General News – Page 264
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NewsDOF AHTS to be built in Brazil
STX Norway Offshore has through its subsidiary STX Brazil Offshore entered into a new contract for the building of one Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel for Norskan Offshore in Brazil, a subsidiary of DOF ASA.
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Wartsila to expand CPP production in China
Wartsila signed an agreement with Zhenjiang CME, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), to manufacture controllable pitch propellers (CP propellers) at the two companies’ joint venture unit, Wartsila CME Zhenjiang Propeller Co Ltd, located in Zhenjiang.
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Keppel secures contracts worth $101 million
Keppel FELS Limited in Singapore has secured new contracts worth about $101 million to complete and refurbish two semisubmersible drilling rigs respectively for Saipem S.p.A and Ensco plc.
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‘K’ Line expands installation of control system
The Japanese shipowner Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd (‘K’ Line) has placed an order with Yokogawa Denshikiki Co., Ltd. (YDK) to expand the installation of the latest heading control system onboard its vessels.
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Odfjell terminates Chinese shipbuilding contracts
The Bergen-based Odfjell group and the Chinese shipbuilder Chongqing Chuandong Shipbuilding Industry China (CCSIC) recently agreed to terminate three of the six contracts for stainless steel chemical tankers.
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Grandweld and Drydocks sign agreement
UAE-based shipbuilding, ship repair and conversion specialist, Grandweld, and Drydocks World Dubai have signed a long-term ground development lease agreement (Musataha) for a shipbuilding and ship repair facility at the Industrial Precinct of Dubai Maritime City (DMC).
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Scana contract with STX in Brasil
Scana Industrier ASA has, through its subsidiary Scana Volda AS, signed contract with STX Europe for delivery of remote controlled propulsion system for two anchor handling vessels which will be built in Brazil.
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Safer shipping of dangerous goods with ‘GL Cargo’
With the new amendment to SOLAS II-2/19 “Carriage of Dangerous Goods”, coming into force on 1 January 2011, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has launched a database service ‘GL Cargo’, allowing its users easy access to all equipment requirements.
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NewsMonfalcone delivers the new Queen
Fincantieri’s shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, has recently delivered the ‘Queen Elizabeth’, the new cruise ship of Cunard Line, part of the Carnival Group.
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New welding technology for polar LNG carriers
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Korea recently announced that it plans to develop a specialised welding technology for polar LNG carrier tanks.
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NewsSurveying skills win thickness gauge
At Mercator Media’s recent successful Seawork exhibition, thickness gauge maker Cygnus challenged surveyors to guess the thickness of a piece of steel using only a hammer.
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Sembawang secures FPSO conversion contracts
Sembcorp Marine’s Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore has secured two FPSO contracts worth S$75 million.
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BWT systems face quality assurance risk
Calculations by ballast water treatment system manufacturer Oceansaver suggest that if shipowners allow the compliance dates of the 2004 Ballast Water Convention to dictate their adoption of onboard treatment systems, an estimated 16,000 ships will need outfitting in 2017.
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Tanker orders ticking over
Bergen-based Viken Shipping has ordered five 105,000 dwt shuttle tankers from Samsung for delivery from the second half of 2012 onward. With the receipt of this order, Samsung said the yard’s orders for 2010 have already reached $6 bill.
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NewsVoith inline propulsor for jack-up vessel
A 131m long, 39m wide jack-up vessel for the erection of wind power stations is being fitted with the most powerful inline thruster from Voith Turbo Advanced Propeller Technologies.
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LR to fund emissions research
Lloyd’s Register’s independent charity foundation, The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust (The LRET), has agreed to fund a research programme worth over €1,500,000 into shipping emissions at NTUA (National Technical University of Athens) over the next five years.
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CTX completes VLCC design study
The Centre for Tankship Excellence (CTX) has completed a study entitled ‘The Impact of EEDI on VLCC Design and CO2 Emissions’ in which it analysed a VLCC owner’s response to both EEDI and a carbon based bunkers tax.
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Stolt orders bitumen tankers
Stolt-Nielsen S.A. in Norway announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Stolt Bitumen Services (SBS) signed an agreement with Nanjing East Star Shipbuilding in China for the construction of up to four 3,500 dwt bitumen tankers.
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NewsCarbon control high on agenda at IMO environment meeting
The reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from international shipping will be a major focus for discussion at the MEPC 61 meeting which takes place between 27 September and 1 October, 2010 at IMO Headquarters in London.
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Correction – ‘Maersk Miami’
In the September 2010 issue of ‘The Motorship’ we published a story on the recent repairs undertaken to the containership ‘Maersk Miami’, owned by Germany’s Reederei Blue Star GmbH, by Bahrain’s ASRY, with information supplied by the shipyard.
