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Ulstein Brattvaag Awarded Supply Of Deck Machinery
Ulstein Brattvaag has landed contracts totaling $2 million by two of Japan's largest shipbuilders for the supply of deck machinery for a pair of LNG carriers. The…
Exmar, Golar Mull Possible LNG Merger
Exmar, the tanker division of Belgian shipping company CMB is reportedly in talks with Norway's Golar LNG to merge their liquified natural gas activities. It was…
Shell Orders Two LNG Tankers
The gas and power division of Royal Dutch/Shell ordered two additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers to support its growing global LNG business. Shell International…
Frozen Gas Market Heats Up
While seemingly miniscule in terms of deadweight tons ordered and delivered per year as compared to the shipbuilding business as a whole, the production of gas tankers…
Shipbuilding Prices Firm Up
International shipbuilders enjoyed a healthy year, with the main contributors being tankers and container vessels. Following upon these ordering activities, R.S.
LR Report: 75 New LNG Ships for the U.S.
Lloyd's Register (LR) released the results of its extensive research into the LNG market. Talking at the LNG conference The role of LNG in North American and Caribbean gas supply in Washington D.C.…
Osprey Maritime To Sell LNG Operations For $635 Million
Singapore's Osprey Maritime said on Monday it agreed to sell its liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations to new subsidiary Golar LNG for US$635 million as part of a restructuring exercise.
Hybrid Powering for Boxships
A convincing economic argument fuels the liner shipping sector's adoption of unprecedented capacity ratings, with a new level soon to be reached in impending projects for newbuilds in the 9…
Exmar, Golar Cease Merger Discussions
The world's two largest LNG tanker operators, Exmar and Golar LNG, have suspended merger talks, both companies said on Monday. "We are in non-talks. For the time being we are not talking…
S. Korea Eyes Cruise Building Market
Han Jong-chan assembles the massive blocks used to build ships at one of South Korea's huge and successful shipbuilding yards and has never been happier. Han has…
Shell: Short Term LNG Contracts Will Be the Norm
Shell Gas & Power said on Tuesday short-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts will become common within the next decade. Shell Gas & Power President Peter de…
Golar Plans To Go Above and Beyond Shipping
Norwegian shipping magnate John Fredriksen's Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) transport company, Golar LNG, said it plans to expand beyond the shipping niche to handle the whole LNG logistics chain.
Editor's Note
Considering the over abundance of conferences and exhibitions that grace the marine industry’s business calendar, I am pleased to report on the activities of the…
Exmar Announces LNG Deals
Exmar, CMB's gas tanker division, together with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, confirms the long-term charter party with El Paso Corporation of two further liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers…
Samsung Wins LNG Ship Orders
Britain's BG Group Plc agreed to buy two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships from South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. with an option for six more ships.
Hyundai Heavy Wins LNG Orders
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries won $340-million orders to build two LNG carriers for Golar LNG of Norway. One of the ships would be delivered by December 2003 and the other by July 2004…
Chinese LNG Project Progressing
A Chinese consortium led by China Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) and oil major BP aim to complete a feasibility study for China's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by next June.
LNG Plant Bids Accepted
An international consortium developing two oilfields off Russia's Sakhalin island invited three international groups to bid for a tender to build the world's largest liquefied natural gas plant.
Low Emission Ships Aid Statoil
Statoil said savings in acid-rain-causing nitrogen oxide (NOx) from two new low-emitting ships would allow it to meet its NOx emissions reduction targets from one new power station.
India To Get $144 Million LNG Import Terminal
An Indian subsidiary of Royal Dutch/Shell said on Monday preliminary work for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in India had begun and work for the main facility would start in November.