General News – Page 245
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NewsADSB signs MoU for superyacht work
Abu Dhabi Ship Building has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Egypt-based DeBirs Yachts, under which ADSB and DeBirs will explore various areas of collaboration.
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NewsIncat Crowther crewboat launched
The 36m monohull crewboat ‘Siem Piata’ was recently launched by ETP Engenharia Ltda in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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ClassNK and Panama celebrate milestone
ClassNK recently announced that at the end of 2010, the combined tonnage of Panamanian flagged vessels on the class society’s register had broken the 100 million gross ton barrier.
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NewsTwin PSVs named
The twin platform supply vessels (PSV) ‘Rem Hrist’ and ‘Rem Mist’ have recently been named at a joint ceremony held at the Ulstein shipyard in Ulsteinvik on the west coast of Norway.
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NewsSingapore built semisub rig named
Queiroz Galvao Oleo e Gas (QGOG), the largest privately-held provider of drilling and production services in Brazil, recently named its newly-built, ultra-deepwater DP semisubmersible rig ‘Alpha Star’.
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NewsLNG fuel best for USA, says DNV
A new report from DNV, ‘Greener shipping in North America’, proposes that LNG is the most efficient and economical way to meet forthcoming air emissions requirements in the US and Canada.
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Sinopacific embraces ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’
China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, which includes the Zhejiang Shipbuilding and Yangzhou Dayang Shipbuilding yards, says that it values business ethics such as lawful operation, product safety, environmental protection, employee benefits, integrity and responsibility to stakeholders.
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NewsEnhanced broadband gets first customer
Maritime satellite communications provider Stratos Global has just launched its FBBPlus managed global broadband service, based on the FleetBroadband and VSAT platforms.
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RINA endorses technical training tool
Castrol Academy, Castrol Marine’s technical training and assessment tool, has been recognised by the Royal Institution Of Naval Architects (RINA).
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NewsTwo more Rickmers container giants named
17 February saw the naming of two more 13,100 TEU container vessels for Rickmers Group. ‘Leo Rickmers’ and ‘Scorpio Rickmers’ will be chartered to Maersk Line as ‘Maersk Edmonton’ and ‘Maersk Elba’.
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NewsNew safety system for OSV rescue craft
UK company SE Hydraulics has partnered with Parker Hannifin to develop a passive damping system for use on the rescue craft davits of BP’s regional support vessels (RSVs).
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NewsMaersk orders 10 green mega-boxships
Maersk Line has announced that it has signed a contract with Daewoo in Korea to build 10 container ships of 18,000 TEU capacity to a new environmentally-friendly design.
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NewsSecond ferry newbuild launched at Rauma
The launch of the second ro-pax ferry, ‘Spirit of France’, which STX Rauma is building for P&O Ferries, took place on 17 February 2011. She is a sister ship to ‘Spirit of Britain’, which was handed over in January 2011.
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NewsNamibia orders fisheries research vessel
STX Finland Oy and Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Republic of Namibia recently signed a contract for the construction of a fisheries research vessel at a cost of approximately EUR 35 million.
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NewsMajor project to further develop low-speed gas engines
In late 2010 Wärtsilä initiated a major project to further develop its low-speed engine portfolio to include gas engines, alongside its medium-speed dual fuel engines, as part of the company''s strategy.
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Mitsubishi gets Ramform orders
Norwegian-based Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) has signed a ‘letter of award’ with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the delivery of two Ramform W-class vessels, with the option for another two ships.
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NewsChina awards seismic vessel contract
Rolls-Royce has won a £20 million order from Chinese conglomerate Sinopec to design and equip a specialist seismic research vessel.
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STX OSV wins own design PSV order
STX OSV Holdings Limited (STX OSV), has secured a contract for the design and construction of a platform supply vessel (PSV), based on its PSV 09 design, for an undisclosed international customer.
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NewsUS shipyard secures car truck carrier contract
Singapore-based ST Engineering announced that its US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, has been awarded a shipbuilding contract worth about $144 million from Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii (Pasha).
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Carbon reduction agenda goes global
A significant step forward in reducing carbon emissions in the global maritime supply chain was taken recently when the Freight Transport Association (FTA) joined forces with Heriot-Watt University (HWU) to begin developing definitive best-practice guidance on reducing cargo emissions in global maritime supply chains.
