Gas Carriers

Bergesen Sells Gas Carriers

Bergesen has sold the gas carriers Havsol and Havbris, both 12,000 cbm, built in 1976 and 1977 respectively. Havsol was s old for scrap, while Havbris was sold to Greek interests for continued operation. Delivery is expected to take place within end of May 2003. The sale will generate an insignificant sales profit in secondBergesen Sell Gas Carriers Bergesen has sold the gas carriers Havsol and Havbris, both 12,000 cbm, built in 1976 and 1977 respectively. Havsol was sold for scrap, while Havbris was sold to Greek interests for continued operation. Delivery is expected to take place within end of May 2003. The sale will generate an insignificant sales profit in second quarter 2003.

Russian LNG Carrier Launched

Sovcomflot’s new state-of-the-art LNG carrier 'Velikiy Novgorod' launched from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding shipyard. The Velikiy Novgorod was ordered by OAO Sovcomflot for operations under a long-term agreement with Gazprom Global LNG (part of Gazprom) as the first of two vessels ordered by SCF from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd and her construction is scheduled to be completed in December, 2013

Drydocks World Allies with Ship Management Company

Drydocks World announced that an Alliance Agreement has been signed with EXMAR Shipmanagement Drydocks World, whose business is in ship repair, conversion and new building, has announced that it has signed an Alliance Agreement  with EXMAR Shipmanagement, a company that offers high-end ship management services to the maritime industry. The two companies hope to strengthen their relationship on the basis of the new Alliance Agreement

Daewoo Shipbuilding Gets Order From Exmar

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. has won a $270 million order to build a liquefied natural gas carrier and refit three other LNG carriers for Exmar N.V. of Belgium. According to reports, Daewoo will deliver the vessels by 2005. The vessels are capable of carrying 4.83 million cubic feet of liquefied natural gas each and will be chartered to Houston, Texas-based El Paso Global LNG.

Samsung Heavy $1.2B LNG Ship Orders

According to a report from Bloomberg, Seoul-based Samsung Heavy Industries Co. received orders to build six liquefied natural gas carriers worth a total $1.2b as demand for the fuel surges, prompting a jump in the shares.   (Source: Bloomberg)

Bergesen Sells Havyind and Havlys

Bergesen has sold the gas-carriers Havvind and Havlys, both 12.000 cbm, built in 1976, for scrapping. The sales price is about USD 0,8 million per vessel. The vessels will be delivered in the second half of June 2002. Bergesen will also put up the gascarrier Havlur, 12.000 cbm, built in 1977, for sale for scrapping.

BW Group's 1H Performance Better than Expected

Moody's Investors Service says that operating results of BW Group (Ba2 negative) in 1H 2012 were better than expected, largely because of the higher charter rates achieved by the company for its vessels. "We had expected BW Group's performance to weaken, as many of its vessels were coming off profitable time-charters in 1H and it was increasingly exposed to deteriorating spot-market rates. However, spot rates, especially in the gas carrier segments, either held up or improved

Shipbuilders Focus on High-Value Vessels

South Korean shipbuilders are profiting more than ever from selling high-value units such as offshore plants and liquid gas carriers, according to a Korea Times report. Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has already won a record-high $7 billion in building orders this year. Such high performance was largely affected by the sales of four offshore oilrig units, which amounted to $1.9 billion in total. The company also has recorded steady sales of LNG carriers

Korea's Daewoo To Grab Hold of LNG Ship Market

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd aims to grab half this year's 15 to 20 orders for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carriers, strengthening its lead in the higher end of the shipbuilding market, the company said on Monday. Company officials reportedly said that Daewoo was expected to sign a $500 million deal to build an offshore fixed platform in Angola in April. The price for an LNG carrier is about $160-$175 million, about twice the price for a 300

BG’s LNG Carrier Series Complete

The ABS-classed Methane Mickie Harper, a 170,000 m3 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier for BG Group built at Samsung Heavy Industries, Co. Ltd., was recently named in a ceremony at the Korean shipyard. This completion marked the fourth and final carrier in the series. All four in this series are dual-fuel diesel electric (DFDE) propelled and use the membrane GTT Mark III cargo containment system. The first vessel in the series, the Methane Julia Louise was delivered in early 2010