Bay Diesel Promotes John Small
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John Small has been promoted to Big Bore Project Manager at Bay Diesel. Mr. Small has been a part of the Bay Diesel family for 4 years. His primary responsibilities are to manage select Big Bore projects, price and manage preventive maintenance customers for the service department and project manages most of our generator jobs. Mr. Small was born and raised in Norfolk, VA and he enjoys hunting, boating and snowboarding. Kris Moore has also joined Bay Diesel.
Stork Technical Services Launches In-House Training Center
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Stork Technical Services (Stork) announced the opening of its in-house FM (fabric maintenance) training center at its facility in Aberdeen, UK. Stork invested around £100,000 in the facility to develop the skills of its blasting/spraying operatives working across the UKCS and will. A range of training, including new start trade tests, product familiarisation, passive fire protection and thermally sprayed aluminium…
WSS VP Speaks About Asia restructure
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Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) Asia Pacific is strengthening its’ regional management team to meet market demand and emerging business opportunities. Bjorn Tonsberg, Regional Vice President said: “We are reviewing the way we do things and rebuilding the organisation to meet the challenges that the next few years will bring. Constant improvements to better serve our customers are the only way forward.
MHI Completes Full-scale Marine Diesel Testing Facility
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed "4UE-X3," a testing facility for full-scale low-speed, 2-stroke marine diesel engines, in the company's Kobe Shipyard and Machinery Works in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. The facility will be used for testing of various technologies to respond to stringent environmental regulations that are expected to be applied to the shipping industry in the future.
IMO Issues SOLAS Update(s)
International Code for the Application of Fire Test Procedures (2010 FTP Code) mandatory from 1 July 2012. Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety…
COSCO Sponsors Chinese Sailor's Solo Circumnavigation
A Chinese sailor is planning a solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe in November, attempting to make the journey in a world-record time for a 40-foot sail boat.
Hybrid-manned USS Ponce Arrives Bahrain
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The U.S. Navy's first afloat forward staging base-interim, USS Ponce (AFSB-I), has arrived in Bahrain for duty in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR). USS Ponce's primary mission is to support mine countermeasures (MCM) operations and other missions, such as the ability to provide repair service to other deployed units, including electrical, diesel engine, piping, and machinery repairs. Additionally, Ponce also has the capability to embark and launch small riverine craft.
Overworked Mate Sets Legal Precedent
A recent court ruling in Florida leaves shipowners facing the threat of legal action from seafarers who feel that their working conditions at sea have contributed to poor health…
Marine Diesel Engine Test Facility Opened by MHI
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed "4UE-X3," a testing facility for full-scale low-speed, 2-stroke marine diesel engines, in the company's Kobe Shipyard and Machinery Works in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. The facility will be used for the testing of various technologies developed in response to more stringent environmental regulations that are expected to be applied to the shipping industry in the future.
China Needs More Ships' Officers
According to Li Enhong, director of merchant seamen management at the Ministry of Transport, colleges are able to produce only a few thousand merchant sailors every year, far short of what is needed.
Mozambique Signs Up to Make Life Tough for Pirates
The Code of Conduct concerning the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden (Djibouti Code of Conduct)…
US Navy Awards Landing Craft Contract to Textron
The Navy awards a $212 million contract for Textron Inc. In March 2011 a solicitation for Ship-to-Shore-Connector landing craft was issued by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command.
ER Offshore Extends its GNSS Contract with Veripos
Under the new arrangement VERIPOS will continue to supply nine of ER Offshore’s PSVs with its VERIPOS Standard high-precision augmentation service providing metre-level accuracies.
ITF Launches East Asia Action Week
This is the second East Asia week of action for 2012, and involves joint teams of ITF inspectors, and seafarer and docker trade unionists making ship visits to check…
PC Rembrandt Simulator Gains DNV Accreditation
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Class S- Standard for Certification of Maritime Simulators No. 2.14 ensures that the simulations provided by the simulator include an appropriate level of physical and behavioural realism in accordance with recognised training and assessment objectives. As part of the accreditation process, DNV carried out a rigorous audit of the software to ensure consistent outputs for a wide range of vessel manoeuvring studies and PC REMBRANDT passed these audits.
CH-IV Prepares FEED for U.S. LNG Facility
The Oregon LNG Terminal will be located on the East Skipanon Peninsula near the confluence of the Skipanon and the Columbia Rivers in Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon. Jeffrey P.
Crystal Cruises Voted World's Best in Reader Survey
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In recent months, Crystal say it has spent $40 million on redesigns of its award-winning Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity, and $100 million in a little over five years. "While we have delighted travelers this year with newly designed spaces, new services, and new value-conscious pricing, we have offered a consistency of experience that is unmatched in our industry," says Crystal President Gregg Michel.
Arctic Policy Outlined by European Union
The European Commission and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy have outlined the way forward for the EU's constructive engagement in the Arctic.
OSV Assisted by EUNAVFOR Warship in Gulf of Aden
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The entire operation lasted in excess of 24 hours and was conducted mainly with the use of Scirocco’s helicopter and its crew which initially provided the disabled vessel's crew with portable radios to maintain contact with the ship, as well as with emergency lights. At first light on July 5, Scirocco’s helicopter brought drained batteries from the ship on board the Scirocco where they were recharged.
Icebreaker Emergency & Rescue Vessel Keel Laid
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The vessel will be used in the Gulf of Finland in icebreaking operations, sea towing of vessels and floating facilities and oil combatting. The multipurpose emergency and rescue icebreaker, which is being built in cooperation with shipyard Yantar, represents a completely new type of oil spill combat technology. The advanced oil recovery system is suitable for operation also in heavy waves. One of the special features of the vessel is that it will be able to move sideways…