McKinney Chooses Mitsubishi
For more than 40 years, McKinney Companies has served the Gulf petroleum and dry cargo industries from its headquarters on the Mississippi River and Intracoastal Waterway. The latest addition to the towing fleet is the shiny new Mac Andrew McKinney. To power the push boat, they turned to Laborde Products to supply an S12A2 Mitsubishi engine rated 940 hp at 1,940 rpm. "We wanted a Tier II diesel engine with hydraulic governor," said Andy McKinney, VP of operations.
Ocean Rig UDW: Olympia Contract Novated
Ocean Rig UDW (NASDAQ: ORIG) announced that the remainder of the existing drilling contract with Vanco for the 6th generation drillship Ocean Rig Olympia has beenâŚ
MPT Upgrades Simulator System
Maritime Professional Training (MPT) has upgraded its simulator, and the maritime training and education provider is claiming that it will be worldâs most visually realistic maritime simulator training experience. The system â which provides a true-to-life preview of a career at sea â is a result of MPT's plans to upgrade the visual projection systems of the Main Bridge located at their S.M.A.R.T. (Simulation For Maritime Assessment, Research and Training) Campus in Fort Lauderdale.
Transas Receives BSH Certificate for ECDIS Training
Transas Marine GmbH is the first among all German training institutes to receive BSH Flag State approval for its STCW conform ECDIS training. BSH has issued a certificate for Transas with an honorable number BSH-2011-921-001. ECDIS Training offered by Transas Marine follows the IMO Model Course 1.27 fully compliant to the Manila Amendments to STCW 2010, which will be compulsory for training from 1st of January 2012. This allows Transas to issue STCW 2010 compliant ECDIS training certificates.
Voith to Propel 70-ton Tug for the Port of Haifa
The Port of Haifa is one of the largest ports in Israel and a key hub for trade in the Eastern Mediterranean. The port handles over 20 million tons of goods a year.
Z Backscatter Cargo Inspection for Saudi Arabia
American Science and Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI), received its first order for a Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The ZBV system willâŚ
A Milestone for N-KOM and Intersleek
September 2011 witnessed a milestone for International Paint and N-KOM, the Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited, Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard, with the coating of three LNG vessels marking the application of 10,000 liters of Intersleek foul release technology at the new Qatar facility in less than four months since opening. The Al Marrouna and Al Areesh, 151,700 cu. m. sister ships operated and managed by Teekay Marine Management and the 137,354 cu.
Ship Emissions First: Commercial Scrubber System in Operation
Hamworthy Krystallon announced that the first of four vessels installed with the companyâs seawater scrubbers for Italian ship owner Ignazio Messina & Co has come on line.
Mission Possible: Reinventing the Keel
When vessel owners and operators opt to bite the bullet and invest millions of dollars into a new workboat, it is reasonable to assume that they will start shopping with the expectation of procuring the most boat that their Limited money can buy. Capital investments of this magnitude are often justified solely upon the premise that a new custom-designed vessel will have more functionality and thus greater revenue generating capability. Why buy a workboat unless it can pay for itself?
New ONR Tech Ship Systems to Share Information Seamlessly
With Sailors and Marines increasingly relying upon networked data and apps, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) demonstrated to Department of the Navy officials howâŚ
OceanSaver: BWT Industry first to Korea
Oceansaver achieved a milestone for the ballast water treatment industry with the commissioning of the first treatment system to include filters on a crude oil tanker in Korea.
UK Club Checklist for Tanker Operators
A new publication from the UK P&I Club âHow to prevent tanker cargo shortage claimsâ and subtitled âThe cause of claims and how to avoid them during pre-loading, loading and unloadingâ focuses on one of the major sources of cargo-related claims in the tanker sector. It follows on and complements the recently published UK Club âTanker Contamination Claims Checklistâ. It identifies the main causes of cargo lossâŚ
iCGlobal: New Global Maritime Broadband
Telemar, in partnership with ORBIT Communication Systems and Milano Teleport launched iCGlobal, a concept the trio dubs a new paradigm in maritime satellite communications. Described as "flexible and future proof," the companies say the service combines the benefits of robust, all-weather global coverage of C-Band and cost-efficient scalable airtime packages with the easy-to-install and revolutionary compact OrBand VSAT system.
Costa Favolosa Calls Dubai
Costa Cruises opened its sixth season in the Emirates with the inaugural call in Dubai of the flagship Costa Favolosa. A welcoming ceremony has celebrated the firstâŚ
ASRY Builds Four New Shipyard Tugs
While Bahrainâs Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Co (ASRY) is an established power in the ship repair business, it had traditionally not engaged in the business of ship and boat building. âThe very simple answer, really, is that we have found there is more money to be made repairing ships than building them,â said Chris Potter, Chief Executive Officer, ASRY. ASRY is, however, capable, and is building a series of four new tugs for itself on its large slipwaysâŚ
Power Barge Market: ASRY, Centrax Debut New Systems
Bahrainâs Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Co (ASRY) has joined forces with UK-based power generation packaging specialist Centrax, to form a joint venture company ASRY-Centrax LtdâŚ
CMB Subsidiary Orders Six Ships
Earlier this month Bohandymar Limited â a 100% subsidiary of CMB â ordered 6 Handysize ECO-type bulk vessels (36.000 dwt) from Samjin Shipbuilding Industries KoreaâŚ
ASRY Invests $188m in Ship Repair Ops
As Bahrainâs Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Co (ASRY) celebrates its 35th Anniversary, this week the company officially inaugurated and opened for business its new 1.38km Repair Quay Wall. The official inauguration of the new Repair Quay Wall is not just a significant event for ASRY but also for Bahrainâs fast growing maritime sector and economy, and is a strong signal of the yardâs intent to enter more vigorously the business in the offshore and rig outfitting niche.
Kongsberg Simulators for Maersk Training Center
Kongsberg Maritime is providing maritime simulators for Maersk's new State-of-the-art drilling operations and offcshore training facility. Kongsberg Maritime simulatorsâŚ
Increased Recovery Through Well Intervention Vessels
Statoil is cutting the costs of increased recovery from fields in operation by hiring in light well intervention vessels. As of December Statoil has three light well intervention vessels in operation. Statoil awarded Island Offshore a framework agreement earlier this year for light well intervention (LWI) services from their Island Constructor vessel. The new vessel is set for operation in DecemberâŚ
