German LNG Terminal said it has made another step towards reaching a final investment decision. Following discussions with the German regulatory authority, Bundesnetzagentur, German LNG Terminal received the draft exemption decision. The company noted in its statement that the decision, yet to be reviewed by the Federal Cartell Office and
Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) has chartered two liquefied natural gas carriers from Knutsen OAS Shipping to transport U.S. LNG volumes to Poland. Illustration only (Courtesy of Knutsen) Under the agreement, Knutsen will be responsible for the delivery and servicing of the vessels, PGNiG said in a statement on
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) on November 3, took delivery of Diamond Gas Metropolis, a Cameron LNG dedicated tanker. Courtesy of NYK Line The vessel, jointly owned by NYK and the Mitsubishi Corporation, was built at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. The NYK Group will be responsible for ship management, and
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), signed charter agreements for three icebreaking LNG carriers. Illustration only (Courtesy of MOL) The deal was signed with LLC ARCTIC LNG 2, a unit of the Russian LNG operator Novatek. The three vessels will be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)
Australian LNG player Santos has signed a new deal for the supply of natural gas to the domestic market. Courtesy of Santos Santos signed the new gas sales deal with Western Australian energy solutions provider, Kleenheat. Kleenheat is part of Wesfarmers Chemical, Energy and Fertilisers (WesCEF), a group of businesses
Provider of floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) Excelerate Energy has transitioned its entire fleet of FSRUs to one of its subsidiaries. Excelerate said on Monday that the FSRU fleet was transitioned to Excelerate Technical Management (ETM). Steven Kobos, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Excelerate Energy, said: “Congratulations
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with the Dutch ferry joint venture Aqualiner-Swets for the construction of nine passenger vessels. With these vessels, the joint venture will provide the public transportation service between Rotterdam and the Drecht cities on behalf of the Province of South Holland and the Region
State-owned China Oil and Gas Pipeline Network (PipeChina) has suspended construction work at the second phase of its Beihai liquefied natural gas terminal in southern China after a fire that killed five people. The fire broke out on Monday near the No.2 storage tank of the second phase designed to
Taiwanese shipping company Wisdom Marine Lines has decided to expand its fleet with a new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier. On 30 October 2020, the company’s board of directors approved the order of a 5,000 cbm vessel. As informed, the LPG carrier will be built by Murakami Hide Shipbuilding in
Finland-based technology company ABB has won a contract worth over $300 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to supply a power and propulsion package for six new LNG transport vessels along the Northern Sea Route. ABB said on Monday that each of the six newbuild vessels would feature a