Newsletter week 27 2010

11TH VOLUME, NO. 27
DATED 04 JULY 2010
BUYING, SALES, NEW BUILDING, RENAMING AND OTHER TUGS TOWING & OFFSHORE INDUSTRY NEWS
TUGS & TOWING NEWS
S MIT S UMATERA
SOLD
The tug Smit Sumatera has been sold to
Malta and renamed in Sancte Ioseph. The
vessel sailed from Fujairah, fully prepared
for the passage through the Gulf of Aden,
to Malta with a delivery crew from
Redwise and was delivered last week.
(Source & Photo: Redwise)
R OLLS -R OYCE P O WERS S IX N EW T UGS
Rolls-Royce signed a contract to supply 12 azimuth thrusters to power six new tugboats for
Qingdao Port, a leading coastal port in China. Deliveries will start in the third quarter of 2010.
Two types of thrusters have been selected for six new tugs, including four US205 Fixed Pitch P20s,
which will power the 5200hp tugs, and two US255 FPs, which will power the 6800hp tugs. The
former are capable of producing 62 tonnes of bollard pull while the latter can produce 80 tonnes
of bollard pull, enough capability to tow an LNG tanker. Rolls-Royce Vice President – Merchant
Marine, North East Asia, and Managing Director, Marine, China, Ole Nustad, said: “We are
delighted to work with Qingdao Port again. This latest order is further recognition of the
continued reliability and technological advancement of our products, as well as our everimproving support services.” Deputy General Manager of Qingdao Port Tug Company, Liu Liang
said: “Rolls- Royce provides strong technological knowledge, speedy technical and spare part
support, as well as reliable after sales protection. It is this solid foundation that has enabled RollsRoyce to make significant headway in the Chinese market." In 1999, the first azimuth thrusters
were delivered to a tugboat named M/V Asia No. 1. The largest tugboat in Asia at the time, that
5000hp tug was built for Qingdao Port by Zhenjiang Shipyard. Since then, Rolls-Royce has
provided 26 azimuth thrusters for 13 of Qingdao Port’s existing tugs. Today, over 200 tugs
equipped with Rolls-Royce azimuth thrusters are in operation in China. (Source: Jan van der Doe)
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C ROWLEY
TRAINS
K UWAITIS
ON
Z- DRIVE
TUG OPERATI ON
Seven Kuwaiti Navy mariners
recently in operations aboard the
first of two new Z-Drive harbor
tugs built by Rozema Boat
Works, Inc., of Mt. Vernon,
Wash. The 30-day training
session was conducted by a
Crowley Maritime Corporation
team and was designed to help
the mariners learn how to
operate the new boat safely while
maximizing its features and
performance. The two 67-foot ZDrive tugs were ordered from
Rozema by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). They have a bollard pull of 15 tons and a top
speed of 12 knots. Each is powered by two MTU 60 Series diesels delivering 475 hp each and each
has two HRP 4111 Z-Drives. The Kuwaiti Navy plans on using the new tugs to provide ship assist
to its surface combat vessels when they return to port. The first tug, Warjiya, was completed in
April and the second tug is scheduled for delivery in September Crowley, which has extensive
technical experience in vessel design, construction management and vessel operation, was chosen
by NAVSEA to provide support in the final design selection and development of the specifications
of the boats. Crowley was later contracted to provide training to the mariners who will be
operating the vessels. Crowley conducted the customized training in Seattle and Anacortes,
Wash., and covered advanced fire fighting, vessel operations and engineering, safety and bridge
simulator training. "This unique partnership was made possible by cooperation between the
Kuwaiti Navy, Rozema and everyone at Crowley," said Capt. Margaret Reasoner, Crowley's
managing director of marine personnel, who developed the training package. "We look forward to
providing similar services to other customers who may need enhanced technical training that
surpasses most corporate and regulatory standards." Crowley tug Captains Keith Kridler, Tim
Dawson, Irv Berndt, Joel Bergland and Chief Engineer Ken Stanton acted as trainers on the
project, allowing the mariners the opportunity to get valuable hands-on learning and experience.
Port Captains Andrew Gauthier and Joshua Ellis along with Sam Simone, manager of engineering,
contributed to the success of the training program with shore side support and training module
development. Rozema Boat Works, Inc. is a third generation, family-owned company which
specializes in building customized marine vessels. (Source & Photo: MarineLog)
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P ACHACAMAC
DATED 04 JULY 2010
DELI VERED
The Tramarsa new building ASD tug
Pachacamac arrived at Callao - Peru on June
26th and handed over to her new owners
after a delivery voyage of approx. 9.700
nautical miles which started May 8th
departing
Zhenjiang
(China)
under
management of Redwise Maritime Services
B.V. the Netherlands. (Source: Redwise)
O RCUS
COMMENCED TRAILS
The on the Ferrostaal/Muzelfeldt
Shipyard – Germany yard
number 257 new building Ocean
Going Anchor Handling Salvage
Tug Orcus from Harms Bergung
commenced trails last week. The
Orcus is an Anchor Handling Tug
of the Uranus class with a bollard
pull of 280 tons. (Photo: M.
