Ships & Yards 13-18 – Page 70
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NewsGerman yards do well with very different ships
Two more orders for luxury inland cruise ships have been won by Meyer subsidiary Neptun Werft in Warnemuende, bringing the number ordered since 2000 to an incredible 45, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsThe hull as a sail
Tucked away almost unnoticed in a corner of the Nor-Shipping exhibition earlier this year was a project for another wind-assisted cargo ship, but one which used neither sails nor kites.
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NewsResearch vessel contract for Mitsubishi Heavy
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order for construction of a wide-area seabed research vessel from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC).
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NewsMulti-role accommodation ship features increased stability
A novel stabilisation system is an important feature of a newbuild accommodation vessel ordered by Edda Accommodation, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsRepair orders could save jobs at Canadian yard
Irving Shipbuilding confirmed two new commercial ship repair contracts for itsHalifax Shipyard which it says will require up to about 140 hourly employees.
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NewsFinal Blue Ship PSV handed over
Usltein Verft of Norway has delivered platform supply vessel ‘Blue Protector’, final ship in a series of six to the PX121 design.
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NewsMoscow backs Nordic takeover of P+S yard
The Moscow Government has given its blessing to a bid by the Russian-owned Nordic Yards to take-over Volkswerft in Stralsund, making an early sale of the insolvent P+S Werften facility now more likely, reports Tom Todd.
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New shipyard in Azerbaijan to be run by Keppel
A new 62ha shipyard in Baku, Azerbaijan, was officially opened on 20 September.
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NewsTwo Polish shipyards finalising merger
Two Polish shipyards, the Szczecin-based SSR Gryfia and the MSR shipyard in Swinoujscie, are currently finalising their merger, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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NewsTwo FPSO conversions for Keppel Shipyard
Singapore-based Keppel Shipyard has announced two FPSO conversion contracts from repeat customers, said to be worth a combined value of S$190 million. The contracts are from SBM Offshore and M3nergy Offshore.
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NewsTank gauging for floating dock
UK instrumentation company PSM says that its level transmitter technology was recently employed in a floating dock building project at a Turkish shipyard .
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NewsSTX to restructure Finnish operations
STX has announced a plan for restructuring at its Finnish shipyards, following the decline in orders, low profitability levels and what it calls “stiffened competition”.
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NewsLaser scanning can help yards survive
According to UK computer aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) specialist Aveva, the use of laser scanning can give shipyards a competitive edge in refit and conversion projects, such as the installation of ballast water treatment systems or exhaust gas scrubbers
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NewsShip agency service tackles drydocking
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is launching a service for the ship repair market, with the aim of streamlining dry-docking operations through the use of of integrated ships agency, safety and equipment services from a single source.
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NewsSeismic support contracts for China
OSD-IMT, a division of Offshore Ship Designers, has secured a design contract for two IMT 965 seismic support vessels with a bollard pull in excess of 50t for China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL), of Beijing.
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NewsLatest Ramform pushes the bounds in seismic vessel technology
Providing a major capacity boost and raising the stakes in the high-density segment of the rapidly growing market for marine seismic data acquisition, Norwegian-headquartered specialist Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is investing in a new generation of seismographic research ships, by David Tinsley.
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NewsUK operator orders six vessels from Balenciaga
Scotland-based Craig Group has ordered six emergency response and rescue vessels from Balenciaga in Spain.
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NewsRunning right through the middle
The new round of heavy, expensive but comparatively fragile subsea modules are once more pushing against the limits of their deployment equipment and, according to Stevie Knight, are prompting a rethink.
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NewsHolding costs down in the deep end
There’s more tonnage needed in the subsea construction market, but vessels are expensive, so any innovation that can help keep the rates down may well prove popular, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsRobots gain the advantage
Innovative automation taking place at the Kleven Verft yard in Ulsteinvik is looking to make the most out of a car-technology crossover which has been shaving time and costs from other industries, writes Stevie Knight.
