Videotel Responds to Changing Piracy Patterns
As yet more crew are kidnapped in another raid on a vessel off the coast of Nigeria, ship owners, ship managers and operators are once again forcibly reminded of the need to take steps to protect the safety of their crew, their cargo and their vessels. Nigel Cleave, CEO of Videotel, is well aware of the industryās need for support and guidance. āIn the last few years alone the number of alternatives available in the arsenal of anti-piracy measures has increasedā¦
SpotterRF Radar Selected by DOD for Capability Demo
SpotterRF was one of 15 industry partners selected to participate in a Department of Defense (DOD) demonstration seeking cutting edge technologies with high potentialā¦
Lamprell Delivers Wind Turbine Installation Vessel 'Bold Tern'
The Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Windcarrier 2 has been delivered to Fred Olson from Lamprell's Jebel Ali UAE facility. The vessel will depart to its operating location in the North Sea shortly. With this delivery, the Group has now completed a total of five new build offshore wind turbine installation vessels with a sixth vessel currently under construction. Aside from the two Fred Olsen vessels, three others were delivered to Seajacks with one more, the "Hydra", under construction.
ECSA Supports CO2 Monitoring with Bunker Record Books
The European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) supports a European Union initiative to monitor emissions. ECSA considers that the best way to collect theā¦
Pacific Drilling Gets Funding for Two Drillships
Pacific Drilling S.A. sign a $1 billion senior secured credit facility agreement to finance construction of the Pacific Sharav & Pacific Meltem. The term loan madeā¦
San Diego Tugboat Fleet Converts to Shore Power
Pacific Tugboat Service, a member of the Port of San Diego's Green Business Network, has converted its fleet of 20 vessels. Shore power, also known as cold ironing, is the process of switching from a ship's onboard diesel power supply to shore-based electrical power while the ship is at the dock. This process reduces polluting air emissions and noise levels from idling engines. "I think the Green Businessā¦
Somali Pirates Still a Menace
Dutch EU Naval Force Frigate 'De Ruyter' apprehends 9 suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia. A Panama-flagged merchant ship reported the presence of the pirate group and soon after the warship's helicopter located the two skiffs, whose occupants threw material overboard, and split up in an attempt to escape. The first skiff was stopped by assets of the Dutch frigate. The second skiff was located and stopped with support of the helicopter from the EU Naval Force flagship ESPS Mendez Nunez.
Deepwater Horizon Disaster: Transocean Sentenced
Transocean pleads guilty, sentenced to pay $400-million in penalties for criminal conduct leading to the disaster. Transocean Deepwater Inc. has pleaded guilty toā¦
Imtech Marine Extends Global VSAT Network
Holland's Imtech Marine has upgraded and extended the coverage of its Global VSAT Network. In addition to an already extensive network Imtech Marine now offers VSATā¦
TE SubCom Working on Big Foot Contract
TE SubCom starts production on Chevron's Big Foot undersea fiber optic communications system in deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Big Foot is a tension-leg platformā¦
Thailand Orders 75 Rescue ONE Boats
Rescue ONE® a provider of multi-use, interoperable boats for fire, rescue and law enforcement wins the hefty Thai contract. In late 2011, Thailand was severely impacted by flooding, accounting for over 800 deaths and affecting 13.6 million people. These floods prompted the government to seek new solutions for dealing with flood rescue and evacuation. The order will be shipped from Alabama-based Rescue ONE in phases over the next 6 months, set for an in-service date of late 2013.
GAC Bahrain TRACE Certified
GAC Bahrain has its commitment to ethical business practices confirmed with certification by TRACE International. TRACE International Inc. compliance solutions for multinational companies.
HII Host Senator's Shipyard Fact-finding Mission
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) for a tour of the its's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. The senator met with shipbuilders to discuss potential defense budget cuts and learned how they impact NNS' maintenance and construction work. "Compared to the sophistication and the quality of the work that is being done here, the decisions that we have to make to get this budget in a better process and to avoid ugly and non-strategic cutsĀit's not hardā¦
Navy Extends LCAC Service Life by Upgrades
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) modernization programs keeps them operational until replaced by the new 'Ship to Shore Connectors'. Originally designed to be in service for 20 years, the program will extend the classās operational life to 30 years. The fully amphibious LCACs are capable of carrying a 60 to 75 tons of equipment, including M-1 tanks , while travel at speeds of more than 40 knots. Becauseā¦
Bollinger HSE Executive Wins Award
Jodi Satches named 2011-2012 Safety Professional of the Year by Signal Mutual Indemnity Association Ltd. Ms. Satches is Bollinger's Vice President,Health, Safety & Environmental Services, and the award was presented to her recentlly at the Signal Mutual Board of Directors Meeting in Orlando. The Safety Professional of the Year Award is presented to the industry representative who has promoted employee safety and health throughout their organizationā¦
Safe Navigation Underwater: Sonardyne's New NOAS
Sonardyne International Ltd. launched its new Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance Sonar (NOAS) at NAVDEX 2013 in Abu Dhabi. Designed for use on submersible vehicles, NOAS enables faster, safer and more efficient navigation by detecting and classifying potentially hazardous underwater obstacles in its path. Unveiled on the first day of the exhibition, NOAS provides a unique combination of very long range 2D navigation performanceā¦
UTEC Ink Australia Subsea Survey Contract
UTEC Survey contracted by a major subsea pipelay contractor for survey work on the Great Western Flank Pipe Lay. This project encompasses pre-lay, installation supportā¦
Marine Artist John A. Noble: Birthday Centenary Celebrations
The Noble Maritime Collection is set to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Staten Island seaman artist. John A. From 1928 until 1945, Noble worked as a seaman on schooners and in marine salvage. In 1928, while on a schooner that was towing out down the Kill van Kull, the waterway that separates Staten Island from New Jersey, he saw the old Port Johnston coal docks for the first time. Filled with new but obsolete wooden ships, the great coalport had become a great boneyard.
Windstar Cruises to Buy Three Seabourn Ships
Windstarās owner, Xanterra Parks & Resorts®, to double its fleet with the purchase of three small Seabourne cruise ships. The company has agreed to buy Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Legend, and Seabourn Spirit. Under the project name 'Global Windstar', Windstar Cruises will become a market leader in small-ship cruising with 300 or fewer passengers per ship, with a total of 1,230 berths. Windstar will take possession of the three 104 all-suite shipsā¦
VIBRIUS: New Subsea Vibration and Motion Monitoring System
CDL, winners of the 2013 Subsea Industry Innovation & Technical Award, will kick-off this yearās SSTB Conference in San Antonio, with the introduction of their new generation Subsea Vibration and Motion Monitoring System. VIBRIUS consists of a very powerful product grouping that includes a number of logging sensors that offer high accuracy data while utilizing very low power making them highly suitable for battery powered long term installations.
