UK’s South Hook LNG import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on June 15, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. 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 c
The Methania liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,702 cubic meters, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on June 11, according to port data. The liquefied natural gas carrier will load in a re-export cargo and depart from the Zeebrugge terminal to Argentina’s Bahia Blanca
The first of Fjord Line’s two new cruise ferries was christened on Thursday at Bergen Group Fosen’s Rissa shipyard in Sør-Trøndelag county. The ship’s godmother Janne Johnsen, mayor of Rogaland county, christened the new vessel MS Stavangerfjord. “Our finest dreams have come true,” said Fjord Line’s
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on June 26, according to shipping data. The Al Shamal LNG tanker, with a capacity of 217,000 cbm, is sailing from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The Zeebrugge terminal is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual throughput
In recent years, Chinese dredging companies have been actively taking pail in the domestic and foreign dredging market. They have built a large numbers of cutter suction dredgers, CSDs & trailer suction hopper dredgers, TSHDs with the Chinese dredging equipment makers developing and improving a lot.
Van Oord’s powerful cutter suction dredger Athena was built by IHC Dredgers for dredging in hard soil. The strong vibrations on this type of dredger are notorious for their negative effects on the working and living conditions on board. Van Oord’s global dredging experience, IHC’s drive to build inn
Rolls-Royce Plc has won a contract to convert the merchant ship Bergen Viking to run on engines powered by natural gas, replacing the current diesel engines. The Norwegian ship owner Bergen Tankers AS has chosen gas engines and accompanying systems from Rolls-Royce for this upgrade, to provide a mor
Offshore oil and gas engineering specialist NLI Solutions (NLI) has developed a concept for a LNG Bunker Barge based on the NLI LNG tank design. The concept has been further developed in a design study together with the Marine division of Rolls-Royce and Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS). LNG as
With the number of vessels using dual fuel/LNG propulsion systems growing steadily, Autronica Fire and Security is focusing on the importance of gas detection in this sector during Nor-Shipping 2013. LNG as a fuel can provide lower bunkering costs and emissions, in addition to less wear on engines,
Last Saturday the cutter suction dredger “Susanna II” was baptized and handed over to its owner, dredging contractor Verboon Maasland. All members of the Verboon team were present with their families to celebrate the completion of the vessel. After the required speeches and the bottle of champagne a
Rolls-Royce Plc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spanish shipping company Baleària, to design gas-powered propulsion systems for three of the company’s high-speed ferries, which currently run on diesel. Baleària, which operates ferry services between the Spanish mainland and the Baleari
FKAB, a marine design company, on Monday revealed its new LNG-fuelled FKAB T24-series. The FKAB T24-series are 21 000 m3 tankers for Chemicals (IMO II) and Oil Products, they are designed for low fuel consumption and high cargo capacity in an ECA area trade. The hull form is designed for good perfor
The Mekaines LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal on June 10, port data shows. This is the second cargo that is scheduled to arrive at the South Hook terminal in the next seven days and they are both sailing from Ras Laffan […]
International Dredging and Offshore Contractor Van Oord has chosen Sealink customised VSAT from Marlink to provide data communication services for three offshore rock placement vessels. The five year contract covers Marlink’s provision of end-to-end services and includes facility to provide ad-hoc c
