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Hess sells Shannon LNG Terminal

Feb 09, 2016

New York-based energy company Hess has sold Shannon LNG, a proposed gas-import terminal in County Kerry, Ireland’s Sunday Independent has reported. The newspaper did not name the buyer for the site. The identity of the new owner of the…

Total Signs Deal to Supply LNG to China's ENN

Feb 08, 2016

Total SA has signed an agreement to supply liquefied natural gas to ENN Energy in China, according to a news release on the French energy company's website. The deal is for 0.5 million metric tons of LNG per year for a period of 10 years and will be delivered from the company's facilities…

DNV GL, RS Ink Cooperation Deal

Feb 04, 2016

DNV GL’s Maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen recently met with Konstantin Palnikov, Director General of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS), at the RS head office in St. Petersburg to sign a bilateral framework agreement for cooperation between both class societies During the talks…

Balasus-Lange to Head DEA Deutsche Erdoel Division

Feb 04, 2016

Effective as of 1 February, Uwe Balasus-Lange (49) took over the function as Head of the newly created division Germany/Denmark of DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG. He was previously engaged as Head of Field Development at the Hamburg-based company.In…

Cautious Optimism in LPG Shipping: Dorian LPG

Feb 01, 2016

Global liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) export volumes for the calendar 2015 reached 80 million metric tons, an 11 percent increase over the previous year.  U.S. LPG exports alone reached a record of nearly 21 million metric tons, which is a 50 percent increase over the previous year…

NYK Line Posts Loss on Dry Bulk Fleet Revaluation

Jan 30, 2016

Japan's Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has posted a $277.5mln extraordinary loss in the third quarter of year ended 31 March 2016 as it reduced the book value of its fleet inline with current market prices and expectations. The extraordinary loss…

VARD's LNG Tank gets DNV GL Approval

Jan 29, 2016

VARD’s new LNG tank design has been granted General Approval for Ship Application (GASA) by DNV GL. The new LNG-type B-tank design is based on vertical cylindrical-shape geometry and has a patented support design.The tank is the result of…

India Fosters Growth in its Maritime Sector

Jan 27, 2016

The Indian government’s has been going all out to put the growth of the Indian maritime Industry on a fast track by opening up a host of opportunities, offering goodies and putting in place new facilities. Setting the tone for his keynote address…

Mangalore Port to Roll out LNG Terminal, Ro-Ro Service

Jan 27, 2016

India's New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) Chairman P.C. Parida said the port is confident of completing work on the proposed Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal which shall be operational in 2017. NMPT is the first Indian port to start the Ro-Ro service from Mangaluru to Hazira port…

Statoil's LNG Price for Lithuania to Fall by a Third

Jan 26, 2016

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) price from Norwegian company Statoil ASA for Lithuania is set to fall by more than one-third and the Klaipeda LNG terminal's maintenance costs are to decline by around 23% after Lithuania's gas trade company Litgas…

Schlumberger to Buy Stake in Fortuna LNG

Jan 26, 2016

Oilfield services giant Schlumberger is entering Ophir Energy’s Fortune floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off Equatorial Guinea after agreeing a preliminary deal with the UK player for a stake in the development. The non-binding…

SENER Debuts LNG Bunker Vessel Design

Jan 25, 2016

Relying on more than four decades of experience and activities in the maritime and energy markets, including the design of a Floating Regasification and Storage Units (FSRU), SENER technology and engineering Group has developed its own design of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering vessel…

Golar LNG Teams Up with Schlumberger

Jan 24, 2016

Golar LNG has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Schlumberger to co-operate on the global development of greenfield, brownfield and stranded gas reserves.  Under the Memorandum, Golar and Schlumberger have agreed to jointly market gas monetization solutions to owners…

Indonesia to Open Mini LNG Terminal in March

Jan 23, 2016

Indonesia's first mini liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, considered an ideal concept for a gas terminal an archipelago, is set to start operations in March, supplying 40 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas to Bali’s Pesanggaran power plant…

NASSCO Delivers Second LNG Containership

Jan 22, 2016

Fueled by liquefied natural gas, the Perla Del Caribe will join its sister ship, the Isla Bella, as the greenest containerships in the world. U.S. shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO today delivered the world’s second containership to be operated by liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

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