Wight Shipyard Delivers Four Ferries Simultaneously
Wight Shipyard Co said it has built and delivered four ferries simultaneously from its yard in Cowes, Isle of Wight, for a Maltese tour operator.The order, WSCâs largest ferry export order to date, consists of two 20-meter and two 33-meter lightweight ferries, designed by One2Three Naval Architects.Jo Daly, COO, WSC, said the four ferries were produced within a year, despite the restrictions and changesâŠ
Master Marine Delivers Towboat to Plimsoll Marine
Master Marine, Inc. (MMI) has delivered the 67- by 28-foot Iron Lady, the first of four new push boats it is building for Lower Mississippi River operator Plimsoll Marine.The four vessels are designed by Entech Designs, LLC. and are fully compliant with all U.S. Coast Guard regulatory requirements.Towboat Iron Lady is powered by two Laborde Products, Inc. Mitsubishi 803 HP Tier III diesel marine engines operating at 1,400 RPM and coupled to Twin Disc 5321 gears.
LR Awards Digital Twin Ready AiP to HHI for Gas Containment Tank
Lloydâs Register (LR) said it has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for its Digital Health Management (DHM) System for a Type B gas containment tank, following a Joint Development Project (JDP) between the two parties launched in November 2019.The system, Hyundai Prismatic Independent IMO Type B Tank eXcellence (HiPIX), has been assessed by LRâs digital experts against LRâs ShipRight Procedure for Digital ComplianceâŠ
OCIMF Restructures to Focus on High-Impact Risks
The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF), the voluntary association of oil companies, announced it has overhauled its committee structure to focus its resources on identifying and mitigating issues of highest-risk to its members and to the marine industry. While its scope of operations and remit remains the same, OCIMFâs strategy places a renewed emphasis on the way it identifies, analyses and assesses the issues that have the biggest impact on the safety of livesâŠ
Chinese Demand Keeping the Dry Bulk Market Going -BIMCO
An impressive recovery in Chinese dry bulk imports has protected the industry from the effects of falling demand in the rest of the world. High deliveries and low contracting have left the orderbook at multi-year lows, but â with the poor outlook â the current influx of new dry bulk ships orders is not what is needed.Demand drivers and freight ratesThe biggest story in the dry bulk industry in recent months has been the strength of the recovery in major Chinese imports.
Second Wave of Floating Storage Triggered by Ailing Oil Market
A stalled global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is leading to a fresh build-up of global oil supplies, pushing traders including Trafigura to book tankers to store millions of barrels of crude oil and refined fuels at sea again.The use of so-called floating storage onboard tankers comes as traditional onshore storage remains close to capacity as supplies outpace demand.Trading houseâŠ
The Future of Ship Agency Sits in the Cloud
With the Coronavirus pandemic hitting many segments of the global shipping industry particularly hard, it is understandable that businesses of all sizes are reviewing their budgets for 2020 and beyond and looking for ways to reduce costs while maintaining their operations. Supply chains are being disrupted, inspections postponed or conducted remotely, crew transfers complicated, and paperwork ditched as social distancing measures are in place.
Massive Fire Breaks Out in Beirut Port
A large fire erupted on Thursday at Beirut port, sending a huge column of smoke above the city a little more than a month after a massive blast devastated the port and surrounding residential area of the Lebanese capital.The blaze erupted in the shattered duty-free zone of the port and one official said it was limited to that area. But it jangled nerves in a nation grappling with a deep economic crisisâŠ
Sri Lanka: Fire-hit Tanker Towed Further Offshore as Wind Picks Up
The Sri Lankan navy has towed a fire-stricken supertanker further out to sea to keep it off the coast of the Indian Ocean island after the wind picked up strength and changed direction, a spokesman said on Thursday.The tanker, loaded with 2 million barrels oil, was 50 nautical miles (95 km) from the east coast and moving in a northerly direction, the navy spokesman, Indika de Silva, said. Earlier, it had been headed southwest.The stricken vessel has raised fears of an environmental disasterâŠ
Energean Power FPSO to Set Sail from Singapore in Summer of 2021, Energean Says
Oil and gas company Energean, working to develop its Karish field offshore Israel, expects that the FPSO being built for the eastern Mediterranean Sea project will set sail from Singapore in the summer of 2021. The London-listed company shared the info as part of its first-half results presentation on Thursday.The FPSO, called Energean Power, is currently in Singapore where the China-built hull is being fitted with topside modules.
