Wärtsilä to supply cargo handling package, dual-fuel engines & propulsion for Denmark's Evergas to be built at Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering in China.In addition to LNG, the ships will be able to carry and reliquefy Ethane and LPGs with the cargo handling package supplied by Wärtsilä…
Grassy Point terminal project, north of Prince Rupert, gains ground as it would steer shipping traffic away from sheltered coastal waters.The Coast Tsimshian village of Lax Kw'alaams north of Prince Rupert could be poised to become a liquefied…
The partners in Russia 's Yamal LNG project are in talks to ship cargoes to Britain & northwest Europe in winter, when heavy sea ice clogs routes to Asia.Under the plan, a fleet of around 14 LNG ice-breaking vessels will deliver Arctic gas…
Indian Government delegation visits MOL Tokyo HQ - confirms MOL's intentions to strengthen operations in India.Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) were recently visited by a nine-member delegation from the government of India, headed by Milind Murli Deora…
Hyundai Ocean Service contract Lloyd’s Register Marine Consulting to assess the service lifetime of their vessel 'Hyundai Utopia'.The study concerns the 1994 built, 273m long, 71,909 dwt, LNG Carrier Hyundai Utopia (IMO 9018555).The President of HDOS…
ABB appointed main electrical contractor (MEC) for a new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel at the Ichthys oil & gas field in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. The order is worth $30 million and was awarded by the engineering…
EMSA’s commissioned study on standards & rules for bunkering gas-fuelled ships has now been published on its website.The study (carried out by Germanischer Lloyd) contains a comprehensive overview of the regulatory framework for the bunkering of gas-fuelled ships including identified gaps…
Japan's JGC Corporation with France's Technip to carry out the EPIC & commissioning of an integrated facility for natural gas liquefaction at the Yamal Peninsular.The contract was awarded by JSC Yamal LNG, owned by NOVATEK (80%) and TOTAL (20%)…
Exxon Mobil plans to develop a floating liquefied natural gas project to develop the Scarborough field off the coast of Western Australia.Exxon, whose partner in the field is Melbourne-based BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), expects to make a decision…
London-based NYK subsidiary NYK Energy Transport (Atlantic) & GDF Suez time charter the LNG carrier 'Grace Barleiria' for 4 years.Grace Barleiria has been operated by NYK since her delivery in 2007. She has a capacity of 149,700 m3 and is equipped with GTT's Mark III technology…
Ports of Stockholm claims first in the world to provide infrastructure for liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel for large passenger ferries.A successful collaboration involving AGA, Viking Line, Ports of Stockholm and the appropriate government…
Yamal LNG, a J/V between Russia’s Novatek and France’s Total, granted permission to build a liquefied natural gas plant in the Russian Arctic.The joint venture, majority-owned by Novatek with an 80 percent stake, received a positive assessment…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding jointly establish the MI LNG Company, Limited.Through establishment of the JV, the two companies aim to proactively prepare a structure capable of responding to large-scale LNG carrier construction projects…
ABB appointed main electrical contractor for new semi-submersible central processing facility (CPF) at Ichthys oil & gas field in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. The order is valued at $15 million. ABB was awarded the MEC contract by the engineering…
Drewry's latest 'LNG Insight' saw heating demand subside in major importing regions in February & cargo availablilty also tightened.Regarding cargo availability, a few unplanned shutdowns, caused a 4% decline in the LNG Freight Index.LNG shipping enjoyed a dream run during 2011 and 2012…
