Report: $91B Spend on World Floating Production Systems
The Market - Global Floating Production Capex to Double. Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecast that between 2013 and 2017 $91bn will be spent on floating production systems…
Wilson, Sons Delivers Damen-designed PSV's
Four more vessels under construction. Damen Shipyards is further strengthening its involvement in the Brazilian offshore market with six Platform Supply Vessels, type PSV 4500, built under license by Wilson, Sons (Santos, Brazil) for Wilson Sons Ultratug Offshore (WSUT). Two vessels have been recently delivered; the other four will be delivered throughout 2013. Damen and Wilson have enjoyed a business relationship for 20 years and the new vessels will be supplied to WSUT…
G6 Alliance: Feeder Shuttle Between Germany and Gothenburg
The partners of the G6 Alliance will underline their commitment to the Scandinavian market and start a dedicated G6 feeder shuttle to Gothenburg. The service will…
Ecosse Subsea Completes Total E&P Project
Ecosse Subsea Systems has completed a major seabed clearance project on the Laggan-Tormore project west of Shetland on behalf of Total E&P Ltd and its partner Dong E&P (UK) Ltd. The Aberdeen subsea technology company deployed its SCAR1 trenching tool to remove up to 1000 boulders which were delaying progress on cable laying and umbilical installation work. The SCAR1 cut a 10 metre wide swathe over a 67km route…
ClassNK Register Hits 8000 Ships
ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) announced that its register surpassed the 8000 ship milestone, totaling 8036 ships of 206,927,557 gross tons as of the end of August 2012.
South American Operator Re-Powers with Cummins
Navios South American Logistics Inc. is a provider of river transportation on the Inland Water Ways (IWW) of the Paraguay-Paraná Rivers. With a fleet of more than 250 barges and 20 well equipped push-boats on the river, the firm also operates sea-going product tankers. Recently they have repowered the first of their push boats, the 30 by 9.5 by 2.7-meter Tomas Romero Pereira, in Paraguay at the Shipyard Aguapé of Asunción city.
New Circuit Breaker Solutions
The 1610 SERIES- A resettable alternative for standard plug-in type blade fuses for fuse blocks in vehicles with 12V or 24V electrical systems, the 1610 Series circuit breaker reduces downtime caused by blown fuses in trucks, recreational vehicles, speciality vehicles, passenger cars and boats. A new benefit of the 1610 series is a color-coding scheme that corresponds to the colours of blade fuses.
Improved Fuel Economy with Trim Optimization
INTERSCHALT maritime systems AG presents its new fuel saving TROP trim optimization software. The maritime-shipping industry has also been forced to contend with the key issues of energy efficiency and sustainability. Optimizing the trim of a ship is a good way to achieve lasting reductions in fuel consumption. In fact, trim optimization has been an object of investigation since the 1990s. Back then…
Crowley Merges Jarvis International Freight into Crowley Logistics
Business Unit to Now Offer Project Logistics and Global Freight Management Services to New Industries and more Geographic Locations. Crowley Maritime Corporation announced today that its recently acquired Houston-based, freight forwarding, export packing and logistics company, Jarvis International Freight, Inc., will transition into the company as a new branch of Crowley Logistics, offering project…
Progress in Singapore with Navigational Safety
“In the coming decades, with the rise of Asia in the global economy, the importance of the Straits to the international community will grow exponentially. So said Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Singapore’s Minister for Transport at the opening ceremony of the 5th Co-operation Forum (CF) in Singapore on 24 September 2012. The CF is part of the Cooperative Mechanism (CM) in which the three Littoral states of Indonesia…
US Navy Photo of the Day
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 24 comes ashore (deliberately) at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. LCAC demonstrated its amphibious abilties during a humanitarian assistance and disaster response exhibition to start San Francisco Fleet Week 2012. Shrouded in clouds of sand it later returned to the ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Torrey W. Lee
EU Global Emission Reduction Proposal: Another Viewpoint
Emissions monitoring systems manufacturer, Parker Procal, welcomes EU move to monitor, report & verify emissions. The EU announced recently that it will start measuring…
Ranger Offshore Gains DNV Certification
Provider of offshore construction services, US-based Ranger Offshore, Inc., obtains various ISO Det Norske Veritas (DNV) certificates. Ranger Offshore has obtained ISO 9001…
Latest NATO Report Indicates Pirates Still Weatherbound
During the reporting period of 26 September to 02 October 2012 there were no piracy related incidents in the High Risk Area (HRA). In the period the NATO Shipping…
Effects of Hull Fouling on Cruise Ships Study
Eniram collected data from + 60 cruise vessels & 38,000 sea days to highlight the financial impact of fouling across different sea areas. Eniram Limited, the Finnish…
APM Terminals Starts Callao, Peru, Construction Project
APM Terminals Callao invests US$307-million for Phase l & ll port expansion. Executives from APM Terminals Callao and the Minister of Transport and Communications of Peru, Mr.
Clinical Study on Effects of Piracy on Seafarers
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI), with New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine, report on the effects of piracy on seafarers. While incidents of piracy decline off the Horn of Africa, an inestimable number of seafarers continue to bear the psychological impact of captivity by pirates. To describe their condition and to advise the maritime industry on how to care for affected individuals, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI)…
Maersk Oil Qatar Charter 'FSO Africa'
'FSO Africa', owned by TI Africa, on long-term contract to Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ) for services on the Al Shaheen Field. The contract has a fixed duration of five…
Hydroid to Supply German Navy With AUV's
The German Navy contract Hydroid, Inc. – a Kongsberg Company – to supply 6 REMUS 100 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV). After extensive trials by the German Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons (WTD 71) in Eckernfoerde, the Federal Office of Defence Technology & Procurement (BWB) in Koblenz has placed the contract to enhance the capabilities of the German Navy's mine divers.
Training to Crackdown on Illegal Ship Discharges
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) provides joint Interpol training to member-state represetatives. This year EMSA’s training and cooperation sector offered a new training course together with Interpol, the international police organization. The contents of the course was developed by Interpol withhin the framework of the project “CleanSeas” a training course on “Illegal discharges and MARPOL Violations”.
