Star Bulk Takes Delivery of Capesize Ship
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK), has taken delivery of the Star Mega (formerly, the Megalodon), a 1994-built, 170,631 dwt Capesize vessel. The vessel isā¦
WesternGeco Commences 3D Survey in Barents Sea
WesternGeco announced today that it has begun acquisition of the Bjørnøya Phase I āIce Bearā 3D multiclient survey in the highly prospective West Loppa area of the Barents Sea.
Hamworthy to Open New Service Center in Brazil
International fluid handling specialist Hamworthy is to open a new dedicated service centre in Brazil. The new service center represents a direct investment in aā¦
Metso Wins Major Automation Contracts for Advanced Ships
Metso has been awarded major automation system contracts for 3 advanced vessels to be built in Finland. One contract is for 2 Multifunctional Icebreaking Supplyā¦
BOEMRE: Proposed Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced thatā¦
Technip: LOI for the Lucius Project in GOM
Anadarko Petroleum issued a Letter of Intent to Technip for the engineering, construction and transport of a 23,000 ton Truss Spar hull for their Lucius field development. This field is located in approximately 7,100 ft.(2,165 m) of water, in the US Gulf of Mexico. This Letter of Intent allows Technip to begin preliminary work on the project including purchase of long lead items for the hull in advance of the planned sanction date of December 2011.
Launch of 37m Cat Ferry
Incat Crowther launched the 37m Catamaran Passenger Ferry Kilimanjaro III. Built by Richardson Devine Marine (RDM), Kilimanjaro III is the third vessel from the designer builder partnership for Coastal Fast Ferries in Tanzania, Africa. Kilimanjaro III was developed following the success of Kilimanjaro I and Kilimanjaro II. Incat Crowther and RDM were approached by the operator to develop a larger, faster and more versatile vessel.
The Arctic: NAMEPA Addresses Enviro Issues
NAMEPAās Environmental Intelligence in Maritime seminar held yesterday in Anchorage, Alaska was the forum for an examination of regulations surrounding resource extractionā¦
New Tugboats Serve Petroleos de Venezuela
The first high-specification tugboats featuring ComAp InteliGen NT Marine equipment are now in full operation providing South American oil company Petroleos de Venezula (PDVSA) with fully owned assets capable of quick response to firefighting operations and maneuvering tankers at Venezuelan oil terminals. Previous to the Venezuelan general strike of 2002-2003, PDVSA had a fully leased fleet, leaving it vulnerable in the crude oil loading and unloading operations.
RBG Targets Kazahstan Growth with Appointment
RBG, a provider of assess, inspect and repair (AIR) services to the global energy industry that was recently acquired by Stork Technical Services, has appointed Ian Henderson as president of its Kazakhstan business unit. RBG has operated in Kazakhstan since 2006 and Henderson is responsible for leading and growing the companyās in-country operations. Working with clients such as Ersai, Keppel, Saipem and Bonattiā¦
GL Strengthens Inland Waterway Focus
Germanischer Lloyd has appointed a new Business Development Manager (BDM), Tom Dorsman, and a dedicated Technical Coordinator, Ruben Roeleveld, specialising in Inland Marine. Mr. Dorsman will provide a dedicated sales specialist for the inland waterway vessel (IWV) market. Mr Roeleveld will be responsible for coordinating activities between plan approval surveyors, field surveyors, business development managers and clients. Mr.
Piracy: Second Red Sea āMass Attackā Suggests New Trend
Following a report filed on Sunday August 7, 2011, by the IMB Live Piracy Reporting Center, which saw suspected Somali pirates at 13:02N 043:07E attempt to hijackā¦
Ship Operating Costs Under Immense Pressure
If it wasnāt bad enough that demand in the shipping markets has not recovered, commodity price rises have put more than a little pressure on ship operating costs. Fleet owners and managers are certainly feeling the squeeze in 2011. Drewry has just published its latest annual analysis of ship operating costs, covering 8 vessel sectors and over 35 different sizes of vessel plus detailed operating budgets for a range of oil tankersā¦
Livorsi Raw Water Flow System
The Raw Water Flow system is a new patented system that indicates your engineās water flow volume. This system warns you of a potential problem or danger that would otherwise not be indicated by a water pressure gauge alone, thus preventing cosmetic and structural damage to expensive exhaust headers, intercoolers and cooling systems. What is Water Flow? Water flow is a real indication of water surging through a cooling system such as: exhaust headersā¦
ChSY Finishes Construction of Trawler āGeneral Troshevā
Chernomorsky Shipbuilding Yard (Nikolaev) finished construction of big factory freezer trawler āGeneral Troshevā for Russian company āPreobrazhenskaya Base of Trawling Fleetā. The vessel is intended for fishery by over-trawling and midwater trawling. The vessel is built on Russian Registry of Shipping and has unrestricted navigation. āIt is the first of four trawlers, with which we resume building of given types of vessels.
Incat Crowther Announces Launch of 37m Catamaran Ferry
Incat Crowther is pleased to announce the launch of the 37m Catamaran Passenger Ferry Kilimanjaro III. Built by Richardson Devine Marine (RDM), Kilimanjaro III is the third vessel from the designer builder partnership for Coastal Fast Ferries in Tanzania, Africa. Kilimanjaro III was developed following the success of Kilimanjaro I and Kilimanjaro II. Incat Crowther and RDM were approached by the operator to develop a larger, faster and more versatile vessel.
PD Ports Welcomes Four New RTG Cranes to Teesport
The four new RTG (rubber-tyred gantry) cranes delivered to Teesport today are a key component of the current £16.7million expansion of the container terminals atā¦
ACP Issues Single Hull Tanker Guidelines for Transit
Conscious of its responsibility to safeguard its waterway, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has determined that effective December 31, 2012, single hull (single side/single bottomā¦
