Maritime Industry Top News
U.S. Senators Urge Support for Small Port Dredging
Cantwell, Senators Urge Support for Dredging of Small Ports, Including Swinomish Channel, Port of Ilwaco. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) has joined a group of Senators in urging key appropriators to include funding for dredging small and low-use ports in the fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget. Small and low-use ports are ports that donāt have enough tonnage to meet the Army Corps of Engineersā thresholdā¦
Viguerie: Passing Quality from Father to Son
These days, Raymond is still at his Intracoastal Iron Works yard full time, but his son Peter is doing a lot of the day-to-day management. With three boats under construction in March there was plenty to keep them both busy. The yard has recently added a new 165-ton ladder boom crane and two 35 ton cherry pickers. Business is good. One of the new boats nearing completion in mid-March was the Boo Sonier for LeBeouf Brothers Towing.
Renewed Effort to Save SS United States
As momentum builds for the effort to save and repurpose the greatest American ocean liner ever built, the SS United States Redevelopment Project (SSUSRP) announcedā¦
New Aquaculture Workboat from Alnmaritec
Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Northumberland, recently announced the completion of āShelagh Janeā a new aquaculture workboat for service on a fish farm on the West Coast of Scotland. This rugged no nonsense support boat is a development of the highly successful Alnmaritec Wave Worker class. She is designed specifically to have improved sea keeping properties to allow herā¦
Cosco Signs $150m Shipbuilding Contract
Cosco Corp. announced that it s Cosco Shipyard Group signed a $150m contract with a European shipowner to build a vessel specially designed for the purpose installation of offshore wind turbines.
Choosing the Correct Lubricant to Meet Changing Regulations
The proposed 2013 Vessel General Permit prompts vessel managers to review the portfolio of lubricants used on their vessels. One of the Environmental Protection Agencyās (EPA) changes in the proposed 2013 Vessel General Permit for commercial vessels over 79ā is a requirement to use environmentally acceptable lubricants in certain applications. Given this proposed change, it is a good time for vesselā¦
SOS Welcomes Robust EU Action on Somali Coast
The SOS SaveOurSeafarers campaign welcomes the extension of the EU counter- piracy operation until end 2014, and the EU decision to broaden the scope of its naval operation in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean by extending the naval forcesā area of operations to include Somali coastal territory which allows it to take more robust action on the Somali coast. This is a bold step towards the goal thatā¦
Incat Crowther Launches 24m CAT Ferry
Incat Crowther has announced the launch of 24m catamaran ferry Freedom Sovereign. Launched by Aluminium Marine in Queensland, Australia, Freedom Sovereign is a near sister ship to Fantasea Sunrise, launched last year. Freedom Sovereign has been delivered to Freedom Fast Cats, who have had considerable success with Freedom Flyer (built 1980) and Freedom Monarch (built 2010), both designed by Incat Crowther. Freedom Sovereign is configured to carry 195 passengers over two decks.
Expro Wins Performance Award
Expro Connectors and Measurements awarded high accolade platinum award. Cameron Leeds has awarded Expro Connectors & Measurements with a platinum award for 24 consecutive months of zero defect product deliveries. This accolade follows on from previous awards bestowed by Cameron, including gold, silver and bronze awards and also an award for continual improvement in quality performance. Expro Connectorsā¦
Moore Stephens: Shipping Confidence Up
Shipping confidence up on expectation of rate increases but new investment appetite wanes. Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry increased slightly in the three months ended February 2012, to reach their highest level since May 2011, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. This is the third successive quarter in which there has been a small uptick in confidence.
MARIN Opens Depressurized Wave Basin
Following a true maritime tradition, the new DWB was christened. The representatives and attendees each had a bottle filled with water from their own organisation or habitat symbolising their connection with the new facility. MARINās unique Depressurised Wave Basin (DWB) was officially inaugurated on March 19 by Maxime Verhagen, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. Representing the combination of a depressurised towing tank with a wave makerā¦
USN Tests Security Response to Facilities, Personnel
The Navy wrapped up its largest annual security exercise after a week of training designed to test the service's ability to respond to nation-wide threats to its installations, units, personnel and families. The exercise, known as Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield (SC-CS) 2012, was led by Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC)."Our intent was to accurately simulate real-world conditionsā¦
Japanese Tsunami Casualty Spotted on Canadian Coast
Fishing vessel swept away by the 2011 tsunami found adrift after pacific transit. An aircraft patrolling the seas off British Columbia saw the 15m (50ft) vesselā¦
Suez Canal ā Plot to Bomb Israeli Ship Foiled
The Egyptian authorities claim to have foiled an Iranian attempt to blow up Israeli vessels in the Suez Canal, the government-linked newspaper Al-Ahram Weekly has reported.
Liquid Natural Gas Carrier Ordered by Oman Shipping Co
The Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has signed an order for a new build LNG carrier with Hyundai Heavy based in Ulsan, South Korea. The LNG carrier, for delivery in 2014ā¦
Icebreaker Christened ā Largest from Edison Chouest Offshore
Claimed to be the world's largest and most powerful anchor-handling icebreaker the US$200 million, 360 ft vessel was christened Aiviq in the presence of dignatories including U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Metairie, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Sen. John Hoeven, several members of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission and Shell executives. The Aiviq whose primary task off the coat of Alaska will be laying anchors for drilling rigs will also be equipped to deal with oil spill clean-up operationsā¦
Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Order for COSCO
COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd., has signed a contract valued over US$150 million with an European shipowner to build a vessel specially designed for the purposeā¦
Shipbuilding ā China Stuggles to Keep Pace with Korean Yards
South Korean yards took market share from Chinese yards in 2011 according to a recent report in the Danish Ship Finance Review. South Korea secured new orders ofā¦
Software Radio Technology Wins Big Russian AIS Contract
Software Radio Technology plc (āSRTā} announce it has signed an AIS supply agreement with Transas Navigator (āTransasā) of Russia with an initial frame order forā¦
Costa Concordia ā All fuel oil removed
SMIT Salvage successfully completed its assignment on the removal of fuel from the Costa Concordia. Over the last couple of days, the SMIT Salvage diving team was transferring HFO from the last settling tank in the engine room. Early this morning, the last tanks were completed, closed and sealed off. The entire oil removal process which lasted just over one month went smoothly and was executed in line with expectations.
