The vessel has a length of 35 metres on a beam of 10.9 metres and a moulded depth of 5.2 metres. ‘Coho’ is powered by a pair of ABS-certified 1,490kW, 60-litre V-16 Cummins QSK60 engines turning up to 1,800rpm into Reintjes gears with 7.45:1 ratios. The boat is fitted with Nautican nozzles and shutter rudders. The vessel also has three 99kW generator sets. The elevated wheelhouse has an eye level of 15.7 metres.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Penn Maritime takes delivery of second articulated tug barge
USA: The second in a series of 35-metre articulated tug barges (ATB) vessels was delivered to Penn Maritime from Thoma-Sea Boat builders in December 2008.
Qatar to step up LNG sales to India in 2009
Qatar, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas exporter said it would sell additional LNG to India this fiscal year to ease fuel deficit faced by power and fertiliser units in the country.
“We will sell more extra (LNG) cargoes this year,” Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister HE Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah said on his arrival here to attend the Petrotech 2009 conference. RasGas currently sells 5mn tonnes a year of LNG to Petronet under a 25-year contract. An additional 2.5mn tonnes will be supplied under the same contract from the fourth quarter of 2009. Qatar, which last year came to the rescue of the beleaguered Dabhol power plant by agreeing to supply more than 1.25mn tonnes, is likely to supply six cargoes this year beginning February.
Blue Energy set for exploration plunge
Perth-based gas player Blue Energy had completed a technical review of its coalbed methane portfolio in Queensland and will press ahead with a farm-out process to drive development of some of its 100%-owned assets.
The move was part of the company’s “cash conservation” approach to future exploration, Perth said. It said it had appointed MBA Consulting to help with the farm-out process. Blue Energy said it had seen “considerable interest” in its tenements on ATP 813P, ATP 814P, ATP 817P and ATP 854P. The company said that as part of its “strong refocus on exploration activities”, chief executive Bill Williams would step down later this month to pursue other interests. Williams stepped into the role in March last year following the unexpected early retirement of founding director Sharif Oussa. Blue Energy chairman Peter Cockcroft will assume executive and management responsibility while the company continues to reorganise and steps up exploration work this year.
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Milford Haven Service takes delivery of 'Svitzer Kilroom'
The third in a series of six high-performance terminal escort tugs, the ‘Svitzer Kilroom’ entered service at the Dragon LNG terminal in Milford Haven, UK.
The ‘Svitzer Kilroom’ is the largest and most powerful of the RAstar series of tugs being built for this major terminal operation, all to the new RAstar designs developed by Vancouver-based naval architech Robert Allan. This RAstar 3900-class tug was constructed by Freire Construcciones Navales of Vigo, Spain and completed trials in early December, 2008. In addition to this 39-metre tug, a series of five smaller sisters tugs of the RAstar 3400-class are also being built by Freire. ‘Svitzer Kilroom’ measures 39.1 metres in overall length on a moulded beam of 14.7 metres and a moulded depth of 6.11 metres. The vessel is equipped for typical ship-handling and escort work, with a Rolls-Royce model TW 3000/1000H single drum hawser winch on the fore deck, with a capacity for 250 metres of 76mm diameter high strength towline.
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Busan retains fifth spot in box rankings
South Korea's largest port Busan ranked fifth in the world in terms of box handling in 2008.
Container traffic through Busan reached 13.42 million TEUs last year, up from 13.26 million TEUs in 2007 and 12.03 million TEUs in 2006. With the ranking, the port has retained the spot for the third consecutive year, it said. Singapore was the world's largest port last year with cargo handling reaching 29.92 million TEUs, followed by Shanghai with 28.01 million, Hong Kong with 24.30 million and Shenzhen with 21.42 million.
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Container traffic through Busan reached 13.42 million TEUs last year, up from 13.26 million TEUs in 2007 and 12.03 million TEUs in 2006. With the ranking, the port has retained the spot for the third consecutive year, it said. Singapore was the world's largest port last year with cargo handling reaching 29.92 million TEUs, followed by Shanghai with 28.01 million, Hong Kong with 24.30 million and Shenzhen with 21.42 million.
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