PSA Marine Takes Delivery of Dual Fuel Tug
Singapore container terminal PSA Marine has taken delivery of a dual fuel ship-handling tug from local builder PaxOcean Shipyard.Named PSA Aspen, the Robert Allan Ltd-designed vessel is the first dual fuel tug to enter service with PSA Marine in the Port of Singapore.The cooperation between Robert Allan Ltd. and PSA Marine began in 2002, with the design of Z-Tech tug series.Since that time the two companies have developed a close, cooperative working relationship, providing high quality custom-tailored tugs for the international market.There are more than two dozen of Robert Allan Ltd. Z-Tech, RAmparts and RAstar tugs in the PSA Marine…
Consortium Wins Fuel Terminal Contract in Peru
A consortium formed by units of local builder Grana y Montero and Germany's Oiltanking won a 20-year contract for managing five fuel terminals in Peru, Grana y Montero said on Wednesday. The consortium will invest about $225 million in the project, with $190 million returned in the form of discounted payments to state-run energy company Petroperu, Grana y Montero said via email. Each company controls a 50 percent stake in the local consortium, said Grana y Montero, Peru's biggest construction company. Petroperu, which owns the terminals and awarded the management contract, has said it is planning a $3.5 billion expansion of its main refinery, Talara, to boost output by 50 percent to 96,000 barrels per day. (Reporting By Marco Aquino; Editing by Dan Grebler)
Quebec Awards Contract to Fincantineri, Local Builder Objects
According to a report from The Gazette, Groupe Maritime Verreault of Les Mechins, Quebec said the government’s decision to award a contract for construction of two provincial ferries to the Italian shipbuilder Fincantineri is not in the province’s best interest. Source: The Gazette
Something Old, Something New ...
A small New Orleans boat design and manufacturing firm has combined proven materials and cutting-edge design technology to provide the ultimate in one-off efficiency, giving its customers custom boats at production prices. Dave Sintes of Sintes Fiberglass Designs has been tweaking his CADKEY-brand CAD-CAM software for over 10 years, customizing and augmenting the off-the-shelf 3-D program to produce scantlings, drawings, materials lists, and weight and balance calculations for his designs. When the boat's design is complete, the program produces computer-disk instructions to guide the yard's flat-bed router. Even on Sintes' 700 mHz computer, the CADKEY program is fast and versatile. With a few mouse-clicks, Sintes can fine-tune a vessel's lines by altering its 3-D on-screen rendering.
