Sakarya gas field, which is operated by Turkish Petroleum, is claimed to be the largest discovery in the Black Sea. It is located within the 7,000km² block AR/TPO/KD/C26-C27-D26-D27 in the ultra-deep waters in the western Black Sea, approximately 175km offshore Eregli, Turkey. In November 2021 it was announced that the Italian oilfield services company Saipem …
Pipe Laying – CASTORONE at Sakarya Gas Field – July 2022 Read More »
Another South Korean built ship, the British owned LPG tanker NAVIGATOR VIRGO was spotted at Palumbo Malta Shipyard during the month of April. In fact she entered Grand Harbour on Monday 4th April at 0852 hrs coming from Arzew, Algeria bound for berthing at Factory Wharf. On Friday 8th April she was shifted from Factory Wharf towards …
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – LPG Tanker NAVIGATOR VIRGO from 04 to 27.04.2022 Read More »
One of FUGRO Marine Services vessels was the seismic research vessel GEO PROSPECTOR. She was built in Germany by Kremer Sohn at Elmshorn with yard number 1143 as PROSPEKTA in 1970 working for Prakla Seismos, Hannover and was managed by Sloman Neptun of Bremen, Germany until 1995. Then she traded as STEVNS CALYPSO until 1997 …
A 61 year old lady delivered in 1959 , currently at Malta is the water tanker XMUN (II). Started her life as HSwMS FRYKEN A 217 with the Swedish Navy she was delivered on 24th November, 1959 supporting the navy with fresh water. She was built by Marinteknik Verkstads AB of which in 1972, the …
The Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) has now agreed with Total to buy the oil major’s 80% stake of the GAZOCEAN, a French ship management company based at Marseilles, France which handles operation of six LNG ships. Before Thursday 22nd October NYK Line held only 20% of the stock in Gazocean and Total held …
LNG News – Japanese NYK Line boosts LNG Carrier Management – 22.10.2020 Read More »
On Thursday 10th September, 2020 the 290 m long British gas carrier GEMMATA entered Marsaxlokk Harbour for another shipment bound to the Floating Storage Unit (FSU) ARMADA LNG MEDITERRANA. This is not her first shipment in fact she was last here in July, 2020 . She was built in Nagasaki, Japan in 2004 and homeported at Singapore …
LNG News – Shell gas carrier GEMMATA at Malta again – 10.09.2020 Read More »
The 2016 built offshore supply vessel VOS PRINCE has been working at the Leviathan field, offshore Israel since 2019. At the end of December 2019 Leviathan field started pumping gas in what the operating consortium called “a historic turning point in the history of the Israeli economy.” The Leviathan gas field is a large natural gas field located in …
Offshore – VOS PRINCE at Leviathan Field – June 2020 Read More »
On Tuesday 3rd December 2019 after 1600 hrs the 2004 built LNG tanker BERGE ARZEW performed a conveyance service with Miggiani Offshore Boats MARIA-C and UNDAUNTED. She was built in South Korea by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering at Geoje with a 93,844 GRT and a deadweight of 77,470 tons. Below Images are of her …
Conveyance – BERGE ARZEW off Valletta – 03.12.2019 Read More »
Today, Tuesday 20th August, 2019 the 290 m long British gas carrier GALEA entered Marsaxlokk Harbour for another shipment bound to the Floating Storage Unit (FSU) ARMADA LNG MEDITERRANA. This is not her first shipment infact she was the first ship to start the shipments back to 11th January, 2017. She was built in Nagasaki, Japan …
LNG News – Shell Gas carrier GALEA again at Malta – 20.08.2019 Read More »
A seafarer died and another 15 were hospitalised last night after a fire broke out on the Maltese (MLT) flag LPG carrier SYN ZANIA which was moored at a port in Turkey. The fire started around 2300hrs last night while the ship was offloading a cargo at a SOCAR facility in the port of Aliaga. The …
Casualties – LPG carrier SYN ZANIA blaze kills one, injures 15 – 02.07.2019 Read More »
