All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 770

  • Floatel Superior, first newbuild floatel which fully complies with the latest rules and regulations for the Norwegian sector in more than 20 years
    News

    Keppel to deliver first North Sea-compliant floatel newbuilding

    2010-03-27T10:24:00Z

    Keppel FELS is on course to deliver Floatel Superior, the first of two newbuild accommodation semisubmersibles (floatels) to the Swedish company Floatel International.

  • The launch of the Zheng He
    News

    Croatia launches cutter suction dredger

    2010-03-27T09:32:00Z

    The latest cutter suction dredger, ordered by the Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul, was recently launched at the Uljanik Brodogradiliste shipyard in Pula, Croatia.

  • The Bay-class amphibious assault ship RFA Cardigan Bay in ASRY’s large graving dock this year undergoing her CSP (Contractor Support Period).
    News

    ASRY signs RFA cluster repair agreement with A&P Group

    2010-03-26T16:56:00Z

    Bahrain’s ASRY has signed a ‘heads of agreement’ with the UK’s A&P Group to become the repair yard of choice in the Arabian Gulf for two clusters of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels, involving five ships.

  • Keppel Shipyard delivered FPSO Armada Perdana to Bumi Armada in August 2009. The latest contract is the fourth project Keppel Shipyard will undertake for Bumi Armada.
    News

    Keppel wins contracts from repeat customers

    2010-03-26T14:03:00Z

    Keppel Offshore & Marine through its subsidiaries, Keppel Shipyard, Keppel FELS and Keppel Verolme, has secured $140 million worth of contracts for the conversion of a FPSO and repair and modification of two semisubmersibles.

  • News

    STX building special purpose trio

    2010-03-26T13:51:00Z

    STX Europe has, through its wholly owned subsidiary STX Norway Offshore AS, signed contracts to build three special purpose vessels for a new foreign client. The vessels will be delivered in Q4 2011, Q2 2012 and Q3 2012.

  • News

    ABS guide for environmental notations

    2010-03-26T13:48:00Z

    ABS has published a guide for shipowners seeking to obtain its optional class notations Enviro and Enviro+ denoting adherence to enhanced standards for environmental protection.

  • News

    Vinalines plans ambitious newbuilding programme

    2010-03-26T13:44:00Z

    Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) is planning a $2 billion fleet expansion between 2011 and 2015.

  • News

    Wuchang targets offshore vessels

    2010-03-26T13:39:00Z

    China''s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry is chasing several newbuilding contracts for various offshore vessels, making the most of a joint venture it has established with Houston-based international engineering and construction company J Ray McDermott.

  • Akimitsu Ashida
    News

    New chairman and president for MOL

    2010-03-26T13:27:00Z

    Mitsui OSK Lines, Ltd (MOL) is pleased to announce the promotions of president Akimitsu Ashida to chairman of the board and senior managing executive officer Koichi Muto to president.

  • Michael-Parker, Jan-Kopernicki and outgoing presidentJesper-Kjaedegaard
    News

    New president and vice-president for Chamber of Shipping

    2010-03-26T13:14:00Z

    Jan Kopernicki was, on 25 March 2010, invested as president of the Chamber of Shipping, the trade association for the British Shipping industry.

  • The InterManager delegation at the IMO
    News

    InterManager speaks out against seafarer criminalisation

    2010-03-26T12:55:00Z

    InterManager, the international trade association for in-house and third party ship managers, has spoken of its concern at the ''discriminatory attitude'' displayed towards seafarers during cases of criminalisation.

  • PetroLiminator 200M
    News

    Bilge treatment system completes certification

    2010-03-26T12:42:00Z

    EnSolve Biosystems of the USA has successfully completed the MEPC 107(49) certification tests for its compact PetroLiminator 200M (PL 200M) oil water separator (OWS) system.

  • Costa Mediterranea in drydock at Palermo
    News

    Palermo yard tackles cruise ship repairs

    2010-03-25T17:05:00Z

    During 2009, Fincantieri of Italy carried out five repair jobs on cruise vessels and two conversions with most of work carried out at the company’s Palermo shipyard which concentrates on ship repairs and conversion.

  • Rickmer Rickmers at B+V Repair
    News

    Quiet start to year at B+V

    2010-03-25T16:11:00Z

    The sale of Blohm + Voss to the Abu Dhabi MAR Group is likely to be a done deal by the time this issue of The Motorship appears and the historic transfer appeared to be proceeding smoothly as the Hamburg yard went quietly into the new year.

  • Dr Pierre C. Sames, Senior Vice President Strategic Research and Development of GL and Dr Wolfgang Mett
    News

    GL in joint venture with German aerospace centre

    2010-03-25T11:37:00Z

    A cooperation framework agreement has been signed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL).

  • The OceanSaver ballast water management system, one of the first types to gain firm orders for a large ship installation
    News

    Industry responds to IMO ballast water management convention

    2010-03-24T15:30:00Z

    Hyundai Heavy Industries has ordered OceanSaver ballast water management systems for three VLCCs being built for the Oman Shipping Company.

  • Marintek provides a rigorous testing regime for a wide variety of ocean-going structures to ensure maximum safety
    News

    Sinking a ship in a good cause

    2010-03-24T15:07:00Z

    Norwegian research institute Marintek looks at accurate measuring of the impact of testing forces during Testing marine structures, such as very large tankers, requires equipment that can simulate the variety of forces and measure their exact impact with high precision and accuracy.

  • Hamworthy’s ST-C sewage treatment plant is claimed to be the first of its type to receive Chinese type approval
    News

    Chinese approval gives sewage treatment system a head start

    2010-03-24T15:05:00Z

    Hamworthy reports that it has become the first non-domestic sewage plant supplier to achieve type approval in China.

  • News

    LR updates ballast water treatment technology guide

    2010-03-24T10:49:00Z

    The third Lloyd''s Register (LR) guide to ballast water treatment technology is now available. First launched in 2007, this latest version of the guide provides further independent and impartial information on commercially available and developing technologies for ballast water treatment.

  • Keppel Shipyard is converting a vehicle carrier into a livestock carrier for repeat customer Hijazi & Ghosheh
    News

    Keppel secures conversion contracts

    2010-03-24T10:44:00Z

    Keppel Shipyard has secured two contracts totalling $160 million to convert a FPSO vessel for single Buoy Moorings Inc (SBM), and a livestock carrier for an affiliated company of Hijazi & Ghosheh.