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January 27, 2012New issue of "Maritime Market" #1(39) is preparing. Advertisement orders are accepted until February 21, 2012.
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On January 27, 2012, the new office FESCO North West Europe BV started its operation in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
The new office will consolidate operations held by FESCO former representative offices in Netherlands and Belgium. It will continue to provide the whole range of container transportation and handling services.
Jan. 26, 2011 - Wärtsilä is pleased to announce that the Scheme of Arrangement with regards to the acquisition of Hamworthy was sanctioned at a Court hearing held today in London, United Kingdom.
Subject to the Court hearing confirming the associated Reduction of Capital on 30 January 2012, the Scheme is expected to become effective and the control transferred to Wärtsilä on 31 January 2012.
January 26, 2012Jan. 25, 2012 - McDermott International, Inc. announced today that its Australian subsidiary has received and signed a letter of award for the Ichthys Gas-condensate Field Development subsea umbilical, riser, flowline (SURF) project by INPEX.
The contract value is in the order of magnitude of US$2 billion and is the largest subsea contract McDermott has been awarded to date.
Smart energy tool to provide substantial fuel savings for environmentally friendly cruise ferry, helping it reach a target of zero marine emissions
Jan. 25, 2012 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order to provide an energy management system for one of the world's most environmentally-friendly cruise ferries, which is due to be delivered to Viking Line in 2013. The ship is being built in Finland at the STX Yard in Turku.
In December 2011, Damen Pontoons & Barges signed three contracts for a total of five purpose-built Damen Stan Pontoons (SPo): two Damen Stan Pontoons 6511 for Mammoet Maritime (The Netherlands), two Stan Pontoons 8916 ICE for Silverburn Shipping (I.O.M.) Ltd (UK) and one SPo 4113 for Rhumb Maritime (Australia). Delivery of the pontoons will take place between March and September 2012.
Global container leasing company Cronos invests in Daikin ZESTIA and LXE refrigeration machines to further expand customer choice
Jan. 25, 2012 - The Cronos Group has become the first customer worldwide for ZESTIATM, the new low-power, high-performance container refrigeration machine from Daikin Reefer.
The global container leasing company took delivery of 500 ZESTIA units during November in Qingdao, China, for installation on a batch of new 40ft hi-cube refrigerated containers destined for Japanese shipping line MOL. The units were produced at Daikin's manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China.
OMZ concluded a contract to supply equipment for Novokuybishevskiy oil refinery, which enters Rosneft.
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG), one of the world's largest energy companies acts as a developer and licensor of the base project.
Jan. 26, 2012 - A new green, toxin free, cost efficient Oil Dispersant has been used to assist in the Oil Spill Remediation at a mid-Atlantic naval facility. FFT-SolutionTM an approved EPA registered chemical is now listed on the National Contingency Plan list for approved dispersants. EnviroSmart was tasked with responding to a release of number 6 fuel oil that spread on the sidewalls of a storage tank, the surrounding area, and some of the storm drains located in the immediate area.
Jan. 24, 2011 - OLYMPIC COMMANDER of the MT6015 design was delivered to its owners today.
Olympic Commander is a Multipurpose Offshore Vessel with diesel electric propulsion, low fuel consumption and high flexibility. The vessel represent a new generation of environmentally friendly and operational state of the art multipurpose vessels, where much attention is put on fuel economy, low emissions and large capacities both above and below deck.
Jan. 25, 2012 - Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communication services, today announced that Frontline, the world leader in the international seaborne transportation of crude oil, has committed to Inmarsat XpressLink for more than 100 vessels from its existing fleet and its planned new builds.
The installation of XpressLink on Frontline's vessels will commence immediately and continue throughout 2012.
Pan-European logistics specialist P&O Ferrymasters has signed a new three-year contract with longstanding customer Tate & Lyle. The latest deal runs until the end of 2014 and is for around 1800 FTL and LTL shipments a year from The Netherlands and Germany to a variety of destinations throughout Europe.
Tate & Lyle is a global provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries, operating from over 30 production facilities around the world.
