Author: Importer

According to the Colombian navy, emergencies off the Caribbean coast will be covered by cellular telephone communication, as planning continues on how to comply with IMO GMDSS agreements. While this was not…

With its heavy reliance on the offshore business, Norway?s shipbuilding industry has been particularly successful in this niche market. The latest delivery took place at Brattvaag Skipsverft when the yard handed over…

Polish shipyard Stocznia Remontowa has docked the 30,000 dwt car carrier Isolde for general inspection and maintenance work. Jobs carried out included hull treatment, sandblasting and painting of the ship?s two vehicle…

Premuda has awarded Skipskonsulent in Norway a major conversion design contract. Premuda from Genoa, Italy has a number of 12-14 year old Swedish-built OBOs, which are to be converted to Panamax Tankers.…

The French companies Compagnie Générale de Géophysique (CGG) and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) have decided to carry out a major upgrade of their seismic research vessel CGG Mistral. The conversion includes upgrading…

Bollinger?s repair and conversion shipyard at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, can now accommodate ships, rigs and boats with drafts to 27ft (8.23m), thanks to completion of dredging from…

Seaworx, part of the Wijsmuller group in the Netherlands, has acquired three seismic survey vessels from Western Geco in the US. The vessels in question are the Western Orient, Western Polaris and…

A&P Shipcare says it has opened a new, 24-hour repair facility at Tilbury in the UK. The new repair facility has a workshop where engine and mechanical overhauls, steelwork, pipework renewals and…

Ernst Vossnack has further developed his design for a chemical tanker (The Motor Ship, April 2001), which may prove cheaper to build than conventional chemical tankers and, he says, will offer operational…

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) is well known for its crane vessels Balder, Hermod and Thialf, the latter having a lifting capacity of 14,000t. However, the market for lifting platforms is becoming smaller…