General News 13-18 – Page 465
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New NOAA vessel ordered
V-T Halter Marine will build a new $15 million coastal mapping ship for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company expects to deliver the 124-foot, twin-hull ship in the summer of 2008.The ship will have side scan and multi-beam sonar to survey the coastal sea floor. The data will ...
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MTU to unveil improved 4000 series
MTU in Friedrichshafen is unveiling at SMM its new generation of the 4000 series marine diesel engines which will be cleaner and more powerful than their predecessors.The latest Series 4000 engines are the result of ten years of experience with the previous generation and the new units will meet the ...
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Irving to build cruise ship
The Halifax Shipyard of Irving Shipbuilding is getting back into building ships with a contract to build a small cruise ship for Pearl Sea Cruises of Connecticut. Although there is no firm commitment on a second vessel, it is expected another ship will be also be built in Halifax.Charles Robertson, ...
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Ensolve introduces MEPC compliant separator
EnSolve Biosystems in the USA has successfully completed testing its new oily water separator (OWS) system for U.S. Coast Guard type approval. The new-generation PetroLiminator PL630M was tested to meet the new IMO MEPC.107(49) clean water standards for overboard discharge. "The PL630M consistently achieved effluent levels of less than one ...
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Carnival Outfitting Ship for Wireless
Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp.'s Holland America Line has hired SeaMobile Enterprises to provide the company's 13 ships with wireless cell phone and personal digital assistant device communications. SeaMobile will begin installing wireless equipment on the ships later this year. The company said its technology is compatible with all wireless ...
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CSSC building huge repair facility
CSSC held a ceremony in Guangzhou Longxue Island for the start of construction of the largest ship repair yard in southern China. Ship repair business is one of the primary sectors in Longxue shipbuilding base and the company is planning to invest over $100 million in the first construction stage ...
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MHFCA established
The Marine Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association (MHFCA) has been officially registered this week in Germany as a non-profit organisation and has already attracted over 120 organisations to pre-register for membership from around the world.The nine founding members of MHFCA include: Randy Dey, of ISO, Canada; Panos Koroyannakis, of Islenet, ...
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Posco eyes Asian steelmaker
South Korea?s Posco, the world's fifth-largest steel maker, is looking to buy an Asian steel maker and studying a possible buyout target and timing of an acquisition. "In line with the merger and acquisition trend in the global steel industry, we are thinking of embarking on overseas mergers and acquisitions," ...
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Judge orders EPA to control ballast water
A federal court in California has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate ballast water discharges from freighters, a ruling that has huge implications for the Great Lakes shipping industry. Three environmental groups sued the EPA in 1999 after the federal agency declared that ballast water in freighters was ...
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Esnaad orders five
The Abu Dhabi-based Adnoc subsidiary Esnaad, a marine and supply base services company, has ordered five new vessels from Singapore at a cost of $60 million as part of its fleet replacement. The fleet replacement process is ongoing to meet the expansion needs of the company.The five new vessels consisting ...
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Repsol looks to build five LNG carriers
Spain's leading oil company Repsol YPF SA and its affiliate Gas Natural SDG SA plan shortly to put out for tender a contract to build a fleet of five LNG carriers. According to the unnamed source, the 25-year contract will be worth some one billion Euros and is the largest ...
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Malacca Strait safety project floated
The Malaysia Government, shipping industry and maritime officials from 31 countries have agreed to cooperate on measures to ensure the smooth passage of ships through a vital trading route between East Asia and the Middle East. The implementation of projects in the Malacca Strait ? ranging from the removal ...
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Orders up at Japanese shipbuilders
Japanese shipbuilders received orders for vessels with a combined gross tonnage of 1.09 million tonnes last month, up 47.2% from a year before, the Japan Ship Exporters Association said. Orders rose in August after falling in July for the first time in six months, the association said. Last month?s orders ...
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Labroy books GE quartet
The Singapore-based shipbuilder Labroy Marine has signed a four ship newbuilding contract worth $60.4 million with Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited in India. The contract is for the construction of four 63 metre, 80 tonne bollard pull anchor handling ...
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Tsuneishi expands Cebu yard
Cebu-based shipbuilding company Tsuneishi Heavy Industries Cebu Inc. (THICI) has committed to invest $ 100 million in the expansion of its shipyard in Balamban town in Cebu's western seaboard. THICI, a joint venture between Tsuneishi Corp. of Japan and Aboitiz and Co., has been building 58,000 dwt bulk carriers since ...
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Cosco wins drilling vessel
Cosco has won its first contract to build the hull of a FPSO vessel at a cost of $120 million. The vessel combines drilling, production and storage facilities and is designed for multi-functional use in ultra-deep waters. The vessel will be build at the Cosco Dalian Shipyard and delivery is ...
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BV yacht rules benefit new designs
International classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has joined forces with leading yacht designers and builders to completely re-engineer its Rules for Classification and Certification of Yachts. The new Rules, launched yesterday, build on BV?s extensive experience with high-technology vessels and materials to provide designers and builders with a safe, pragmatic, ...
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ABS classes first CNG Carrier
US classification society ABS has given full design approval for the class of the compressed natural gas (CNG) carrier designed and developed by Canadian-based Sea NG Corporation. Full approval follows the earlier Approval in Principle (AIP) issued by ABS for the Sea NG design in 1997 and is the first ...
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LASCO receives second Croatian tanker
The Latvian Shipping Company (LASCO) has taken delivery of its second Craotian built products tanker, the 51,800 dwt ?Jurkalne?, from the 3.Maj shipyard. The commissioning ceremony of the first of the 10-ship series LASCO tankers took place in July this year with the handing over of the ?Ance?, while, in ...
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DOF orders Indian pair
DOF ASA in Norway has placed a newbuilding order with Tebma Shipyard Limited in Goa, India, for two supply vessels (PSV), design VS 470 MK II. These 73.40 m long, 3,800 dwt vessels will be delivered in August 2008 and December 2008.
