In a Viewpoint letter appearing in the Jamestown Press, Weaver’s Cove Energy President and Chief Executive Officer Ted Gehrig rebuts inaccurate claims made by Jamestown Committee on LNG Threat member Dick Lynn regarding LNG vessels and the U.S. Coast Guard’s plans to update commercial vessel anchorage areas off of Rhode Island. – Destinations of LNG [...]

An editorial in the Providence Journal notes that the Port of Providence in Narragansett Bay has long been host to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tankers which operate under the same safety and security procedures as LNG ships: Since 1990, there have been 320 transits of tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) into the Port of [...]

In 2009, Congress passed legislation requiring the United States Coast Guard to evaluate the potential navigational safety and security impacts to vessel traffic for both recreational and commercial waterways users associated with Weaver’s Cove’s LNG project. The Coast Guard recently completed and published its report entitled “Impact of Fall River, MA Liquefied Natural Gas Facility [...]

An editorial in today’s Providence Journal notes that large ocean going vessels regularly transit the waters of Narragansett Bay without negatively impacting recreational boaters or hitting area bridges. Proposed LNG shipments into Narragansett and Mt. Hope bays will similarly have minimal impacts on recreational boating and pose no threat to “bridge safety.” From the “Bay’s [...]

Statement of Weaver’s Cove Energy in Response to S-2125 Introduced by Sen. Walter S. Felag Jr. Senate Bill 2125, introduced by Sen. Walter S. Felag Jr., is supposedly designed to protect the safety of the Pell and Mt. Hope bridges by requiring any ship over 150 feet in length whose primary cargo is hazardous material [...]

On July 30, 2009, the Coast Guard, which is responsible for assuring the safety and security of marine operations in all U.S. waters, issued a Letter of Recommendation (LOR) for the Weaver’s Cove Energy Offshore Berth Project. Regarding the transit of LNG vessels through Narragansett and Mount Hope Bays, the LOR determined that the “applicable [...]

Watch Frank Coletta’s NBC 10 Business Talk interview with Hess LNG President & CEO Gordon Shearer.

Representative Raymond Gallison has embarked on his fourth legislative initiative aimed at blocking the Weaver’s Cove’s LNG project. His latest attempt, like the others, has no basis in fact and is almost certainly unconstitutional. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and U.S. Coast Guard have taken account of Representative Gallison’s stated concerns and have consistently discounted [...]

This week’s Providence Business News Newsmakers section features an interview with Hess LNG / Weaver’s Cove CEO Gordon Shearer: PBN: Weaver’s Cove Energy has been proposing an LNG facility in Mount Hope Bay in one form or another for eight years. Why continue? SHEARER: I think the answer to that is really found in the [...]

This excellent video shows Boston Harbor pilots bringing ships safely into port. The video actually shows an LNG tanker passing in the background of a group of recreational sailors.  Contrary to alarmist claims that “LNG ships will close the bay,” this video clearly shows that recreational boating and commercial shipping can and do coexist. Thanks [...]