Industry News – Page 235
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NewsSwedish seal maker gets new owner
Wärtsilä has acquired Cedervall, a manufacturer of shaft seal and bearing systems. Cedervall is headquartered in Gothenburg, with subsidiaries in Spain, China and Singapore, and factories in Sweden, China and Spain.
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NewsOrder for fleet of ‘green’ feeders
The UK-based Graig Group has ordered a series of up to 26 fuel-efficient new generation container feeders, to a Wärtsilä design, which will be built at the Jin Hai shipyard complex in China.
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Software ordered by Chinese yard
Aveva says that its Aveva Mars system has been selected by Guangxin Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry. The system, described as an “enterprise resource management system” will be used to optimise GSHI’s shipbuilding process.
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NewsDubai company delivers OSV from Indonesia
Drydocks World of Dubai has announced the delivery an anchor handling offshore support vessel built at the company’s yard in Nanindah, Indonesia, for Singapore-based Pacific Crest.
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DP system ordered for bio-fuel ship
Finnish developer Navis Engineering has won a contract from STX Finland to supply a NavDP4000 DP technology to Aura II, currently under construction in Turku, Finland and due for delivery in 2012.
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Voluntary onboard tests improve training standards
Videotel Marine International is pioneering a new voluntary crew knowledge and proficiency (CKP) testing system by randomly testing officers’ operational knowledge.
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NewsCAD/CAM company opens in Korea
Sener of Spain has set up a new office in Busan to provide improved sales and technical support to its Foran customer base in South Korea and neighbouring countries.
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NewsNew structure software version issued
ClassNK has released version 5.0 of its structural assessment software programs PrimeShip-HULL(Rules) and PrimeShip-HULL(DSA), which are in use by shipyards globally.
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NewsBring Class into the 21st Century
Retiring IACS chairman Noboru Ueda of ClassNK says the association must play an expanded role in the future, to better meet the changing needs of the industry, and bring classification into the 21st century.
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NewsUSCG approval for RINA
Italian classification society RINA says that it has been authorised by the US Coast Guard to conduct plan review and approval and initial and subsequent surveys for US-flagged cargo and passenger vessels.
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VLCC oversupply relieved by slow deliveries
Market analysis by Braemar Shipping Services shows a continuing over-supply of VLCC tonnage.
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NewsConsilium moves into VSAT
Supplier of marine products and services Consilium Marine Group has signed a global cooperation agreement with communications solutions integrator Orange Business Services.
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NewsRussian icebreakers begin build
Production has begun at STX Europe’s Vyborg shipyard of two multi-purpose icebreaking service vessels, ordered from Arctech Helsinki Shipyard by Sovcomflot in December 2010. Both are scheduled for April 2013 delivery.
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DNV acquires software company
Det Norske Veritas has acquired Norwegian risk management software company Synergi Solutions, which extends DNV’s portfolio to include risk based software for operational risk management.
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NewsJack-up conversion gets underway
Dutch company Alewijnse Marine Systems says it is playing a significant role in the conversion of the jack-up drill rig Atlantic Labrador to offshore hotel accommodation.
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NewsMaersk exercises drillship option
Maersk Drilling has declared its option to build two ultra deepwater drillships at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, at a cost of about $1.3 billion, for delivery in the second and third quarters of 2014.
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ICS backs MBMs for carbon reduction
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is calling on governments to support next week’s vote at the IMO, which it says will help shipping deliver meaningful CO2 emissions reductions on a global basis.
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NewsJapanese yard completes upgrade
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) says it has completed the modernisation of its Enoura shipbuilding facility at the Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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NewsFirst Scandinavian MES installation
Zodiac reports that Swedish ferry operator Stirsöbolage has become the first Scandinavian company to benefit from its new MES ESS automatic escape slide, with three 3.4m slides installed onboard the Älvsnabben 4.
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Liferaft exchange goes global
Wilhelmsen Ships Service says it has opened eight new liferaft servicing stations so far in 2011 to provide ready-serviced liferafts to vessels that have signed up to its LRE scheme.
