All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1077
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NewsFinnlines Ropax contract goes to Fincantieri
Artist impression of Finnlines new ROPAX ferries being built at Fincantieri.Fincantieri and Finnlines, the Finnish shipping company, have signed a contract to build three 42,000 gt, 9,200 dwt ropax ferries at a total cost of 300 million Euro ($377 million). Furthermore, the companies have agreed an option for two more ...
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Daewoo continues to win more orders
Daewoo Shipbuilding in Korea continues to win new orders and the latest contracts involve a 145,000 cbm LNG carrier from Golar LNG Limited in Norway and a 159,000DWT Suezmax tanker from Sociedade Nacional De Angola in Angola. The total value amounts to $210 million. The Golar order includes an option ...
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Hyundai Samho and Mipo near its new order target this year
Hyundai Samho Shipyard in South Korea has reportedly clinched 19 ships valued at $1.24 billion to date this year. The orders consist of four 8,200TEU container ships, four 5,000 to 6,000TEU class box ships, four 320,000DWT VLCCs and seven 160,000DWT tankers. Samho shipyard has set itself a target of 24 ...
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NewsSTX names two and delivers one
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea named two 71,300DWT product carriers ordered by Byzantine Maritime Corporation and are the first two of a four-ship series our ordered by the Greek owner. They are named Fotini Lady and Petali Lady, and the former was delivered. Ship particulars are 228m long, 32.24m wide, ...
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Chinese shipbuilders busy to receive new order
Jiangnan Shipyard in China nets another 16,400DWT chemical tanker from Stenersen in Norway and represents the ninth such order from this ship owner placed at this yard. Dalian New Shipyard in China secured an order for four 4,250TEU container ships plus two plus two options from Rickmers in Germany. The ...
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NewsMT30 receives DNV certification
The Rolls-Royce MT30 marine gas turbine has completed a major development milestone by receiving certification from DNV (Det Norske Veritas), a leading verification agency. The design approval certifies the engine at 36MW to DNV's rules for classification of High Speed, Light Craft and Naval Surface Vessels. ABS (American Bureau of ...
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Norcontrol IT vtmis for Port Salalah
Port Salalah in Oman has selected Norcontrol IT as its supplier of choice for a new Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS).Norcontrol IT will supply an advanced suite of products, based on its benchmark VTMIS5060, which is already in use at over 40 ports throughout the world."In preparation for ...
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QinetiQ technology helps tackle maritime security threats
With new security regulations looming, ship operators now have access to a new online tool that provides important information about security threats, such as piracy and terrorism. The ?SeeThreat? risk assessment service, available through the Lloyd's Register Group's award-winning ClassDirect Live internet information service, is based on search engine technology ...
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Walker Marine launches new range of wind sensors
Lilley & Gillie, the UK-based based manufacturer of navigational instruments and nautical equipment, has launched a complete new range of robust Walker wind speed & direction sensors to suit different applications.Since Lilley & Gillie acquired the Birmingham based Walker Marine in 2002, the combined company has actively been developing advanced ...
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Mipo clinches four product carriers
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has secured four 37,000DWT product carriers from Latvian Shipping Company in Latvia. Total contract price is about $ 120 million and the tankers will be delivered from the first half of 2007. Mipo said that this is the first new order from an Eastern European ship owner. ...
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NewsK Line to participate in order for small LNG carriers
The Japanese shipping company K Line has been appointed as the partner of Statoil ASA in its LNG coastal transportation project and the two companies will work together to develop the concept of coastal LNG transportation.This project aims to deliver LNG from the Snohvit LNG plant in Melkoya or LNG ...
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NewsK Line car carrier passes ISPS code
K Line's car carrier Indiana Highway passed the Class NK ?ship security audit? (based on the owner's optional application) for the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code) as the first Japanese flagged vessel to comply with the ship security plan (SSP) approval procedure. K Line Group is ...
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HHI clinches FPSO
Hyundai Heavy Industries won an order for an FPSO from BP worth about $ 340 million. The 360,000 DWT vessel will be installed at Plutonio off the Angolan coast and will measure 310 meters long, 58 meters wide and a depth of 32 meters. Storage capacity will be 2 million ...
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Singapore feeder operator orders new pair from China
Singapore-based feeder operator Regional Container Lines (RCL) has ordered two 1,850 TEU feeder boxships from Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Yangzijiang valued at $51 million. These high spec newbuildings will be the first RCL vessels to be built in China and will have a service speed of 23 knots. The ships represent ...
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MCA approves Northrop Grumman UK marine navigation training centre
Northrop Grumman Corporation?s Sperry Marine business unit has obtained certification from UK?s MCA for its navigation training centre in New Malden, UK. The certification signifies that Sperry Marine?s programme meets international requirements for electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) training under the 1995 amendments to the Standards of Training, ...
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IMO achieves consensus to control alien invaders
A new international convention to prevent the potentially devastating effects of the spread of harmful aquatic organisms carried by ships' ballast water has been adopted by the IMO. The instrument was adopted at an ?international conference on ballast water management? held from 9 to13 February at IMO's London Headquarters. The ...
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NewsIntegration to solve road transport problems in Europe
An example of a modern ro-ro vessel built for European short-sea tradeThe results of the first 18 months research carried out by the EC funded project ?INTEGRATION? (Integration of Sea Land Technologies for an Efficient Door to Door Intermodal Transport), have been presented in Madrid last week. The main achievements ...
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NewsCosalt's cradle reduces fatalities
The Jason's Cradle man overboard retrieval system supplied by Cosalt Safety & Protection retrieves people horizontally from the water and is simpler for crews to handle during emergencies.The Jason's cradle man overboard retrieval system supplied by Cosalt Safety & Protection based in Grimsby, UK, is claimed to help reduce the ...
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NEPIA highlights commercial impact of ISPS code
The North of England P&I club has warned its members that the International Maritime Organisation?s (IMO) new ship-security rules could have a significant impact on the commercial aspects of their operations when it comes into force on 1 July 2004.In the latest issue of its loss-prevention newsletter ?Signals?, the club ...
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News"K" Line (Europe) Ltd orders new Capesize in Japan
The 2002 built Capesize bulker ?Cape Future? chartered by K Line (Europe) is similar to the newbuilding scheduled for delivery in 2006.K Line (Europe), the London-based regional headquarters of the Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, will take delivery of its first new bulk carrier for its own account in ...
