General News 13-18 – Page 623
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Daedong Shipbuilding is reborn with STX help
STX Corporation has expanded into the shipbuilding business with an equity injection of $77 million into Daedong Shipbuilding. STX, formerly called Ssangyong Heavy Industries, is a licensed builder of MAN B&W, SEMT Pielstick, Niigata Engineering and Hanshin Diesel marine engines. Daedong Shipbuilding had been under court management since 1997. During ...
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Flying Dolphins for Korea?
George Patakos, ceo of Greek ferry company Hellas Flying Dolphins (formerly Minoan Flying Dolphins), has confirmed the company is close to ordering two high speed conventional ferries with an option for two more vessels. Talks are said to involve Scandinavian and Korean yards. The company has a fleet of 74 ...
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Dae A Express goes high speed
Dae A Express has commenced operation of a new high speed ferry. The mv Hankyoreh operates services on the Sea of Japan between Mukho City, on the east coast of Korea, and the tourist island of Ollongdo, 110 miles offshore. It also operates a once weekly return service from Sokcho, ...
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Keel laid for Harland and Wolff?s first roro
The first of two 14,200 dwt roll on/roll off ferries currently under construction at Harland and Wolff began to take shape in the building dock early last month as the first section of the vessel, to be named Hartland Point, was lowered into position by an 840t capacity Goliath crane. ...
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Roll over
Torm Alexandra, which rolled on the quay while discharging containers at Monrovia, is currently being salvaged by a team from Smit Tak and Wijsmuller. The 4,160 dwt ship developed a severe list to port during discharge. The first stage of the operation involved pollution prevention through containment of a small ...
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Compact lifeboat
Dutch boatbuilder Mulder & Rijke claims that, at 9.5m long, its new PELB95/150 is the world?s shortest, most compact 150-seat lifeboat. The lifeboat uses alternate rows of elevated seats. It features a 21kW Bukh diesel and is designed for cruise ship use. It achieved speeds in excess of 6kts on ...
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Paint ban sealed
The IMO has finally decided to ban TBT antifoulings and, more importantly, decided on the barrier coat option, which will save owners having to go about getting all their existing TBT antifouling removed. Many will breathe a sigh of relief because removing 20 years of antifouling from the bottom of ...
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ABB monitoring
ABB will this month unveil a system for continuous monitoring of the performance of large diesel engines, based on measuring cylinder pressure and flywheel angle for each engine cycle. The Cylmate system features a pressure transducer on each cylinder and an angle transducer at the flywheel, which uses weak magnetic ...
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Moving goalposts
According to the Colombian navy, emergencies off the Caribbean coast will be covered by cellular telephone communication, as planning continues on how to comply with IMO GMDSS agreements. While this was not part of the original intention of GMDSS - the advances made in cellular phone technology have made it ...
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Brattvaag?s tide
With its heavy reliance on the offshore business, Norway?s shipbuilding industry has been particularly successful in this niche market. The latest delivery took place at Brattvaag Skipsverft when the yard handed over hull no. 77, a multipurpose offshore supply vessel with additional fire-fighting functions, to Consensus Fjord KS. Named Carline ...
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Isolde docks at Remontowa
Polish shipyard Stocznia Remontowa has docked the 30,000 dwt car carrier Isolde for general inspection and maintenance work. Jobs carried out included hull treatment, sandblasting and painting of the ship?s two vehicle ramps. Other work included inspection of the car deck?s 55 ventilation heads, cleaning of the fuel tanks and ...
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Italians award OBO-to-tanker contract
Premuda has awarded Skipskonsulent in Norway a major conversion design contract. Premuda from Genoa, Italy has a number of 12-14 year old Swedish-built OBOs, which are to be converted to Panamax Tankers. The conversion involves removing the entire cargo section and forebody forward of the engine room bulkhead. A completely ...
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Upgrade for seismic vessel
The French companies Compagnie Générale de Géophysique (CGG) and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) have decided to carry out a major upgrade of their seismic research vessel CGG Mistral. The conversion includes upgrading to 10 streamers and adding two new engine rooms with complete shaft lines and propellers in sponsons added ...
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Bollinger upgrades Port Fourchon
Bollinger?s repair and conversion shipyard at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, can now accommodate ships, rigs and boats with drafts to 27ft (8.23m), thanks to completion of dredging from the sea buoys in the Gulf to Bollinger?s Fourchon 350ft (106.68m) slip, which has also been deepened. Walter ...
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Seaworx to convert seismic ships
Seaworx, part of the Wijsmuller group in the Netherlands, has acquired three seismic survey vessels from Western Geco in the US. The vessels in question are the Western Orient, Western Polaris and Western Aleutian. One is to be converted for use in the cable-laying sector, a second vessel will be ...
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Tilbury repair
A&P Shipcare says it has opened a new, 24-hour repair facility at Tilbury in the UK. The new repair facility has a workshop where engine and mechanical overhauls, steelwork, pipework renewals and electrical repairs and installations can be carried out. Riding squads and procurement of spares are also offered by ...
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Safer ships through changing dues
Ernst Vossnack has further developed his design for a chemical tanker (The Motor Ship, April 2001), which may prove cheaper to build than conventional chemical tankers and, he says, will offer operational advantages, a longer life and, last but not least, will enhance safety. However, its increased gross tonnage is ...
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Heerema?s Balder conversion
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) is well known for its crane vessels Balder, Hermod and Thialf, the latter having a lifting capacity of 14,000t. However, the market for lifting platforms is becoming smaller while the market for offshore installations in deep water is growing. Therefore, Heerema has decided to convert Balder ...
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The Heerema Group
Heerema Group is the majority shareholder of heavy lift transporter Dockwise, which specialises in the transport of very heavy constructions on submersible vessels. Its record so far is the transport of the 41,106t production platform Petrobras 40 which was carried by Mighty Servant 1 from Singapore to Rio de Janeiro ...
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Dutch expertise raises Kursk
The nuclear-powered submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea at a depth of 108m on August 12, 2000 with the loss of 118 lives. President Putin of Russia promised to have the submarine salvaged so that the bodies of the drowned crew could be returned to their families. The salvors ...