Brakhage)
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T&T Marine Salvage, a provider of maritime support services, announced an exclusive cooperative
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services agreement with OSROCO and Unitek to provide oil spill response services in Guam,
Saipan and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. “With equipment staged in
Guam and Saipan, the T&T Marine-OSROCO-Unitek alliance offers customers calling on Sector
Guam an unparalleled and cost-effective solution to meeting the requirements of OPA 90,” said
T&T Marine Vice President Kevin Teichman. OSROCO is a subsidiary of Cabras Marine
Corporation, a Guam-based company that provides tug boats, barges and other maritime assets in
Guam, the CNMI and throughout Micronesia. Also based in Guam, Unitek provides a full range of
environmental services, including oil spill response, hazardous waste transportation, industrial
cleaning, vacuum truck services and oil-water separation. T&T Bisso also has announced an
exclusive cooperative services agreement with Cabras Marine. T&T Bisso will use Cabras’ facilities
to position lightering and marine firefighting packages as part of the company’s strategy to comply
with the United States Coast Guard Salvage and Marine Firefighting Regulations. (Source:
MarineLink)
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T HE FLEET
V ICTORY
IS DARI NG THE WAVES , THE THIRD SI STER IS BORN
-
Sedna Towage &
Offshore
LDA/
An.Do.Fe Shipping
Management Srl, are
happy to announce
the Purchase of a
new built 65+ tons
Bollard Pull Anchor
Handling Tug from
YCK
Shipbuilding
SDN.BHD – Sibu
(Malaysia).
The
MOA was signed on
the 18th of September
2010 in Sibu –
Sarawak (Malaysia).
The vessel with a
length overall of 38 mtrs, a beam moulded of 10,80 mtrs and a maximum draft of 4 mtrs, has been
designed by Greenbay Marine Pte.Ltd – Singapore and will be delivered by the 31st of October
2010. All the main components of the tug have been supplied by worldwide reputable Makers:
Caterpillar delivered the two 3516B type main engines (rated at 2 x 1920 kW @ 1600 rpm). Total
output 5.150 bhp. And marine generators sets 3 x 245 kW each – 3406C type (note: Vessel power
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plan is higly safety as per: 2 gensets requested for vessel electric balance, the thrd ready in standby as back up). Hitachi Nico Marine Transmission (Japan) supplied the reserve reduction
gearboxes, model MGN1727V (FPP) ratio 6.03:1. The comprehensive set of deck machinery
(Towing/Achor Handling double drum waterfall winch, tugger winch, capstan, deck crane, towing
pins and shark jaw) has been delivered by M.E.P. Systems Pte.Ltd. – Singapore. Furuno Electric
Co.Ltd. (Japan), of course, played a major role in supplying the navigation and communication
equipments. YCK Shipbuilding Sdn.Bhd. awarded the contract for the delivery of such a vessel due
to his very short delivery time and an amazing building quality standard. “In a very depressed
market on global basis, Andofe shows its strong will and high determination to grow up”.
Sedna/Andofe born at the end of 2007 and, in less than 3 years, they will get 3 Anchor Handling
Multipurpose Tugs. Victory is a big step ahead for my Companies which have the firm intention to
go on building their market niche in the Offshore business. Be sure this will not be the last
challenge. (Source: Managing Director Rino Barretta)
M O DULE R I VER T RANSPORT
On the Waterway at the tugboat town of Maassluis the sheerleg GPS Atlas lifted a factory module
from the jetty for transport to Rotterdam. Assistance to the sheerleg was given by the GPS owned
tug Zeepia. The tug is the former 1955, on the N.V. Scheepswerven v/h H.H. Bodewes – Millingen
yard number 498, built Phoenix from L.Smit & Co’s Internationale Sleepdienst Maatschappij. In
1968 sold to W.A. van der Tak's bergingsbedrijf - Rotterdam and renamed Zeepaard. In 1971 sold
to Smit-Tak Int. Bergingsbedrijf NV – Rotterdam. In 1983 transferred to Maasberg B.V. –
Rotterdam. In 1992 transferred to Takmarine BV – Maassluis. In 2003 transferred to Smit
Transport Europe BV – Rotterdam and in Management by Smit Vessel Management Services BV –
Rotterdam. In 2005 sold to Ecoloss Maritime BV - Rotterdam & GPS Marine Services – UK and
renamed Zeepia. (Source: Ruud Zegwaard)
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B RENT
ARRI VED WITH
JB115
On the last day of June the Iskes
tug Brent arrived on the
Rotterdam Waterway with the
barge JB 115. (Source: Ruud
Zegwaard)
A ND
THE WINNER I S ……
On June 19th 2010 at Windsor, ON a
tugboat competition was held on the
Detroit River. A lot of local tugs
participate in this speed trail contest.
