The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP), a nationwide research and development collaborative effort managed by SCRA Applied R&D, hosted their biennial All-Panel Meeting in Charleston, SC on April 23-25, bringing nearly 300 attendees to the Lowcountry. NSRP is a collaboration of U.S. shipyards working together to reduce the cost of building, repairing and operating Navy [...]
GE’s Power Conversion business announces that they are bringing enhanced operability to the company’s Dynamic Positioning (DP) system. The latest version, being launched at OTC, is more energy-efficient, better integrated, and—most importantly—more ’mariner friendly’. Since they were introduced some 50 years ago, DP systems have become increasingly complex in their configurations and in their operation. [...]
Drydocks World and Maritime World, one of the largest and most diversified shipyards in the world, announced that Chairman Khamis Juma Buamim, will participate in the Mare Forum, Rome, Italy where he will deliver a keynote address. The theme of the forum “Quo Vadis” (Where are you going?) is significant to the issues that will [...]
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GE’s Power Conversion business unveils a new power and propulsion system that reduces fuel consumption by controlling engine speed on platform support vessels at OTC. The Variable Frequency Active Front-End power and propulsion system, or VF-AFE, enables ship owners using conventional power system components to lower engine speeds when feasible, cut fuel consumption, and reduce [...]
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Fincantieri, one of the largest shipbuilding groups in the world, is showing its strong commitment in the offshore market, not only through its new subsidiary VARD (previously known as STX OSV), but also by providing the market with the next generation of drillship: the “OVERDRILL design” which will put the drilling contractors in condition to [...]
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Amarcon, a member of the ABB group, is getting ready for the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, USA. The annual held event is seen as the foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production, and environmental protection. Amarcon is the creator of OCTOPUS, a suite of hardware and software [...]
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In an opening address to the Atlantic Marine and Defence Industry Forum, held on April 26th in Halifax, the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), said that interprovincial cooperation and private-public sector collaboration are key to maximizing the economic benefits that Atlantic Canada will derive [...]
Developed by Ivan Erdevicki Yacht Design in close collaboration with ICON YACHTS of the Netherlands, the new ICON-ER175 yacht concept has been honored with the International Yacht & Aviation Award 2013. This award, in the category of the ‘Best Concept Design over 40 meters and above’, was received at the Connaught Hotel in London, on [...]
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On 22 April 2013, China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) signed an agreement to commission construction of a 12-Streamer Seismic Vessel, HYSY721 at Shanghai Shipyard Co. Ltd. HYSY721 will be a large-scale dual-source deepwater seismic vessel, which will primarily engage in deepwater operations and 3D seismic data collection covering a wide area. The vessel will be [...]
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China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd. took part in Sea Asia 2013, held from April 9th, 2013 to April 11th in Singapore, as one of the exhibitors. China Shipping Industry （Shanghai Pudong）Co., Ltd & China Shipping Industry （Jiangsu）Co., Ltd were in charge of the preparations for the exhibition. Although international financial crisis struck the ship repair [...]
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