Arctic-Ready Seismic Workboat Davits
Norway’s Ulstein yard has delivered the next generation seismic research vessel Polarcus Amani to marine geophysical company Polarcus. The 92 mloa vessel is of the SX134 design and is designed and built for operations in Arctic waters. Vestdavit has supplied two PLR-11000 workboat davits and one PLR-3600 MOB davit for the vessel. Vestdavit is proud to be the sole supplier of workboat davits to Polarcus’ fleet of eight advanced seismic vessels.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Ship Production Symposium
The Ship Production Symposium in conjunction with SNAME’s 2012 Annual Meeting has an open “Call for Papers”. The SNAME 2012 Annual Meeting/Ship Production Symposium will be held on October 24‐26 in Providence, RI. Abstracts will be accepted until June 1st.
Australian Customs Opt for Vestdavit
Vestdavit has been contracted by shipbuilder Austal to supply its state-of-theart PLAR-6500 davits to eight new Cape Class Patrol Boats (CCPBs) to be built for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. Austal will build the 58.1 m Cape Class Patrol Boats at its shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia for delivery between March 2013 and August 2015. The patrol boats will play a significant role in protecting Australia’s borders from multiple maritime threats.
Hapag-Lloyd: Revenue, Volume Up in Q1
Despite the persistently challenging environment in the industry, Hapag-Lloyd increased its transport volume and revenue in the first quarter of 2012. The average freight rate was $1,484/TEU in Q1, down around 5% on the previous year’s figure of $ 1,563/TEU. Revenue totaled EUR 1.6 billion in the first three months of this year – an 8% rise compared to Q1 2011. This was attributable to an increase of approximately 11% in the transport volume, which climbed to 1.32 million TEU.
Fugro-Geoteam Opts for Vestdavit Support
Fugro-Geoteam, with headquarters in Oslo, is one of the world’s larger offshore seismic contractors operating 8 seismic vessels world-wide. Several of the vessels are equipped with as many as five Vestdavit davit systems. Øyvind Norlen, marine superintendent, Fugro, says, “My absolute priority is to keep our fleet operating safely with no injuries, downtime or failures. We use davits to launch and recover work boats and FRCs on a frequent basis.
New Regulations Drive Market Step Change
New regulations on davits used in the offshore industry on both sides of the Atlantic are driving a step change in safe davit design. In the USA API 2 and in Norway NORSOK R002 regulations will come into force from 2015. Both sets of regulations apply to davits and lifting appliances used on offshore installations and specify many new design features and safety systems. In Norwegian waters, NORSOK R002 will be retrospective…
Wilh. Wilhelmsen Reports Profit Growth in Q1 2012
Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA reports profit growth lifted by high total income and operating profit in the shipping segment. Operating profit amounted to USD 106…
World Ocean Schoolship for Savannah Stay
The Roseway, one of the tall ships that visited Savannah recently as part of the Tall Ships Challenge, has chosen the city as a permanent port of call. Roseway is part of the World Ocean School, which in conjunction with The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, Wednesday announced its new home at The Westin Savannah Harbor Marina. Roseway will maintain her winter and summer ports in St.
Bulk Carrier Dumped Garbage in Marine Park
Both pleaded guilty in the Townsville Magistrates Court to illegally dumping food waste from the Antiguan bulk carrier Pantanal in the park in July last year.
Ex-'Exxon Valdez' Refused Entry by India
The ship, now known as the "Oriental Nicety," entered Indian waters last week and was headed for Gujarat, when the Supreme Court gave its order, according to a news report in 'The Times of India'. The ship was bought recently by the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of an Indian shipbreaking firm and was being taken to the coastal town of Alang, the hub of India's shipbreaking industry, for dismantling. After the court's order…
Trapped Brazillian Ship Leaking Oil in Antarctic
A wrecked Brazilian ship is trapped in ice and spilling fuel in Antarctica, with no hopes of containing the damage until the long South Pole winter eases next October…
Chinese Naval Training Ship Visits Indian Port
Chinese Navy’s training ship ‘Zheng He’ called at Kochi recently. Rear Admiral Liao Shining, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Peoples Liberation Army-Navy (PLA Navy…
Bourbon Reports Q1 2012 Revenue Growth
"Bourbon is reaping the benefits of a booming market in the offshore oil & gas marine services, encouraged by the stability of the price of Brent (an average of US$ 119 a barrel in the first quarter of 2012). This quarter's business growth of 18% is in line with the Bourbon 2015 Leadership Strategy plan," announced Christian Lefèvre, Chief Executive Officer of Bourbon. The company performed well (utilization rate) despite a large number of planned class dockings: 5 in deepwater offshore…
World's Largest Tyres Offloaded in African Port
Woker Freight Services (WFS) was contracted to deal with the trans-shipment of these 'monsters', designed to handle the toughest of mining work. Each tyre weighs nearly five tonnes…
Korean Shipyard Gets Drillship Order from Diamond Offshore
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. announce that a subsidiary, Diamond Offshore Drilling Limited, has entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Tognum Confirms 2012 Financial Forecast
Tognum, at the end of the first quarter, has confirmed its forecast for the full-year 2012. The company continues to expect a single-digit percentage growth in revenues…
Port of LA Pioneers 'Clean Ship' Eco Program
The Port of Los Angeles has become the first seaport in North America and the Pacific Rim to adopt an international clean air program that rewards ocean carriers…
Piracy & Passenger Safety High on IMO Committee Agenda
Piracy and armed robbery against ships off the coast of Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean will be high on the agenda when IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meets at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 90th session from 16 to 25 May 2012. A High-Level Segment will be held on the opening day (16 May), intended to provide an opportunity for a full policy debate among…
Owners of Oil Spill Tankship Reach $1.96-million Settlement
Owners of tankship 'Dubai Star' reach settlement in civil suit brought by San Francisco, Oakland Dept. Bay area East Bay beaches and birds took the brunt of the damage…
USN's LCS Program Lauded, USS Freedom Not Yet Ready
A half — 14 — of the inspected areas were rated “red,” or no-go. Eight categories received yellow marks, while six were rated green, or go. One of the 29 rated areas was not demonstrated.