Finally the winner was the tug "Elmer
Dean”. The Elmer Dean was built in
19xx on the banks of the Rouge River
by Elmer Dean, who passed away
before completion. In 1998 the tug was
acquired by Darin Gabriel – Gabriel
Marine who her completed and
renamed after the builder. She has 2
Allison-Chalmers diesel engine to one
propeller. (Photo: Jan van der Doe)
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S INGAPORE
IN
DATED 04 JULY 2010
C URACAO
The Dutch flag, call sign PHHB,
Ocean
Going
Salvage
Tug
Singapore (Imo 8213964) arrived
last week at Willemstad on the
Caribbean Island of Curacao for a
bunker call and crew change. The
departure is planned for the 2nd of
July at 13.00 Lt. together with the
Liberian flag, call sign A8KE6
Ocean Going Tug De Zhou (Imo
9350575) from Shanghai Salvage,
with direction the Gulf of Mexico.
The Singapore built in 1984 and
owned by Svitzer Ocean Towage is the former Smit Singapore from Smit International and built
on the yard of Niestern-Sander at Delfzijl; Netherlands under yard number 7901. (Source & Photo:
Kees Bustraan)
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T UGBOAT
SINKS AFTER COLLI SION
Thursday afternoon a small tugboat sinks after a collision an inland cargo vessel near Broekhuizen
on the River Maas. The crew of the inland cargo vessel picked up from the river the two men crew
of the tugboat. The tugboats dog is still missing, according the report of the Korps Landelijke
Politiediensten (KLPD-National Police). The shipping experiences no discomfort from the sunken
tugboat. The National Police Agency (KLPD) is examining the circumstances of the accident.
(Source: De Telegraaf)
R ANDOM R OAMINGS
WITHIN THE
M O RAN F LEET
We all appreciated Don Sutherland's celebration of the 150 years of Moran towing (Maritime
Reporter & Engineering News, April 2010). It was an exciting collection of vignettes on the life of
the company and of its founder, Michael Moran. There were many other aspects of that
remarkable company and of its equally remarkable founder that might further inform, if not
entertain, the readers of Maritime Reporter. Rarely has a Moran tug been lost, but during the 1890s
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one vessel was overcome by heavy weather
conditions immediately outside of New York harbor.
The company had contracted during this period to
tow refuse barges to be dumped in the open sea
outside of Sandy Hook. The tug F. W. Vosburgh,
built for Michael Moran in 1883 by Peter Magee, of
Athens, New York, was lost at 2 a.m.on 10 March
1895 in a blinding snow storm when she ran upon
Romer Shoal, off Sandy Hook, while towing a
garbage scow. The crew of nine was rescued by the
nearby tug Carrie A. Ramsay. More recently, was the loss of the third Eugene F. Moran. She was a
steel-hulled tug of 1905 vintage named Protector when she was acquired by Moran in June 1917.
Her life in the fleet was short, for on 8 December 1917 she foundered off Absecon, New Jersey--not far from the site of the F. W. Vosburgh loss. Alas, of the thirteen men aboard at the time, only
four were saved. The naming of the tugs after members of the family was, until recently, a fact that
any tugboat admirer could look forward to. From eldest to youngest, Michael's offspring consisted
of Thomas E., Richard J., Eugene F., Agnes A., William J., and Joseph H. There were, according to
recent research, nine vessels were named for Eugene F., seven for Julia C. (Eugene's wife), six each
for "M." (Michael) and Doris, and five each for Marion and Thomas E. Surprisingly, Michael's
wife, Maggie, provided the name for only one vessel in the fleet. The appearance of tugs has,
needless to say, changed remarkably over the years, from the gracefully proportioned vessels of the
late nineteenth century to the pushboats of today having tower pilot houses. Among the tugs that
many thought was a good looking tug was the first Marion Moran, built by Neafie & Levy in 1888.
Originally named E. L. Levy, she ran until June 1917 for the Lake Champlain Towing Co. and the
Cornell Steamboat Co. Sold at that time to Thomas J. Scully, she was renamed Mary F. Scully, then
went to the Neptune Line as Chelsea, and in the Moran fleet from 1925 to 1948. This vessel was
one of the historically significant tugs operating in New York waters over her sixty-year lifetime.
