Cathelco has won an order to supply a seawater pipework anti-fouling system for a new FPSO which will be operated in the Cendor offshore oil field by Petrofac Malaysia. The system will be installed on the MT Onozo, an Aframax tanker, which is being converted to an FPSO at the MHB yard in Pasir Gudang, [...]
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The 19m ASD tug – “TSM ALBATRE” commenced trials from the Padmos Shipyard, the Netherlands. The vessel is equipped for towing from both the bow and stern in addition to plough dredging, Macduff Ship Design Ltd, the designer of the vessel announced. The French-flagged tug covers 19 meters in length with 8 meters breadth and [...]
Alewijnse Marine Systems, the leading system integrator, is closing 2012 with a strong order book that demonstrates the underlying strength of the top yards in the superyacht industry. As a system integrator Alewijnse works with yards around the world, supplying specialist electrical engineering services up to and including the installation and integration of entire electrical [...]
The new Project 20380 corvette Boiky constructed by JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard for Baltic Fleet (BF) is undergoing sea trials in the fleet’s test ranges.The trials include checking serviceability of onboard systems at sea, speed, maneuvering, and vibration tests, Western Military District Press Service informs. Special attention is put on testing steering system, navigation facilities, [...]
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Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands christens the boat ‘Polaris’ at the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam. Conoship’s member shipyard Barkmeijer had earlier launched Pilot Station Vessel ‘Polaris’ (NB 324). This vessel design is the result of close collaboration between the Dutch Pilot Organisation, Barkmeijer Shipyards and Conoship International. Special attention was paid to motional behaviour [...]
Harris CapRock Communications, a global provider of fully managed communications for remote and harsh environments, has signed a four-year renewal contract with major drilling contractor Brasdril for turnkey, Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) communications to 13 of its semisubmersibles and drillships, located along the coast of Brazil. Brasdril Sociedade De Perfurasções Ltda, located in Macaé, [...]
Today, more than an estimated ten billion tons of ballast water are in transit on board of ships on the world’s oceans at all times. Including the microorganisms and living beings that as “stowaways” easily overcome the normally insurmountable barriers of the oceans. The International Maritime Organization IMO has established clear rules that govern how [...]
Danaos Corporation DAC 0.00% , a leading international owner of containerships, announced that on June 7, 2012, it took delivery of one more 13,100 containership, the HYUNDAI SPEED, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 63 containerships aggregating 349,949 TEU. The Company expects delivery of its last 13,100 TEU vessel by the end of [...]
Miclyn Express Offshore (MIO) announces that through its Thai Joint Venture, Uniwise Offshore, it has been awarded a 3 year firm contract, plus 2 x 1 year extension options, to provide coil tubing marine support services to Chevron’s production activities in the Gulf of Thailand. Uniwise Offshore will purchase a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), currently [...]
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Reconditioning of nuclear-powered icebreaker Sovetsky Soyuz, which has been staying in reserve for 4 years, will start in the next year and finish by 2014; repair and fuel recharging will cost at least RUR 1 bln, reported RIA Novosti on Oct 10 referring to Andrei Smirnov, deputy director general of FSUE Rosatomflot (affiliate of state [...]
