General News – Page 373
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Scottish ferry sails after costly delay
The new Pentland Firth ferry Pentalina set sail from the Philippines recently after considerable delays in her construction which has cost Pentland Ferries boss Andrew Banks some of his lucrative summer season trade. The multi-million-pound catamaran had been due to come into service on the Gills Bay/St Margaret's Hope run ...
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Bergen Group finalises Fosen purchase
Bergen Group has recently finalized the purchase of Fosen Holding, including Fosen Yards. The purchase price has been reduced from NKr 200 million to NKr 180 million. The total consideration is a combination of NKr 90 million in shares in Bergen Group at price per share of NKr 26 and ...
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Vroon orders wind turbine installation vessels
Vroon in The Netherlands has has ordered the construction of two wind turbine installation vessels which will be operated by its subsidiary MPI Offshore, who are based in Stokesley in the UK.The new vessels are based on the design of Resolution, a wind turbine installation vessel built in 2003, which ...
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Keppel to build Romanian multi-purpose vessel
Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited?s (Keppel O&M) has secured a S$181 million ($131million) contract to build a multi-purpose heavylift / pipelay vessel for Romanian drilling contractor, Grup Servicii Petroliere SA (GSP). To be classed by the ABS, this vessel will be designed and built to meet international environmental standards. The ...
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Wartsila reports profits up, lower orders, and summarises the shipbuilding market
Finnish engine company Wärtsilä has recorded higher profits than expected for the second quarter of 2008, but is seing a slow down in new orders for the ship power division. The whole group recorded a 37% rise in sales for the quarter, with ship power still proving profitable, but new ...
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Gas turbine order for Australian Navy
GE Marine has announced that it is supplying LM2500-based propulsion systems for two new Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) amphibious ships. The vessels are being built in Spain, at the Navantia, Madrid, yard, under a joint contract with Australia?s Tenix Group.Navantia will oversee the ships? design and ...
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California accelerates sulphur limits
Ships sailing off the California coastline or calling at Californian ports will be compelled to use low sulphur fuel as from July next year. From July 2009, the maximum sulphur level in fuel used in main propulsion engines will be limited to 1.5% within 24 naut miles of the coastline. ...
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BV in Russian registry agreement
Paris-based classification society Bureau Veritas has entered an agreement with the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation delegating BV the authority to conduct statutory certification services and to issue certificates for vessels registered in the Russian International Registry of Ships.Bernard Anne, managing director of BV?s marine division, says, "Russia ...
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Construction begins on 54-ship series
Naval architect Guido Perla and Associates has announced that construction is now under way in China of the first of a series of 54 offshore support ships. The ships are to the GPA 254L AHTS design, and all are destined for French maritime services provider Bourbon Offshore. The vessel is ...
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Bidders announced for Polish yards
Aker Yards of Norway is reported to be among the bidders for Poland's cash-stretched shipyards. The yards have been given a deadline, extended to 12 September, to come up with a privatisation scheme which is acceptable to the Polish treasury, or pay back government subsidies amounting to several billions of ...
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Aker Yards to go ahead with Ukraine deal
Aker Yards has announced that the Ukraine authorities have approved the bid by Russian-controlled, Luxembourg based, investment group FLC West to acquire a 70% stake in three Aker Yards' shipyards - two in Germany and one in Ukraine. As all approvals from regulatory authorities are now in place, Aker Yards ...
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First of new high pressure turbocharger family is launched
ABB Turbocharging of Switzerland is launching a new family of turbochargers, the A100 series, which is designed to offer pressure ratios up to 5.8:1 from a single-stage unit. The first in the series, the A140-H, is intended for high speed diesel and gas engines. The high speed engine product will ...
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Investor acquires 50% of Turkish yard
The Carlyle Group, which describes itself as a global private equity firm, has acquired a 50% stake in Turkish shipbuilder TVK. TVK was founded in 2005 in the Kocaeli free trade zone to build chemical tankers up to 30,000 dwt and other specialised vessels. Carlyle says that the acquisition will ...
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AP Moeller-Maersk places order for 18 engines
MAN Diesel reports that AP Moeller - Maersk has ordered 18 × MAN B&W 6S80ME-C9 engines for a series of container ships. All of the engines will be built by HHI-EMD, Hyundai?s engine division, with 13 going to Hyundai?s Ship Building Division (HHI-SBD), and the remaining five to Hyundai Samho ...
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Japanese yards report steel delivery delays
Japanese shipyards are reporting difficulties caused by delays in delivery of raw materials. Reports suggest that steel plate is being delayed by four weeks to some yards, though the average delay in steel supplies is said to be around two weeks. The delays in delivery are thought to be as ...
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Island Offshore orders new unit from Aker
Aker Yards has signed a contract with Island Offshore for the building of a well intervention vessel. This will be a near sister ship to the 'Island Wellserver', delivered from Aker Yards earlier this year. Like its sister, it will be built to Rolls-Royce UT 767 CDL design, but with ...
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Shipowners plan their own repair yard in Korea
A consortium of Korean shipping companies has been formed to set up its own shiprepair facility. As Korean shipyards are fully booked with newbuilding orders, most ships have to go to China or Vietnam for repairs or routine maintenance. With the Korean fleet increasing, the problem is likely to become ...
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Largest LNG carrier named in Korea
A ship, said to be the world?s largest LNG vessel, has been named at Samsung Heavy Industry?s (SHI) shipyard on Geoje Island, South Korea.The Lloyd's Register-classed vessel was ordered by the Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat). The ship, named 'Mozah', is the first "Q-Max"-sized vessel with a capacity for 266,000m3, ...
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ABS and Polish Register to extend cooperation
ABS and Polish Register of Shipping (PRS) have announced a multi-year, joint research and development program that will focus on ship dynamic stability in extreme wave conditions and the time variant reliability of aging bulk carriers.Agreement on the R&D projects follows the conclusion of a wide-ranging co-operative accord that was ...
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EU likely to reject Polish shipyard plan
European Union regulators said recently that time was almost up for Poland to make changes to a government rescue package for three ailing shipyards. EU spokesman Jonathan Todd said the Polish government had until today to make changes to its current restructuring plan or the European Commission could decide to ...