For many years she was an important line-haul tug on the Hudson River under her original name,
and she was a long time member of the Moran fleet. Since the change in ownership of the
company, the tugs continue to be christened with Moran names, but the people so honored
contemporaneously are not family members. According to the company website, the current tug
Kaye E. Moran honors Kaye E. Barker, wife of corporate officer James R. Barker, for whom the tug
James R. Moran was named. It matters not, for the new vessels are nicely named. Don mentions
the fact that the first diesel-propelled tug in the fleet dated from 1923. She was built in 1919 for the
U. S. Navy as a unit of a class of forty wooden hulled harbor tugs of a type built in great numbers
through World War One. She was named Harbor Tug No. 84 and was powered with a singlecylinder steam engine---which made her what the old timers used to call a "high-pressure boat."
Sold to Moran in 1923, she was renamed Eugenia M. Moran and was fitted with a diesel having
remarkable cylinders 14½ inches in diameter by 21 inches stroke. She was sold out of the fleet
about 1930 and was lost a few years later. The next diesel vessel was Marie S. Moran, built by
Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., at Beaumont, Texas in 1936, and fitted with a 550-hp Winton diesel.
I recall reading of the vessel in a copy of Diesel Progress of that period. In 1937 came two more
tugs from the same builder---Eugenia M. Moran (the second of the name) and Elizabeth W.
Moran---powered by 1350-horsepower Wintons. From that point onwards came an enormous
fleet of General Motors-powered diesel and diesel-electric tugs. There was a close association
between Moran and the GMAC in those early days which undoubtedly contributed to the growth
of the diesel fleet. During World War II, the United States Maritime Commission built a fleet of
ocean-going diesel-propelled tugs of their Design V4-M-A1 to provide services to the enormous
numbers of vessels in the wartime fleet. The V4 was something more than a tug; she was about
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200 feet in length with a beam of 37 feet 6 inches, and propelled by a diesel engine of about 2300
horsepower. No less than forty-nine tugs of this design were built, and all were operated by
Moran. The irony of this is that they were propelled by Enterprise diesels, not General Motors.
Among the late entries into the wooden hulled tugboat world was a fleet of 58 vessels having a
length of about 100 ft. built by the United States Shipping Board. A large number of these tugs
were based in New York, and the Moran fleet at one time or another owned no less than twentyone units of this fleet. Of these, many were acquired with the purchase by Moran of other towing
fleets---six tugs from Meseck, six from Amboy Towboats, two from E. E. Barrett, two from
Goodwin-Gallagher. Three of the vessels were bought from the Shipping Board by Moran about
1921, while two were purchased from Federal Shipbuilding in 1936 and sold the same day to the
Mystic Steamship Company. The last of this fleet owned by Moran was Margaret A. Moran (exEdward A. Meseck). She lasted until 1963, when she was out of documentation. In 1954, the
Moran organization acquired the business of the Meseck Towing & Transportation Company and
its entire fleet, which consisted almost entirely of steam tugs, ranging from wooden hulled, singlecylinder-engined vessels built by A. C. Brown at Tottenville, Staten Island, through the Shipping
Board tugs mentioned above, and culminating in a group of welded steel tugs equipped with
Skinner Unaflow engines and built at Newburgh, New York, between 1940 and 1945 by Harry A.
Marvel. The capstone of the Unaflow fleet was C. Hayward Meseck, a 115-footer built in 1945.
Originally to have been 135 feet in length for ocean service, she was shortened before
construction, keeping the originally specified three-cylinder 25" x 26" engine and watertube boiler--a plant rated at 1500 horsepower, but capable of continuous output of around 2000 horsepower.
Her scantlings were extra heavy as built, for the steel had been delivered for the 135-foot vessel.
Moran operated this vessel as Alice M. Moran. After a meeting at the Moran office a year or so
after the tug had been sold for scrap, this author, who incidentally had laid her down in the mold
loft, spoke with a Moran staff member who stated that scrapping Alice M. Moran was a terrible
mistake, and that with her splendid hull, she should have been given a modern diesel engine.
