Industry News – Page 255
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NewsTwo more Rickmers container giants named
17 February saw the naming of two more 13,100 TEU container vessels for Rickmers Group. ‘Leo Rickmers’ and ‘Scorpio Rickmers’ will be chartered to Maersk Line as ‘Maersk Edmonton’ and ‘Maersk Elba’.
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NewsNew safety system for OSV rescue craft
UK company SE Hydraulics has partnered with Parker Hannifin to develop a passive damping system for use on the rescue craft davits of BP’s regional support vessels (RSVs).
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NewsMaersk orders 10 green mega-boxships
Maersk Line has announced that it has signed a contract with Daewoo in Korea to build 10 container ships of 18,000 TEU capacity to a new environmentally-friendly design.
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NewsSecond ferry newbuild launched at Rauma
The launch of the second ro-pax ferry, ‘Spirit of France’, which STX Rauma is building for P&O Ferries, took place on 17 February 2011. She is a sister ship to ‘Spirit of Britain’, which was handed over in January 2011.
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NewsNamibia orders fisheries research vessel
STX Finland Oy and Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Republic of Namibia recently signed a contract for the construction of a fisheries research vessel at a cost of approximately EUR 35 million.
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NewsMajor project to further develop low-speed gas engines
In late 2010 Wärtsilä initiated a major project to further develop its low-speed engine portfolio to include gas engines, alongside its medium-speed dual fuel engines, as part of the company''s strategy.
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Mitsubishi gets Ramform orders
Norwegian-based Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) has signed a ‘letter of award’ with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the delivery of two Ramform W-class vessels, with the option for another two ships.
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NewsChina awards seismic vessel contract
Rolls-Royce has won a £20 million order from Chinese conglomerate Sinopec to design and equip a specialist seismic research vessel.
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STX OSV wins own design PSV order
STX OSV Holdings Limited (STX OSV), has secured a contract for the design and construction of a platform supply vessel (PSV), based on its PSV 09 design, for an undisclosed international customer.
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NewsUS shipyard secures car truck carrier contract
Singapore-based ST Engineering announced that its US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, has been awarded a shipbuilding contract worth about $144 million from Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii (Pasha).
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Carbon reduction agenda goes global
A significant step forward in reducing carbon emissions in the global maritime supply chain was taken recently when the Freight Transport Association (FTA) joined forces with Heriot-Watt University (HWU) to begin developing definitive best-practice guidance on reducing cargo emissions in global maritime supply chains.
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On-board fire and flooding risk reduced
FLAGSHIP, a part EU-funded maritime transport project, has successfully delivered the first advanced emergency situation management tool for fire and flooding with integrated ship to shore real time reporting.
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NewsAlewijnse electric drives for OSVs
Alewijnse Marine Systems in the Netherlands is to design and install a new electric propulsion drive using a DC bus system for the main electric installation in three vessels to be built at Shipkits B.V.
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Croatian yard finds buyer
Jadranska Ulaganja is to buy the Croatian government’s share of the 3 Maj shipyard in the port of Rijeka as part of the country’s efforts to overhaul its shipbuilding industry.
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NewsHHI reaches HiMSEN production milestone
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world largest shipbuilder and marine engine manufacturer, has produced its 5,000th HiMSEN engine ten years after manufacturing its first unit in 2001.
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NewsAnother cruiseship order for Meyer Werft
Royal Caribbean reports on its web site that it has signed a letter of intent with German shipyard Meyer Werft to build a 4,100-passenger cruise ship with an expected delivery in autumn 2014.
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NewsLloyd Werft to build new cable-layer type
Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) will build the 7,000 dwt ‘Beluga Connection’, the first cable-layer for new German company Beluga Offshore Cable.
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NewsUlstein secures major newbuild contract
Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore ASA recently placed a newbuilding contract worth over NOK 800 million ($138 million) with Ulstein Verft for the construction of a 165 m offshore IMR/ construction vessel.
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NewsHyundai wins order for ‘Type 0’ vessel
The Dutch heavy-lift company Dockwise BV has appointed Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to build a 117,000 dwt ‘Type 0’ (T-0) semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for delivery by the end of 2012.
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NewsNew steering control system introduced
German navigation system supplier Raytheon Anschütz has introduced Nautosteer, described as a new advanced steering control system. Availability is expected by the end of 2011.
