General News – Page 228
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NewsMaersk Line contracts 10 Triple-E vessels
Maersk Line has exercised its option with Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to build an additional 10 Triple-E ships, which the company describes as the world’s largest and most efficient container vessels.
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Daimler and Rolls-Royce secure 94% of Tognum
Daimler AG and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc have secured 94.17 % of the shares in Tognum after the two companies'' successful tender offer.
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China clinches Peter Dohle boxship order
China’s Yangzijian Shipbuilding has won an order for eight 10,000 TEU container ships from German shipowner Peter Dohle.
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NewsHavila wins contract with Havyard design
Havila Shipping has won a five year tender with Statoil for delivering platform supply services with an option for a further three years.
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Huge Brazil yard gets green light
Brazilian authorities have rubber-stamped a deal to push through financing for what is being billed as the largest shipyard in the Americas following the agreement by the Merchant Marine Fund (FMM) to fund the construction.
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NewsTeekay Offshore signs Brazil shuttle tanker contract
Teekay Offshore GP, the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners, has entered into a new long-term contract with a subsidiary of the British BG Group to provide shuttle tanker services in Brazil.
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ABB wins order to power seismic vessels
ABB has won a $24 million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next generation Ramform vessels, capable of 3D seismic data acquisition for sea bottom resource exploration.
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NewsWind turbine power ‘world first’ for ferry
Stena Line claims that its passenger ferry ‘Stena Jutlandica’ is the first to be equipped with wind turbines which will contribute to the company’s environmental efforts by both supplying energy and reducing fuel consumption.
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NewsFarstad orders two more AHTSs
Farstad Shipping has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply, reached an agreement with STX OSV to build two anchor handling offshore service vessels (AHTS) of the type UT 731 CD.
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Sungdong inks Zodiac boxship quartet
South Korean shipbuilder Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has received an order from UK-based Zodiac Maritime to build four 3,600 TEU containerships for delivery in 2013.
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NewsWorld’s first SCR NOx removal system installed on bulker
NYK Line, Oshima Shipbuilding, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Akasaka Diesels and Sakai Chemical Industry are to begin shipboard tests of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) nitrogen oxide (NOx) removal equipment.
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NewsIHC Merwede to develop W3GM’s OWTIS
W3G Marine (W3GM) based in Aberdeen, Scotland, and the Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede have agr eed to collaborate on the development of W3GM’s patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship (OWTIS).
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Intermanager announces completion of KPI
InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement industry, officially announced the completion of the development phase of its six-year project to produce an industry-wide performance measurement tool.
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NewsClassNK named top classification society
ClassNK was named the best classification society in Asia again Friday night when it received the “Classification Society Award” at the Seatrade Asia Awards held recently in Hong Kong.
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NewsChina to build world’s most efficient boxships
The new generation of 10,000 TEU container vessels contracted in China by Seaspan represents major improvements in energy efficiency, cargo capacity, operational efficiency and emission reductions.
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Container carriers in ULCS race
According to the latest Alphaliner newsletter, 98 ultra large container ships (ULCS) of over 10,000 TEU have been delivered since 2008 with a further 147 units due for delivery over the next four years.
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Warning of LNG staff shortages
Shipping recruiter Faststream warns that shipowners taking part in the LNG vessel order spree could face serious difficulties in finding experienced superintendents to run these vessels in the coming months and years, particularly in Europe.
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BV fleet tops 80 million gt
The Bureau Veritas (BV) classed fleet has grown strongly during 2011 and in June passed 80 million gt comprising 9,663 sea-going ships and 1,853 inland navigation vessels.
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TTS drilling equipment for jack-up
TTS Energy AS, a subsidiary of TTS Group ASA, has signed a Letter of Intent with Jurong Shipyard in Singapore for delivery of a high performance drilling equipment package for a new CJ70 jack-up to be built for North Atlantic Drilling.
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NewsNew cable layer design for Boskalis
OSD-IMT, the UK arm of Ijmuiden-based Offshore Ship Designers, has been chosen by Samsung and Boskalis-SMIT Engineering to develop the basic design, detailed design and production drawings for a 99m cable laying vessel.
