Wärtsilä has signed a five year maintenance agreement with Finnish ship owner, Viking Line. The agreement, which became effective from March 1, is for maintaining and servicing the recently launched ‘Viking Grace’, the largest passenger ferry ever to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel. The
Launching ceremony of the first from series, modern car – passenger ferry, built for a Norwegian Owner, took place in Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. on Friday, 8th of March 2013. Remontowa Shipbuilding is the biggest production shipyard in Poland, the only one with such an extensive experience in const
Portugal’s Port of Sines is scheduled to receive a shipment of LNG from Nigeria on February 2, according to port data. The cargo is being hauled by the LNG Bonny tanker, with a capacity of 135,293 cbm, and it is sailing from Nigeria’s Bonny terminal. The Sines terminal is held by REN Atlântico and h
IMS Divison of LWT, LLC reports strong global expansion in Asia, Africa, and Latin America for 2012 going into 2013. “Our reputation is growing fast globally and our clientele is confident in our documented successes with governments and private contractors,” says Ryan Horton, IMS Global Sales Direc
Norwegian LNG producer and distributor Skangass made a delivery of one full cargo of LNG to CEPSA Gas Comercializadora in Spain on February 28th. The small cargo was supplied into the Reganosa LNG terminal in Port Ferrol after transport by the LNG Carrier “Coral Energy”, which has a capacity of 15,6
Lady sponsor Annemie van der Ven- Scheeren, who named the ‘Coastal Voyager’ of Acta Marine in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) on 28th February, has not taken her task lightly. The spouse of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Acta Marine not only wished vessel and crew well, but also held a marvell
From June 10 through 21, 2013, TID’s annual Beaver Engineer Training will take place at TID’s training facilities in the Netherlands. This two-week training programme is aimed at (future) crew of IHC Beaver dredgers, IHC Merwede’s range of durable and highly efficient standardised cutter dredgers of
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive another cargo of LNG from Qatar onboard the 145,702 cbm Al Thakhira on March 19, according to the Zeebrugge Port Authority. The Fuwairit LNG tanker, with a capacity of 138,262 cbm, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG termina
Rising demand has prompted owners to order more and larger LPG vessels, according to the latest LPG Forecaster from Drewry Maritime Research. The increased demand has been further improved by a growing consumption base in emerging economies, with supply bolstered by an expected emergence of new expo
The second of Fjord Line’s two new cruise ferries was launched Friday in Gdansk, Poland, with thousands looking on from the pier. The ship, which will be called MS Bergensfjord, is painted in Fjord Line’s easily recognizable red and white design. The cruise ferry will now be towed to Bergen Group Fo
The Fuwairit LNG tanker, with a capacity of 138,262 cbm, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal from Qatar on March 15, according to port data. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal is situated on a 30ha site in the outer port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. It is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual [&hell
Ackermans & van Haaren: Annual Results 2012 (Belgium) The board of directors of Ackermans & van Haaren NV announces that the consolidated net result (group share) for the year 2012 amounts to 167.5 million euros (compared to 177.5 million euros in 2011). Nigeria: Eko Atlantic Celebrates Land Recla
The UK’s Grain LNG terminal will receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Algeria this week, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the 75,000 cbm Cheikh El Mokrani tanker, and it is due to arrive at the Grain LNG terminal on March 3. Grain LNG is the UK’s first modern LNG [&h
Dredgers factory ”VVV-Spetstekhnika” (Ukraine, Kherson) has opened the representative office in Nigeria and Ghana. At the moment, the construction of the dredger HCC 2000/63 is coming to an end. This dredger will be sent to African customers. Dredger is equipped with cutterhead and able to extract s
