Herbert Koelman has been announced as the winner of the GL COMPIT Award 2013. The Dutch computer aided design expert was honoured for his paper’s contribution to the promotion of innovative approaches in ship design, at the COMPIT Conference which took place from 15 to 17 April in Cortona, Italy. Th
This year’s International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT) covered a broad spectrum of the latest developments in ship design and shipbuilding, IT trends and marine robot technology. Organised by Germanischer Lloyd (GL), the conference took place for the
A seminar organised as part of the training programme for experts in marine gas transportation systems inspection took place at the Personnel Training Centre of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). At the seminar, lectures on insulation and membrane fitting of type MARKIII and No96 В cargo ta
The Maltese registered Company Bulk Malta Ltd has taken delivery of its newly built Panamax vessel, the 76,500 metric tonnes bulk carrier M/V HAMPTON BRIDGE (S5110). The naming ceremony took place at the South Korean Shipyard of SPP Shipbuilding Co Ltd. The construction completion of M/V HAMPTON BRI
Bergen Group Fosen has notified Fjord Line about a delay in delivery for up to three weeks for first cruise ferry. The reason is that the installation and testing of engines and other technical equipment is assumed to take longer than planned. The adjusted delivery date will cause additional expense
On April 16 in Aberdeen UK, a seaport city on the North Sea, SINOPACIFIC & Deep Sea Supply together held a grand naming ceremony for the first PX105 platform supply vessel (PSV) among 12 ones contracted between the above shipbuilder & ship owner. Madame Dana House named this vessel as “SEA FALCON”.
GE’s Power Conversion business announced it has been awarded new contracts for orders of electric power and propulsion systems on two liquid natural gas (LNG) carriers and an LNG Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU). In total, GE has signed contracts to supply systems for 26 LNG carriers and
Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards has just been awarded a new contract for the construction of a tuna fishing and freezing vessel for the company Pesquera Miriam SA worth $ 35 million. The ship “LJUBICA”, 89.8 meters in length, is designed for Cintranaval-Defcar S.L. and will have a storage tank capac
Following the launch of the IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP in February, the first vessel has been sold to Advanced Construction Company, a member of the Al Geithy Group, based in Saudi Arabia. Testing was successful completed at IHC Merwede’s shipyard in Sliedrecht, The Netherlands, in early March and delivery
On April 16, the Finnish Transport Agency signed a contract with Aker Arctic Technology Inc for the design of the new icebreaker for the Finnish Government. Aker Arctic in cooperation with ILS Oy will design the vessel and prepare the technical documents needed to arrange the tender for its construc
In view of the ongoing disastrous situation in the shipping business and also due to missing impulses for action from the recent 8th Maritime Conference in Kiel, a small group of ship-owners from Leer, Germany, appeals for a concerted action to reduce capacity in the market. A jointly executed strat
Vroon Offshore Services announced that it has secured a long-term contract with BP for the provision of platform-supply and emergency response and rescue services on the UK continental shelf. These services will be undertaken by A- and B-Class field-support vessels and a platform-supply vessel. In d
Blue Star Line Pty Ltd Chairman Professor Clive Palmer announced today that the shipping company has signed a contract with Deltamarin for the project development phase for the Titanic II project. Blue Star Line has undertaken the task of building Titanic II, a replica of the original RMS Titanic, w
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, is to supply inert gas systems for a Floating Storage Unit (FSU) to be located on Norway’s Heidrun offshore oil and gas field, and for two shuttle tankers that will support the FSU. The FSU is owned by Statoil, the Norwegian st
