General News 13-18 – Page 460
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Protos online
Be safe and save time! These are the fundamental goals of the PROTOS database by Germanischer Lloyd. Now online, PROTOS ("Provisions for Transportation of Solid Bulk Cargoes") allows shipping companies, chartering companies and marine terminals quick access to all safety regulations for dry freighters - be it regulatory, structural or ...
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USCG to order FRC cutters
The US Coast Guard (USCG) wants to build a total of 58 FRCs (fast response cutters) which are urgently needed to replace worn-out 34 metre cutters now in service. A previous plan to rebuild the existing cutter fleet ended after the first converted ships developed serious hull integrity problems.Northrop Grumman ...
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Orient Overseas orders boxships
Hong Kong based Orient Overseas (International), owner of the eighth- largest Asian container shipping line, placed a $477 million order for four vessels with Samsung Heavy Industries to expand its fleet. The ships, which can each carry about 8,063 TEU, will be delivered between 2009 and 2010. Orient Overseas, controlled ...
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Turkey's shipbuilding comes of age
Projects implemented by the Turkish Ministry of Transport in the last four years to increase shipyard capacity and efficiency has started to bear fruit. The ministry took the shipyards? demands for growth as their priority and development plans were approved by the Ministry of Public Works. The Tuzla Shipyard and ...
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EU extends shipbuilding aid
The European Commission said it has extended its state aid rules for shipbuilding until the end of 2008. Current measures expire at the end of this year and the EU Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, said the specific use of future aid for innovation is an area the EU executive will ...
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Voith powers Taiwan tugs
Two Voith Water Tractors (VWT) have been ordered by Taiwan Navigation for use as escort vessels in the port of Taichung in Taiwan. The port entrance is particularly narrow and the new tugs will be used to escort LNG carriers safely to the newly constructed terminal. Each of the two ...
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Cummins, Beiqi Foton Motor form JV
The Indiana-based engine manufacturer, Cummins Inc., has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Beiqi Foton Motor Co. in China to set up the Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Co. Ltd. (BFCEC). The company said the new joint venture company will manufacture two types of Cummins light-duty, high-performance diesel engines in ...
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GL Academy in Dalian
Engineering services such as hydrodynamics, strength and fatigue, vibration, acoustics and experimental investigation will be presented by Germanischer Lloyd Academy at the Shiport China trade show in Dalian this week. In addition, the training institute of the Hamburg based classification society, GL Academy, will offer a full range of advanced ...
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Daewoo adds another goliath
Daewoo Shipbuilding has added a second giant goliath crane, with a maximum capacity of 900 tonnes, a hoisting height of 72m and a rail span of 148m. With this newly-erected crane the shipbuilder will achieve a much improved productivity and efficiency in constructing vessels as well as offshore plants. The ...
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DNV classes world?s largest car carrier
The world?s largest newbuilding car carrier measured in car capacity is at present being built in Croatia to DNV class. The vessel will have a capacity of 7,000 vehicles and will be completed in January next year. The giant car carrier is being built for P.D. Gram and Leif Hoegh ...
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STX clinches three PCs
STX Shipbuilding clinched three 50,400DWT product carriers from Taiwanese carrier Formosa Plastic Marine for delivery by 30 November 2009. Total contract price is $137 million. Ship particulars are 183m in length, 32.2m in breadth, 19.1m in depth and have a speed of 15.2 knots.
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DNV growing in China
Bj?rn K. Haugland has no doubts about his objectives for DNV in China. "My mission is to give our customers first-class support and through that expand DNV?s business in this growing market. We consider China, and Greater China as a whole, as a real growth area," says DNV?s regional manager ...
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MAIB reports on cruise ship fire
The UK?s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) published its report into the fire that broke out on a cabin balcony on board the Bermuda-registered cruise liner Star Princess on 23 March 2006. The investigation was carried out by the MAIB on behalf of the Bermuda Administration with the help of ...
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Pietro Barbaro constructs tankers in Russia
Italian shipper, Pietro Barbaro, intends to construct a fleet of 12 crude tankers and carry nearly 1 million tons of crude and petroleum by river from 2009. The market analysts say Pietro Barbaro has chosen bad time for launching the business in Russia, where petroleum has been leaving rivers since ...
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R&R Marine newbuildings for Pelican Offshore
R&R Marine Fabrication and Drydock ("R&R Marine") in Port Arthur, Texas, has signed an agreement with Pelican Offshore Services Company, Inc. ("Pelican Offshore") of Galveston, Texas to build four lightering support vessels with an option to build four additional vessels. Pelican Offshore is a wholly owned subsidiary of AET Inc ...
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Sumatec building two tankers in China
The Malaysian company Sumatec Resources Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Semua Shipping Sdn Bhd, has entered into two shipbuilding contracts with Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard and Jiangsu Guotai International Group for the construction of two 8,000 dwt product oil tankers for $12 million each.Delivery of the first vessel is expected in ...
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Hartmann orders two AHTS from Fincantieri
Fincantieri has gained an order from Hartmann Logistik GmbH to build two multipurpose Anchor Handling, Tug & Supply Vessels (AHTS) with delivery scheduled for December 2008 and February 2009. The contract includes an option for further two.The vessels, classed by ABS, will be 76.50 metres long, 17.50 metres wide with ...
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Croatia snaps up Yarmouth ferries
Wightlink has placed a contract for two new Yarmouth to Lymington ferries with a Croatian shipyard. The ferries, set to cost about $19 million, are due on the route before the summer season of 2008.The new design came from a working party made up of staff from the route, managers ...
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PNSC finalises financing deal
The Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) has finalised a $135 million financing deal with ABN-Amro Bank for acquisition of three vessels. These new vessels include two Aframax class double-hull oil tankers and one Panamax class bulk carrier.The vessel acquisition plan would cost $150 million, of which $135 million has been ...
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Nokbong clinches two chemical tankers
Nokbong Shipbuilding in South Korea clinched two 12,000DWT chemical tankers from Heung-A Shipping for delivery during second half of 2008. Total contract price is $61 million.
