Latest News – Page 618
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NewsGoing to the rescue
Dag Pike was aboard an 80ft catamaran in the wide open Atlantic when it started to crack. Here he explains how a container ship’s answer to the distress call underscores a very modern problem.
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Jurong Shipyard breaks ground for new facility in Brazil
Singapore group Sembcorp Marine reports that its subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has broken ground at its Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz facility, the Group’s first overseas integrated new yard in Espirito Santo, Brazil.
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NewsDNV helps raise offshore energy efficiency
Det Norske Veritas reports that a project, involving seven Norwegian offshore shipping companies, has been established to identify energy efficiency and fuel saving initiatives for the offshore shipping industry.
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NewsNew CAD/CAM module cuts risk in design
Aveva has released a new product, as part of its marine portfolio, which aims to simplify complex ship designs through the managed subdivision of ship spaces and automatic layout drawings.
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Bunker supplier warns of impending Turkish fuel sulphur limits
OW Bunker, a supplier and trader of marine fuel, has highlighted potential safety issues that ship owners and operators will face in Turkish waters when new local sulphur legislation comes into force from 1 January 2012.
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Ro-pax ship to be converted for offshore use
Sembawang Shipyard of Singapore has secured a $140 million contract from Equinox Offshore Accommodation to convert a ro-pax vessel to a DP2 accommodation and repair vessel (ARV).
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Norwegian group in BWTS and pump agreements
Norwegian company Ing Per Gjerdrum AS (PG Marine) has entered into an agreement with offshore support operator DOF for the implementation of ballast water treatment systems on a “large number” of ships in the 70-strong fleet of DOF and its subsidiaries.
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Acquisition of satcom provider Vizada by EADS Group’s Astrium completed
The takeover of satellite communicatuions service provider Vizada by aerospace communications company Astrium has now been completed, and Vizada’s activities will now be integrated into EADS Group company Astrium Services.
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NewsGPA wins research ship design contract
Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates (GPA) has announced the award of a contract to deliver the regulatory design and detail/production design for a new US research vessel.
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NewsTwo join US naval architect firm
Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates has appointed Joseph E. Payne as the electrical department manager and chief electrical engineer, and Eric Engelbrecht as project manager.
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NewsNew island ferry for French West Coast
French shipbuilder Chantiers Piriou, of Concarneau, in Brittany, has delivered a new ship for passenger and goods services between the mainland and islands off Brest to local departmental authority Conseil Général du Finistère.
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NewsMAN receives waste heat recovery order
MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that it has received a firm order for two turbo compound systems including power turbine and generator (TCS-PTG) from Samjin Shipbuilding in Weihai, China.
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NewsMore troubled waters ahead for shipping
It’s more doom and gloom from the forecasters when it comes to the state of the shipping industry as we near the end of 2011 - but there may just be a glimmer of hope too.
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GL launches pocket guide for MLC 2006
To support the maritime industry in its endeavour to prepare for the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has developed what it describes as an easy to use pocket guide to MLC 2006.
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CIMAC young engineers look at LNG or scrubbers as Tier III options
CIMAC – the International Council on Combustion Engines – says that its second ‘Cascades’ younger engineers’ event took place in November in Tokyo.
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Maersk orders supply ships from Chile
Chilean shipyard Asenav has received a new contract from long-term customer Maersk Supply Service for two offshore supply vessel newbuildings. The order includes an option for up to four additional vessels.
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NewsFour Damen PSVs for WWS
Damen Shipyards reports that newly founded offshore support company World Wide Supply (WWS) has ordered four PSV 3300 CDs, to a recently-launched design for offshore supply operations in adverse weather conditions.
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NewsSKF to open marine service centres
SKF says it is further strengthening its commitment to the marine industry with the establishment of a marine-focused network of specialised technology and service centres to providing a range of marine solutions.
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NewsFirst commercial scrubber delivered
Hamworthy Krystallon says that the first of four vessels on which its seawater scrubbers are being installed, a ro-ro newbuilding for Italian ship owner Ignazio Messina, is now on line.
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Winch order for mega-boxships
German deck equipment supplier TTS Marine, of Bremen, has announced a contract to provide the anchor and mooring winch system for the largest container vessels yet to be built.
