Norway’s floating LNG giant Höegh LNG said Friday it has entered into a time charter party with a unit of AGL Energy to provide a floating storage and regasification unit for the Crib Point LNG import project in Victoria, Australia. Australian utility AGL is targeting start-up for the LNG project in
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands last Friday (Dec 14) christened Van Oord’s latest addition to the fleet, the 18,000 cubic meters trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Amalia. The vessel was moored along Wilhelminakade next to the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam for this special event. During
South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries on Thursday said it won a new order to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. The price tag for the new LNG carrier is 209 billion Korean won ($186 million). Samsung Heavy did not reveal the company behind the newest order saying only it
The world’s first LNG-powered cruise ship, AIDAnova owned by AIDA Cruises has made its maiden call at the new cruise terminal in Santa Cruz de Tenerife where it completed the first LNG bunkering operation.
Swedish shipping company Donsötank has contracted two LNG-powered oil products and chemical tankers at Chinese Wuhu Shipyard. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2021. The ice class 1A, 22,000-dwt newbuilds will be designed by FKAB for low resistance hull features. The LNG-powered tankers will
US-based Crowley Maritime Corp. has taken delivery of Taíno – the second of two of its combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The vessel was delivered by shipbuilder VT Halter Marine of Pascagoula, Miss. Taíno will soon join sister ship El Coquí,
Brittany Ferries’ new LNG-powered cruise ferry Honfleur was launched at the FSG shipyard in Flensburg, Germany.
Greek state-run DEPA has made a step towards LNG bunkering in the country with plans to build a 3000-cbm LNG bunkering vessel to serve the port of Piraeus and other Greek ports.
Lithuanian Parliament on Tuesday approved the amendments of laws initiated by the Ministry of Energy, aimed at reducing the annual costs of LNG terminal operating costs by the acquisition of the FSRU vessel.
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Gerd Stensen AS from Norway for the delivery of a Damen Stan Tug 1606. According to Damen, the client will apply the new vessel to their dredging operations. Gerd Stensen, like Damen, is a family company. Their dredging work includes but is not limite
Saga LNG Shipping’s 45,000-cbm liquefied natural gas carrier named Saga Dawn has completed sea trials in the East China Sea. As reported by LNG World News, the LNG vessel left China Merchants Heavy Industry’s (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu last Thursday. Saga Dawn has returned from a 5-day trial where t
South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) said Tuesday it has won another order to build a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. The shipbuilder did not reveal who is the company behind the order saying only it is a shipowner in the Oceania region. The LNG c
French LNG containment specialist, GTT has received an order from a Korean shipyard for the tank design of two new liquefied natural gas tankers, reaching a total of 50 orders for the year 2018.
LNG Canada and Boskalis continue to advance the marine and dredging construction activities in the harbor of Kitimat to ensure the existing harbor is ready for larger vessels. According to the LNG Canada latest update, they will begin the disposal at sea dredging activity shortly. The company said t
