Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of DSME) South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has booked a new liquefied natural gas carrier order from the Greek shipping company Maran Gas Maritime, a unit of Angelicoussis Shipping Group. DSME noted on Wednesday the order is for a 174,000
N-KOM hits 200th LNG carrier repair milestone
Image courtesy of Nakilat Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) has reached a milestone at its Erhama bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard with the completion of 200th LNG vessel repair. Chartered by Qatargas and operated by NYK LNG Shipmanagement, the 135,295-cbm Al Khor LNG carrier completed general drydocking maintenance repairs and
Manga LNG inaugurates Tornio receiving terminal
Tornio Manga receiving LNG receiving terminal; Image courtesy of Gasum The Tornio Manga liquefied natural gas receiving terminal has been inaugurated in Tornio, northern Finland. Finnish technology group Wärtsilä said that the Tornio Manga LNG terminal, project was led by Manga LNG Oy, a joint venture between the Finnish companies
CMA CGM to take delivery of 20 LNG-powered vessels by 2022
MAN Cryo tech ordered for Nordlaks’ LNG-fueled fish carrier
zoomImage courtesy of MAN Energy Solutions MAN Energy Solutions’ marine LNG fuel-gas-system manufacturer, MAN Cryo, has been contracted to supply an LNG fuel-gas supply system for a live-fish carrier ordered by Nordlaks, one of Norway’s largest aquaculture companies. The new vessel will be a sister to an identical vessel ordered
LOC signs Gorgon LNG consultancy support deal with Chevron
Gorgon LNG (Image courtesy of Chevron) LOC Group, a service provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, has signed an agreement with Chevron in Australia. LOC said that the two-year deal was a contract extension with Chevron for continued performance of marine consultancy, marine warranty, and assurance services. This
Gazprom, Vietnam talk small-scale LNG development
Image courtesy of Gazprom PVGazprom Natural Gas for Vehicles, a Russian-Vietnamese joint venture plans to start construction of a small-scale LNG plant this year. The construction of the facility, expected to come onstream in 2020, has been discussed by Gazprom’s head Alexey Miller and Vietnam’s Central Committee’s Economic Commission chairman
Petronet completes Dahej LNG terminal capacity expansion
Image courtesy of Petronet LNG India’s Petronet LNG, the country’s largest liquefied natural gas importer, said it has completed the expansion of its Dahej LNG terminal. The company informed on Monday it has bumped the facility’s regasification capacity from 15 mtpa to 17.5 mtpa. In its filing to the stock
GasLog’s newbuild LNG carrier launched at Samsung Heavy
Image courtesy of GasLog Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog said the construction of its newbuild tanker HN2213 at the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard. The shipper said in its brief statement that the vessel was launched at the shipyard at the end of last month. The delivery of HN2213, to
Cyprus to ink FSRU deal in October
zoomIllustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Höegh LNG) Cyprus could finally award the contract for the construction of the FSRU infrastructure as it plans to close its several times extended tender in July. A source at Cyprus’ Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) told Platts that a contract for the installation