Shippers Called to Action in Fight against Ebola
Global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group is calling for shipping and logistics companies to invest in staff and crew education on how to reduce the risk of exposure to Ebola, and to keep up-to-date with precautionary measures being put in place around the world to contain the spread of the virus and minimize its impact on global transport. Michael Sturesson, General Manager of GAC Angola…
Belgian Law Firm Says Contacted by OW Bunker Investors
Belgian law firm Deminor said it had been contacted by 15 to 20 investment firms considering legal action over the failure of OW Bunker, the world's largest shipping firm which filed for bankruptcy a week ago. Deminor, which specialises in representing institutional investors in class actions against public listed companies, did not say on Friday which investors had contacted it and gave no further detail on possible actions over the company's collapse.
Bagley Named VP at Newport News Shipbuilding
Ray Bagley has been appointed by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) as the company’s new vice president of trades operations for its Newport News Shipbuilding division. Bagley, who will earn the distinction of "Master Shipbuilder" for 40 years of continuous service next week, began his career at The Apprentice School as a painter. He has worked at all levels of production and construction leadership on all of Newport News' product lines…
Maritime Reporter @ 75: The Daily Cartoon
Maritime Reporter & Engineering News was founded by John J. O'Malley (1905-1980) in 1939, and today ranks as the world's largest audited trade publication in the world serving the maritime industry, with a circulation of more than 35,000 worldwide, including ship and boat owners, ship and boat builders, naval architects and marine engineers. Today Maritime Reporter heads a group of four print and 10 websites serving the global maritime, offshore and subsea sector.
Alfa Laval Launches PureSOx 2.0
Alfa Laval’s PureSOx is an emissions scrubber, an alternative for complying with the sulfur limits imposed by MARPOL Annex VI and its guideline MEPC 184(59). With January 2015 and the enforcement of Emission Control Areas (ECAs) rapidly approaching, Alfa Laval has launched a new generation of the scrubber with a wide range of enhancements and options: PureSOx 2.0. From its debut in 2009 to date, 50 PureSOx systems have been ordered for 45 vessels.
W&O Actuated Valve Solution for Vigorous
W&O is one of the partners that supported Vigor in the $40m project to build and deliver the largest floating drydock in the U.S. – Vigor Industrial’s Vigorous – which was delivered recently to its new home in Portland on the Willamette River. W&O provided an actuated valve solution for the ballast system of the drydock, and from design specification through initial commissioning, the W&O team provided technical and product support for the Vigorous ballast system…
Bestobell Extends Valve Range
Bestobell Marine, part of the President Engineering Group Ltd. now offers both butt weld and flanged connections for all its Globe and Check valves. These valves range from small (DN15) to large (DN350). Valves with flanged connections are particularly in demand with the Japanese and Korean shipbuilding companies, as they are designed for ease of installation premised by less welding. To make the product development process quicker and more efficient…
Polarcus COO Buys Half a Million Company Shares
Polarcus Limited announced today that a primary insider of Polarcus has acquired shares in the company. Duncan Eley, Chief Operating Officer, has on November 14, 2014 acquired 500,000 shares at an average price of NOK 0.9542 per share, the company said in a press release. He owns 500,000 shares in Polarcus following the transaction.
Dialog, Petronas Gas to Develop $807m LNG Project
Malaysian energy services firm Dialog Group Bhd said on Friday it would work with Petronas Gas Bhd on a 2.7 billion ringgit ($807 million) project to develop liquefied…
Van Heck Advances Dredging Innovation
Van Heck started in 1964 as a one man operation to build and develop pumps and services to the dredging industry. Driven by innovation and its reputation, the company expanded into the offshore industry boom of the 1980s and its expertise grew as it helped tackle the challenges set by this specialists market. The innovation hasn’t stopped today, and Van Heck continues to grow, offering its customers specialized, tailor-made engineering and advice.
Leistritz Debuts Three New Pumps
The offshore oil and gas industry uses Floating Production, Storage and Off-loading (FPSO) vessels to process and store gas or oil until it can be unloaded onto tankers or forwarded through a pipeline. Leistritz Screw Pumps are responsible for boosting the produced water into a hydro cyclone where the remaining oil and sand will be extracted. Since 1924 Leistritz Pumpen GmbH has been manufacturing…
Wärtsilä’s LNGPac: AIP from DNV GL
The new Wärtsilä LNGPac, the upgraded version of the company’s LNG fuel handling system, was granted an AIP (Approval in Principle) Certificate from DNV GL. The AIP Certificate covers Wärtsilä’s improvements to the original LNGPac. The new solution has removed the heating media skid and its pumps, and includes an improvement to the Wärtsilä Cold Recovery solution. The certificate is based on technical material and safety analyses…
Schottel Shifts Focus Offshore at SMM 2014
Schottel presented new solutions focusing on offshore applications and hybrid concepts. The new underwater mountable azimuth thruster SRP 9000 LSU (4,800 – 5,500 kW) takes into account the tough conditions offshore and helps reduce docking times. The SRP 9000 LSU is an utmost robust and reliable drive allowing easy and cost-efficient mounting and dismantling offshore. Cost efficiency is also an asset of the SRP 3000 and 4000 PTI.
Hamburg Süd Christens San Class Containership
Hamburg Süd yesterday christened another containership in its San class, as the official naming ceremony of the newbuild San Clemente was held at the Marina Bay Cruise Center in Singapore, with customers and business partners. The San Clemente is one of Hamburg Süd’s series of three San class newbuilds constructed at the Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan. Like her sister ships, she has a container slot capacity of 9,034 TEU and 1,370 reefer slots.
Hatz Presents New Engine Concept Study
Hatz Diesel presented the concept study of the new 4H50TIC as a marine version at SMM. The engine has been manufactured in series production since the beginning of 2014 and is designed primarily for use in construction machinery, as well as for stationary and mobile applications. The engine has been converted for use as a marine propulsion engine, with keel cooling adopted for the required engine cooling and to reduce heat radiation and insulation was installed for the exhaust silencer.
USCG Transport Orphaned Baby Sea Lion
The Coast Guard worked with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration to transport a baby orphaned Stellar Sea Lion from Seattle to Sacramento, Calif., Thursday…
Technip to Modernize Flexi France
Technip announces an investment over four years to modernize its flexible pipe manufacturing plant, Flexi France, in Le Trait, France. Further strengthening Technip’s…
USS Ingraham Decommissioned
Sailors and guests bade farewell to Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) as the ship concluded 25 years of naval service during a decommissioning…
American Sensor Technologies Achieves ATEX Certification
American Sensor Technologies, Inc. (AST) has achieved ATEX certification of its Explosion Proof Pressure Transmitters for Class I Zone 0 Exd hazardous locations.
TEN CEO Tsakos Tapped to Lead INTERTANKO
INTERTANKO announced that when its Council of Members met this week in Dubai it elected Nikolas Tsakos – President and Chief Executive of Tsakos Energy Navigation – as Chairman, succeeding Graham Westgarth who steps down after five years in post. “The last five years of leading the independent tanker owners have been both rewarding and challenging,” said Westgarth. Tsakos intends to continue the work…
