All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 676

  • Palfinger Wind offshore wind turbine service crane
    News

    Large order for wind farm service cranes

    2011-08-05T10:49:00Z

    Crane supplier Palfinger Wind reports that an order for 48 platform cranes, to be used for servicing large offshore wind turbines, by turbine producer Repower Systems, has recently been completed.

  • Svitzer tug in action
    News

    Safety deal with tug operator

    2011-08-04T16:48:00Z

    UK company Ocean Safety has been awarded a contract by Svitzer UK to supply and service ISO and SOLAS lifejackets, pyrotechnics, survival suits and other safety equipment to the company’s UK fleet of 80 vessels.

  • News

    New Canadian marine electronics distribution deal

    2011-08-04T16:48:00Z

    Ocean Signal has appointed CMC Electronics as exclusive Canadian distributor for all marine markets. CMC Electronics is said to be Canada’s largest distributor of marine electronics, handling many major manufacturers.

  • The Rolls-Royce UT 731 CD AHTS
    News

    Dual AHTS order for Rolls-Royce

    2011-08-04T16:21:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has won a £50 million contract to design and equip two UT 731 CD anchor handling vessels for Farstad Shipping of Norway. They will work in extreme environmental conditions at water depths up to 3,000m.

  • ABB believes that 98% of the merchant fleet could benefit from its marine energy appraisal service by saving fuel, reducing energy use and cutting emissions
    News

    Marine energy appraisal launched by ABB

    2011-08-04T16:21:00Z

    ABB has announced the start of a marine energy appraisal initiative, intended to help vessel operators lower fuel consumption by reducing their energy use and improving the environment by cutting CO2 emissions.

  • News

    New FPSO contracts for Keppel

    2011-08-04T16:18:00Z

    Keppel Shipyard has won two contracts worth a total of S$146 million to convert a FPSO unit as well as to fabricate and integrate an external turret mooring system for an existing FPSO unit.

  • Mette Line Pedersen, Viking’s new sales director in Brazil
    News

    Viking expands in Brazil

    2011-08-04T16:16:00Z

    Viking Life-Saving Equipment has announced its expansion in Brazil. The existing Brazilian office and service station in Rio has been joined by a new branch in São Paulo’s Santos seaport from 1 August 2011.

  • ‘Norilskiy Nickel’ - unusual work for German yard
    News

    Ice-breaking boxship revamp completed

    2011-08-03T17:59:00Z

    The Wismar facility of Germany’s Nordic Yards has completed the unusual modernisation of an ice-breaking container ship – the Norilskiy Nickel – prompted by increased transport demands on Russia’s northern route.

  • Carnival’s German Aida brand seems to have temporarily abandoned its support for German shipyards with its latest order for two newbuildings in Japan
    News

    Carnival orders new Aida and Costa ships

    2011-08-03T16:14:00Z

    Carnival Corporation has announced it has reached agreement for the construction of three new cruise ships - one 132,500gt vessel for its Costa Cruises brand and two 125,000gt ships for Aida Cruises.

  • News

    Last of series boxship for Seaspan

    2011-08-03T16:11:00Z

    Seaspan Corporation says that it has accepted delivery of its latest 4,500TEU containership, the Budapest Bridge, which was constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries.

  • News

    Shippers sceptical about EEDI measures

    2011-08-03T16:07:00Z

    According to logistics organisation Shippers Voice, shipper groups believe that ‘green fuel taxes’ will not reduce emissions from ships; instead they will simply add a surcharge to the rates they charge customers.

  • News

    Applications of photo-luminescent signage expanded

    2011-08-02T17:03:00Z

    UK marine sign maker Maritime Progress has announced that it is now able to apply the same photo-luminescent technology used for its safety-related signs but at lower cost, allowing it to extend the range to include general-purpose and custom-made signage.

  • Island Offshore is to receive two more UT 776 CD PSVs, with Rolls-Royce propulsion systems and equipment packages
    News

    Large propulsion order for Rolls-Royce

    2011-08-02T16:48:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has announced a new contract, valued at around £20 million, to design and supply power and propulsion systems for two UT 776 CD supply vessels for Island Offshore.

  • ‘Hoegh Trove’, first ship with a full OceanSaver BWT system
    News

    First BWT system commissioned on PCTC

    2011-08-02T16:46:00Z

    Norwegian ballast water treatment system company OceanSaver says that its first fully operational system has now been successfully commissioned onboard the Höegh Autoliners PCTC Höegh Trove.

  • The JU3000N jack-up rig – more orders in Singapore
    News

    Major order for jack-up rigs

    2011-08-02T16:44:00Z

    Jurong Shipyard has signed two contracts worth a total of US$444 million to build another two jack-up rigs for a subsidiary of Noble Corporation, which had chosen to exercise the two rig options ahead of the expiry date.

  • Incat Crowther’s 35m offshore catamaran design
    News

    Design contract for offshore catamaran

    2011-08-02T16:39:00Z

    Incat Crowther of Australia is designing a 35m catamaran workboat for Offshore Unlimited, the third ship resulting from a three-way partnership between builder Richardson Devine Marine, Incat Crowther and the operator.

  • Trevor Harrison
    News

    IBIA appoints interim chief executive

    2011-08-02T16:38:00Z

    Trevor Harrison has been appointed as acting chief executive of the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA). The move follows the recent resignation of Ian Adams, the former chief executive.

  • News

    Keppel completes ultra deepwater rig

    2011-08-01T14:01:00Z

    Keppel FELS reports that Scarabeo 9, a sixth-generation ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig, has been named, and is on track to be delivered on schedule to operator Saipem.

  • News

    Challenging tank level retrofit completed

    2011-08-01T14:01:00Z

    Scanjet Macron of Finland has completed a challenging tank level gauging system retrofit onboard Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Hanseatic during the 18-year old vessel’s 13-day dry docking at the Blohm + Voss yard in Hamburg.

  • ‘Seastar Empress’ – one of Norbulk’s MPM-equipped bulk carrier fleet
    News

    Planned maintenance for bulker fleet

    2011-08-01T13:59:00Z

    Marine Software of UK says it has supplied an additional MPM (marine planned maintenance) software package to Norbulk Shipping for its 33,500dwt bulk carrier newbuilding Seastar Endurance.