ENGLEWOOD, COLO., April 23, 2009 – The latest version of Jeppesen Marine Vessel and Voyage Optimization Solution (VVOS), released this month, offers seamless integration with its worldwide C-Map electronic chart database. The C-Map cartography integration enables a user to perform a quick visual safe navigation check of VVOS route alternatives to ensure the recommended route is safe and does not encounter any hazards to navigation. Once the safety check is completed and the VVOS operational route selected, a user can export the passage plan to an ECDIS or INS for execution.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
Jeppesen Marine Introduces New Enhancements for Vessel and Voyage Optimization Solution
Latest VVOS Release Offers Seamless Integration with Jeppesen Marine C-Map Worldwide Cartography for Improved Navigation Safety
Shipyards deliver rigs Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1, PetroRig I
ULSAN, SOUTH KOREA: Transocean drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 was delivered on April 22 from Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard.
The rig is undergoing acceptance testing in South Korea before going to work for Reliance Industries offshore India.Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 will be equipped to work in water depths of up to 12,000 feet (3,657 m), and will outfitted to construct wells up to 35,000 feet (10,688 m) deep. The rig is Transocean's first ultra-deepwater drillship owned by its joint venture with Pacific Drilling. Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 was formerly Deepwater Pacific 1. In October 2007, Transocean announced that a subsidiary exercised its option to purchase a 50 percent interest in a joint venture company with Pacific Drilling, which owns the drillship.Meanwhile, newbuild semisubmersible PetroRig I, which was delivered April 14 from Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, is in port completing remaining punchlist items. The rig will then head to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for Petrobras for a five-year contract with an option to extend for another five years. The contract begins this July.Read More
The rig is undergoing acceptance testing in South Korea before going to work for Reliance Industries offshore India.Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 will be equipped to work in water depths of up to 12,000 feet (3,657 m), and will outfitted to construct wells up to 35,000 feet (10,688 m) deep. The rig is Transocean's first ultra-deepwater drillship owned by its joint venture with Pacific Drilling. Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 was formerly Deepwater Pacific 1. In October 2007, Transocean announced that a subsidiary exercised its option to purchase a 50 percent interest in a joint venture company with Pacific Drilling, which owns the drillship.Meanwhile, newbuild semisubmersible PetroRig I, which was delivered April 14 from Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, is in port completing remaining punchlist items. The rig will then head to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for Petrobras for a five-year contract with an option to extend for another five years. The contract begins this July.
Government document intimates focus on five big Korean yards
Seoul: The internal document, which reported that the South Korean government has determined that the optimum number of shipyards in the country is "five major builders," has been made public. causing quite a stir, the Kaiji Press reports.
There are currently seven companies in South Korea that are considered to be large-scale shipyards, so the speculation has grown that the government is drawing the blueprint for the withdrawal of two yards from the market.
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There are currently seven companies in South Korea that are considered to be large-scale shipyards, so the speculation has grown that the government is drawing the blueprint for the withdrawal of two yards from the market.
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Titan Salvage Caps Busy First Quarter
With the arrival of calmer springtime weather, Titan Salvage has resumed wreck removal operations in Gibraltar on the New Flame following a busy first quarter in which the company responded to eight salvage opportunities.
Among them were the re-floating of the bulk carrier Fedra's forward section in Gibraltar, the re-floating of a general cargo vessel grounded on environmentally-sensitive coral reefs of southern Belize; and the safe delivery of a tank ship involved in a collision and fire off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The work performed during the first three months of 2009 was illustrative of Titan’s diverse technical expertise and worldwide service capabilities, said Dan Schwall, Titan’s managing director. As Titan personnel were preparing to suspend operations for the winter on the New Flame wreck removal in Gibraltar in late 2008, they were called upon to assist in the cliff-top rescue of crewmembers from the bulk carrier Fedra, which had run aground during an unprecedented storm and was pinned to the base of a cliff just below the Europa Point lighthouse. All crewmembers were saved and Titan was later contracted to remove the forward section of the wreck and accommodation unit.
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Among them were the re-floating of the bulk carrier Fedra's forward section in Gibraltar, the re-floating of a general cargo vessel grounded on environmentally-sensitive coral reefs of southern Belize; and the safe delivery of a tank ship involved in a collision and fire off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The work performed during the first three months of 2009 was illustrative of Titan’s diverse technical expertise and worldwide service capabilities, said Dan Schwall, Titan’s managing director. As Titan personnel were preparing to suspend operations for the winter on the New Flame wreck removal in Gibraltar in late 2008, they were called upon to assist in the cliff-top rescue of crewmembers from the bulk carrier Fedra, which had run aground during an unprecedented storm and was pinned to the base of a cliff just below the Europa Point lighthouse. All crewmembers were saved and Titan was later contracted to remove the forward section of the wreck and accommodation unit.
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Chinese company wins Brazilian port dredging contract
China’s Shanghai Dredging Company (SDC) has become the leading shareholder in a consortium that won a US$90.25 million contract to dredge the Port of Santos in Brazil from 13 metres down to 15 metres.
The contract stipulates that some 13.62 million cubic metres of sediment will need to be removed from the Santos channel to get the new depth down to 15 metres, so as to allow next-generation vessels to arrive. When this project is completed, the maximum size of a containership that will be able to berth will be 9,000TEU, against the current 5,000TEU. The Port of Santos said that this would be a tremendous boost to carriers such as NYK, K Line, MOL, and Evergreen, all of which have a strong presence in international trade in Brazil.
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