General News – Page 335
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Golar Winter leaves yard for Brazil
Golar Winter, Golar?s newly converted FSRU, recently sailed from Keppel shipyard in Singapore for Brazil and is Petrobras? second FSRU and sister to Golar Spirit. Both vessels are classed by DNV.Jan Koren, who heads DNV?s tanker business, said the vessel is expected to be stationed at Petrobras?s LNG import facility ...
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New ice-breaker for Japan
?Shirase?, a new ice-breaker, has arrived at its homeport in Yokosuka where Japan?s Maritime Self-Defence Force has a base. At 12,650 tonnes, the 'Shirase' has a length of 138m, a beam of 28m and has state-of-the-art ice-breaking capabilities. Built at the Universal Shipbuilding yard in Maizuru at a cost of ...
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STX seeks government help in Europe
The Managing Director of STX Europe has called on the Finnish Government to place orders for vessels to help STX Europe?s yards in Finland get through these tough times. Martin Landtman said that the country did not have a vessel capable of fighting oil pollution in ice conditions. He also ...
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California ARB reg could lead to propulsion failures
The Air Resources Board (ARB) in California has a proposed regulation under review that, if approved as expected, will require ocean going vessels to use low sulphur marine distillates in main engines, auxiliary engines, and auxiliary boilers beginning on 1 July, 2009 in regulated California waters. The state defines regulated ...
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China Steel, Sumitomo plan Vietnam mill
Vietnam has granted an investment licence to a consortium of foreign firms led by China Steel, Sumitomo Metal and Sumitomo Corp to invest $1.15 billion in a steel mill in the country's southern region.The project would be operational by 2013 with a design capacity of 1.6 million tonnes per year ...
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LR opens another office in China
Lloyd?s Register?s latest office in China, its 14th, was opened recently and will initially employ more than 20 with the number rising to 30 in the coming weeks.Nick Brown, Country and Marine manager, PR China, heralded the occasion as an important step for LR in its continued investment in the ...
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Russia to modernize fishing fleet
Head of the Russian Federal Fishery Agency, Andrey Krainy, says cooperation with Norway over trawler fleet modernization is a necessity. The obsolete Russian fishing fleet now is in dire need of upgrades and Krainy said "Our fishermen cannot compete with the Norwegians because the prime cost of our production is ...
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Asian shipyards expand LNG carrier portfolios
Officials from major Asian LNG carrier shipyards at Gastech 2009 have said that, while 2009 has been a quiet year so far, they are confident that 2010 will see an upturn in orders, especially from clients looking for floating storage and regasification units (FSRU). Chan Won Moon, who works for ...
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New LNG sloshing guidelines
Lloyd's Register has published a new guidance document for the design of membrane-technology liquid natural gas containment systems. The document is aimed at improving design procedures with respect to sloshing forces, and is the result of a long programme of research and development, including extensive consultation with industry, and an ...
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Asia to become world's dominant shipping force
What might feel like a global shipping meltdown will, in hindsight, be viewed as a worldwide shift to an Asian domination of the maritime industry. Such was the conclusion of a recent shipping finance forum in Tokyo. Asia's determination to protect its shipbuilding industries and to secure its means of ...
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Japan ranks top in order intake
According to the Korea Shipbuilders' Association (Koshipa), South Korean shipbuilders have received new ship orders of 171,000 cgt in the first quarter of 2009, placing it 2nd in market share after Japan. Koshipa released a report entitled "Current Situations and Prospects of Shipbuilding Industry" which said Chinese shipyards secured new ...
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NewsMotorship Conference - from beyond 2009 to pre-1904 in two days
Delegates to the Motorship Propulsion and Emissions Conference study the 1932 B&W engine at the MAN Diesel House museumThe 2009 Motorship Propulsion and Emissions Conference, held on 26-27 May in Copenhagen, Denmark, was judged by all to have been a resounding success.In such uncertain times it was remarkable that the ...
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Versatile tanker from Turkish yard
The Turkish shipbuilder ?i?ek Shipyard has delivered the 3,087 DWT double-hull tanker Frecciamare to the Italian shipowner Ciane Anapo. Based in Augusta, on the east coast of Sicily, Ciane Anapo is part of the Novella Group, which specialises in coastal tanker and bunker operations.Frecciamare was completed as Chem Flower, the ...
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Single supplier for safety services
In a significant review of its safety operations, Exmar Shipmanagement has awarded a contract to Wilhelmsen Ships Service to handle all safety-related business throughout the fleet, including a liferaft rental programme and complete port agencies service. As part of the programme, Exmar Shipmanagement has concluded a liferaft rental agreement for ...
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Class guidance notes for LNG cargoes
Lloyd's Register, claimed to be a leader in the classification of LNG carriers, has published a new guidance document for the design of membrane-technology liquid natural gas containment systems. The document is aimed at improving design procedures with respect to sloshing forces, and is the result of a long programme ...
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Latest emissions research presented at Motorship conference
The second phase of the Emission Minimisation (EMI MINI) research project, a joint effort to reduce marine engine emissions, is nearing completion.Funded by the German government and involving leading diesel engine design experts, including Caterpillar Motoren, AVL Deutschland, L?Orange, WTZ Roßlau and the University of Rostock, the first phase of ...
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SSW pulls out of shipbuilding
Reports from Germany suggest that the Schichau Seebeck shipyard (SSW) is to cease building ships. The yard, which is going through bankruptcy proceedings, is expected to be converted into a business park for the maritime and wind power industries. Two of the former owners, shipbuilder Lloyd Werft and Ronner, a ...
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Well-attended Motorship Conference winds up in historic style
The 31st Motorship Propulsion and Emissions conference drew to a successful close in Copenhagen today.After a morning of discussion centred around various emissions-related topics, including exhaust gas abatement technology and the impact of the latest Marpol regulations, the formal business concluded with a shipowners' discussion session.The event concluded with a ...
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Donut distribution agreement
Global manufacturer of maritime and offshore safety solutions VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has signed a distribution agreement with UK based Donut Safety Systems Ltd.- VIKING?s products are often the last means of rescue on board, and we are always on the lookout for ways to improve crew safety, says Global Sales ...
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Brazilian order for deck equipment
Rolls-Royce has secured a £38 million contract to supply a newly-developed anchor handling system that will enable floating oil platforms to be secured to the seabed in the extreme depths off the coast of Brazil. The system has been developed in response to the increase in deep water oil exploration ...
