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Harvey Gulf’s Bold Vision: a Big Win for Everyone

Sep 11, 2012

Shane Guidry and Harvey Gulf team up with leading industry naval architects, engine suppliers, classification societies, regulatory bodies and a host of others to bring U.S. Gulf of Mexico offshore energy into the 21st Century – and beyond. Often out in front of the competition in many ways…

LNG Container Ship Design Gets GL Approval

Sep 10, 2012

Germanischer Lloyd presents an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate to TECHNOLOG for the IPP designed STREAM range of 3,000 TEU to 5000TEU ships.The design of the STREAM 4200 LNG’s 32.25-metre beam allows passage through the existing Panama Canal locks…

LNG Carrier for Drydock in Damen's Brest, France, Yard

Sep 02, 2012

Damen Shiprepair Brest (France) gets its first order to drydock large LNG carrier for repairs.The Bonny Gas Transport-owned, 79,822 DWT ‘LNG SOKOTO’ has arrived at the yard for maintenance work, including drydocking.Jos Goris, managing director of Damen Shiprepair Brest…

China Shipyard Starts NOR LInes LNG-powered Cargo Ship Build

Aug 31, 2012

Tsuji Heavy Industries Jiangsu begins construction the first of two LNG-powered 5,000 dwt vessels for NOR Lines.The contract to build the two 5,000 dwt vessels was signed in October 2011 and construction has now begun with owner's representative…

LNG Carrier Owners GasLog Report Q2 2012 Results

Aug 21, 2012

GasLog Ltd., owner, operator & manager of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) carriers, reports financial results for second quarter 2012.GasLog’s fleet consists of 10 wholly-owned LNG carriers, including two ships delivered in 2010 and eight LNG carriers on order…

U.S. LNG Cargo Shipped From Alaska to Japan

Aug 21, 2012

ConocoPhillips ships third LNG cargo from Alaska to Japan.ConocoPhillips (COP) has shipped a third cargo of liquefied natural gas to Japan from the only U.S. LNG plant permitted to sell domestically produced fuel to the Asian country, reports Bloomberg…

LNG Exports from US Will Grow Says Analyst

Aug 12, 2012

LNG Exports: 'Not Huge, Not Soon,' but with geopolitical impact forecasts market analyst.Ken Medlock, a Baker Institute energy fellow at Rice University in Houston, said the United States will be 'lucky to see more than 1 Bcf/d' of exports 10 years from now…

ECA Compliance Waiver Granted to US Shipowner TOTE

Aug 08, 2012

EPA and USCG facilitate a move by Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) to convert its vessels to alternative fuels.Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) has received a permit providing a conditional waiver from the current Emissions Control Area…

LNG Bunker JV Project for European Ports Supply

Aug 08, 2012

Bomin & Linde outline JV plans to target infrastructure supply of LNG in the European maritime sector.The Linde Group announce a joint venture with Bomin, a subsidiary of Marquard & Bahls, to build infrastructure for liquefied natural gas in the European maritime sector…

Excelerate Energy Orders FSRU Vessels from DSME

Aug 08, 2012

Excelerate Energy enters Into a shipbuilding option agreement with DSME for 8 New Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs).The option agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) is for the delivery of up to eight…

Hammerfest LNG Plant Resumes Production

Aug 05, 2012

The Norwegian LNG plant was shut down due to water ingress in natural gas driers, but is now back in production.Large amounts of natural gas are sent ashore and cooled down at Hammerfest LNG on Melkøya, the world’s most northerly and Europe’s first export facility for LNG from Snøhvit…

LNG Facility Contract for Ezion Group in Australia

Aug 02, 2012

Ezion wins a third contract to provide full logistics & support services for development of LNG facilities on Curtis Island, Queensland, Australia. This LNG facility which is the third of the eight proposed in Queensland, Australia, has an…

LNG Bunker Port in Netherlands a Step Closer

Jul 13, 2012

A plan has been tabled to build an LNG 'filling station' in the Port of RotterdamThe plan for making liquefied gas (LNG) available as fuel for shipping in the Netherlands has come another step closer. According to Hans Smits, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority…

Resolve Completes Removal of LPG Cargo

Jun 21, 2012

Following weeks of preparation and more than seven days of intensive, round-the-clock operations, RESOLVE Salvage & Fire, (ASIA) Pte Ltd. announced that more than 1000 MT of volatile LPG 1- Butene have been removed from the stranded and  wrecked freighter LPG OBERON  in the Taiwan Strait…

Contract Awarded for First FLRSU

Jun 01, 2012

Wison Offshore & Marine Announces Award for construction of World’s First Floating LNG Liquefaction Unit.Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of the Wison Group, announced today the successful award of a contract by the Exmar group for engineering…

Logistics News

Melvin Resigns as President of South Carolina Ports Authority

Melvin Resigns as President of South Carolina Ports Authority

Brazil Ships More Iron Ore to China, Competitors Lag

Brazil Ships More Iron Ore to China, Competitors Lag

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Takes Delivery of Hopper Dredge

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Takes Delivery of Hopper Dredge

Kabal Wins Contract with Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company to Optimize Offshore Logistics in Vietnam

Kabal Wins Contract with Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company to Optimize Offshore Logistics in Vietnam

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