Image courtesy of Gothia Tanker Alliance Gothia Tanker Alliance informed that the fourth vessel LNG-fueled vessel ordered by its members, the Fure Valö has been delivered at the Chinese Avic Dingheng shipyard. It is a part of the six-vessel series ordered by the Gothia Tanker Alliance members Furetank, Älvtank and Erik Thun,
LNG carrier Grand Elena (Image courtesy of Sakhalin Energy) A laden liquefied natural gas carrier on Tuesday hit a jetty at the Sakhalin Energy-operated liquefaction and export terminal located in Russia’s Far East. The 145 000-cbm Grand Elena “has made contact with mooring dolphin of the LNG jetty at the Prigorodnoye
zoomImage courtesy of MARIKO World’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas Qatar has shown interest in the German LNG import facility proposed for the port of Wilhelmshaven. During a visit to the port of Wilhelmshaven, Qatar’s ambassador Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani exchanged information on the construction of the LNG import
Image courtesy of Balearia Spanish shipping company Baleària said the second of its LNG-fueled ferries, Marie Curie, has hit the water in the Italian Cantiere Navale Visentini shipyard. Balearia said Marie Curie’s sister vessel Hypatia de Alejandria is close to completing construction and is planned to run sea trials and
Image courtesy of Posco Daewoo Posco Daewoo Corporation has signed a deal with Brunei National Petroleum Company (Petroleum Brunei) to jointly pursue business opportunities in the LNG sector. Under the memorandum of understanding Posco Daewoo, a unit of the South Korean steelmaker Posco, the two companies will join forces on
zoomImage courtesy of Höegh LNG Norway-based FSRU provider Höegh LNG held on Tuesday a naming ceremony for its ninth floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries. The vessel named Höegh Gannet is the largest capacity FSRU ever built with a capacity of 1 billion cubic
Image courtesy of Dragon LNG The UK’s Dragon liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is scheduled to receive a cargo of the chilled fuel from the United States during the first week of December. Shipping data from the Milford Haven Port Authority shows the 159,274-cbm BW Paris LNG carrier is scheduled to arrive
Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of HHI) South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has secured a contract to build a pair of liquefied natural gas carriers for the Greek operator Consolidated Marine Management (CMM). The Hyundai Heavy Industries unit said in its statement the order for the two 174,000-cbm
Image courtesy of Nigeria LNG Nigeria LNG has reportedly put up a single cargo of liquefied natural gas loading in December for sale. Citing sources, Reuters reports the cargo was offered through private negotiations, however, it remained unclear whether the offer was a firm one. Nigeria LNG a joint venture compromised of
zoomImage courtesy of Swedegas Swedish owner and operator of the high-pressure gas grid, Swedegas conducted the first LNG bunkering operation at its new facility at the Port of Gothenburg. The company said that the first operator to take on the chilled fuel at the facility was the Gothenburg-based shipping company Terntank. In