Month: June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Seadrill has taken delivery of a new deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig West Orion from the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. The unit was delivered on budget and 10 days ahead of original delivery…

27th June 2010

The Oscar Dyson was delivered by VT Halter Marine in May 2005

27th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The Portuguese shipyard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo, SA (ENVC, SA) is managing to keep its docks busy and to maintain, in the repair business, similar results to those achieved in…

27th June 2010

Portuguese yard facing tough market

27th June 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä is making modifications available for its two-stroke engines, which mostly involve changing the turbocharger characteristics, to cope with current market demands for prolonged operation at part load.

27th June 2010

Turbocharger variations for low load

27th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Subsea Industries reports that its Ecospeed coating has recently been applied to the rudders on a number of different ships, in different trades.

27th June 2010

Paint protects against rudder cavitation damage

27th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Back in April 2010, Cadiz-based Crosscomar got an urgent call from the 27,000 dwt bulker CS Montrose which was anchored in Algeciras and getting ready to sail to Malaga for an intermediate…

27th June 2010

Crosscomar dives deep to free bulker

27th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Lisnave has reported ship repair activity in line with expectations during the first three months of 2010 despite the ongoing global economic and financial situation. The yard has repaired 22 ships from…

26th June 2010

Lisnave activity in the first quarter of 2010

26th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Keppel Shipyard has secured two contracts totalling $160 million to convert a FPSO vessel for Single Buoy Moorings (SBM), and a livestock carrier for an affiliated company of Hijazi & Ghosheh.

26th June 2010

Keppel secures conversion contracts

26th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) survey on the operational impact of the European Union 0.1% marine fuel sulphur limit, enforced on 1 Jan this year, has revealed potentially critical issues.

26th June 2010

DNVPS identifies critical issues on EU marine fuel sulphur regulations

26th June 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK company Victor Marine has joined other manufacturers of oily water separators in criticising the test procedures and the methods used by some to achieve approval.

25th June 2010

Cautionary notes about OWS

25th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

International Paint’s latest introduction is Intershield 803 Plus, a cargo hold coating specifically designed to address the key issue of impact damage from the loading of dry bulk cargoes.

25th June 2010

Cargo hold protection

25th June 2010