Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. signed a contract on 5th of July 2013 for building two specialist vessels intended for supplying oil drilling and oil mining rigs. The ships will be constructed for one of the biggest Norwegian offshore fleet owners. They have already been contracted for maintenance of a
Damen Shiprepair Brest recently posted a video showing LNG tanker repair works. The LNG tanker shown in this video is Höegh LNG-owned 123,800 cbm LNG LIBRA. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. Damen Shiprepair Brest (formerly known as Sobren
The South Hook terminal in the UK will receive a shipment of LNG from Qatar next week, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The Mekaines LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the South Hook terminal on July 16. Qatar Petroleum owns 67.5 per cent
In the last two weeks the TOC ship delivery crew has prepared the trailing suction hopper dredger Pays de Loire for a ship delivery voyage. The crew started the preparations for the departure from a ‘hot lay-up’. The captain and crew took care of all the technical and nautical issues and prepared th
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea has reportedly won a tender to build up to 16 ice-class liquefied natural gas tankers for Russia’s Yamal LNG project. The agreement also allows transfer of rights to finance the tankers’ construction to third parties – shipping companies
Scandlines and STX Finland Oy have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for building two new ferries for the route Rostock (Germany) – Gedser (Denmark) for delivery in spring 2015. The project will bring some 1,000 man-years of work for STX Finland and its subcontracting network. The ferries will be doub
Peru LNG shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Spain on Thursday, according to PeruPetro S.A. The cargo is being hauled by the Ribera del Duero Knutsen, a 173,000 cubic-meter tanker owned by Knutsen OAS Shipping, and it is expected to arrive at Spain’s Bilbao terminal on July 23. The Peru LNG pro
The first electrical LNG carrier to be ordered by Maran Gas of Greece incorporating induction-based electric propulsion motor technology from GE’s Power Conversion business is expected to enter commercial service in July. The Woodside Rogers, built by one of the major Korean shipbuilders, Daewoo Shi
From 1 July inland shipping can officially bunker (refuel with) LNG in the Seinehaven, in Rotterdam Botlek. The municipality of Rotterdam has amended the Port Management Regulations to allow this. On Thursday afternoon, 27 June, Port Alderman Jeannette Baljeu welcomed clients who had come to witness
The new hopper dredger ‘Gaasterland’, owned by Mineralis BV from Wezep, is employed to win sand on the IJsselmeer since June 2012. Teus Vlot Dredging BV, from Sliedrecht – Holland, has equipped the new ship with a DN 400 suction pipe installation with an underwater pump, which can win sand and grave
Portugal’s Port of Sines is scheduled to receive a shipment of LNG from Nigeria on June 29, according to port data. The cargo is being hauled by the Soyo, a 160,000 cubic-meter tanker, and it is sailing from Nigeria’s Bonny terminal. The Sines terminal is held by REN Atlântico and has a nominal send
Contracts for building the first LNG-fuelled ferry for domestic Danish trade have now been signed. This represents a major milestone as the ship will be the first LNG-fuelled ferry designed for domestic trade in the EU. 1 October 2014 is the date set for the ferry’s first journey between the island
On 26th of June 2013, the second day of the exhibition Seawork International 2013, the key handing over ceremony of the self-propelled cutter suction dredger Tallulah Bella took place. Tallulah Bella, the first of the Marina Master 8000 range to be delivered and named after the owner’s daughter, was
In April TGE Marine Gas Engineering signed a contract with Dalian Inteh Group for the design and supply of the gas handling system as well as cargo tank material package for a 28,000 cbm LNG-carrier which came into effect in mid-June. The ship will be built at COSCO Dalian Shipyard and is scheduled
