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Barkmeijer Shipyards signed a newbuild contract on 15 September last with the Dutch pilotage – ‘Het Loodswezen’ –  for the construction of three 81m pilot station vessels. According to Dutch pilotage the third one will be held in option. The vessels – of which the first will be delivered autumn 2012 and the second in 2013 – will replace...

Mobilarm has completed the on schedule delivery of its V200 VHF Locator Beacons – a new submariner version of the V100 VHF – to the United States Navy for sea trials and evaluation as part of a Sole Source contract awarded to the company by the United States Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Since the...

Marlink and Vizada report a significant expansion of Marlink’s contract with one of the world’s largest shipping companies, AP Moller-Maersk (APM). As part of the renewed agreement, Marlink will provide Inmarsat FleetBroadband airtime services to an additional 200 vessels. Vizada will provide key Vizada Solutions to allow cost-efficient communications, such as web compression and...

Geir Håøy (44) has been appointed President of Kongsberg Maritime and will join the Group Corporate Management Team in Kongsberg. Håøy has worked for Kongsberg since June 1993, holding various management positions since 1996. Håøy succeeds Torfinn Kildal, President of Kongsberg Maritime since 1999. Håøy has broad international experience from different positions in Kongsberg...

Jan de Nul Group has issued a press release stating that Sunday evening, 12 September, the trailing suction hopper dredger Amerigo Vespucci of Jan De Nul Group was attacked by an armed gang. Despite actions of the captain, two crew members were kidnapped by the attackers. It concerns a Filipino and a Croatian. The...

Two new offshore support vessels (OSVs), which are currently under construction for Navegação São Miguel and destined for long-term charter to Brazilian operator Petrobras, will feature a suite of MacGregor offshore equipment. The vessels have been ordered for an eight-year charter agreement with Petrobras.  Cargotec will supply a set of MacGregor offshore load handling...

With environmental protection and offshore as innovation drivers, SMM 2010 came to a close on 10 September last. Some 50,000 trade visitors from all parts of the world have enjoyed the opportunity to visited 2,003 satisfied exhibitors from 58 countries. The number of visitors is only little under the record attendance of 53,006 at...

Huisman will soon deliver a 250t knuckle boom crane to Subsea 7. This state-of-the-art crane is currently being load tested at the Huisman facility in Schiedam, the Netherlands. The crane will be installed onboard Subsea 7’s newbuild Seven Pacific within the next months and will be used for offshore construction and subsea installation work...

Wärtsilä, has been selected to supply its flexible gas propulsion solution for a series of new LNG carriers to be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. The selection of Wärtsilä gas engines is indicative of the current emphasis by owners on the latest technology, and a growing environmental commitment to...

Effective September 2010 the cargo vessel activities of the Damen Shipyards Cargo Vessels and Damen Shipyards Bergum will be combined and located in Bergum, the Netherlands. As a result of this effort the complete production line of sea going cargo vessels can be offered and delivered. This production line consists of a series of...

Europort 2011 launched its theme: ‘Advanced Technology, your access to the future.’ Europort recognises a strong demand for innovative solutions, whether these concern water and air emissions, safety of personnel or maintenance of wind parks at sea. With this theme, the exhibition shows innovations from the maritime industry and offers practical starting points for...

On Saturday 9 October 2010, from 12:00 to 17:00 p.m., Huisman organise their traditional, two-yearly, Open Day at the Huisman premises, Admiraal Trompstraat 2 in Schiedam. Huisman is specialised in designing and manufacturing heavylifting, pipelay and drilling systems for world’s leading on and offshore...

In the first quarter of 2010, sea shipping rates were 12 percent higher than In the previous quarter. In the last two quarters of 2009, sea shipping rates also increased. Higher rates are caused by an increase in the demand for sea shipping services and higher fuel costs. Rates have risen by more than...

On 19 August 2010 the signing ceremony for the start of construction of the new shipbuilding facility of Damen Vinashin Shipyard in Haiphong, Vietnam took place in the head offices of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) in...

Beele Engineering has extended its dynamic sealing system ‘Dynatite’ with conduit sleeves for application in harsh environments and salt water. Specially developed for application in the columns of semi-submersible rigs, the ‘Dynatite’ system can be used in many hazardous areas as blast walls, explosion proof areas, subsea applications and all those situations where a...

Vripack successfully delivered an interesting 60ft Multi Purpose Tender in cooperation with Dutch company Sima Charters.  This Multi Purpose Tender, named SC Puma is perfectly suitable for countless activities in the offshore sector. Vripack’s challenge regarding this project was to fit all its practical knowledge in a perfect design without having to make any...

Chinese shipbuilder New Times Shipbuilding (NTS) introduces simulation-driven design to its product development. NTS has signed a contractual agreement with GL’s maritime software developer Friendship systems. The contract includes the licensing of engineering software and design support for the development of a large crude oil tanker. By introducing the simulation-driven design software the shipyard...

Recognised experts in marine personnel transfer, Reflex Marine, is meeting global demand for its TORO crew transfer capsule and has sold 30 across offshore Asia-Pacific, Europe, North and West Africa, Australia and America. Most of the units are being utilised by major international oil and gas operators, however, the company has also entered the renewables...

The well-known cruise operator AIDA Cruises has ordered another club ship from Meyer Werft. The cooperation between the Rostock-based cruise company and Meyer Werft started as early as in 2004. The new ship will be number ten in the Aida fleet and will be delivered in spring...

Netherlands based Alucol has invested in a modern second anodisation facility that will enable the company to anodise aluminium profiles up to 22 m. “There is no other European independent anodising firm that anodises aluminium parts up to this length,” claims Roderik Wuts, managing director of...

STX France Lorient SAS has just signed a contract with STFMO (Société de Transports Fluvio-Maritimes de l’Ouest), a subsidiary of Sablières de l’Atlantique, for the construction of a sand dredger. This ship order is the first placed with STX Lorient since 2008 and comes during a significantly low period. Construction will begin at the...

On Friday 23 July, First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama christened the US Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, a vessel that was detail designed and production engineered by Northrop Grumman using ShipConstructor CAD/CAM software. The ship is named in honour of Dorothy Constance Stratton, the first female commissioned officer in Coast Guard history...

Alnmaritec Limited, which is recognised as one of the UK’s leading specialist boat builders, is rapidly also gaining recognition in the market for oil spill response / pollution control vessels with two new boats already delivered in 2010. The most recent delivery was a vessel delivered to the Barbados National Terminal Company Ltd. for...

Tognum subsidiary L’Orange GmbH today celebrates the production of its 500,000th injector – a new record for the manufacturer of highpressure injection systems for diesel and heavy-oil engines. “Against the background of ever more stringent emissions legislation, injection is of enormous strategic significance for engine manufacturers,” explained L’Orange CEO Dr. Ralph-Michael Schmidt...

In recent trials carried out in co-operation with the Spliethoff Group, the Wärtsilä Energopac solution delivered significant reductions in fuel costs. The trials involved eight 17,700 DWT vessels. The trials have shown that the Energopac solution saves close to 4% power in design condition. This represents annual fuel cost savings of more than USD...