Industry News – Page 204
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NewsABB energy management for cruise ferry
ABB has been contracted to provide an energy management system for the new environmentally-friendly cruise ferry for Viking Line, which is being built at STX Finland in Turku.
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Propulsion and scrubbers for Lakers
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply fresh water integrated scrubbers for a series of six vessels being built for bulk transport on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, for Canadian owner Algoma Central.
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Water control units for boxship newbuilds
Wilhelmsen Ships Service says that it is to supply boiler and cooling water dosing control units to 10 newbuilds of 13,200TEU capacity under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea for Hapag-Lloyd.
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NewsSecond P&O ro-pax finally delivered
The P&O Ferries cross-Channel newbuilding ‘Spirit of France’ was handed over on 24 January by the builder, STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard. She is a sister to ‘Spirit of Britain’, delivered from Rauma in January 2011.
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A good 2011 for Japanese class society
ClassNK has announced its final register statistics for 2011, revealing that almost 23 million gross tons were added to the class society’s register this past year.
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NewsNew sales director for marine diesel company
UK company Simplex Turbulo has appointed a new sales director, Peter Stevenson.
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NewsLNG specialist is new London law partner
International law firm Wikborg Rein has recruited Joe McGladdery as a partner in its London office.
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Power and positioning system for drilling rigs from Wärtsilä
The power and positioning system for two new drilling rigs ordered by the Norwegian arm of the Cyprus-based offshore drilling company Songa Offshore are to be supplied by Wärtsilä.
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NewsNew anti-piracy solutions revealed
Maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services and Vessel Protection Solutions have jointly launched an anti-piracy partnership intended to protect for ships and crews operating in known piracy regions.
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NewsApproval granted for hand-portable GMDSS-compliant VHF radio
Ocean Signal has announced full availability and the start of worldwide shipment of its V100 hand-held GMDSS VHF, following MED certification from the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT).
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NewsEthylene carrier orders for Hamworthy
Hamworthy Oil & Gas Systems says it has secured more contracts for delivery of complete cargo handling systems to liquid ethylene gas (LEG) carriers to be built at the Sinopacific yard in Nantong, China.
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NewsMacGregor systems ordered for OSVs
In the last quarter of 2011 Cargotec secured contracts for MacGregor bulk handling systems for installation onboard four offshore support vessel newbuildings belonging to two different owners, in UAE and in Spain.
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NewsRussian multi-purpose icebreaking PSV begins build in Finland
A keel laying ceremony was held at the Arctech Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, on 19 January 2012, marking the start of the construction of a multi-functional icebreaking supply vessel, ordered by Russian shipping company Sovcomflot.
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Full worldwide AIS gets closer following new satellite launch
Orbcomm of the USA has announced the successful launch of VesselSat2, an automatic identification service (AIS) enabled satellite built by Luxembourg-based LuxSpace, an affiliate of OHB System.
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NewsCargotec appoints new senior vice president offshore
Pasi Lehtonen has been appointed as senior vice president of Cargotec''s offshore business segment, effective from the beginning of January.
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NewsPortable tank gauge cuts bunker problems
Mitsui OSK Lines, working in conjunction with Musashino, has developed a portable liquid-level gauge for vessel fuel tanks, claimed to be the first such instrument on the market.
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NewsSoftware for ‘hibernating’ ro-ro ships
UK ferry operator P&O Ferries has recently taken delivery of Marine Software''s MPM Hibernation upgrade for vessels ‘European Seaway’ and ‘Pride of Dover’ after deciding to put these vessels into lay-by.
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NewsMore fuel efficiency from LR-class bulker
Lloyd’s Register says that it has supervised the design appraisal, build and sea trials of a recently-delivered 57,000dwt bulk carrier, based on a SDARI design with modifications to lower fuel oil consumption by 14%.
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NewsFirst FPSO conversion for B+V since 2009
Blohm & Voss Repair in Hamburg, soon to pass into British ownership, has docked its first FPSO in three years for what German reports say is likely to be a long stay for conversion and overhaul, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsETV fleet to carry magnetic patches
Miko Marine of Oslo has announced an order from the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) for the supply of magnetic patch kits, which will be carried on board all five of the NCA’s ETVs.
