GL Forum Discusses Dangers in Ice
The demand for ice class ships is growing. Especially tankers are being increasingly sent on transport routes in arctic and sub-arctic regions around the world. Cold and ice are a particular challenge to people and technology. The problems that arise on shipping routes through ice and how damage can be prevented was subject of an information event held by Germanischer Lloyd last week. At the GL Exchange Forum "Operating in Ice", more than 50 participants familiarised themselves with the specific challenges facing ice class ships and icebreakers. Possible dangers and damage when operating in the frozen Baltic Sea were discussed in three presentations. The speakers made special reference to the lack of experience among crews.
Deltamarin, Shandong New Shipbuilding Create Joint Venture Company
The Finnish private-owned company Delta-Sigma Ltd (owner of Deltamarin Ltd and Deltamarin Contracting Ltd) and the Chinese state-owned company Shandong New Shipbuilding Heavy Industries Co., Ltd have established a joint venture company to provide technical and engineering services to Chinese shipbuilding and marine industry market. The new company is called Shandong Deltamarin Ship Design Co., Ltd, and its office is located in Weihai City, Shandong Province. The company will start working with personnel of 30 people, majority of them coming from the engineering department of the shipyard. In the beginning most of the engineering will be provided to the local shipyards but in the next coming years the number of personnel will rise to about 100 as the market expands.