BP Charters Supertanker to Store Oil Off Malaysia at "Lowest Rate Yet"
Oil major BP has provisionally chartered a supertanker to store crude oil off Malaysia at this year's lowest rate yet, according to industry sources and data onâŠ
Rimfrost Taps Kongsberg for Krill Vessel Design and Equipment
RLS PhotoNorway-based krill extraction and processing company Rimfrost has awarded Kongsberg Maritime a contract to design and equip a new 120-meter krill harvesting vessel destined for operations in Antarctica.The vessel will be built by Westcon in Norway, and Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. Westcon will complete the vessel at its facility in Norway after initial construction at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey.
Harvey Gulf to Convert PSV to Offshore Fuel Carrier
Offshore vessel owner Harvey Gulf announced that it will offer a full service fuel carrying vessel solely dedicated to offshore fuel and water deliveries, through the conversion of its 300-foot U.S. flagged platform supply vessel (PSV) Harvey Hawk.Harvey Gulf, which owns two new million-gallon diesel bunkering facility in Port Fourchon, La, said the converted vessel will be able to carry 800,000 gallons of fuel per trip offshore.The company said it will offer competitive pricing on 30-âŠ
Beca, Vard Marine Join NZ Patrol Vessel Project
Beca Applied Technologies Ltd, with the support of specialist naval architecture company Vard Marine Inc, have been appointed by the New Zealand Ministry of DefenseâŠ
Coronavirus: âWorst Crisis for Seafarers in 200 Yearsâ
Coronavirus is the worst crisis seafarers have faced in its 200-year history, Sailorsâ Society says, noting âoverwhelmingâ numbers are turning to the maritime charity for help since the pandemic began.Sara Baade, Sailorsâ Society CEO, says, âThis is the worst crisis seafarers have faced since Sailorsâ Society was founded more than 200 years ago.âWe are overwhelmed by the number of appeals for helpâŠ
Port of Long Beach Reports Best August on Record
A strong start to the peak shipping season led the U.S.' second busiest container port to record its best August in its 109-year history.Dockworkers and terminal operators at the Port of Long Beach moved 725,610 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of container cargo last month, a 9.3% increase compared to August 2019, the port announced Wednesday. Imports rose 13% to 364,792 TEUs and exports were up 1% to 126,177 TEUs.
FuelTrax Launches FuelNet 'Gen 6'
FUELTRAX launched the latest features of its cloud-based portal, FUELNET 'GEN-6', as its sixth major release. FUELNET delivers decision-ready reports that can be utilized to make quick decisions during operations. The company reports a +/-0.15% accuracy and remote troubleshooting available 24/7 from Houston, FUELTRAX consumption tracking provides a complete picture of operations minute-by-minute."The maritime industry remains hungry for newâŠ
Tanker Carrying Gasoline Seized by US Arrives off Texas
A tanker containing a cargo of Iranian gasoline confiscated by the United States arrived on Wednesday at a Texas port where it was preparing to discharge, accordingâŠ
[Op/Ed] The Gulf of Mexico: An Energy Platform for America
Even as business, schools and scenes from everyday life seem frozen as society adjusts to the coronavirus, the U.S. marches closer toward the November presidential election. In early August, Vice President Joe Biden announced Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. As the Biden-Harris ticket works out their policy platforms, they should move beyond past comments attacking American offshore oil and gas production.
List: Major Oil Spills from Ships
The Sri Lankan navy said on Tuesday an oil slick had been spotted a kilometer from a loaded supertanker carrying roughly 2 million barrels of oil that has been engulfed in intermittent fires since an explosion on September 3.Oil from the engine room of the 20-year old New Diamond tanker âappears to have leaked out to the seaâ following regular bouts of water-dousing by fire-fighting vessels, the navyâŠ