Otto Candies Orders FibreTrac Offshore Crane from MacGregor for Wyatt Candies Vessel
Cargotec's subsidiary MacGregor has won a contract with the U.S. offshore support vessel owner Otto Candies to deliver an active heave compensated FibreTrac offshore crane.The order was booked in Cargotec’s 2022 first quarter order intake, with delivery expected to be completed by the end of the year. MacGregor told Offshore Engineer that the crane would be installed aboard the Wyatt Candies dive support vessel.The scope of supply includes full delivery of the 150t AHC crane, rated for the client's needs at 100t lifting capacity, together with Lankhorst Lanko®Deep Dyneema DM20 fiber rope for 3400m operational depth."The crane is the first of its type and provides the ability to lift heavy loads at depths that normally require much larger cranes on larger vessels…
Phantom Buyers in Russia, Advice from Iran Help Venezuela Skirt Sanctions
On Aug. 21, a tanker called the Otoman docked at the Jose oil terminal on Venezuela’s coast in the Caribbean to load 1.82 million barrels of heavy crude, according to the state oil company’s internal documents.Yet no tanker with that name is registered in major global shipping databases.Muddying the situation further, the unique identifier for the Otoman listed in the documents - a number used by the International Maritime Organization to identify ships - was assigned to another tanker called the Rubyni, according to the databases.The Rubyni was broken up two years ago, they record. Satellite images provided by TankerTrackers.com, an independent vessel tracking service…
traveltronic Goes to UAE
Level421 GmbH developed mobile communication solutions in the past few years and introduced these into the market 2013 under the label traveltronic. The company today develops, produces and provides mobile communication solutions for vehicles and ships, and also offers airtime services. The developments for this, especially for the ALL.in.ONE System, have been performed in Ulm, Germany. ALL.IN.ONE combines GSM mobile communication with satellite internet capacity solutions to one very compact ALL.in.ONE solution. Whenever the vehicles or ships got a connection to the GSM network, it uses the fast 3G UMTS or even faster 4G LTE networks. Just if there is no GSM network available the solution switches to satellite connection.
Oleum Enters West Africa as Physical Bunker Supplier
Oleum DWC-LLC is a new physical supplier focussing on supply of marine fuel and gas-oil offshore the West African coastline. All products; 380 cst, 180 cst and MGO are meeting full ISO:2010 specifications. “We will be operating a 'one-stop-shop' and we have full control of the entire supply chain. Oleum will control every aspect of the operation, from the sourcing and loading of our cargo to the actual delivery to the end user. Cargo is directly sourced from oil majors and transported in Major vetted tonnage to ensure that the quality will never be compromised…
Japanese Light Industries Look to Expand in Middle East
A high-level delegation from Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) recently visited Dubai World Central, the world’s first purpose-built aerotropolis, to take a closer look at the state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities available to Japanese companies seeking to establish and expand their business operations in the Middle East. The visit of the Japanese delegation is in line with DWC’s strategy of attracting leading international companies to commence operations from…
