The preparation for the grand opening of a new tourism and education icon for the New South Wales Hunter region is in its final stages in Australia.
The Maritime Centre, Lee Wharf, Newcastle, will open its doors on Sunday, October 12, 2008. The National Maritime Festival, to be held on the same day, will herald the opening of the new Centre, a project which has taken shape under Project Coordinator Evelyn King and the Maritime Centre’s president, the Hon. Peter Morris. The new Maritime Centre has a picturesque backdrop of the working port with some of the world’s largest ships passing by, and the site on which it is built is a highly significant, heritage listed, industrial Federation building in the heart of the newest major tourist and cultural precinct. Ms King said that the activities of the Centre would bring home to people the vital role that the port and its forbears played in the development of the community and region. The site was originally constructed in an era before the advent of rubber-tyred trucks and was then known as a “state of the art” sea to land transport interchange. “They will show how this great world port was built by our predecessors,” said Mr Morris.
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
Double Launching at HDW-Gaarden
On September 5, two 2,700 TEU container ships were launched at HDW-Gaarden in Kiel, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.
The two container ships are the second and the third of a series of three ships for the Hermann Buss shipping line in Leer. The MAIN TRADER was named by Gabriela Meyer, the wife of Jens-Uwe Meyer, financial consultant to the shipping line. The Mosel Trader was named by Dr. Ulrike Schäfer, the wife of Dr. Matthias Schäfer of the Buss family. Both ships will be chartered to the Chinese T.S. Lines Limited headquartered in Hong Kong and will operate in Asian waters. The ships will be delivered in mid-September and mid-December 2008. The container ships have been built in compliance with the rules and regulations of Germanischer Lloyd.
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The two container ships are the second and the third of a series of three ships for the Hermann Buss shipping line in Leer. The MAIN TRADER was named by Gabriela Meyer, the wife of Jens-Uwe Meyer, financial consultant to the shipping line. The Mosel Trader was named by Dr. Ulrike Schäfer, the wife of Dr. Matthias Schäfer of the Buss family. Both ships will be chartered to the Chinese T.S. Lines Limited headquartered in Hong Kong and will operate in Asian waters. The ships will be delivered in mid-September and mid-December 2008. The container ships have been built in compliance with the rules and regulations of Germanischer Lloyd.
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Controversial Chilean ship in Kochi, India
Chilean Navy’s La Esmeralda, the second largest sail ship in the world and a relic of Augusto Pinochet’s repressive regime in the 1970s, sailed into the port of Kochi on Friday morning as part of its 45,000-km world training cruise, touching 13 ports.
Currently a sail training ship in the Chilean Navy and a marine architectural wonder, the Esmeralda arrived from Alexandria in Egypt after 21 days’ voyage. It will set sail for Cape Town in South Africa on September 9. Even as it set out on its 53rd voyage from the port of Valparaiso on May 4, there were widespread protests over its role in the Operation Condor, a plan to annihilate political rivals, carried out by Pinochet after the military coup in Chile in 1973. The infamous condor insignia still adorns its side. Amnesty International and many other human rights organizations had earlier alleged that the ship had been used during that period as a floating prison and a torture cell, but that was never officially recognized. That, however, has not helped the skeletons from tumbling out of the ship’s board.
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Currently a sail training ship in the Chilean Navy and a marine architectural wonder, the Esmeralda arrived from Alexandria in Egypt after 21 days’ voyage. It will set sail for Cape Town in South Africa on September 9. Even as it set out on its 53rd voyage from the port of Valparaiso on May 4, there were widespread protests over its role in the Operation Condor, a plan to annihilate political rivals, carried out by Pinochet after the military coup in Chile in 1973. The infamous condor insignia still adorns its side. Amnesty International and many other human rights organizations had earlier alleged that the ship had been used during that period as a floating prison and a torture cell, but that was never officially recognized. That, however, has not helped the skeletons from tumbling out of the ship’s board.
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San Antonio Takes New Technology to Sea
The amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) deployed Aug. 28 as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), marking the first deployment of a ship in the technologically advanced San Antonio class of warships.
