Kommandor Calum Launched
Launched in Preparation for Survey Trials, ahead of operation in January 2013. Kommandor Calum is a game changing twin engine single screw, site investigation vessel. At 80m she has been specifically designed to maximise the voluminous nature of the heavily built hull for safe, sustained and comfortable operations. Capabilities include 2D exploration, 2DHR, ship-fit compressors and air storage, SBP arrays…
New Sales Manager For Calecore
Gary Thirkettle starts work with Calecore. Calecore is pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Thirkettle as Sales Manager. Gary, who read Geophysics and Mathematics at Reading, also holds an MBA, has over 20 years of Management and Senior Management success in the offshore Sector. The appointment comes after three years of growth and operations on five continents; and further underwrites our commitment to our clients and operations outside of EMEA.
Scorpion RIBs Chooses Raymarine
Scorpion, one of the manufacturers of high quality production and bespoke RIBs for leisure owners, commercial and superyacht users, has announced it has selected Raymarine as its preferred supplier for marine electronics. Kevin Hunt, General Manager at Scorpion, says the company has chosen Raymarine’s most technically advanced e7D HybridTouch multifunction display as the product of choice for all its RIBs. He says, “Raymarine is the market leader in advanced marine electronics.
RINA Group Wins Greek LNG Terminal Expansion Contract
The international verification and engineering RINA Group will carry out Basic Engineering Design, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Safety and other studies…
MAST Partners with Beazley Group
MAST (‘Maritime Asset Security and Training’), a leading security organization that provides specialist global security services for the maritime community, has…
The 100 Series Rules for the Use of Force
With the 100 Series Rules for the Use of Force attracting considerable attention from the key stakeholders in the industry. Adam Swierczewski, Corporate and Legal Affairs Manager of the leading Maritime Security Company, Ambrey Risk, has made observations from the Industry perspective. The 100 Series is said to be designed to ‘alleviate uncertainty’* and provide ‘clear legal basis for acts of self-defense’*.
Cargotec Receives MacGregor Module Handling Equipment Contract
Cargotec has secured a new contract from an international owner for a comprehensive MacGregor module handling equipment package. The equipment is destined for an…
Thales Sonar as “The Most Potent of Any Navy”
The Royal Navy has described how the combination of a Type 23 frigate fitted with Thales UK’s Sonar 2087 and a Merlin helicopter equipped with the Thales FLASH dipping sonar has delivered an outstanding anti-submarine warfare capability. HMS Northumberland, sailing as part of the UK’s Response Force Task Group on the Cougar 12 Mediterranean deployment, recently conducted advanced anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training with a friendly submarine.
Agreement Reached to End Port Strike
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa released the following statement on Tuesday night: “I am pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached between labor and management…
Veka-Group Builds Catamaran for Offshore Industry
Veka-Group builds a series of catamarans for the offshore industry. The vessel has been specially developed for crew tendering and offers also enough deck space for transporting three 10 ft containers. The first vessel, destined for an operator of a wind farm, will be delivered mid September. ‘A monohull built without special devices, is far from stable on the waves’, says Veka project manager Robin Sijbrands. ‘The special characteristic of a multihull is that it hardly rolls.
Cape Verde Leads Fight Against West African Piracy
In a move designed to thwart the escalating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, the Government of Cape Verde has granted a licence to Cape Verde Maritime Security Services…
St. Lawrence Seaway Welcomes New Board Members
The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) is pleased to announce that Mr. Georges Robichon and Mr. Tim Dool have each been appointed to its Board for a three-year term. Mr. Robichon replaced Mr. Paul Gourdeau as the international carrier representative in August, while Mr. Dool becomes the domestic carrier representative when Mr. Ian MacGregor’s term is over at the end of November. In addition, Mr. Jonathan Bamberger was named Chair of the Board of Directors effective September 1st.
US Boatbuilding Students Can Get a College Degree
Roger Williams University & IYRS partner on program to offer IYRS graduates credits toward degree programs. As part of a strategy to offer students a direct pathway from experiential training programs focused on craftsmanship and technical skills to a comprehensive college education that results in an associate or bachelor’s degree, Roger Williams University and marine trades and technology school…
Indonesia Port Dredging Contract for Van Oord
Van Oord wins contract with PT PP (Persero) TBK for deepening the port and reclaiming land for a new terminal area in Tanjung Priok, Jakarta. The contract is part of the Kalibaru North Container Terminal Phase 1 Project, which will expand the port of Tanjung Priok by 4.5 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units). The client for the large port expansion is IPC, Indonesian Port Corporation. The entire…
Swedish Ferry Delivered: Knude E. Hansen Designed
Basic design by Danish naval architects of new double-ended ferry delivered by Hvide Sande Skibs- og Baadbyggeri Shipyard for Swedish route. The shipyard recently delivered the 50m ferry named Uraniborg to Swedish domestic ferry company Ven-Trafiken for service between Landskrona in Sweden and the Swedish island Hven in the Øresund. The vessel has been designed as a double-end passenger ferry to carry trucks, cars and bicycles.
MAN Supply Dredger Propellor Blade & Nozzle Upgrade
NCC-owned dredger benefits from recent PrimeServ exchange and modernisation of propeller blades & propeller nozzle – with payback time of just 1½ years . MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ division in Frederikshavn has, in close cooperation with shipowner and constructional engineering company NCC, performed a propulsion equipment upgrade for the ‘M/V Baltic’, a 900 m³ sand and gravel dredger. NCC has a fleet of five ships and was, as a starting point, interested in the upgrade of the Baltic.
Aker Solutions Extends Growth Ambitions
Aker Solutions announce it is on track to meet its 2015 growth targets, with growth to continue into at least 2017. The company made its announcement on its recent capital markets day…
Polarcus Fleet Certified DNV Top Environmental Rating
Polarcus receive the world’s first-ever DNV Level 1 Triple-E™ rating for its fleet of sesimic survey vessels. Triple-E™ is a voluntary environmental rating scheme for ships with a rating from Level 4 to Level 1, where 1 is the highest. To achieve Level 1, all levels must be complied with and there are areas of compliance within management, operation and design. The rating is based on a verification of a ship’s actual energy efficiency and environmental performance…
UK Support Team Checks Africa's Oldest Motor Ship Refit
The 'Chauncy Maples' is being renovated to bring health care to one of the poorest communites in the world, Malawi. Members of the Chauncy Maples team recently took a trip to Malawi and visited remote villages, watched welders at work on the ship in Monkey Bay and made a pilgrimage to the final resting place of Bishop Chauncy Maples, in Nkhotakota. Moored on Lake Malawi, the steamer Chauncy Maples, was built in Glasgow in 1899. Designed as a clinic ship, she has not sailed for a decade.
Chinese Shipyard Inks Creon Jack-up Rig Order
Jiangsu Yangzijiang Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd. signs contract for the rig with Creon associate company Explorer 1. The directors of Creon the resources infrastructure investment company…
