Native group nears LNG deal – Shipping news – www.tradewindsnews.com

Native group nears LNG deal Developers LNG projects proposed for the Canadian town of Kitimat are nearing a settlement on a native group’s complaint over shipping traffic. A deal would pave help pave the way for National Energy Board approval of the country’s first LNG export schemes. The Gitxaala Nation has raised concerns that LNG …

Murmansk breaks ice

Russia’s Murmansk Shipping has chartered an icebreaker to the US to help Antarctic research. The National Science Foundation (NSF) will take the 4,400-gt Vladimir Ignatyuk (built 1983) to its logistics hub at McMurdo Station for the 2011-12 winter season. The vessel will clear a path through the ice that will allow cargoships to deliver the …