Fjord Line took delivery of the new MS Bergensfjord, the second of two eco-friendly cruise ferries built for the Norwegian shipping line by the Bergen Group Fosen shipyard in Rissa, Norway. “The completion of the ship went faster than expected, so we are looking into the possibility of putting it in
Fendercare Marine said it has provided STS support services for the first open sea’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) STS operations for two of the world’s leading Gas Majors. Fendercare Marine has carried out STS operations since 1995 and annually conduct almost 3,000 STS operations globally from over 4
The shipping company Aktien-Gesellschaft EMS (AG EMS) and Bomin Linde LNG have signed the first contract for the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Germany. It proposes supplying environmentally friendly LNG as fuel to the MS Ostfriesland passenger ferry operated by AG EMS starting in mid-20
The Al Deebel LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,700 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at Belgium’s Zeebrugge LNG terminal from Qatar on February 13, according to the Port of Zeebrugge website. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal, operated by Fluxys, serves as a gateway to supply LNG to Northwestern Europe
The Aamira LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook import terminal on February 1, port data shows. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG per annum and is capable of delivering 21 Bcm of gas a year into the UK’s […]
TGE Marine Gas Engineering signed the contracts for one firm and three optional vessels for the design and supply of the cargo handling systems, high pressure fuel gas systems including LNG fuel tanks and tank material packages for the next generation of ethane/ethylene carriers of 35,000 m3 capacit
On Thursday 23 January, the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XXI, was handed over within the contractual delivery date to Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) at IHC Merwede’s Kinderdijk shipyard in The Netherlands. The Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance was signed on behalf of DC
The keel laying of the world’s first LNG Hybrid Barge took place at a ceremony held at the ”SAM Shipbuilding & Machinery“ shipyard in Komárno, Slovakia in the second week of the new year. In the presence of representatives of the shipyard, AIDA Cruises, Becker Marine Systems and Hybrid Port Energy (
Eidesvik Offshore and Lunding Norway AS have entered into a contract for the LNG driven PSV Viking Queen . The contract for the PSV Viking Queen is for 15 wells with options for 5 more wells. Duration for the firm period is minimum 900 days. The work will start medio-ultimo 2014. Viking Queen will b
GTT membrane technology has been selected by STX France to fit out PEGASIS (Power Efficient GAS Innovative Ship), the new environmental ferry propelled with LNG, ordered by Brittany Ferries. This innovative vessel will use GTT Mark III insulation system and will be built in Saint-Nazaire, in France.
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard secured a contract to build a new icebreaker for the Finnish Transport Agency. The Finnish Transport Agency procures a new icebreaker to renew the aging fleet of state-owned icebreakers, to improve the level of icebreaker services and to ensure the competitiveness of Finnis
On 20 January, a naming ceremony was held for the new state-of-the-art LNG carrier Velikiy Novgorod, ordered by Sovcomflot group of companies (SCF) for transportation of LNG for Gazprom group. The ship will operate under a long-term time-charter agreement with OAO Sovcomflot and will reinforce posit
The WilForce liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 156,000 cubic meters, is due to arrive at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on January 25, port data reveals. The liquefied natural gas carrier will probably load in a re-export cargo and depart from the Zeebrugge terminal to South Korea’s Inch
M/T Borgøy, the world’s first LNG-powered tugboat, designed by Norwegian Buksèr og Berging in-house team with the assistance of Marine Design AS in Norway, and developed by Sanmar’s modern shipyard in Istanbul, completed her sea trials successfully this month and started her maiden voyage on 14th of
