Latest Equipment News – Page 696
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NewsRolls-Royce wins anchor handling order
Rolls-Royce Marine has been awarded a contract by STX OSV Trading to supply anchor handling systems for three new vessels for South America.
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NewsADSB signs MoU for superyacht work
Abu Dhabi Ship Building has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Egypt-based DeBirs Yachts, under which ADSB and DeBirs will explore various areas of collaboration.
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NewsIncat Crowther crewboat launched
The 36m monohull crewboat ‘Siem Piata’ was recently launched by ETP Engenharia Ltda in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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ClassNK and Panama celebrate milestone
ClassNK recently announced that at the end of 2010, the combined tonnage of Panamanian flagged vessels on the class society’s register had broken the 100 million gross ton barrier.
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NewsTwin PSVs named
The twin platform supply vessels (PSV) ‘Rem Hrist’ and ‘Rem Mist’ have recently been named at a joint ceremony held at the Ulstein shipyard in Ulsteinvik on the west coast of Norway.
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NewsSingapore built semisub rig named
Queiroz Galvao Oleo e Gas (QGOG), the largest privately-held provider of drilling and production services in Brazil, recently named its newly-built, ultra-deepwater DP semisubmersible rig ‘Alpha Star’.
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NewsLNG fuel best for USA, says DNV
A new report from DNV, ‘Greener shipping in North America’, proposes that LNG is the most efficient and economical way to meet forthcoming air emissions requirements in the US and Canada.
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Sinopacific embraces ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’
China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, which includes the Zhejiang Shipbuilding and Yangzhou Dayang Shipbuilding yards, says that it values business ethics such as lawful operation, product safety, environmental protection, employee benefits, integrity and responsibility to stakeholders.
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NewsEnhanced broadband gets first customer
Maritime satellite communications provider Stratos Global has just launched its FBBPlus managed global broadband service, based on the FleetBroadband and VSAT platforms.
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RINA endorses technical training tool
Castrol Academy, Castrol Marine’s technical training and assessment tool, has been recognised by the Royal Institution Of Naval Architects (RINA).
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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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NewsKorean LNG order for radar
Kelvin Hughes reports that its SharpEye radar was recently fitted to a Korean LNG carrier; the company says this is the first order it has received from Korea for this product.
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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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NewsLarge four-stroke engines for ro-pax, LNG and rescue ships
MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that it has received an order for four medium speed engines from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of Korea, for a new large ro-pax ferry.
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Order for Korean bulker IBS
Northrop Grumman Corporation’ Sperry Marine subsidiary has received orders to supply advanced electronic navigation systems for two new 37,000 dwt bulk carriers to be built in Korea
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Forward with technology
I am putting this issue together following our return from Copenhagen, where we were at the very successful 33rd Motorship Propulsion and Emissions conference.
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NewsLNGs are Navantia
Navantia Shiprepair in Spain undertook a total of 30 LNG projects in 2010, with 28 LNG at the Fene-Ferrol yard and two further LNG projects at the Cadiz yard.
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NewsPositive outlook for Scottish shiprepairer
Dales Marine Services’ expansion of its dry docking capability on Scotland’s east coast last year is delivering results with the value of contracts generated and dry dock usage both at record levels.
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NewsConsensus needed on lifeboat hooks
Lifeboat manufacturer and service provider Schat-Harding says IMO and some parts of the shipping industry need to move more quickly to a consensus on vital lifeboat safety issues which have important consequences for the safety of seafarers.
