Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Spain on Sunday, shipping data shows. The cargo is being carried by the 71,500 cbm SCF Arctic, and it is due to arrive at the Cartagena LNG terminal on March 6. Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal
President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended the naming ceremony of Lithuania’s LNG FSRU in South Korean city Ulsan. The LNG vessel was built in South Korea by Norwegian company Höegh LNG in association with Hyundai Heavy Industries and will be used in Klaipeda port in Lithuania as an import terminal. Foll
The world’s first LNG driven tugboat, the M/T Borgoy arrived in the port of Zeebrugge for a bunkering operation. The ‘truck to ship’ bunkering operation was the first to be performed in the Flemish coastal port. The tug M/T Borgoy is the first tugboat in the world driven by LNG. The maritime sector
UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG from Qatar this week, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The Al Hamla LNG tanker, with a capacity of 216,000 cbm, is due to arrive at the South Hook terminal on February 22. South Hook LNG is for
Siem Offshore has again contracted Wärtsilä to supply the design and integrated solutions for four new platform supply vessels (PSVs). The ships will be built at the Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Poland. The contract was signed in January 2014. The four new vessels, like the two currently under con
Swedish shipping company Erik Thun A.B. has granted Shipyard Ferus Smit the order for building an LNG powered cargo vessel, with 2 more units on option. The first vessel will be delivered in autumn 2015 from the yard in Westerbroek, Groningen. The Thun shipping company has a strong market position i
The Methane Nile Eagle LNG carrier, with a capacity of 145,000 cbm, is due to arrive in the UK’s Dragon terminal from Trinidad and Tobago on February 23, according to port data. Dragon LNG plays an intrinsic role in supporting the UK’s energy infrastructure. It imports and supplies 6 billion cubic m
GasLog’s six options for LNG carriers at Samsung Heavy Industries that were previously reported to have expiry on 31 January 2014, will now expire at the end of the first quarter this year, the company said in a statement. GasLog’s fleet consists of fifteen wholly-owned LNG carriers, including eight
The construction of the Dredger 5000 DF has officially kicked off, according to the OJSC Zelenodolsk plant’s press centar. This vessel will be used primarily for sand and gravel excavation, reports portnews.ru. The main characteristics of the vessel will be: length overall – 79.13 m, waterline lengt
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has launched the second ice class LNG tanker, SCF Mitre, ordered by Russia’s Sovcomflot under a long-term agreement with Shell, the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) said in a statement. The first tanker, SCF Melampus, was launched on 5 November 2013. The deliver
The Ejnan liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,000 cubic meters, is expected to arrive in Belgium’s Zeebrugge LNG terminal from Qatar on March 5, according to the Port of Zeebrugge website. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal, operated by Fluxys, serves as a gateway to supply LNG to Northwes
FSRU vessel “Independence” sailed to the sea its own course from South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries. The ship’s sea trial lasted nearly a week. After a long period of engineering, welding, painting, installation and testing FSRU vessel successfully sailed into the open sea. Although ther
IHC Merwede has been successful in securing orders worth € 350 million for a wide range of dredging and offshore vessels and equipment. The company’s Dredging division has confirmed new contracts for the delivery of a large custom-built trailing suction hopper dredger, 13 units that will be supplied
Sevan Marine ASA said it has acquired the technology rights of TORP LNG AS and its affiliates. This acquisition gives Sevan Marine ownership of the proprietary HiLoad technology for offshore loading of LNG. The HiLoad technology was originally developed for offshore loading of crude oil and the tech
