Keppel FELS on Track to Deliver Offshore Wind Turbine Installer
Keppel to deliver one of the world’s largest multi-purpose offshore wind turbine installers. Keppel FELS say they are on track to deliver Seafox 5, one of the largest…
Shipping Crisis Pains – Mingle at SMM 2012 Suggested
To manage the crisis successfully SMM organizers advise providers to keep close to their customers as record bookings received. The European debt crisis; a weak US employment market…
GLDD Appoints New Senior Executive
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) appoint Bill Steckel Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Steckel brings nearly 30 years of financial…
Seismic Survey Offshore NW Australia by TGS
Geoscience providers TGS announce a fourth 3D multi-client seismic survey, 'Honeycombs'. Honeycombs, covers 2,500 km2 over the Exmouth Plateau in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, offshore NW Australia.
Logistics Experts GAC Help Sharpen up 'The Blades'
'The Blades' is the nickname of UK soccer team Sheffield United, & logistics provider GAC has renewed sponsorship of the club. Since forming links with the Blades in 2009 GAC went on to become the Official Logistics Partner of Sheffield United Football Club and followed that by sponsoring the South Stand of its stadium in Bramall Lane. The Blades’ Commercial Director, Steve Coakley, talked about the importance of the ongoing relationship between GAC and the Blades.
ABB Controls Production Systems Aboard Giant FPSO
Floating Production Storage & Offloading ship uses ABB systems to control entire production from reservoir to wellhead to vessel. FPSO Peregrino, one of the biggest, most technologically advanced oil production ships in the world, was converted at a cost of more than US$1-billion from a VLCC tankship to function as a FPSO having been acquired by Statoil and permanently moored off the coast of Brazil.
Korea's Daewoo Wins Offshore Drill Platform Order
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) wins US$1.94-billion order. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering says it has won a 2.2 trillion won ($1.94 billion)…
Landlocked Switzerland Employs Private Maritime Security
Swiss shipping operators confirm they employ armed security guards to protect their ships off Somalia & Gulf of Aden. Landlocked Switzerland plays a surprisingly…
Fatigue Afflicts US Navy LCS Crews
Head of Naval Surface Forces says officials looking closely at Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) manning in order to alleviate crew exhaustion. Recent disclosure of a closely held Navy study of LCS operations, indicated among the many issues identified, that the ship’s 40-member crew was over-taxed in port and exhausted underway, reports 'Navy Times'. “Certainly, there’s some crew fatigue involved, and I think with any new class of ship…
China Shipyard Repairs Panama Canal Damaged Container Ship
German-owned 998-ft container ship 'Ilse Wulff' repaired in CIC Changxing Shipyard after touching bottom in the Panama Canal earlier in the year. Owners of the Ilse…
Rosneft Launches Environmentally Sensitive Pechora Sea Oil Search
A 3D CDP seismic survey covering 1,200 square km is being carried out by three field exploration parties from Yuzhmorgeologiya. Pechora Sea (Russian: Печо́рское мо́ре…
Mississippi-like Low Water Levels Threaten Danube
Low water levels in Bulgarian sections of Europe's River Danube threaten navigation safety, ship commerce. Water levels continue to go down and threaten a full stop of any navigation…
Korean Dry Bulk Carrier Share Plunge Verified
A Singapore stock exhange error was at first suspected as shares in STX Pan Ocean Co. plunged 64%. The Singapore Exchange said there was no trading error behind…
Polar Expedition Vessel the Sunken 'S.S. Terra Nova' Discovered
Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship 'R/V Falkor' locates the wreck of historic exploration ship off the coast of Greenland. During routine functional performance testing of the mutibeam mapping echosounders on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship R/V Falkor, the team aboard — including researchers from the University of New Hampshire, Ifremer, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — discovered the S.S.
Korean Shipbuilders' Unsold Newbuilds
Korea's leading shipbuilders post declining profits in second quarter 2012, as well as a growing inventory of unsold vessels. Shipbuilders here have put unsold ships…
New Container Ship Named by Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd holds naming ceremony for 13,200 TEU flagship “Hamburg Express” at Hamburg Container Terminal (CTA). Hapag-Lloyd has recently held a naming ceremony for the “Hamburg Express”, first of ten new vessels in its new 13,200 TEU class. The first vessel in the new “Hamburg Express” class will sail Loop 4 of the G6 Alliance, replacing a ship with approximately 8,000 TEU on this service. Loop 4 starts in Hamburg and calls at the ports of Rotterdam…
Drilling Contractors Might Quit US Gulf Work
The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) say they are gravely concerned with the Interim Policy Document issued this week by the U.S. Bureau…
CAT Introduce New Engine Monitoring, Boat Tracking System
Caterpillar introduce a remote tracking, monitoring, & notification system, 'gplink' for Cat® powered yachts & other vessels. gplink protects vessels by monitoring…
Italian Shipyard Launches Its Largest Ship
Fincantieri launches 'Royal Princess' the new flagship of Princess Cruises's fleet at its Monfalcone shipyard. "Royal Princess", at 141,000 gross tons, 330 metres long and 38 metres wide, is the largest ship ever built by Fincantieri. It has 1,780 cabins, of which 1,438 have balconies (81% of the total), and is able to accommodate 3,600 passengers, with total capacity for over 5,600 people including crew.
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