Rate this article By Mirza Duran China Merchants Jinling Shipyard has launched the first LNG-ready chemical tanker for German shipowner GEFO. Image: FKAB Marine The Chinese yard previously known as AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding launched the 7,000 dwt stainless steel tanker Norma on July 2. GEFO ordered two FKAB Marine-designed LNG-ready vessels in 2018. However, the…
Rate this article By Bojan Lepic President and chief executive officer of offshore drilling contractor China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has submitted his resignation to the company’s board of directors. The post COSL… … Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore Energy Today
Rate this article By Mirza Duran Germany-based TGE Gas Engineering has secured a contract from Flogas Britain for the conversion of the Avonmouth LNG facility into an LPG terminal. Avonmouth LNG (Image: Flogas Britain) National Grid closed the storage facility back in April 2016 as it was approaching the end of its technical life. The…
Rate this article By Mirza Duran China Merchants Jinling shipyard started building on Tuesday two LNG and LBG-powered tankers for Sweden’s Terntank. Image: Terntank Terntank ordered the duo last year at the Chinese yard previously known as AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding. The vessels are an upgraded version of the shipping company’s AVIC series. Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine,…
Rate this article By Jasmina Ovcina China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has agreed to acquire 70% of equity interest in Singapore-based bunker trader China Merchants Energy Trading (CMET) from a sister company China Merchants Hoi Tung. The tanker and oil shipping giant said the move was aimed at ensuring a sustainable supply of fuel oil…
Rate this article By Mirza Duran China’s Jiangnan Shipyard held a keel laying ceremony on Tuesday for the first of two Exmar’s very large gas carriers. Image: Exmar Belgium’s Exmar ordered the VLGC duo last year at the Chinese yard. Both of the vessels will go on charter to Norwegian energy giant Equinor. One of…
Rate this article By Adnan Bajic China COSCO Shipping on Tuesday said it has placed an order for three liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers at Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding. Courtesy of China COSCO Shipping The vessels will be capable of transporting 174,000 cubic meters of LNG, each, China COSCO Shipping said in its statement. The order…
Rate this article By Naida Hakirevic Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Swedish ferry company Stena Line has confirmed that the construction of its two new, larger E-Flexer ferries has begun in Weihai, China. Photo: Mild Design/Stena The vessels were ordered in 2018 and are scheduled for delivery in 2022. The ferries are the last of…
Rate this article By Nermina Kulovic CNOOC Limited has made what it claims to be a significant oil and gas discovery of Huizhou 26-6 in the Eastern South China Sea. The post CNOOC makes ‘significant’ oil and gas discovery… … Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore Energy Today
Rate this article By Mirza Duran France’s GTT has secured an order to design two storage tanks for Beijing Gas Group’s Tianjin Nangang LNG terminal in China. Image: GTT The LNG containment specialist won the contract from China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering. GTT said that the 220,000-cbm tanks will be the largest land storage tanks…