Coast Guard to Establish Temporary Security Zone near Freeport LNG
Posted on Mar 26, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Coast Guard to Establish Temporary Security Zone near Freeport LNG
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary final rule establishing a temporary security zone around the Freeport LNG Basin, banning non-exempt vessels from transiting the area. Read more in the Federal...
Dominion Cove Point Submits Formal Application for Pier Reinforcement Project
Posted on Feb 6, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Dominion Cove Point Submits Formal Application for Pier Reinforcement Project
Dominion Cove Point LNG, L.P. (DCP) has filed a formal application to modify its existing berthing facilities at the Cove Point LNG import terminal. The application, which includes a Draft Environmental Assessment revised from the original version filed in the pre-filing docket, indicates that the reinforced pier structure will allow the terminal to accept LNG cargos from QFLEX and...
LNG Vessel Reaches Everett LNG Terminal After Temporarily Losing Propulsion
Posted on Dec 30, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on LNG Vessel Reaches Everett LNG Terminal After Temporarily Losing Propulsion
The Associated Press (carried via the Worcester Telegram (Mass.)) reports that the LNG vessel Suez Matthew has arrived at the Everett LNG regasification terminal located near Boston. The vessel temporarily lost propulsion early Sunday...
LNG Vessel Loses Propulsion for Several Hours 16 Miles Off the Mass. Coast
Posted on Dec 29, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on LNG Vessel Loses Propulsion for Several Hours 16 Miles Off the Mass. Coast
The LNG vessel Suez Matthew, en route from Trinidad & Tobago to the Everett LNG terminal in Massachusetts, lost propulsion when both its boilers deactivated for several hours just after midnight on Sunday, December 28. The Boston Globe reports that one boiler was restarted at 3:30 a.m. and the other boiler at 5:30 a.m. According to U.S. Coast Guard personnel, the tanker did not...
Man Indicted for Shining Laser into Cockpit of Helicopter Escorting LNG Vessel
Posted on Dec 16, 2008 in Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Man Indicted for Shining Laser into Cockpit of Helicopter Escorting LNG Vessel
The Boston Globe reports that last week a federal grand jury indicted a man for shining a powerful laser into the cockpit of a state police helicopter that was escorting an LNG vessel to the Everett terminal near Boston, Mass., in December 2007. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force investigated the...
International Bodies Pledge Loans for Panama Canal Expansion
Posted on Dec 11, 2008 in Financing, Markets and Competition, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on International Bodies Pledge Loans for Panama Canal Expansion
According to Platts LNG Daily, five international bodies, including a wing of the World Bank, have pledged $2.3 billion in loans, about half of the estimated amount needed, for the proposed Panama Canal expansion. The expansion would allow standard-sized LNG vessels to pass through the canal by 2014, significantly shortening the trading routes for cargoes between...