DSME sees order intake improving
JUNE 11, 2018 — South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quotes Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering CEO Jung Sung Lee as saying the company could achieve 9.8 trillion won (US$9.1 billion) in sales
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GasLog orders 180,000 cu.m LNG carrier at Samsung
MAY 30, 2018 — Monaco headquartered GasLog Ltd. (NYSE:GLOG) has inked a seven year time charter party with a wholly owned subsidiary of Centrica plc for a newbuild LNG carrier and has
First Mitsui Cameron LNG project carrier named in Geoje
APRIL 2, 2018 — Samsung Heavy Industries Co’s Geoje, South Korea, shipyard last week hosted a naming ceremony for the 174,000 cu.m LNG carrier Marvel Falcon. The vessel is to be chartered
Nakilat adds two more LNG carriers to JV with Maran
MARCH 4, 2018 — Doha, Qatar, headquartered Nakilat (Qatar Gas Transport Company) has expanded its joint venture partnership with Greek shipping company Maran Ventures Inc., to include two additional LNG vessels. The
Schulte Group gets nod for PRONAV acquisition
FEBRUARY 12, 2018 — The Hamburg-based Schulte Group has received clearance by the German Federal Cartel Office for the acquisition of LNG ship management specialist PRONAV. The strategic move will bring a
Anthony Veder names first LNG carrier built to Ice Class 1A Super
JANUARY 25, 2018 — The 18,000 cu.m Coral EnergICE, the first LNG carrier built to Ice Class 1A Super, was named today in a ceremony at the Port of Turku, Finland. Built
Samsung Heavy on track to beat 2017 shipbuilding sales target
DECEMBER 28, 2017 — Yonhap news agency reports shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries as saying that it is set to clinch a deal worth 210 billion won (US$195 million) to build a liquefied
Wärtsilä 34DF engines picked for four LNG carriers
OCTOBER 18, 2017 — Four new 174 cu.m LNG carrier vessels being built at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China will each be fitted with four Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel generating sets running
Two more LNG carriers to have ME-GI engines
JULY 19, 2017 — Haugesund, Norway, headquartered Knutsen OAS Shipping has ordered four MAN B&W 5G70ME-GI engines with EGR systems in connection with the construction of two 180,000 cu.m LNG tanker newbuildings.
DSME and DNV GL unveil new LNG carrier design
APRIL 7, 2017 — Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), and classification society DNV GL used this week’s Gastech event in Tokyo to present the results of a joint development project (JDP)