C-Vu 3D VTS: New 3D Vessel Tracking System
The new course to follow in controlling port traffic. A step change to enhance safety and improve operational efficiency. Large ships navigating narrow waterways are always vulnerable to accidents – one only has to think of the Sea Empress tanker disaster at Milford Haven, or more recently the wrecking of the Costa Concordia. Managing their progress, usually in and out of ports and in other restricted channels, has understandably assumed a critical role in ensuring their safety.
ABB Wins Orders on Australia's Large Ichthys LNG project
The contract is to supply power technologies and medium-voltage drive systems for the new Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project’s processing plant near Darwin, Australia.
US ONR Opens Ship Gateway for Navy Data Sharing
On any Navy destroyer, cruiser or carrier today, there are two networks: one for combat systems (weapons and sensors) and one for command and control, or C2, which also encompasses intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. There are some 30 interconnections between the two networks, making it difficult to integrate data into a real-time common operating picture, as well as expensive to maintain.
MHI Licenses Deck Machinery to Imabari Shipbuilding
Through licensing, MHI aims to expand market share of deck machinery based on the company's technology and, at the same time, respond to requests from Imabari, which looks to enhance business through deck machinery production. The production of licensed machinery is scheduled to be started in April 2013. Deck machinery mainly consists in this instance of anchor windlasses and mooring winches. MHI manufactured its first deck machinery in 1962.
Ship Demolition Prices Plunge
According to Bloomberg News, shipbreakers paid about $425 a ton for commodity carriers last month, compared with $490 a year earlier, based on Clarkson (CKN) Plc data.
Marine Trades & Technology School, IYRS, Raises US$ 700,000
When guests arrived at IYRS Annual Summer Gala--the annual fundraiser for this Rhode Island marine trades and technology school--they came ready for a great party. But the crowd of gala-goers also gathered at this waterfront school for a reason that runs far deeper than a good time through this maritime community: to celebrate the craftsmanship of IYRS students and graduates and ensure continued opportunity for the generation to follow.
Container Terminal Selling Off Assests
PrimePort Timaru chief executive Jeremy Boys told 'The Timaru Herald' following the decision by Maersk and Hamburg Sud to cease their service to the region's port in September…
Solstad Offshore Buy Two AHTS
Solstad Offshore (SOFF) takes over the ownership of the AHTS vessels Nor Spring & 'Nor Captain' The two vessels had previously been on bareboat charter to SOFF from Java Marine Lines for nearly 5 years and SOFF has now used its options to purchase the vessels. The cost price is 100% financed by a loan of US$ 38-million.

 Nor Captain is currently operating in the spot marked in South-east Asia, while Nor Spring is chartered to Bibbiy Offshore on a 3-year bareboat contract.
AIS Vessel-tracking by Smartphone
PortVision vessel-tracking service, terminal and fleet management dashboards, & other capabilities is now available in platform optimized for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry devices.
Chevron Interim Financial Update for Q2 2012
Upstream results are projected to be lower between sequential quarters, due to lower average crude oil prices, partially offset by foreign exchange gains. Downstream…
World's Largest Spar Hull Order for Technip
The Aasta Hansteen Spar will be the first Spar in Norwegian waters, the first Spar concept chosen by Statoil and the largest ever built with a total hull length of 195 meters. (A 'spar' is a cylindrical, partially submerged offshore drilling and production platform that is particularly well adapted to deepwater). Aasta Hansteen (previously named Luva) field development, offshore Norway, in approximately 1…
US Intermodal Container Leasing Market Report
The Intermodal Container Leasing industry is heavily dependent on large-scale domestic and international trade levels. Thus, as consumer spending fell during the…
'Seasteading' Movement Third Conference
The Seasteading Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to enabling the establishment of permanent communities on the ocean, recently held its third conference, at San Francisco’s Le Méridien Hotel. The Seasteading Institute has been the focal point of the seasteading movement, which aims to utilize the high seas to spur innovation within the government industry. Seasteading enthusiasts believe humanity would benefit from a new place to experiment with new societies…
Wind, Wave Energy-producing Technology on MREC Test
The UMass Dartmouth-based New England Marine Renewable Energy Center (MREC), and local and regional leaders, will mark the send-off of the barge as part of an…
GNSS Provider Positioneering Makes Key Appointments
Positioneering is a new global full-service precise positioning service company that is now approaching completion of a three-year multi-million pound development…
UK's SRO Software Helps in Timely Delivery of Australia FPSO
Working on a project to develop oilfields in the southern Timor Sea PTTEP built a new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO is a sophisticated…
Liebherr Family Business Reports Continued 2011 Growth
The Liebherr family business was established in 1949 by Hans Liebherr. The great success of his first mobile, easy-to-assemble and affordable tower crane was the foundation on which the company flourished. International economic development in 2011 was rather more moderate than in the previous year. Total production worldwide went up by 3.8 %. In this second year following the financial and economic crisis, the significant growth stimuli once again came from the emerging markets.
Port Everglades Appoints Director of Business Development
Michael was formerly with the Port of Long Beach, CA, the nation'Â’s second busiest container cargo seaport, making him a good choice to lead the Business Development Division for Broward CountyÂ’'s Port Everglades Department. The Port Everglades Business Development Division is responsible for developing marketing and sales strategies to draw additional cruise business and containerized, dry and break bulk cargo volumes to Port Everglades.
Great Lakes Carrier Ranked 5th of Global Maritime Companies
The annual Marine Money Rankings, which are designed to measure companies' ability to improve operating efficiency and to create shareholder value, are based on…
China's First LNG-powered Tugs to Have Wärtsilä Engines
The tugs are being built for CNOOC Energy Technology & Services Limited (CETS), a subsidiary of the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC). The vessels are the first in a planned series to be fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG), and will be the first tugs in China ever to be operated on gas, they will also be the first tugs globally to take advantage of the dual-fuel benefits offered by the Wärtsilä DF engine technology.
