Coast Guard Closes Portion of the Mississippi River
The Coast Guard has closed a portion of the Mississippi River to all vessel traffic from mile marker 179 to 184 due to extremely high water levels and fast moving currentsā¦
Seven Dead as Migrant Boat Sinks off Western Turkey
Seven people, including five children, were killed on Friday after a boat carrying migrants sank off the northwestern coast of Turkey, the Turkish coast guard saidā¦
Ever Larger LNG Tankers Head for Panama Canal
A 'Q-Flex' LNG tanker, the world's second-largest class of liquefied natural gas carriers, is set to pass through the Panama Canal for the first time, the canal's CEO said, expanding the Americas to Asia trade route for the fast-growing commodity.The 'Al Safliyah', which can carry about 210,000 cubic metres of LNG, is on its way to Panama from the North Pacific after discharging a cargo from Qatar into Korea Gas Corp's (KOGAS) Tongyeong terminal on April 21ā¦
Cyclone Slams Indian Coast, Millions Evacuated
A cyclone barrelled into eastern India on Friday, bringing down trees and power lines and "extensively" damaging the tourist town of Puri, but there were no earlyā¦
Scientology Cruise Ship Gets Measles Vaccine
Health officials for the Caribbean island of St. Lucia furnished 100 free doses of measles vaccine to a Church of Scientology cruise ship placed under quarantineā¦
Wintershall, DEA Complete Merger
The merger between oil and gas firms Wintershall Holding GmbH and Deutsche Erdoel AG (DEA) has been completed, creating the largest independent exploration and productionā¦
Nauticor Acquires World's Biggest LNG Bunkering Ship
AB Klaipedos nafta (KN), the operator of oil products and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, and the German company Nauticor GmbH & Co. have agreed on the saleā¦
Acta Centaurus Ready for Offshore Job
Acta Marine has taken delivery of its new walk-to-work vessel Acta Centaurus from Ulstein Verft and is about to set sail for her first offshore wind assignment.āBuildingā¦
SHI Wins $190mln Order for LNG Carrier
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) revealed today (May 3, 2019) that it receives an order for a LNG carrier worth about KRW 222bn (US$190 million).SHIā¦
TGS Acquires Spectrum
Seismic survey company TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) said it will acquire rival seismic survey company Spectrum ASA.The transaction is expected to be completedā¦
DOE Approves Port Arthur LNG Project
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the signing of a long-term order authorizing the export of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Sempraā¦
Tellurian Clears Hurdle for LNG Export
Texas-based natural gas company Tellurian has announced that the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has issued the long-term authorisation forā¦
Bangladesh's 2nd LNG Terminal Begins Operations
Bangladesh has employed its second liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with the beginning of operations of floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) 'Summitā¦
US LNG Opens Floodgates to Europe
The United States has nearly tripled its natural-gas exports to the European Union (EU) since July and signed new licenses seeking to establish American energy as an EU mainstay.
Solitaire on Nord Stream 2 Job in Russia
Allseas-owned pipelay vessel Solitaire has started laying the first line of the Nord Stream 2 twin gas pipeline in Russian waters.Solitaire will spend about a monthā¦
New Shipping Fuels Can Cut Pollution
A new paper āSailing on Solarā, commissioned by Environmental Defense Fund Europe and developed by Ricardo, presents a vision of how international shipping can meetā¦
GNS, StormGeo Partner in Voyage Optimisation
Global Navigation Solutions (GNS), provider of maritime navigation information for shipping companies, and the weather service provider StormGeo announced a strategicā¦
Hyundai Heavy Swings to Black in Q1
South Korea's shipbuilding major Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has made an unexpected turnaround by posting 28.1 billion won (US$24.1 million) in operating profitā¦
First S-to-S LNG Transfer in Singapore
Singapore's state-owned Pavilion Energy has performed the first commercial ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in the Port of Singapore.The operation, the first of such in Singaporeā¦
Container Freight Rates Fall: Xeneta
After two months of steady increases in long-term contracted rates for containership operators, the latest XSI Public Indices report from Xeneta shows a reversal of fortunesā¦
