All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 430
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NewsNew leader for Kittiwake's US office
Kittiwake Developments has appointed Peter Pilon as CEO of the company’s US operations. The company says that its new US CEO and relocation to Houston demonstrates renewed focus on its ‘core’ markets.
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NewsUlstein design for Heerema newbuilding
Having developed the concept and basic design for Heerema’s new monohull vessel, Ulstein Group’s Dutch based design company, Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS), has now been awarded the further engineering of the vessel with the selected shipyard.
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ABS creates greater China Operating Division
ABS has announced a major organizational change with the creation of a fifth operating division that will be responsible for the society’s activities in The People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan.
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NewsBid for Northrop Grumman shipbuilding revealed
A little-known Cleveland-based company has bid to acquire the entire shipbuilding unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation, including the big shipyard in Newport News that builds US Navy vessels.
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NewsWärtsilä and Ecospec to co-operate in exhaust gas treatment
Wärtsilä and Ecospec Global Technology, owner of the CSNOx emissions abatement technology, recently signed a MOU to work together towards the common goal of providing clean power solutions.
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Tidewater places PSV quartet with Drydocks World
New Orleans-based Tidewater entered into a contract with Drydocks World for the construction of four 80.77m deepwater platform supply vessels at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia.
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Bangladesh in JV with Dutch shipbreaker
Shipbuilding company Ananda Group in Bangladesh signed an agreement with Greendock BV, a Dutch company specialising in ship recycling, for establishing multipurpose yards for repairing and recycling ships.
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LR offers guidance on ballast-water systems
Lloyd''s Register has issued new guidance notes to help ship-owners and operators who are preparing to install ballast-water treatment systems on their ships.
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NewsKeppel delivers Petrobras FPSO
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has recently delivered the ‘P-57’ FPSO vessel to Monaco-based Single Buoy Moorings Offshore N.V. (SBM).
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STX linked to big container order
South Korean shipbuilder STX Group is rumoured to be close to winning a $1.3 billion shipbuilding deal with a European company said to be Zodiac Maritime.
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Korea shipbuilding lagging behind China
The three major indicators, order backlogs, new orders and completion & delivery, for shipbuilding competitiveness suggest that the gap between South Korea and China is getting wider in the course of time.
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Slurry tanker for MHI
NYK Line is planning to build a 175,000 dwt slurry tanker at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the shipment of New Zealand ironsand.
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NewsCaterpillar to power Indian patrol vessels
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems is to supply the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) with 72 propulsion engines and gensets to power 36 interceptor boats.
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Roller screens help reduce aircon costs
Solar Solve Marine recently commissioned a laboratory to carry out tests to quantify the actual value of cost savings, in US dollars, that can be made when Solasolv products are installed and in use in a vessel’s navigation bridge windows.
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Interferry moves on Philippines ferry safety
Interferry has written to the Philippines transportation ministry with an offer of assistance in improving safety standards in domestic ferry operations.
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NewsPioneering container ships
One item in the October 1960 issue of ''The Motor Ship'' which caught our eye was a report of a pair of small container ships for US coastal service.
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ECA approved for adoption at next MEPC session
IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has approved a proposal to designate certain waters adjacent to coasts of Puerto Rico (United States) and the Virgin Islands (United States) as an Emission Control Area (ECA).
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NewsJurong shipyard inks FPSO conversion
Jurong Shipyard (JSPL) in Singapore has secured an approximately $268 million contract to convert the Aframax tanker ‘Arc II’ (ex ‘Arc’), to a FPSO vessel for Teekay Petrojarl Production AS.
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CO2 control measures high on IMO agenda
The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) - 61st session was held recently at IMO’s headquarters in London.
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Berg makes breakthrough in Brazil
Berg Propulsion has made a breakthrough into the fast-growing offshore vessel construction market in Brazil, just a few months after establishing a regional office in Rio de Janeiro.
