected to arrive at the Bilbao LNG import terminal on June 18. The liquefaction plant in Pampa Melchorita has exported 211 cargoes since i
A new, highly efficient, Aframax tanker design offering practical and viable solutions that meet current and forthcoming emissions legislation is today launched by Wärtsilä at the Posidonia 2014 exhibition in Athens, Greece. Wärtsilä will also be featuring its range of merchant ship designs to provi
Portugal’s Port of Sines will get a shipment of liquefied natural gas from Qatar this week, port data shows. The Al Utouriya, with a capacity of 216,164 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at the Sines LNG import terminal on June 6. The terminal is held by REN Atlântico and has a nominal send out ca
Marine terminal service company Smit Lamnalco believes it has an important contribution to make as new safety regulations for floating gas terminal facilities are drawn up. Group Business Development Manager Andrew Brown points out that although there is some overlap on safety issues between floatin
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG from Qatar onboard the 145,602 cbm Milaha Qatar on June 14, according to port data. Fluxys, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, said that 37 LNG carriers unloaded at Zeebrugge in 2013, compared with 46 i
NYK and the Knutsen Group said that they have concluded a joint investment and financing arrangements on a 50:50 basis for two new 176,000 m3 ME-GI LNG tankers. The vessels to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries for delivery in the second half of 2016 will be chartered to Spanish energy company Gas
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG onboard the 145,800 cbm Al Jassasiya from Qatar on June 3. Fluxys, the operator of the LNG import terminal, said that in the first three months of 2014, nine carriers were unloaded and five were loaded at the Ze
