Fos Cavaou LNG terminal received the Al Mafyar Q-Max tanker – the very first of its kind in France. The vessel belongs to the Q-max class: the largest existing tankers for transporting Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), with a total fleet of 14 worldwide. This giant of the seas is 345 metres long and 54 m
For half a century, IHC Merwede has had a strong history in the design and build of split hopper vessels. As an example, the Omnibarge is renowned for being robust, due to its well-balanced design. After the introduction of the first vessel in the early Sixties, this success story has resulted in th
Last week, Jan De Nul Group ordered a new vessel at the Uljanik Shipyard in Pula, Croatia. The vessel with a deadweight of 10,500 tonnes and a total length of 138 m will be a multipurpose vessel. It will be a trenching and offshore support vessel, a subsea rock installation vessel and a cable laying
The Zeebrugge LNG terminal in Belgium, operated by Fluxys, will get an LNG cargo onboard the 217,000 cbm Al Khuwair from Qatar on August 28, port data says. Currently, a second LNG jetty is being built at the terminal and the understructure for the jetty has recently been completed. The second jetty
A ship to ship transfer operation involving liquid natural gas has commenced in Scapa Flow on Monday. The transfer of LNG is taking place between two vessels while at anchor in the Flow. The vessel Ben Badis will transfer approximately 70,000 cubic metres of LNG to a second vessel, the Excel. The op
UK’s South Hook LNG import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on August 19, according to port data. The Bu Samra LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonne
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XXI, in a ceremony on 8 August 2013 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. The DCI DREDGE XXI is the third vessel in a series of three dredgers, including the DCI DREDGE XIX and
Cryonorm Systems, a Netherlands-based developer and supplier of cryogenic vaporizers, said it has received an order from Koedood to retrofit the propulsion system from diesel to dual fuel gas/diesel onboard the MV Eiger, a push-tow combination from Danser Group. The order consists of a turn key syst
Sabetta Port Construction to Include Huge Dredging Operation (Russia) Nineteen vessels will be part of the dredging operation on Sabetta arctic port construction project on the Yamal Peninsula this year. Boskalis Bags EUR 80 Million Dredging Contract Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has
The Zeebrugge LNG terminal in Belgium, operated by Fluxys, will get an LNG cargo onboard the 210,152 cbm Fraiha from Qatar on August 25, port data reveals. SENER has recently won a contract for the extension works at the LNG terminal which will consist of adding a second jetty, enabling the facility
Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Spain on Thursday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the 137,814 cubic-meter Hispania Spirit, and it is due to arrive at Spain’s Bilbao terminal on August 18. The Point Fortin LNG terminal
Bolidt has added the award-winning cruise ferry Stavangerfjord to its growing list of passenger ship references. The Fjord Line ship was delivered by the Bergen Group Fosen yard in Norway. The environmentally-friendly vessel is the first cruise ferry to be powered purely by LNG, and its major contri
Scorpio Tankers said that it has reached agreements to construct four Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC) at two yards in South Korea along with two MR and two Handymax ice class-1A fuel efficient product tankers at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of South Korea. VLGC Newbuildings The Company has reached
UK’s South Hook LNG terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG from Qatar next week, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The 210,168 cbm Al Aamriya is due to arrive at the South Hook terminal on August 13. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year [