January 25, 2012Two new Mistral-class ships will feature navy-standard MacGregor RoRo equipment from Cargotec
Furthering Cargotec's reputation for specialist RoRo expertise, the company has secured a contract to supply and install MacGregor RoRo equipment for two Mistral-class naval ships. The order is booked during the fourth quarter of 2011.
Cargotec signed the contract with STX France, which will undertake the construction of the ships at its Saint-Nazaire shipyard under a subcontract with fellow French yard, DCNS. The 199m multi-role vessels were co-designed by DCNS and STX.
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has signed an agreement to supply boiler and cooling water dosing control units to ten 13,200 TEU newbuilds under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Korea on behalf of Hapag-Lloyd.
Integral to the boiler and cooling water circulation systems, the units monitor water conditions to ensure a controlled chemical dosing regime is applied in the correct proportions. These units are particularly important due to the fact that the incorrect chemical dosing of boiler water can be expensive and potentially very dangerous.
The full propulsion system with integrated fresh water scrubber lowers operating costs while reducing the vessel's environmental footprint by allowing owners to use high sulphur fuels in Emission Control Area (ECA) Zones and meet sulphur emissions restrictions. This represents the first order for the new integrated Wärtsilä scrubber concept. Once in operation, the vessels will set new standards for environmentally sustainable shipping on the Great Lakes and for cargo vessels in general.
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply fresh water integrated scrubbers for a series of six vessels with an option for a further two, being built to transport bulk commodities on North America's Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, for the Canadian owner, Algoma Central Corporation.
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January 27, 2012Russia will boost its coal production with 30 percent. A significant share will be taken from Arctic mines.
The world´s sixth biggest coal producing country will boost its annual production by more than 100 million tons by year 2030. Visiting Kemerovo, the centre of the coal-rich Kusbass region, the country´s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that 3.7 trillion rubles will be spent on a national coal development programme over the next 18 years. The lion´s share of the money will be invested by private companies.
A nightmare on world freight markets, where shipping prices have been decimated over the past four years, is gnawing at New Year optimism about a stabilizing world economy and shows how adept investors can be at tuning out 'inconvenient' information.
Global markets have staged an impressive start to 2012 after a dire second half to last year when economists talked openly of global depression, euro zone collapse and systemic shocks. World equities, commodities and even Italian government debt have all rallied to return between five and 10 percent so far this month.
According the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the wind developers installed wind turbines with capacity of 6,810 megawatts in the U.S. last year, up 31 % compared to 2010. In the four quarter domestic wind installations hit 3,444 megawatts, surpassing the first three quarters combined, led by California, Illinois and Ohio, the fastest-growing state.
January 26, 2012Rising demand for considerably complex and highly-developed deepwater field undertakings results in greater, more advanced and technically brilliant offshore vessels.
These technological marvels play a vital role in the offshore industry construction, supply and maintenance thus a significant increase in demand for building such vessels has been recorded. The following vessel innovations have marked the accelerated growth, best achievements, market driving force and energizing prospects in 2012.
The development of one of the biggest remaining fields in the Timan-Pechora province moves closer.
Lukoil will invest $1.3 billion in the development of the Titov and Trebs fields, company Vice President Leonid Fedun revealed in a meeting this week. The company, Russia´s biggest privately owned oil firm, in December 2011 teamed up with license holder Bashneft in the project.
Winning company to build crude facilities in W.Qurna 2; Duration of $998 mln contract is 31 months; Production expected to reach 150,000 bpd by Jan 2013
Iraq's cabinet approved a $998 million oilfield service contract on Jan. 24 with a South Korean company for the West Qurna Phase Two oilfield.
Iraq and its partners, Russia's LUKOIL and Norway's Statoil, had shortlisted last year five companies to compete for the West Qurna Phase Two oilfield development contract. The oil service companies selected were Saipem, SNC Lavalin Group Inc, Punj Lloyd Ltd, Globalstroy Engineering and South Korea's Samsung Engineering.
ClassNK is closing in on having 200m gt on its on its register. The Japanese classification society said it added 781 vessels totaling 23m gt last year. ClassNK said at the end of 2011 it had 194m gt of vessels on its register up 8% or 15m gt from the end of 2010.
