Baltic Sea Second Offshore Pipeline Completed by Nord Stream
The pipeline’s three sections were successfully welded together underwater and will be joined to Russian and German landfalls in August. The underwater welding operations…
Dockwise Increase Holdings in Fairstar
Dockwise, through subsidiary Dockwise White Marlin B.V., now controls 93.63% of the outstanding shares of Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. Following various trades…
Sailors' Charity Benefits From Mountain Expedition Challenge
A team from Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has conquered three of Britain’s highest peaks, Ben Nevis in Scotland…
Incat Crowther Contracted to Design WFSV
The 25m catamaran Wind Farm Service Vessel (WFSV) will feature a large forward cargo deck that caters for a single 20-foot container, or a pair of 10 foot containers. 20 foot containers can be mounted longitudinally or transversely, allowing additional cargo to be carried as required. A deck crane is mounted at the forward end of the cargo deck. A passenger cabin at the aft end of the main deck will house 12 technicians, with a galley, wet room, dive stores and bathroom.
Offshore Well Capping Devices Contract for Trendsetter
Trendsetter Engineering Inc. Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. has been awarded the contract by Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL) to construct four capping stack toolboxes that would be available for use should an offshore subsea well-control incident occur. These capping stacks are capable of containing subsea oil wells in water depths up to 10,000 feet in the event of a subsea well-control incident. Equipment delivery is expected in 2012.
Stena Bulk, Concordia Team to Order 10 Chemical Parcel Tankers
As shipyards around the world struggle for business, Stena Bulk and Concordia Maritime confirmed an order of up to 10 in-house designed chemical tankers. The ships will be built at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China with deliveries beginning from spring 2014. When delivered, the 50,000-dwt vessels will be the most sophisticated in the Stena Bulk and Concordia Maritime fleet. The value of the order is $400 million if all ten ships are declared.
'Costa Concordia' Safety Violations Identified
Not all of the Costa Concordia’s control systems were working. But the most serious anomaly, according to the experts’ findings, concerns the 'black box' (Voyage…
Cement Ship Sinks Suddenly Off Philippine Port
According to the 'Cebu Daily News', A cargo vessel carrying 23,000 bags of cement has sunk less than a mile from Canjulao, Lapu-Lapu City. All 17 officers and crew managed to swim to shore safely.
Chinese Patrol Boats Arrive Nansha, Chase Vietnamese Vessel
Four China Marine Surveillance ships arrive in disputed territorial waters off the Nansha Islands in the S. Patrolling and conducting surveys in the South China sea…
Transas Marine Gets Bridge Workstations Order
Each bridge consists of 7 x Multifunctional Display (MFD) Workstations with DNV NAUT – OSV (A) Class Notation. The bridge equipment including 12KW X-Band Navi-Chart Radar, 30KW S-Band Navi-Chart Radar, Navi-Sailor Dual ECDIS, Navi-Conning, Slave MFDs will be installed on 4 x UT755 PSVs. The Navi-Conning Module, which can also be supplied "Off-the-Shelf", has been specially customised to include the Aft & Bow Docking Mode. All vessels will be built at PaxOcean Engineering (Zhuhai) Co.
Bahri Financed for Two General Cargo Ships
Bahri is to sign a 'Murabaha Agreement' with Public Investment Fund (PIF). The cash will be used to finance part of the total construction cost of building two General…
First Japanese Offshore Wind Farm
According to 'The Japan Daily Press' the Government’s feed-in tariffs have just gone into effect this month , making electricity generated from renewable resources…
PSV Charter Extension for Viking Supply Ships
Talisman Energy (UK) has extended an existing one-year contract for 'SBS Tempest' a platform supply vessel (PSV) by 6 months SBS Tempest, a platform supply vessel of the VS470 MkII Design, is owned by Viking Supply Ships. The primary function of the vessel is to transport supplies to and from offshore oil platforms. The new charter extension will mean that the vessel will continue to operate from
 Talisman's logistics base in Peterhead, Scotland.
Russia to Develop Unmanned Ships
Unmanned ships to be developed by a United Shipbuilding Corp. He noted that nobody in Russia was working on that project at this time. "In 80's, Almaz Design Bureau used to work on the unmanned vessels. They were developing two projects; the first was a target ship which imitated destroyer and could move like destroyer, be seen on radar displays like destroyer and use destroyer's weapons. The second project was unmanned minesweeper. However, both projects were shut down then", Komrakov said.
Wärtsilä Awarded Pacific Radiance Contract
Wärtsilä is to supply complete and fully integrated power generation and propulsion packages for three vessels being built for Pacific Radiance Ltd., the Singapore…
FRUKUS Naval Exercise Wraps Up
The multinational training exercise FRUKUS 2012 came to an end with a closing ceremony in St. FRUKUS is an annual exercise aimed at improving maritime security through…
QE2 to Become Museum Luxury Hotel in Dubai
Istithmar World, DP World and the QE2 management announce the iconic QE2 is to have a permanent home at the heart of Port Rashid, the hub of cruising in the Middle East. The vessel will be moored next to the original cruise terminal at Port Rashid and converted into a 300 room luxury hotel, with top quality lifestyle facilities, while the terminal itself will be developed into a maritime museum. Once converted…
ABS Endows UC Berkeley Chair in Ocean Engineering
Professor Ronald W. Yeung has received the inaugural appointment to this chair for a five-year term, effective 1 July 2012 through 30 June 2017. ABS has had a longstanding commitment to education. “We believe that encouraging students in engineering is crucial to the future of the industry,” says ABS President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki. Professor Yeung’s involvement at UC Berkeley is evidence that he takes leadership roles like this one seriously.
Federal Court Gives Delaware River Dredging Go-ahead
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has ruled in favor of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which has begun to dredge the 102-mile channel but whose…
INTRA E-commerce Network Expansion
The agreement between INTRA and WorldWide Alliance provides WWA customers with a comprehensive and efficient e-commerce shipping solution by a single connection to the INTTRA portal.
