The M/V Chinyelugo is 170 ft long with a 31 ft beam and 13.5 ft molded depth.Propulsion on the aluminum vessel is provided by four Cummins KTA-50 M2 engines each delivering 1800 HP at 1800 RPM through Twin Disc MGX 6848 gears with 2.58:1 ratios to Hamilton HM811 water jets. The crewboat has a design speed of 30 knots. The vessel is fitted with a 230 HP Thrustmaster of Texas bow thruster. Cummins Mid-South LLC also provided 110 kW auxiliary engines.The boat will work with a crew of eight and is capable of carrying 60 passengers and 225 tons of deck cargo. Tankage includes 121,214 liters of fuel, 138,207 liters of water and 1304-liters of lube oil. A five-ton knuckle-boom crane from Morgan Crane is mounted forward on the main deck. Coastal Machinery supplied the anchor winch.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
New Crewboat from Horizon Shipbuilding
The Nigerian firm Fymak Marine & Oil Services has recently taken delivery of a new crewboat designed and built by Horizon Shipbuilding of Bayou LaBatre, Alabama.
The M/V Chinyelugo is 170 ft long with a 31 ft beam and 13.5 ft molded depth.Propulsion on the aluminum vessel is provided by four Cummins KTA-50 M2 engines each delivering 1800 HP at 1800 RPM through Twin Disc MGX 6848 gears with 2.58:1 ratios to Hamilton HM811 water jets. The crewboat has a design speed of 30 knots. The vessel is fitted with a 230 HP Thrustmaster of Texas bow thruster. Cummins Mid-South LLC also provided 110 kW auxiliary engines.The boat will work with a crew of eight and is capable of carrying 60 passengers and 225 tons of deck cargo. Tankage includes 121,214 liters of fuel, 138,207 liters of water and 1304-liters of lube oil. A five-ton knuckle-boom crane from Morgan Crane is mounted forward on the main deck. Coastal Machinery supplied the anchor winch.Read More
The M/V Chinyelugo is 170 ft long with a 31 ft beam and 13.5 ft molded depth.Propulsion on the aluminum vessel is provided by four Cummins KTA-50 M2 engines each delivering 1800 HP at 1800 RPM through Twin Disc MGX 6848 gears with 2.58:1 ratios to Hamilton HM811 water jets. The crewboat has a design speed of 30 knots. The vessel is fitted with a 230 HP Thrustmaster of Texas bow thruster. Cummins Mid-South LLC also provided 110 kW auxiliary engines.The boat will work with a crew of eight and is capable of carrying 60 passengers and 225 tons of deck cargo. Tankage includes 121,214 liters of fuel, 138,207 liters of water and 1304-liters of lube oil. A five-ton knuckle-boom crane from Morgan Crane is mounted forward on the main deck. Coastal Machinery supplied the anchor winch.
Royal Australian Navy to strengthen submarine workforce
Australia: The Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Russ Crane AM CSM, of the Royal Australian Navy has released a plan to improve Australia’s submarine workforce, after concerns a lack of numbers is placing a strain on personnel.
The Submarine Workforce Sustainability Program will follow a five-phase strategy designed to stabilise, recover and grow the submarine workforce over the next five years. The program focuses on getting more qualified submariners to sea and on improving support for them once deployed. The strain on seagoing submariners will be eased by increasing crew sizes from 46 to 58 people. A fourth submarine crew will be operating by the end of 2011.“By improving [submariners’] working conditions we will ensure our submarine force remains sustainable now and into the future,” Vice Admiral Crane said.Read More
The Submarine Workforce Sustainability Program will follow a five-phase strategy designed to stabilise, recover and grow the submarine workforce over the next five years. The program focuses on getting more qualified submariners to sea and on improving support for them once deployed. The strain on seagoing submariners will be eased by increasing crew sizes from 46 to 58 people. A fourth submarine crew will be operating by the end of 2011.“By improving [submariners’] working conditions we will ensure our submarine force remains sustainable now and into the future,” Vice Admiral Crane said.
Shipping rates could be fragile 'for years'
A slowdown in global trade growth combined with anticipated expansion of the available shipping fleet could mean the downturn in the shipping markets could last beyond 2025, according to a consultant.
The tanker segment is likely to recover sooner, but bulkers and container liners could suffer from overcapacity for many years to come, according to Robin Meech, managing director of Marine & Energy Consulting.His predictions follow analysis of the anticipated increase of available tonnage in the world fleet up to 2025 versus possible growth in trade ranging from 3-5% per year.Meech analysed an index based on available shipping tonnage for all tankers, bulkers and liners as of 1/1/2008. He made a baseline for each segment to demonstrate the expected growth in the fleets based on newbuild orders, taking recent significant increases in cancellations, delays and scrapping into account.He then plotted the capacity increase for each segment against simple possible growth in trade from the start of 2008 at 3%, 4%, 5% per annum. The analysis assumed that there was approximate supply/demand balance for the three types of vessel at the beginning of 2008.
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