However in Europe there is a greater acceptance and encouragement to use the inland waterways to move, not only bulk cargos, but shipping containers as well. Recently the de Roeck family took delivery of a 443 ft by 46.5 ft container vessel. With a depth of 13 ft and a telescoping wheel house the MS Isabelle is capable of handling five layers of containers. For visibility over the containers, the wheelhouse can extend to nine meters when the vessel is fully loaded. Home ported in Brecht the hull of the Belgium-flagged vessel was built in the Russian Astrachan Plant and finished at the Veka Shipbuilding BV at Werkendam the Netherlands. Propulsion power is provided by a pair of EU Stage IIIa and EPA Tier 2 compliant Cummins QSK50-M engines each delivering 1600 hp at 1800 RPM. The vessel also has dual Cummins-powered 560 hp bow thrusters and a Cummins 4BT3.9-G4 powered genset.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Short-Sea Shipping on European Waterways
While there is much talk of short-sea shipping in North America, many would say that trucks still receive much more infrastructure support.
First vessel under the Danish flag
Nordic Tankers new LR1 product tanker Nordic Anne becomes the company's first vessel to sail under the Danish flag.
The tanker was delivered from the Chinese shipyard New Times Shipbuilding on Tuesday.Nordic Anne was ordered in 2006, is a 73,500 dwt tanker with 12 cargo tanks of about 83,000 cubic metres for refined oil products. The vessel will be included in TORM's LR1 pool. "The fact that Nordic Anne is going to sail under the Danish flag reflects our appreciation of the great effort made by the Danish authorities for the shipping industry in Denmark. We expect that other Nordic Tankers vessels are going to operate under the Danish flag in the years to come", says Chairman Klaus Kjærulff. Two more vessels are scheduled for delivery in the coming months: The handy-size vessels Nordic Agnetha and Amy, which Nordic Tankers co-owns with its business partner Zacchello Group, Italy. These two vessels will be included in Maersk Tankers' Handytankers pool.
The tanker was delivered from the Chinese shipyard New Times Shipbuilding on Tuesday.Nordic Anne was ordered in 2006, is a 73,500 dwt tanker with 12 cargo tanks of about 83,000 cubic metres for refined oil products. The vessel will be included in TORM's LR1 pool. "The fact that Nordic Anne is going to sail under the Danish flag reflects our appreciation of the great effort made by the Danish authorities for the shipping industry in Denmark. We expect that other Nordic Tankers vessels are going to operate under the Danish flag in the years to come", says Chairman Klaus Kjærulff. Two more vessels are scheduled for delivery in the coming months: The handy-size vessels Nordic Agnetha and Amy, which Nordic Tankers co-owns with its business partner Zacchello Group, Italy. These two vessels will be included in Maersk Tankers' Handytankers pool.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
“Asian customer” signs up for PNG gas
Sydney: The Exxon Mobil-led PNG LNG liquefied natural gas joint venture in Papua New Guinea has reached agreement on the key terms of an agreement with an unnamed Asian customer, project participant Oil Search told Dow Jones Tuesday.
Oil Search, which also reported an expected fall in first quarter production and revenue on a lower oil price, said the "major Asian customer" has agreed to buy two million tons of LNG each year from the project.The agreement is awaiting government regulatory approval, Oil Search said.Significant progress has been made with other customers and it's expected that additional heads of agreement will be signed "in the near term", Oil Search said in a statement.Oil Search produced 1.9 barrels of oil equivalent in the three months to March 31, down from 2.2 million on-year. It stuck to its annual guidance of producing 8.0-8.3 million BOE in 2009.
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Oil Search, which also reported an expected fall in first quarter production and revenue on a lower oil price, said the "major Asian customer" has agreed to buy two million tons of LNG each year from the project.The agreement is awaiting government regulatory approval, Oil Search said.Significant progress has been made with other customers and it's expected that additional heads of agreement will be signed "in the near term", Oil Search said in a statement.Oil Search produced 1.9 barrels of oil equivalent in the three months to March 31, down from 2.2 million on-year. It stuck to its annual guidance of producing 8.0-8.3 million BOE in 2009.
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Deep Sea Supply takes delivery of Sea Eagle 1
SINGAPORE: Offshore supply company Deep Sea Supply has taken delivery of Sea Eagle 1, a 12,000 BHP anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel from Jaya Shipbuilding & Engineering in Singapore.
Deep Sea Supply has a 15-month firm bareboat charter agreement with vessel owners Java Marine Lines and has secured a purchase option at the end of the 15-month charter.Sea Eagle 1 and AHTS Sea Ocelot, also built by Jaya Shipbuilding, will begin a six to eight month contract on May 8 with Gazflot for operations off.
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Bluestone bags Indonesian gig with Total
Singapore-based Bluestone Offshore is primed to start a geotechnical investigation contract.
Singapore-based Bluestone Offshore is primed to start a geotechnical investigation contract off Indonesia for French giant Total with its vessel Bluestone Topaz. The deal entails soil profile analysis at intended jack-up sites for the Kahaman field off Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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Multraship and Mammoet, Croatian Clean Up
Netherlands-based salvage specialists Multraship Salvage and Mammoet Salvage have successfully completed the removal of the wreck of a floating dock which sank in June 2007 at the Viktor Lenac shipyard, Rijeka, Croatia.
The 541 ft Floating Dry Dock No. 7 weighed 7,000 tonnes and sank in 72 ft of water after an electrical power supply failure. Two previous refloating attempts had failed and after a thorough survey and testing of tanks it was decided that refloating of the dock was not feasible. As the sunken dock was impeding access to the yard's other dock, the yard placed a wreck removal contract with Multraship and Mammoet. They worked together to cut the wreck into twenty-four main pieces, each weighing up to 440 tonnes. Multraship's floating sheerlegs Cormorant was used to lift the sections out. In all divers performed over five km of underwater cutting.
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Shanghai starts building international shipping service centre
Construction has begun on the 550,000-square metre Shanghai International Shipping Service Centre, located on the north bank of the Huangpu River, China.
The centre will link international passenger facilities soon to be completed at the port of Shanghai, and then connect the north bank service area, which also calls for the construction of a two million-square meter upscale office complex.The centre is a joint investment between the Shanghai International Port Group and the Sinochem Corporation. Each holds a 50 percent stake.Read More
The centre will link international passenger facilities soon to be completed at the port of Shanghai, and then connect the north bank service area, which also calls for the construction of a two million-square meter upscale office complex.The centre is a joint investment between the Shanghai International Port Group and the Sinochem Corporation. Each holds a 50 percent stake.
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