Sadly however, this remarkable last vessel built by Harry Marvel was gone. Finally, there was the
side-wheel towboat Belle, mentioned by Don relative to an 1892 photograph. Belle had been built
as a passenger steamboat in 1837 and was converted in mid-career to a towboat. She was bought
from the Schuyler Towing Line by Michael Moran and Peter Cahill for $7,000, probably just prior
to the 1892 view, but she was not in Michael Moran's fleet for a long time. It is this author's
surmise that she might have been acquired to start a towing enterprise on the Hudson River,
moving a part of that immense fleet of Erie Canal barges from Albany to New York, perhaps in
competition with the Cornell Steamboat Company. That never happened, for Belle was sold to
Cornell in 1893, her sale price part of the cost of keeping Michael off the river. Belle was
abandoned in 1897, but during her short Moran ownership, the ancient vessel was always referred
to by Michael, in his inimitable auld-country accent, as "me Belle." (Source: MarineLink-by
William duBarry Thomas)
T OWAGE
TARIFF INCREASED
Transport Malta is raising towage tariffs by 11.15 per cent, the increase being implemented in
terms of the Harbour Towage Agreement, 2006, which allows Tug Malta Ltd, as the provider of
towage services, to request a revision in the tariffs every two years in order to recover the
inflationary increases associated with providing the service and investment costs as approved by
the Malta Maritime Authority, it said. The increase in tariff primarily relates to Tug Malta’s €10.7
million investment in a new, modern tug boat. The new tug, Spinola, will allow Malta to be better
prepared to cater for the continuous increase in the size of vessels being handled in Maltese ports,
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in particular at the Malta Freeport. The increase in towage tariffs also covers the inflationary costs
incurred by Tug Malta during the past two years. The tariffs will be introduced in two phases,
with 50 per cent of the increase being introduced from yesterday, and the remaining half on 1
January, 2011. (Source: Independent)
OFFSHORE NEWS
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V IRTUAL C HRISTENING
OF
UOS A TLANTI S
"I hereby christen you UOS Atlantisand wish
you always calm seasons." With these words
and a bursting champagne bottle, Gesine
Frerichs, assistant to the management of
Hartmann Offshore GmbH, performed the
honors at the ‘Virtual Christening’ of
Hartmann’s newly build MOSS 424-type
Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel at
Nautitec's Transas Full Mission Bridge
Simulator in Leer, Germany. The bursting
‘virtual bottle’ was developed by Transas
Marine GmbH's 3D-Developer who recalled that: "This was an interesting challenge, but by using
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Model Wizard, Transas' modeling software suite, I was able to develop an effect which was both
fun and quite realistic." The UOS Atlantis is the first in a series of AHTS vessels currently under
construction. Simulation model was actually built as part of a diploma thesis by former student Till
Moebius from the University of Applied Sciences in Leer, working with Transas’ modeling
software tool Virtual Ship Yard. This vessel has already been successfully run through a series of
simulated sea trials, and has been approved by Captains from Hartmann. The Real-World UOS
Atlantis has been awarded to EDT Offshore Egypt, to become part of BP Egypt's Mediterranean
vessel fleet, and is working in support of BP's offshore drilling activities. 6 of a total of 12 vessels
are already in service world-wide
Margaret Barges
alongside the
The South African Maritime Safety
Authority based in Cape Town informed
the Tugs Towing & Offshore Newsletter
with reference to the article regarding
the barges which they managed to save
from the “Margaret” in Jacobs Bay
earlier this year as follows. Out of the
12 identical river barges which the
Margaret was carrying we managed to
save 6. It is correct, we are presently
using one of the barges for the wreck
reduction operation of the Seli 1 which
ran aground near Blouberg early
September 2009. One of the barges is
being kept in the Port. Out of the
remaining four we have three still for
sale. These three barges are being kept
Government Jetty in Saldanha Bay until we are able to secure sales. (Source:
SAMSA-Debbie James; Photo: courtesy G.Louw)
D OCKWISE
IN
US$35
MILLION TRANSPORT CO NTRACTS
Offshore transport services provider,
Dockwise has announced ten awards
for heavy marine transport projects and
two for engineering assignments
related to a float-over for China
National Offshore Oil Corporation
(CNOOC) and to Wheatstone. Total
revenues
for
these
various
commitments are expected to exceed
US$35 million. Dockwise's semisubmersible 'Blue Marlin' Ocean
Dynamics (ODL), a member of the
Dockwise group, was awarded a contract by CNOOC for the engineering design verification of a
deepwater jacket and the float-over installation of the deck. The remaining contracts relate to port
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and marine infrastructure. Dockwise is assisting in the transportation of barges (to the USA, the
Netherlands and Argentina) and dredging equipment (to the Netherlands and Columbia). All of
these contracts are scheduled for execution in quarters two and three of 2010. Other awards
include transporting a semi-submersible rig from Dubai to Brazil and a jack-up rig from West
Africa to the Netherlands. One contract relates to a change order on a project that is already in the
backlog for 2013. Dockwise operates the largest fleet of specialized vessels in the world, with 20
semi-submersible, heavy transport vessels of different concepts and design. (Source: Baird)
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W ILSON S ONS
ACQUIRES
B RASCO
Wilson Sons has announced that it has acquired the minority 25 percent share in Brasco Logistica
Offshore through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. As a result of this transaction, Wilson Sons
becomes the sole owner of Brasco's total share capital. The transaction was completed on June 16,
2010, with consideration of BRL15.52 million (US$8.7 million) for the transfer of shares,
equivalent to 25 percent of the total Brasco share capital. Created in 1999, Brasco is an integrated
port and logistics service provider to the oil and gas industry in Brazil. The company has support
bases in the cities of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, and Guaxindiba (Rio de Janeiro); Sao Luis (Maranhao);
and Vitoria (Espirito Santo). (Source: Baird)
STAND - BY
VOS Monarch & VOS Warrior at Den
Helder for scrap ??? or just layed up.
