Green Marine
SMIT Elbe – First Tugboat in The Netherlands Fuelled with GTL
The Boskalis vessel the SMIT Elbe in the port of Rotterdam has become the first tugboat in the Netherlands to be fuelled with Shell GTL. GTL, which stands for gas-to-liquids, is a liquid fuel made from natural gas converted into synthetic diesel. GTL produces far fewer nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxid
Terminal ‘FSRU Toscana’ Starts Commercial Activities
The company OLT Offshore LNG Toscana announced that the activity of commissioning of the Terminal “FSRU Toscana” has been successfully finalized on last December 19th. As anticipated, the company reported that on December 20th the plant started the commercial activities. At full capacity, the plant
New Contract for Jack-Up Rig ‘Maersk Guardian’
Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with Premier Oil Norge AS for the jack-up Maersk Guardian for a one well drilling operation, the Myrhauk exploration well, in the Norwegian North Sea. The duration of the contract is approximately 62 days. The contract will commence in direct continuation of the
Germany: Ballast Nedam Executes Foundation EPCI Works
Ballast Nedam Offshore (BNO) is executing the foundation EPCI works for wind farm operator OWP Butendiek. As part of this, BNO has subcontracted Jumbo for the offshore transport and installation of 80 transition pieces (TPs). The TPs are fabricated in Esbjerg and will be installed with the Dynamical
IACS Council Adopts New Harmonised Common Structural Rules
IACS has unanimously adopted new harmonised Common Structural Rules (CSR) for oil tankers and bulk carriers at its 68th session of the IACS Council meeting, held on 18-19 December in London. The new rules will apply to all oil tankers over 150 m and bulk carriers over 90 m in length contracted for c
STL Research Gets Further Funding to Accelerate Development of ‘Neptune’
STL Research announced that they have recently been awarded further funding by the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board to accelerate their project to develop an offshore personnel-access system. The system, called ‘Neptune’, will use a space-stabilised, articulated arm to safely tr
New Contracts for DOF’s Vessels
DOF has been awarded a new 3 year contract from Fugro Subsea Services Ltd. for Skandi Olympia. The contract will commence in March 2014. Fugro Subsea Services Ltd. has the right to extend the contract with 2 additional years in addition to the 3 year firm period. DOF has signed two one year contract
‘Brave Tern’ to Install Areva Wind Turbines at Global Tech I (Germany)
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier International Ltd., which is indirectly owned 50/50 by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, has been awarded a contract by the German company Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH for transport and installation work of Areva 5MW wind turbines and associated equipment at the Global Tec
Global Regulatory Summit Gathers Officials from USA, China and European Commission
Maritime regulators from the United States, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and the European Commission met and conferred in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to consider the evolving international maritime landscape. The officials had open and candid discussions on their differing regulatory framew
Blue Water Transports the World’s Largest Wind Turbine
Blue Water has handled the logistics and transport of the world’s largest wind turbine – the V164 8MW produced by Vestas. The assignment was to handle four sea freight transports from Aalborg, Lindoe and Southampton in connection with the installation of the test turbine. The first transport in the
Transas Releases New Navi-Planner 4000
The updated version of the globally renowned voyage planning software Navi-Planner 4000 received additional functions, boosting versatility and convenience. The Transas Navi-Planner 4000 software is recognized as one of the ECDIS market’s most powerful charts and data management tools, and also boas
Optimised Voyage Planning in PC Maritime ECDIS
PC Maritime’s Navmaster ECDIS is able to combine with MeteoGroup’s SPOS weather routing service to provide optimised voyage planning. Navigating officers can create a route in Navmaster and load it into SPOS for optimisation. Weather limits, speed profile, bunker profile, voyage speed, fixed ETA, tr
Otesat-Maritel Cooperates with MARIS
Otesat-Maritel, a member of the OTE Group, one of the largest telecommunications group in SE Europe, announced its cooperation with MARIS AS and the addition of ECDIS from MARIS AS to the products and services in its Bridge Equipment portfolio. Installation of over 7,500 ECDIS from MARIS to date ref
Russia: Gazprom and Rosmorport to Design Trans-Shipment Terminal at Novy Port
Gazprom Neft CEO Alexander Dyukov and Rosmorport CEO Andrey Tarasenko recently announced the signing of an agreement on the design of an 8.5 million ton annual capacity trans-shipment terminal at the Novy Port field, for the transportation of Arctic oil. The announcement was made on December 5, 2013