Category: Energy News Beat

Shell’s LNG Canada set to receive LNG cargo as part of commissioning activities

Energy News Beat “The vessel Maran Gas Roxana is travelling to the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat to deliver a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for equipment testing,” the spokesman said. He said the delivery is expected in early April. The delivery is “critical to our safe start-up and commissioning process now underway, and […]

US LNG export terminals ship 26 cargoes

Energy News Beat EIA said in its weekly report, citing shipping data provided by Bloomberg Finance, that the total capacity of these 29 LNG vessels is 98 Bcf. This compares to 29 shipments and 110 Bcf in the week ending March 12. According to data from S&P Global Commodity Insights, average natural gas deliveries to US LNG […]

The End of USAID Is an Opportunity for Africa

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: Ebenezer Obadare is spot on in this article. In my interviews with NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman at the African Energy Chamber, he said that aid for Africa or handouts do not accomplish energy or economic growth. So, by exposing the corruption in USAID, it has given Africa a new […]

Orders pile up for methanol-fuelled roros in Japan

Energy News Beat AsiaOperations Mitsubishi Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has secured more methanol-powered roro orders from compatriot shipping companies. The shipbuilding unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is set to build three ships for Toyofuji Shipping, Miyazaki Sangyo Kaiun and Nichitoku Kisen, with delivery expected in fiscal 2028. The new orders follow two similar newbuilds Toyofuji […]

$3.5m: How much this COSCO ship might be charged when calling at a US port

Energy News Beat Public comments continue to fly into the US Trade Representative (USTR) ahead of Monday’s hearing into controversial plans to tax Chinese-built tonnage calling at US ports.  In the more than 150 submissions sent in, a considerable number have hit out at the unfair, blanket nature of the penalties for container shipping in […]

Baker Hughes nets pair of Petrobras deals

Energy News Beat AmericasOffshore Petrobras Oilfield services giant Baker Hughes has signed a deal with Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras to provide fully integrated completion systems as well as an agreement for a definitive solution for stress corrosion cracking due to CO2 in flexible pipe systems. The multi-year contract award for completion systems follows […]

UK firm to oversee Petrojarl I FPSO transition to Amplus Energy

Energy News Beat EuropeOffshore Teekay Aberdeen-headquartered Amplus Energy has hired V.Ships Offshore to oversee the transition of the recently acquired Petrojarl I FPSO. Altera Infrastructure sold the FPSO unit to Amplus last month. Described as the most deployed FPSO in history, the 1986-built vessel’s last charter was with Enauta at the Atlanta field in Brazil’s Santos Basin. The […]

Wisdom Marine returns to Japan for more handysize newbuilds

Energy News Beat Wisdom Marine Taiwanese shipowner and operator Wisdom Marine is adding more Japanese handysize bulkers to its orderbook. In a regulatory filing, the Taipei-based company said it would pay up to $70.75m for a pair of 39,000 dwt units to be built at Naikai Zosen. The country’s largest dry bulk shipowner has a […]

Flags of questionable quality grow market share

Energy News Beat Wikipedia Over 5,000 vessels  – equivalent to 14.5% of the global merchant fleet – operate under registries with less than 10% ratification of International Maritime Organization and the International Labour Organization conventions, increasing exposure to enforcement actions, according to new data from analytics firm Kpler. “Flag risks are increasingly shaping maritime due […]

Investigators warn 68 American bridges are at risk from a Dali-style accident

Energy News Beat AmericasPorts and Logistics NTSB The one-year anniversary since 2024’s most high-profile ship accident is next week, and the fallout from the Dali containership’s destruction of a bridge in Baltimore continues to permeate throughout the US.  In the early hours of March 26 last year, the Dali lost power after leaving the port […]