In February last year, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and transport company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) announced plans to investigate the effectiveness of a system intended to reduce the frictional resistance between a vessel's bottom and the seawater using a layer of air bubbles.
Now MHI has coupled the Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System (MALS) with a high-efficiency ship hull in the conceptual design for a container ship that the company claims would offer a reduction in CO2 emissions of 35 percent compared to conventional container carrier designs.
World business leaders encouraged to support fast-growing global initiative
SaveOurSeafarers.com (SOS) is lobbying support from business leaders to increase international pressure on governments to take firmer action to combat Somali piracy.
January 25, 2012Japan is a likely market for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the giant Shtokman field in the Barents Sea, slated for development by a consortium led by Gazprom, the head of the Russian gas export monopoly said on Jan. 23.
"The Japanese market is the biggest LNG market in the world and considering the decision by the Japanese government to reduce nuclear power generation, the demand for LNG into Japan will only increase," Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller told reporters.
French government must pressure EC to postpone new rules
Shipowners are lobbying the French government to put pressure on the EC and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to postpone new rules to reduce the sulphur content of marine fuel used by ships.
The global market for hydraulic fracturing is projected to rise a further 19% to $37 billion in 2012, one-third the pace of expansion in 2011, according to the report performed by Spears & Associates.
In North America alone, investments in fracking will exceed $30 billion, said Richard Spears, the firm's vice president. However, fracking services demand won't grow as fast as 2011 because of weakening interest in natural gas drilling, Spears added. In 2011, the worldwide fracking market soared by 63% to $31 billion, but with natural gas prices now trading at record lows.
January 24, 2012On Tuesday 24 January 2012, a car-passenger ferry NB 1368, the Spirit of France, was delivered by STX Finland's Rauma shipyard to P&O ferries. Her sister ship, the Spirit of Britain was delivered from Rauma Shipyard one year ago.
The Spirit of France is 213 meters long and 31,5 meters wide and she has 3,746 lane meters (lm) for trailers, cars and other cargo. In addition to space for approximately 180 freight trucks and 195 passenger cars, the 47 600 gt vessel can accommodate 2,000 passengers. Special attention has been paid to the environmentally friendly and energy-efficient solutions and safety of the ship.
Jan. 22, 2011 - Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has received two new Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC), namely Habroot and the Liquefied Oil Gas Carrier Hiski Gas. With this acquisition, the number of carriers commercially operated and owned by OSC have increased to 33.
OSC received Habroot, the 10th crude oil carrier during the ceremony held at the headquarters of Daewoo Company in Okbu city in South Korea.
Jan. 23, 2012 - Russia's K-152 Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine has been handed over to the Indian Navy.
In line with the contract worth over $900 million, the Project 971 Shchuka-B (NATO: Akula II) class sub has been leased to India's Navy for ten years. It will be renamed the INS Chakra.
The ceremony took place in the Far Eastern Primorye Territory. Russian submariners trained their Indian colleagues to steer the Nerpa in the Pacific Ocean.
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| Coming Events |
February, 2012Feb. 1-2, 2012 • London, UK
Feb. 1-2, 2012 • Dubai, UAE
Feb. 16-17, 2012 • Shanghai, China
March, 2012March 14-16, 2012 • Singapore
March 14-16, 2012 • Singapore
March 14-16, 2012 • Singapore
March 14-16, 2012 • Singapore
March 26-27, 2012 • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
April, 2012April 26-27, 2012 • Colombo, Sri Lanka
May, 2012May 8-10, 2012 • Constanta, Romania
May 23-25, 2012 • Nanjing, China
May 29 - June 1, 2012 • St.Petersburg, Russia
September, 2012Sep. 4-7, 2012 • Hamburg, Germany
October, 2012Oct. 8-11, 2012 • London, UK
Oct. 17-20, 2012 • Panaji, Goa, India
Oct. 18-19, 2012 • Odessa, Ukraine
Oct. 23-26, 2012 • Dalian, China
November, 2012Nov. 11-13, 2012 • Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Nov. 20-21, 2012 • Kingdom of Bahrain
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