The deployment introduces new technology and capabilities never before seen in any ESG. One example of this technology is the shipwide area network (SWAN). Communications with other ships has always been key to the Navy's success. San Antonio has taken communications to the next level. Targeting surface threats with weapons has also benefited from the new technology. Another force protection measure added to the transport dock ship is San Antonio's arsenal of small boats. Other San Antonio design features make day-to-day life more comfortable for the Sailors, while also increasing efficiency. The engineers aboard keep much cooler thanks to unmanned engine rooms. This is possible due to the engineering control system (ECS). San Antonio can also serve as a small-scale hospital ship, and boasts a state-of-the-art medical department that is equipped to provide the highest quality of care with the inclusion of systems like Medical Web. The design of the ship has also made moving supplies throughout the ship less laborious.
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The deployment introduces new technology and capabilities never before seen in any ESG. One example of this technology is the shipwide area network (SWAN). Communications with other ships has always been key to the Navy's success. San Antonio has taken communications to the next level. Targeting surface threats with weapons has also benefited from the new technology. Another force protection measure added to the transport dock ship is San Antonio's arsenal of small boats. Other San Antonio design features make day-to-day life more comfortable for the Sailors, while also increasing efficiency. The engineers aboard keep much cooler thanks to unmanned engine rooms. This is possible due to the engineering control system (ECS). San Antonio can also serve as a small-scale hospital ship, and boasts a state-of-the-art medical department that is equipped to provide the highest quality of care with the inclusion of systems like Medical Web. The design of the ship has also made moving supplies throughout the ship less laborious.
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Subsea 7 receives new US$30 million contract from Shell, Norway
Subsea 7, UK, has received a US$30 million call-off by Norske Shell, Norway, for installation work at the Draugen field in the Norwegian sector of the Northern North Sea.
The project is a call-off under the existing Pan European USC frame agreement held with Shell. The project is related to Shell's installation of a new type of tanker loading system, which will replace an existing tanker loading unit. The Subsea 7 operation will disconnect two 15" (38cm) flexible risers, then install two new 16" (40.6cm) flexible pipelines to connect the subsea infrastructure with a new subsea loading system, and associated equipment to complete the tanker loading system. Engineering and project management will commence immediately and be delivered from Subsea 7's Stavanger office in Norway. The offshore phase will be carried out by the company's latest state-of-the-art deepwater Flex / J-lay vessel, the ‘Seven Seas’, and an ROV support vessel from the Subsea 7 fleet during 2009. The Draugen field is located in License PL093 in the Haltenbanken area approximately 140km north of Kristiansund.
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The project is a call-off under the existing Pan European USC frame agreement held with Shell. The project is related to Shell's installation of a new type of tanker loading system, which will replace an existing tanker loading unit. The Subsea 7 operation will disconnect two 15" (38cm) flexible risers, then install two new 16" (40.6cm) flexible pipelines to connect the subsea infrastructure with a new subsea loading system, and associated equipment to complete the tanker loading system. Engineering and project management will commence immediately and be delivered from Subsea 7's Stavanger office in Norway. The offshore phase will be carried out by the company's latest state-of-the-art deepwater Flex / J-lay vessel, the ‘Seven Seas’, and an ROV support vessel from the Subsea 7 fleet during 2009. The Draugen field is located in License PL093 in the Haltenbanken area approximately 140km north of Kristiansund.
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Sulpicio in more hot water over grounding in Iloilo
A cargo ship owned by Sulpicio Lines Inc. was ordered grounded Friday after it figured in a mishap that damaged construction equipment in Iloilo, Manila.
The MV Cotabato Princess was ordered grounded even as the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) sought an explanation into the incident. Initial investigation showed the incident occurred at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Iloilo port where the ship ran aground and damaged at least 16 piles and a crane boom. The construction equipment was being used for the extension of the port. No one among the ship's 49 crewmen was reported injured. The captain reportedly blamed big waves for the incident. Sulpicio is already reeling from the sinking of its ship, M/V Princess of the Stars, with the loss of around 800 lives.
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The MV Cotabato Princess was ordered grounded even as the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) sought an explanation into the incident. Initial investigation showed the incident occurred at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Iloilo port where the ship ran aground and damaged at least 16 piles and a crane boom. The construction equipment was being used for the extension of the port. No one among the ship's 49 crewmen was reported injured. The captain reportedly blamed big waves for the incident. Sulpicio is already reeling from the sinking of its ship, M/V Princess of the Stars, with the loss of around 800 lives.
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