The chairman of the Hong Kong-based Chinese firm that won a concession to design, build and manage a canal in Nicaragua to match the Panama Canal revealed to local media his vision for the project.

Trelleborg Marine Systems has been awarded three contracts to supply fender systems to all three liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects on Queensland’s Curtis Island, Australia. Having already been awarded the contracts to supply docking and mooring...

Sovcomflot (SCF) has reserved construction slots with Russian shipbuilding group United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) to expand its fleet of Velikiy Novgorod class LNG carriers.

Russian shipping giant Sovcomflot, natural gas provider OAO Novatek and Russian state corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs" (Vnesheconombank) have signed an mou for the construction of two gas carriers for the Yamal LNG...

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has chosen Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to research the potential of LNG as a fuel in the North American Emission Control Area (ECA).

The $10bn Angola LNG project has finally shipped its first LNG cargo to Brazil, 18 months behind schedule.

Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) has signed a $917m refinancing deal with Qatar National Bank (QNB).

Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has penned a memorandum of understanding with GAIL (India) to transport LNG sourced by the natural gas company from US.

Jahre Marine AS has announced an order for the world’s first seagoing LNG carrier specifically for at-sea bunkering, with the contract due to be finalised in three months.  

A design for a 3,100 teu containership running entirely on LNG has won the prestigious “Next Generation Ship” award at Nor-Shipping 2013.