General News – Page 523
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Revised sewage regs
Revised international regulations for the prevention of pollution of the sea by sewage from ships (revised MARPOL Annex IV, adopted by resolution MEPC.115(51)) will enter into force today, 1 August 2005. The regulations are important because the discharge of raw sewage into the sea can create a health hazard and, ...
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MEPC adopts amendments
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the IMO adopted amendments to its regulations on the prevention of air pollution to establish a new special emissions control area for the North Sea when it met for its 53rd session from 18-22 July. MEPC also agreed to develop a new mandatory ...
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UK focuses on RK280 production
MAN B&W Ltd, located in Stockport, UK, will in future be focusing on extended service business and on the production of the new RK280 engine series. The MAN B&W Diesel Group?s English site introduced measures to improve competitiveness at the beginning of April, which included optimising of the production facilities ...
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Malta Shipyards finances improve
Shipyard workers at Malta Shipyards are to get a performance bonus of Lm70 to Lm100 each next month after the company's financial performance superseded budget targets during the first three months of the year. According to the performance-related pay (PRP) scheme agreed by the government and the General Workers' Union ...
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Rickmers orders newbuilds from Iran
Rickmers-Linie, the Hamburg based global breakbulk, heavy lift and project specialist, has ordered four multipurpose heavy lift vessels from the SADRA Shipyard in Busheher, Iran. They are scheduled for delivery between July 2007 and July 2008.The newbuildings have been purpose-designed for the carriage of breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo. ...
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Aker inks Tallink ferry
Aker Yards and the Estonian Tallink Group have signed a contract for the building of a fast passenger ferry for delivery in spring 2007, worth around $134.5 million. The contract includes an option for another similar vessel. The new ice class ferry will be built at the Helsinki yard for ...
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Qatargas II inviting LNG bids
Talks are set to begin soon on Qatar's new LNG tanker procurement program. Qatar Liquefied Gas Co. II (Qatargas II), which plans to charter 6 to 8 large-size LNG carriers, said that it is inviting operators to make their commercial bids by Aug. 25.
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Daewoo wins Qatar quintet
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has received an order to build five 210,100 cubic metre LNG tankers valued at $1.20 billion from a Qatari gas producer. DSME?s latest deal means that it has secured nine out of 20 LNG carriers for Qatar Liquefied Gas II since last year. Qatar ...
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Austal delivers and wins new order
Austal Ships has delivered to a private owner the ?Electra? for operation in the Bahamas.With the initial design brief heavily based on carrying and deploying a 9 metre, twin engine RIB, ?Electra? is customised as a base for serious diving adventures. Complete with all the necessary equipment to support underwater ...
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Petrobras signs loi with Modec
Brazil's state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) signed letters of intent with Modec Inc., Houston, to supply a floating production, storage, and offloading platform (FPSO) and a floating storage, and offloading vessel (FSO) in the Campos basin. Modec will operate the FPSO in Espadarte Sul field and the FSO will receive ...
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Chenega sets sail
Alaska?s second fast vehicle ferry, ?Chenega?, sailed from Auke Bay yesterday, en route to Prince William Sound, where it will serve the communities of Cordova, Valdez, and Whittier. The ferry, built by Derektor Shipyards of Bridgeport, Connecticut at a cost of $38 million, is expected to enter revenue service on ...
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Teekay awarded LNG contracts
Teekay Shipping Corporation has been awarded contracts to charter two 155,000 cubic-metre LNG carriers to the Tangguh LNG project in Indonesia. The contractual relationship for the 20-year fixed-rate charters will be with the Tangguh Production Sharing Contractors, a consortium led by BP Berau, a subsidiary of BP plc. The vessels ...
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K Line orders three LNG carriers
A group company consisting of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K"Line), together with its Indonesian consortium partner, PT. Pelayaran Nusantara Meratus (PNM), has executed three 20-year long-term charter agreements for three new LNG carriers for Tangguh LNG Project with the Tangguh Production Sharing Contractors operated by BP Indonesia. The Tangguh LNG ...
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U.S. Navy goes paperless
The U.S. Navy unveiled plans for a major transformation in military marine navigation over the next few years, in which traditional paper nautical charts will be replaced with advanced, interactive, electronic navigation systems throughout the fleet. The Navy's plans were presented at a media briefing and demonstration cruise in Washington, ...
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Keppel set for strong Q2
Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corporation Ltd., the world's top builder of offshore oil rigs, is set for a 28% quarterly profit rise on Thursday as rig orders boom and oil refining returns improve.More than half of the rigs now under construction around the world are in Keppel yards, feeding an energy ...
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Kogas to build ice classed LNG carrier
Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) has invited bids to build four LNG carriers, two of which will be ice classed, to carry 3.5 million tonnes of LNG from 2008. The LNG carriers will have a cargo carrying capacity of at least 145,000 cbm. One ice classed LNG carrier for Sakhalin should ...
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GL's Port State Control statistics
Germanischer Lloyd has taken first place in the current evaluation of all statutory inspections of ships during the past year within the scope of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (Port State Control). The Paris MoU on Port State Control (PSC) determined the number of class-relevant detentions for each classification society ...
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H&W changes course
Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard has been undergoing a quiet revolution bringing with it the promise of new prosperity. The latest contract the yard has landed is to fabricate and assemble components for an offshore wind farm and then dispatch the units to the English coast.The sections of the 60-turbine ...
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NSDRC recommends greenfield shipyards
Visakhapatnam-based National Ship Design and Research Centre (NSDRC) has asked Indian shipyards to set up green field shipyards in deep water ports because the country will be requiring an additional 1.78 million GT to meet the growing shipping needs. The study said that only greenfield shipyards, with a new ?gene ...
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Japan drops TSL
Japan has announced it will abandon plans to put into service the world's fastest passenger ship, which cost $103 million to build, due to predicted operating deficits.The Techno Superliner (TSL), which has been under construction at the Tamano works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) for delivery later this year, ...
