Features

• Financiers flock to wind farm workboat

  Adjacent to Tower Bridge on London’s River Thames, St Katherine’s Dock is very much in the City of London and financiers had only to travel a few blocks for their first sighting of an offshore wind farm support vessel. 02 Feb 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Big investment continues as Rostock grows

  Port development company Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock invested more than €55m in the infrastructure of the seaport last year. 02 Feb 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Turkish yards take shelter in niche building

  While the financial downturn has had a dampening overall effect on Turkish shipbuilding, the picture for its workboat projects is different, Murat Erdogan, Turkish maritime industry analyst and commentator told MJ. 02 Feb 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Remote monitoring boosts VSAT uptime

  As vessels become more like a floating office, there’s an increasing trend towards remote monitoring and maintenance, especially since it can lead to significant cost savings for ship owners. 31 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Box cooler anti-fouling system for tugs

  Warm coastal areas can cause all sorts of problems with the efficient running of water cooled engines, but box coolers can create another layer of problems. 31 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• World diving personnel statistics published

  Figures published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) reveal that globally there was a reduction in offshore diving work in 2010, compared with 2009, possibly due to the economic environment. 30 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Versatile Voe Earl sails into service from Hardinxveld

  Based at Lerwick, Shetland, Delta Marine Ltd operates tugs and workboats, chartering vessels to the dredging and marine civil engineering industries. 30 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Six 17m Alupilots delivered from Docksta

  LVB Stein, the last of six new pilot boats for Kiel pilots, was delivered from Dockstavarvet of Sweden on 19 December 2011. 30 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• New lifeboat hook design guidance

  In recent years there have been a number of accidents caused by the failure of on-load release hooks during lifeboat drills, which have resulted in seafarers being seriously injured and even killed. 30 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Superior Aces Arctic-proof mooring system

  A new mooring package especially manufactured for the severest of conditions is about to be fitted to a barge working in Arctic waters. 30 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Airbus wings meet air draught challenge

  Although the Eurozone may be facing its difficulties, the cross-Europe marine ‘conveyorbelt’ of components for the A380 Airbus is still going strong despite a clash between the ancient and modern worlds at its inception. 30 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Heave compensation adds to crane’s capability

  Wind farms and drilling platforms are becoming more widespread, with construction costs playing an integral role in their development. In previous years, the lack of convincing crane technology has proven to be a big problem. 30 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Smit acquires its first ‘Rotor Tugs’

  Smit International has purchased two 28m ‘Rotor Tugs’ for use in Zeebrugge to join the fleet of tugs serving the new towage contract in the port (MJ –Towlines December 2011). 27 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Jensen is busy with new designs

  Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime Corp subsidiary, has been busy of late with in-house work on the new ‘Ocean’ class for its parent company plus tug designs for Moran, and Caribbean TugZ . 27 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• TOWLINES

  Ocean Wave, the first of four ‘Ocean Class’ deepsea tugs for the Crowley Maritime Corporation was launched at the yard of Bollinger Marine Fabricators, LLC in Louisiana USA on 5 December (MJ – Sept 2011). This first vessel will be delivered during the next three months and be followed by sister ship Ocean Wind. Both are twin screw vessels of 44.4m in length, powered by two Caterpillar C-280-12 main engines generating a total of 10,880 bhp to achieve a bollard pull of at least 165 tons. The pair will be equipped with a Dynamic Positioning, integrated control system to DP-1 standards. The second pair, Ocean Sky and Ocean Sun, will have Dynamic Positioning installed to DP-2 standard and longer hulls of 47.5m. These vessels will also have an additional 850hp bow thruster, a stern thruster and greater electrical generating capacity. 27 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal