Industry News – Page 244
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Indian shipowner to equip 156-ship fleet with broadband
Stratos Global says that it has been selected by the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) to deploy Inmarsat FleetBroadband satellite communications on its entire 156-ship fleet.
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NewsAustal delivers Danish catamaran ferry
Western Australian shipbuilder Austal says that its largest catamaran built to date, the 113m ‘Leonora Christina’, has been handed over by Austal’s Henderson yard to her Danish owners.
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ECDIS training expands
Transas Marine and its GET-Net partner Interschalt maritime systems of Hamburg, Germany, have developed a combined generic and type specific ECDIS training course, certified by Germanischer Lloyd and follows the IMO Model Course 1.27 in accordance with STCW.
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NewsNew features for propeller CAD software
HydroComp’s PropCad software for geometric modeling of marine propellers has now been released in an upgraded 2011 version.
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NewsGerman SAR chooses line throwers
Restech Norway says that it has concluded a contract, under which it has become the sole supplier of pneumatic line throwers to the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DgzRS).
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Large electric cargo cranes contract
Cargotec has announced an order, valued at more than €10 million, for 21 MacGregor variable frequency drive electric cranes to be installed on seven 28,000dwt multipurpose cargo ships.
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Tognum board welcomes increased offer from Daimler and Rolls-Royce
In a statement issued during the evening of 16 May, the board of Tognum AG says that Daimler, Rolls-Royce Group and Engine Holding have confirmed in a written agreement that they will increase the offer price for Tognum shares by an additional 8.3% to 26.00€ per share.
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NewsRedefine efficiency, says class society
Classification society Bureau Veritas says continuing pressure on emissions, coupled with rising oil prices, puts a new focus on operational efficiency, so BV believes the scope of ‘efficiency’ must be widened.
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Tognum/MTU awaits revised share offer from Daimler and Rolls-Royce
In a statement issued on Friday 13 May, Tognum reports that Daimler AG and Rolls-Royce Group have verbally confirmed to the Tognum AG board that they may increase the joint bid for Tognum.
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NewsHamworthy secures Goliat FPSO order
Hamworthy has announced a major contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to supply a complete inert gas generator system, as part of the shipbuilder’s latest FPSO newbuild contract.
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Standard Drilling orders four more Keppel jack-up rigs
Keppel FELS has received a repeat order worth $772 million from existing customer Standard Drilling, for four KFELS B Class rigs. Deliveries are scheduled between August 2013 and July 2014.
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NewsSpecialist jobs for German repair yards
Two Weser-based ship repair yards – Bremerhavener Dock (Bredo) and Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) - have added specialist plum overhaul contracts to already busy workloads.
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“World’s largest” liftboat ordered
PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan of Singapore and the Levingston Corporation of the USA have contracted to build a Levingston-designed 415WC jack-up mobile offshore unit which, with 415ft legs, is said to be the largest yet.
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IMO asked to consider wind in EEDI
Skysails technical director Stephen Brabeck told the Motorship propulsion and emissions conference that Germany has requested IMO to consider wind power when calculating a ship’s energy efficiency design index (EEDI).
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NewsGL launches Korean language website
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) says that it has dealt with the Korean shipbuilding community for almost 35 years, and hopes to reinforce its links by providing clients in Korea with the latest updates in their own language.
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NewsAHC cranes ordered for OCV newbuild
Cargotec’s MacGregor division has secured an order to supply two active heave-compensated (AHC) cranes for Volstad Maritime''s large offshore construction vessel (OCV) on order at Bergen Group Fosen in Norway.
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NewsFive-year safety equipment agreement concluded
Chemring Marine, which specialises in marine distress signals, reports that it has secured a five-year contract to supply its Pains Wessex and Comet products to the Survitec Group.
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NewsOnline ECDIS training developed
Hamburg-based company Safebridge has introduced what it describes as a “breakthrough online solution for type-specific ECDIS training”, developed in co-operation with the equipment manufacturers.
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Greek owner orders five newbuild boxships
Costamare has announced the conclusion of shipbuilding contracts and charter agreements for five newbuild containerships of about 8,800 TEU capacity, to be built at Sungdong Shipyard in Korea.
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NewsConference kicks off in dual-fuel style
The 33rd Motorship Propulsion & Emissions conference has got underway in Copenhagen, Denmark, with nearly 150 attendees settling down to listen to a wide range of original and topical presentations.
