Recently added articles from Marine Log:
The Maersk Alabama: a Gallant Ship.(editorial)
May 01, 2009; ... One hundred days into his presidency, President Obama has yet to nominate a candidate to be the next Maritime Administrator. Let's hope that the process doesn't drag on too much longer. However, once a new Maritime Administrator is chosen and confirmed, I'd like to recommend to ...
Carbon: challenge, or opportunity?(Second Thoughts)
May 01, 2009; ... When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade, right? But what kind of lemonade can the marine industry make from the lemons of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction? Though the U.S. has lagged behind the rest of the world in addressing GHG problems, it is now playing catch up ...
Tidewater's diesel-electric PSV'S.(Update)
May 01, 2009 ... Tidewater Inc., New-Orleans, La., is planning to construct a series of 12 diesel-electric platform supply vessels (PSVs) based on a design from a Polish naval architect. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MMC Ship Design & Marine Consulting Ltd. is supplying its MMC 887 PSV ...
French Navy, icebreaking tug deals for STX.(Update)
May 01, 2009 ... EUROPE'S LARGEST SHIP building group, STX Europe, recently announced a pair of projects. One of those contracts was awarded by the French Navy to STX France Cruise SA to build its third 21,000-ton Projection and Command Vessel (Les Batiments de Projection et de Commandement) at its ...
Ship evaluations sinking.(update)
May 01, 2009 ... Ship evaluations for relatively new dry bulk and tanker tonnage have dropped 50% or more in one year, according to Basil Karatzas, vice president, Projects & Finance, Compass Maritime Services LLC. Karatzas made his comments at "Surviving a Distressed Shipping Market: Loan ...
Demolition derby.(Update)
May 01, 2009 ... Ship owners looking to sell their aging hulks to scrap yards may very well be singing, "Breaking up is hard to do." That's because not only are scrap yards in India and Bangladesh fully booked, but there arc plenty of other ships waiting to be demolished. The situation, says Germany's ...
Columbia Coastal adds "stop" on its Marine Highway.(Update)
May 01, 2009 ... Bruce Fenimore has an idea about how to pave the way for projects for the America's Marine Highway. "Why not provide incentives--tax credits--to shippers, those that would use the service," says Fenimore. Fenimore should know. He's the president and CEO of the Columbia Group ....
Box vessel for Europe's "Marine Highway".(Update)
May 01, 2009 ... In Europe, there has been greater emphasis than in the U.S. on using the inland waterways to move, not only bulk cargoes, but also shipping containers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recently the de Roeck family took delivery of a 135m x 14,2m container vessel Isabelle ....
Aker Philadelphia yard: launches seventh tanker in series of 12.(Update)
May 01, 2009 ... Aker Philadelphia Shipyard recently launched the Overseas Nikiski, the seventh in a series of 12 product tankers. The 46,000 dwt Overseas Nikiski measures 600 ft in length and will be delivered in this quarter. After ...
LD Lines acquires Incat ferry for service in Europe.(Update)
May 01, 2009 ... France's LD Lines will begin operating the largest ever fast ferry on the cross channel routes between Dover, England and Boulogne, France on May 29. The 112m catamaran will be the first ever freight carrying high-speed vessel to operate across the Dover Straits and LD Lines becomes the ...
Drydocks World delivers world's largest OCV.(Update)
May 01, 2009 ... Drydocks World Pertama yard in Indonesia recently delivered the multi-purpose offshore construction vessel OSA Goliath. The 22,000 dwt vessel was built for and delivered to Singapore's Coastline Maritime. The OSA Goliath is the largest OCV in the world, measuring 180m x 32m x ...
VT Halter mourns the loss of its CEO.(Update)
May 01, 2009 ... VT Halter Marine CEO Boyd E. "Butch" King died last month at the company's headquarters in Pascagoula. He was 65. "The entire company is in mourning with our sudden and unexpected loss. We have lost a great leader and a true friend. We're closing ranks and moving forward as he ...
Austal receives order for largest catamaran to date.(Update)
May 01, 2009 ... Australia's Austal recently received an order from Denmark's Nordic Ferry Services to design and build the largest catamaran to date. The 113m high-speed vehicle-passenger ferry will be powered by four diesel engines and it will be able to carry 1,400 passengers and 357 cars ....
Navy to award T-AGS contract to VT Halter.(biz NOTES)
May 01, 2009 ... The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command plans to award a sole source contract for detail design and construction of the T-AGS 66 Oceanographic Survey Ship to VT Halter Marine, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss. The contract will provide for the procurement of a modified T-AGS65 Oceanographic ...
Korea shipping to get boost.(biz NOTES)
May 01, 2009 ... Last month, the Korean government unveiled plans to pump 8.7 trillion won (about $6.4 billion) into restructuring the country's struggling domestic shipping industry. The government wants to avert a massive sell off of the national merchant fleet to ...
Will the stimulus package help the maritime industry?(INSIDE WASHINGTON)
May 01, 2009; ... The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), popularly known as the stimulus package, provides direct grants to states and a package of financial incentives to industries. Included in the package were a series of initiatives directed to the maritime and related industries. ...
Another attempt at defense acquisition reform.(INSIDEWASHINGTON)
May 01, 2009 ... Congress is again looking to reform the defense acquisition process. In February, Senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009. ...
STX's blue print for a smaller footprint: one of the concept's emerging from STX Europe's Ecorizon strategic environmental plan is the Eoseas cruise, which will be a pentamaran incorporating sails, solar panels and water recycling.
May 01, 2009 ... For Europe's largest shipbuilding group, STX Europe, the path to the future is paved green. STX recently unveiled its strategic environmental plan called Ecorizon, which it says will function "as an umbrella for our way of thinking green in ship design and manufacturing, and our approach ...
Shipping needs to scrub its footprint.(MARINETECHNOLOGY)
May 01, 2009 ... International, national, regional, state and local regulatory bodies and agencies have been driving research and development of cleaner diesels and fuels through the enactment and enforcement of stricter emission regulations. MAN Diesel and Wartsila, the world's largest marine ...
Hempasil X3, Hempel's new anti-fouling system.(SHOW PREVIEW)
May 01, 2009 ... Denmark-based Hempel has developed a new anti-fouling coating system, Hempasil X3. Hempasil X3 uses hydrogel silicone technology to stop fouling organisms from attaching to the ships hull by tricking the organisms into believing the hull is liquid rendering the hull invisible ....