Who knows? VOS was painted out on
Monarch, both ships still in old
colours. (Source & Photo: Rob van
der Hoek)
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I NCAT C ROWTHER
DESIGNS MEGA
FSV
Incat Crowther is assisting Gulf
Craft, Patterson, La. with the
design of a 225 ft LOA
aluminum monohull DP-2 fast
supply vessel. The vessel will be
operated by Gulf Offshore
Logistics LLC, which in January
announced plans to build an
additional eight deepwater
offshore support vessels - four large DP-2 fast supply vessels at Gulf Craf and four 300 ft class DP2
diesel electric platform supply vessels from Thoma-Sea Builders LLC in Lockport, La. Incat
Crowther's offices in the U.S. and Australia will be supporting Gulf Craft with an extensive design
package. This includes hull form optimization, U.S. tonnage compliance, full structural design
with finite element analysis, as well as systems design including electrical and piping, and stability
analysis. Incat Crowther will also provide consulting services to assist Gulf Craft's production staff
with the procurement and integration of various vendor-supplied systems. Gulf Craft has had
significant input into the design of the vessel, including the development of the outboard profile
and general arrangement, and also the specification, selection and arrangement of the vessel's
equipment. The design provides a 4,380 square feet (407 sq.m) cargo deck - set to be the largest
ever on a Fast Supply Vessel. The deck is nearly 150 feet long and is designed to carry 500 long
tons of deck cargo. Forward of the cargo deck is the two-deck superstructure. On the upper deck is
the wheelhouse, featuring both a forward control station and an aft-facing DP station with 360degree visibility. Gulf Offshore Logistics places a high value on operational safety, and this has
been taken into account with the layout of the upper deck. The main deck cabin features 84
business class seats, a toilet and luggage bins, as well as stairs down to the crew accommodations
below decks. These feature a spacious galley and mess area, laundry and toilet facilities and berths
for 8 crew members. Forward of the crew accommodations is the thruster room, housing 3
Thrustmaster TT200ML tunnel thrusters. Aft of the crew accommodations are the ship's tank
spaces, including fuel and water for both the ship's operation and cargo. The vessel has capacity
for 51,320 gallons (194 000 liters) of cargo fuel oil, and 66,290 gallons (251,000 liters) of cargo
fresh water. The combination of this liquid cargo with the deck cargo gives the vessel a maximum
deadweight of nearly 600 long tons. An electrical room is situated amidships, with three
Caterpillar C9 gensets and the vessel's main switchboard. The vessel will be powered by 4
Caterpillar 3516C engines, each rated at 3004bhp @ 1800rpm. Each engine will drive a Hamilton
HT-900 water jet, giving the vessel a top speed in excess of 35 knots, and a service speed of 25
knots while carrying 250 long tons of deadweight. Delivery is set for 2012. PRINCIPAL
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DIMENSIONS: Length Overall 225 ft/ 68.58 m; Length Waterline 200 ft 4 in/ 61.06 m; Beam
Overall 36 ft/ 10.97 m; Draft (Hull) 6 ft 10 in/ 2.08 m; Depth 14 ft 2 in/ 4.32 m; Construction
Marine grade aluminium. (Source : MarineLog)
DOF
WINS NEW CONTRACTS IN
B RAZIL
DOF ASA has been awarded two four year
contracts with Petrobras in Brazil, for Skandi
Giant and a similar vessel, both with
commencement from autumn 2010. (Source:
OSO; Photo: Calzer)
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CH O FFSHORE
DI SPOSES OF ANCHOR HANDLER
The Board of Directors of CH
Offshore Ltd have announced that the
company has entered into a
memorandum of agreement with PT
Bahtera Nusantara Indonesia, a joint
venture company between the
company’s wholly-owned subsidiary
Venture Offshore Pte Ltd (VOPL) and
PT Bahtera Niaga Internasional,
pursuant to which the buyer will
purchase from the company, for an
aggregate consideration of US$9.5 million, Temasek Attaka, a 2001-built 5,400 bhp anchorhandling tug supply vessel. VOPL has a 49 per cent interest in the buyer, while PT Bahtera Niaga
Internasional holds the remaining 51 per cent interest. The aggregate consideration of US$9.5
million for the disposal was arrived at on a willing seller and willing buyer basis after taking into
account future prospects, cash flow and potential earnings of the vessel. The company had engaged
RS Platou (Asia) Pte Ltd to undertake an independent valuation of the bessel. As at 12 April 2010,
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the market valuation of the vessel was estimated at US$12 million. (Source: OSO)
S ALVERI TAS
IN
C APE T OWN
The 2007 built Anchor Handling Tug Supply
Vessel Salveritas (Imo 9351828) visit Cape Town
last week and berthed alongside L/Wharf No:3.
