Scana to Supply FPSO Mooring Winches
Scana Industrier ASA subsidiary, Scana Offshore Vestby, has signed a winch supply contract with UK-based Dana Petroleum. The contract is for delivery of mooringā¦
Cruise Ships Boosting Canadian Economy
A new economic impact study released by the North West & Canada Cruise Association (NWCCA) shows $2.38-billion generated. āWe are very pleased to see growth in both overall economic impact and per passenger spending,ā says Greg Wirtz, President of the NWCCA. In the report prepared by Business Research and Economic Advisors (BREA), 2.05 million cruise passenger visits generated $1.16 billion in direct spending by the cruise linesā¦
Brazil Maritime Sector: Latest News
The following news round up on the Brazilian marine and offshore market is provided by SSA (Voice of UK Marine Industry). ļ§ Transpetro will issue a new tender forā¦
Day on Bering No Ordinary Day
US Coast Guard cutter 'Munro' navigated shifting ice fields to close on Bering Sea fishing fleet, then rendered emergency medical help. While the weapons and operations departments were wrapping up the dayās second boarding, a radio call reached Munroās bridge from fishing vessel Nordic Fury, then only three miles away. A member of their crew had suffered deep lacerations to his hand, which had been partially crushed freeing a net fouled in the vesselās screws.
Portable Diver Detection Sonar Order for DSIT
DSIT, an Acorn Energy Company, secures order for its PointShieldā¢ sonar that provides ship underwater security protection. Israel-based DSIT's PointShieldā¢ PDDSā¦
U.S. Beached Tsunami Dock to be Salvaged
Swept away during the Japan tsunami of March 11, 2011, the steel, concrete, & foam dock beached at Olympic National Park, Wash. is to be removed at last. On December 18, 2012, the dock beached along the boundaries of Olympic National Park and NOAAās Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary in Washington state. NOAA has contracted a local salvage company in Washington to complete the removal efforts by early April.
Raytheon to Supply Navy Unmanned Vessel Sonar
Raytheon Company awarded a sub-contract from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for its latest medium frequency hull-mounted sonar system. Theā¦
Opportunity to Invest in Box Ship
Greece-based Box Ships Inc. intends to offer $25,000,000 of its common shares in an underwritten public offering. The net proceeds of the offering are expected toā¦
Keppel FELS Cancel Ukraine Semi-submersible Contract
Keppel FELS say that the contract with Naftogaz of Ukraine was cancelled because certain conditions within the timeline were not met. On 4 December 2012 Keppel FELSā¦
Italian Terminal Operators to Implement Navis TOS
Contship Italia Group to implement Navis SPARCS N4 Terminal Operating System (TOS) at five of its terminals. Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation announce thatā¦
First of Series LCS Stops Off in Pearl Harbor
Navy's First Littoral Combat Ship, 'USS Freedom' (LCS1) visits Pearl Harbor en route to Far East deployment. The ultra- modern U.S. Navy ship, bearing a four-color camouflage combination of flat black, haze gray, haze white and ocean gray, arrived at Pearl Harbor after departing her homeport of San Diego to deploy to the Asia-Pacific region. Following a brief port visit, USS Freedom will deploy to Southeast Asia and Singapore for approximately eight months.
Hydrex Divers Repair Hulls in Europe & W. Africa
Hydrex teams of diver/technicians recently mobilized to vessels berthed in Zeebrugge (Belgium), Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Douala (Cameroon). The teams performed insert repairs on a roro vessel and two tankers, carried out according to the Hydrex class-approved procedure for the welding of inserts in a vesselās shell plating while afloat by using an external cofferdam. A 560 mm crack in the bottomā¦
Eniram Presents New Products at CSM 2013
Eniram demonstrate 2 new products to help cruise ship operators with optimum speed & engine load management. At the Cruise Shipping Miami (CSM) Expo, March 11-14ā¦
Bank President Visits Panama Canal Locks
President of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, visits the construction site of the new locks in Colon province. The new locks, situated on the Atlantic side, were visited by Moreno, accompanied by IDB delegates, who are in Panama to participate in the Fifty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors which takes place from March 14 to 17, 2013. During the visit, Panamaā¦
UK Port Apprentices Get Jobs
PD Ports has announced the creation of 13 full time permanent positions for Teesport based apprentices. The new dock operations roles in both bulks and container related areas of the business will commence at the end of April, after the existing apprenticeship programme completes. The programme took over 18 months of training and is on track to achieve 100% success rate with all 13 apprentices achieving a NVQ Level 2 in Dock Operations.
Washington Governor Makes Weld on Stateās Second Ferry
Washington Governor Jay Inslee officially kicked off the construction of M/V Samish, the stateās newest 144-car ferry, by making the first weld on the vessel at Vigor Industrialās Seattle shipyard Friday. Earlier in the week US Fab, the Vigor company building the ferries, hit a major project milestone on the first vessel, the M/V Tokitae, when the company successfully transferred the 1110-ton superstructure onto the hull.
Water Injection Dredging Facts
A relatively new technique for dredging is slowly growing in popularity: Water Injection Dredging (WID). Water Injection Dredging is not the answer to every dredgingā¦
Marine Systems Inc., ZF Marine Support Inland Waterway Business
ZF Marine announced a new partnership with Marine Systems Inc. (MSI) will be responsible for sales and service support of ZF Marine commercial craft products to the inland waterway region.
New 35W T5 LED Driver from Thomas Research Products
Thomas Research Products introduced a line of 35W LED drivers that feature a form factor matching T5 fluorescent ballasts. These 35W drivers are an expansion of TRP's standard LED series. Being sized to match T5-style ballasts offers the flexibility of use them in existing fixture designs. OEM's can use them in new offerings, or they can be utilized for LED retrofits in the field. Input voltage ranges from 120Vac to 277Vac. They are IP65 rated.
AtoBviaC Upgrades Distance Tables
A recent upgrade to AtoBviaCās end user applications for the BP Shipping Marine Distance Tables now means that users can adjust routes and obtain distances to match their own operations. The changes make it possible for the user to produce deviation reports following changes in voyage destinations. AtoBviaCsā new interfaces for the BP Shipping Marine Distance Tables are āPort to Port āOnlineā and āPort to Port v4ā. Both applications allow users to edit routes to meet their particular needs.
