The 6,500 dwt vessel, due for delivery in 2011, is for CPC Corporation (CPC), a Taiwanese state-owned oil company. This is the first order through the Wärtsilä network for a design developed by Conan Wu Associates (CWA), a Wärtsilä Ship Design company, since it was acquired in September 2008. In addition to the design, Wärtsilä will deliver the entire propulsion system, which is to be based around a 9-cylinder in-line Wärtsilä 32 main engine, gearbox, and a controllable pitch propeller. Wärtsilä's extensive scope of supply includes other equipment, such as a bow thruster, the propulsion control system, and all shaft seals and bearings. The contract also includes the supply of an Integrated Automation System for not only the machinery spaces, but the entire ship. With an overall length of 110 m and an18 m beam, the single screw tanker will be equipped with a propulsion arrangement capable of delivering a ship speed of up to 13.4 knots, at design draught condition.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wärtsilä makes progress in Taiwan
Taipei: Wärtsilä has signed a design and propulsion system order with Taiwan's Jong Shyn Shipbuilding for a product chemical tanker.
The 6,500 dwt vessel, due for delivery in 2011, is for CPC Corporation (CPC), a Taiwanese state-owned oil company. This is the first order through the Wärtsilä network for a design developed by Conan Wu Associates (CWA), a Wärtsilä Ship Design company, since it was acquired in September 2008. In addition to the design, Wärtsilä will deliver the entire propulsion system, which is to be based around a 9-cylinder in-line Wärtsilä 32 main engine, gearbox, and a controllable pitch propeller. Wärtsilä's extensive scope of supply includes other equipment, such as a bow thruster, the propulsion control system, and all shaft seals and bearings. The contract also includes the supply of an Integrated Automation System for not only the machinery spaces, but the entire ship. With an overall length of 110 m and an18 m beam, the single screw tanker will be equipped with a propulsion arrangement capable of delivering a ship speed of up to 13.4 knots, at design draught condition.Read More
The 6,500 dwt vessel, due for delivery in 2011, is for CPC Corporation (CPC), a Taiwanese state-owned oil company. This is the first order through the Wärtsilä network for a design developed by Conan Wu Associates (CWA), a Wärtsilä Ship Design company, since it was acquired in September 2008. In addition to the design, Wärtsilä will deliver the entire propulsion system, which is to be based around a 9-cylinder in-line Wärtsilä 32 main engine, gearbox, and a controllable pitch propeller. Wärtsilä's extensive scope of supply includes other equipment, such as a bow thruster, the propulsion control system, and all shaft seals and bearings. The contract also includes the supply of an Integrated Automation System for not only the machinery spaces, but the entire ship. With an overall length of 110 m and an18 m beam, the single screw tanker will be equipped with a propulsion arrangement capable of delivering a ship speed of up to 13.4 knots, at design draught condition.
Japan Warships to go on Somalia Anti-Piracy Mission
Japan is expected to deploy two warships to pirate-infested waters off Somalia as the government tries to push through legislation to allow its forces more scope for armed response.
Two destroyers will set sail for the world's most dangerous waters near the Gulf of Aden where U.S., European and Chinese vessels have already been sent to fend off pirates who attacked more than 100 ships last year. The mission has divided opinion in Japan, where under the post-World War II pacifist constitution, troops in international disputes can only use force for self defense and to protect Japanese nationals. Prime Minister Taro Aso's conservative Liberal Democratic Party this week agreed legislation to pave the way for the mission and to give its roughly 400-strong crew an expanded mandate on when and how to use force. The proposal would allow Japanese forces to open fire on pirate vessels that don't obey repeated orders to stop. It would also allow them for the first time to protect non-Japanese vessels, citizens and cargo from pirates. The government is expected to approve the bill and submit it to parliament Friday, the same day defense minister Yasukazu Hamada plans to order the dispatch of the destroyers. Last month about 240 officers took part in a one-day drill off southern Hiroshima prefecture where a destroyer repelled a mock pirate ship from accosting a Japanese commercial vessel and arrested the pretend pirates
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Oil spill in Australian waters
Maritime authorities in the Australian state of Queensland have said that a fuel oil spill in Moreton Bay would not be able to be contained easily due to choppy currents.
The ‘Pacific Adventurer’, a 180-metre long ship carrying 60 containers of chemicals, was en route from Newcastle, New South Wales to Brisbane, Queensland, when it was hit by choppy seas and lost half its load in the early hours of (March 11) morning. The ship’s hull was damaged when 31 containers of ammonium nitrate fell overboard, causing a fuel leak. Dr Michael White from the Centre of Marine Studies at the University of Queensland told that the ammonium nitrate would not seriously harm the bay. “The last time we had a really big fertiliser spill… all that happened was that the kelp grew to 30 feet (nine metres) and it was normally only five feet (1.5 metres) high,” he was quoted as saying. Michael Short from the Environmental Protection Agency however said that the oil on the water’s surface would have an impact on the environment and wildlife. “That’s where our focus is,” he said.Read More
The ‘Pacific Adventurer’, a 180-metre long ship carrying 60 containers of chemicals, was en route from Newcastle, New South Wales to Brisbane, Queensland, when it was hit by choppy seas and lost half its load in the early hours of (March 11) morning. The ship’s hull was damaged when 31 containers of ammonium nitrate fell overboard, causing a fuel leak. Dr Michael White from the Centre of Marine Studies at the University of Queensland told that the ammonium nitrate would not seriously harm the bay. “The last time we had a really big fertiliser spill… all that happened was that the kelp grew to 30 feet (nine metres) and it was normally only five feet (1.5 metres) high,” he was quoted as saying. Michael Short from the Environmental Protection Agency however said that the oil on the water’s surface would have an impact on the environment and wildlife. “That’s where our focus is,” he said.
ThyssenKrupp in talks to sell Hellenic Shipyards
German naval shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp is reportedly in talks with the Greek Government to sell Greece’s Hellenic Shipyards back to Greece.
ThyssenKrupp and the Greek Government have been in a tussle over the submarines being built for the Greek Navy, which have yet to be paid for. Asiasis reported that both sides have declined to comment.Read More
ThyssenKrupp and the Greek Government have been in a tussle over the submarines being built for the Greek Navy, which have yet to be paid for. Asiasis reported that both sides have declined to comment.
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