The Salveritas is owned by Semco Salvage IV
Pte.Ltd. and managed by POSH Fleet Services
Pte. – Singapore. The under Singaporean flag,
with call sign S6HA5, AHTS has a grt. of 2658
tons and a dwt. of 2804 tons. (Photo: Aad
Noorland)
S UCCESSFUL O CEANIC
SEA TRI AL
Eidesvik's new seismic research vessel the
Oceanic Vega has been on a successful sea
trial. The vessel which is the first of two
for Eidesvik Seismic Vessels. The vessel of
Ulstein Sx120 design is chartered by CGG
Veritas on a 12 year contract with options
five year option. The vessel has an
innovative X-bow design with dynamic
positioning, which is designed to provide
superior handling in rough weather, and
thereby reducing fuel costs. The vessel
will be delivered in July 2010, and the
Oceanic Sirius in September 2011. (Source: Offshore 247)
H ULL 730
Solstad Offshore's latest Normand
Oceanic, entered the Bosphorus on a
southbound transit in tow of Harms tug
Pegasus, a Aker OSCV 06 L, hull
No.730 with a length of 156.90 meters
and a gross weight of 16.200. The
Offshore Construction Vessel hull built
on the STX RO Offshore Yard in
Tulcea-Romania will be fitted out on
the STX Europe Yard Brattvaag –
Norway. (Source & Photo: M.
Penwright)
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U LSTEI N
DATED 04 JULY 2010
DELIVERS
O CEANIC V EGA
Norway's
Ulstein
Group has delivered the
X-bowed
seismic
research vessel Oceanic
Vega
to
Eidesvik
Seismic Vessels. It is
owned through a joint
venture
between
Eidesvik
and
geophysical company,
CGG
Veritas.
The
Oceanic Vega is the
first of two vessels of the SX120 type, designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions. It is a powerful
seismic research vessel with a towing force of 140 tons during seismic operations. The vessel is
well suited to acquisition of large 3D, 4D or high-resolution projects, utilizing a current streamer
configuration of up 16 streamers separated by 100 meters or more. Its 20 streamer winches are
each capable of spooling 9 km of streamers. With an ICE-C classification, the Oceanic Vega is able
to operate in cold waters. The vessel is designed to stay permanently at sea, with five year docking
intervals. The redundant propulsion notation from DNV means that engine and generator capacity
is adequat to conduct maintenance at sea. Refuelling is carried out by dedicated support vessels.
The vessel is equipped with straight shaft lines to the two CP propellers in nozzles. Each propeller
driven by two frequency converter-driven electric motors. This allows smooth speed control of
around five knots during seismic acquisition. Two work boats will be used for maintenance of inwater equipment. Oceanic Vega complies with DNV Clean Design and with SPS requirements for
up to 60 persons. There are 52 single cabins and only nine double cabins. The mess room, galley
and the four day rooms have large windows facing the sea to add comfort for the crew. The vessel
is equipped with a helideck to facilitate an efficient crew change. The X-Bow results in lower
added resistance and smoother bow immersion. This leads to reduced operational disturbances or
involuntary speed reduction. The instrument room is located at the stern, with large windows
facing the sea. It is placed directly over the seismic area, with a direct view of the streamer deck. A
storage area above the instrument room is served by a gantry crane with a capacity of 2 x 7.5 tons.
The two deck cranes, placed on C-deck mid-ship, have a capacity of 15 tons at 18 metres, and serve
the storage and provision rooms. Ulstein Power & Control has delivered a substantial amount of
equipment for the vessel, including the information and communication system, the navigation
system and the integrated automation system which is equipped with integrated modules, that
include a power management system and monitoring of the helideck. (Source & Photo MarineLog)
OFFSHORE WINDFARM NEWS
GE’ S W IND D EMO P ROJECTS
WITH
S TATOIL & L YSE
GE announced plans to install up to five offshore demonstration wind turbines through two
separate partnerships. Both initiatives will feature the largest wind turbine in GE's fleet, a 4.0megawatt machine that includes a 110 meter rotor. GE's 4.0-110 incorporates advanced drive train
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and control technologies and GE's innovative technology that eliminates the need for gearboxes.
