Last week in the Geiranger fjord in Norway, onboard Hurtigruten’s Richard With, DNV officially launched its ECA Survival Kit in the presence of a selection of international maritime and offshore journalists as part of international press event organised by Blue-C. DNV’s principal consultant Henning Mohn (l) and segment director for special ships Arnstein Eknes (r) presented DNV’s new toolkit for ECA compliance. Read the rest of this entry »

At the Offshore Wind Conference 2010 in Liverpool, Scottish based SeaEnergy PLC signed a Letter of Intent with Ulstein Group to co-develop new service vessels for the offshore wind industry. SeaEnergy is planning vessels to perform both commissioning and maintenance works of wind turbines. Both companies have been working together over the last months to develop a design that will excel in operational characteristics. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeppesen’s Piracy Update product, which combines navigational charts with up-to-date information regarding piracy surveillance and incidents, won the first ever Safety at Sea International Security Award on 22 June. The award was created by Safety at Sea International magazine to single out an innovative and original product with potential to improve security on board and on shore. Read the rest of this entry »

Marine Aluminium AS and TTS Energy are forming the Uptime Alliance, a technology and marketing collaboration that will contribute to increased efficiency and safety for offshore vessels and marine installations. The alliance currently offers two unique systems: the Uptime Helideck - the world’s only motion compensated helideck - and the Uptime Gangway. The dedicated website will go live 1 July 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

The first-ever Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) certification for a large container vessel owned and operated by Hapag-Lloyd has been conducted by Germanischer Lloyd (GL). The EEDI certificate is issued in accordance with the voluntary EEDI guidelines, MEPC.1/Circ.681 and 682 of IMO. With this first EEDI certification, Hapag-Lloyd emphasises its leadership in sustainable container shipping. Read the rest of this entry »

China Shipping-Jumbo Heavy Lift Co. Ltd., the Jumbo Shipping and China Shipping joint venture, has opened a new office in Beijing. Together with its office in Shanghai, Jumbo aims to further strengthen its position in the Chinese project and heavy lift market. Mr. Simon Jiang (l), with more than 10 years of experience as chartering and sales manager in worldwide shipping, has been appointed branch manager. Read the rest of this entry »

Early last week, Fjord1 entered into a contract with Fiskerstrand BLRT AS to plan and construct the world’s largest gas-powered ferry. The new gas-powered ferry is designed by Multi Maritime AS in Førde and will have a total length of 129.9 m, a maximum width of 19.2 m and a capacity of 242 cars and/or 22 lorries in combination with cars. The contract was won in a tough European shipyard competition. Read the rest of this entry »

SpeedCast Ltd and Orbit Technologies, today announced that they have partnered to deliver uninterrupted global marine communications services across all major maritime routes. After conducting exhaustive tests of global marine antennas, SpeedCast selected Orbit Technologies’ OrSat-G (AL-7103) marine antenna to optimize its continuous Ku-band coverage. Read the rest of this entry »

6 May 2010 witnessed the christening of jack-up platform Thor in the Port of Hamburg. Thor is one of the biggest jack-up platforms today, capable to install ofshore wind farms even in deepwaters up to 50 m. Thor is the second platform for its owner Hochtief. The unique advantages of the Thor are that the platform is capable of operating in water depths of up to 50 m and its maximum load bearing capacity of 3,300 tons.

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A major concern in moving live fish from hatchery to farm or from the farm to a processor by boat has been the danger of transmission of disease or sea lice. The Norwegians have long taken leadership both in the development of farms and in acknowledging such concerns. Read the rest of this entry »