GE has signed a cooperation agreement with Norwegian energy companies Statoil and Lyse to
jointly carry out technical and environmental feasibility studies for building an offshore wind
demonstration project in Rogaland County, off the southwest coast of Norway. The agreement
includes the installation of up to four 4.0-megawatt offshore, direct drive wind turbines. Subject to
successful completion of the feasibility studies and the appropriate investment and funding
decisions, the installation of the wind turbines will start in 2012. GE is also planning an onshore
installation of its direct drive machine in 2011. The machine, designed specifically for the offshore
environment, will be erected in Gothenburg Harbor in Sweden in cooperation with Gothenburg
Energy. According to a recent Emerging Energy Research (EER) market study, the installed base
of offshore wind grew from 70 megawatts to 1.5 gigawatts over the past eight years. EER expects
that total to rise to nearly 45 gigawatts by 2020. Much of that growth is expected to occur in
Europe, particularly in the UK, where the government has launched a program for a massive
expansion of offshore wind energy. The country is currently working towards a third round of
offshore wind farm developments. (Source: MarineLink)
O FFSHORE W IND C ONTRACTOR A I MS
FOR
N EW V ESSELS
At the Offshore Wind Conference 2010 in
Liverpool, Scottish based SeaEnergy PLC
signed a Letter of Intent with Ulstein Group
to co-develop new service vessels for the
offshore wind industry. As the offshore wind
industry moves further from the coastline,
new strategies are required to make these far
offshore windfarms more cost effective.
“The currently available units in this
industry have shortcomings with respect to
mobility, flexibility and operational window,
which will have an even bigger impact when going further away from safe havens,” said Mike
Comerford of SeaEnergy. “In our philosophy the vessels have to be more versatile and offer greater
crew comfort, so they can stay longer offshore instead of sailing back and forth into port every
day. In Ulstein we have found a partner that is able to translate our requirements into a
competitive design.” Both companies have been working together over the last months to develop
a design that will excel in operational characteristics. By signing the LOI both companies want to
tighten their relationship and underline that this will be a first step in jointly realizing the needs
of the industry. (Source: MarineLink; Photo: courtesy Ulstein Group)
S HERINGHAM S HO AL
GOES OFFSHORE
Project manager in Statoil, Elly Kristine Bjerknes, is delighted to have reached a new milestone.
“On land, we’re already well ahead, the substation is nearing its final form, and the onshore cable
is nearly finished. Now that offshore installation is getting underway, this is a big day for us,” she
says. This week marked a turning point for the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind project as the first
foundation was installed at sea. Construction work on land is already well underway. The 88turbine wind farm is scheduled to start operation in 2011. On June 24 the first of 90 monopile
foundations was installed off the Norfolk coast by the heavy lift vessel “Svanen”. Over the next
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nine months, the vessel will install the remaining 89 foundations ready for the mounting of two
substations and 88 wind turbines. The wind farm will provide enough electricity to power 220,000
British homes. Substantial dimensions A monopile foundation consists of a tubular steel monopile,
driven 32-36 metres into the seabed, and weighing from 400 to 600 tonnes. A transition piece is
fitted to the top, forming the support for the turbine tower itself. Each piece is 22m high and
weighs about 200 tonnes. Installation of a submarine export cable is scheduled to begin in August,
and submarine infield cables that connect the turbines and substations together in an intricate
matrix on the seabed will start in October. “Sheringham Shoal is a pioneering project for Statoil,
since it’s our first wind farm,” says Bjerknes. “We are a small but effective team working on this,
and we have had excellent help and support from other sectors of the organization. We really feel
that we’re crossing energy frontiers,” she says. Rapid progress Project Director Rune Rønvik says
that this is a major milestone marking the culmination of many years’ planning. “The licence for
the wind farm site was granted in 2004 and so it’s a great achievement to now be at the stage
where we are starting a continuous process to install the 90 required foundations,” he said.
The Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is owned equally by Statoil and Statkraft through the
joint venture company Scira Offshore Energy Limited. Statoil is the operator for the project during
the development phase. Scira will be the operator of the wind farm. (Source: Maritime and
Energy)
B ARD W INDMILL F ARM
The Smit Polen with the Smit Barge 8
in tow departed from Emden last
week with equipment for the Bard
Offshore Windmill farm. (Source: Leo
Kramer; Photo: Rene Hofstee)
YARD NEWS
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S INOPACIFIC
SIGNS
DATED 04 JULY 2010
$1 B
DEAL WITH
F RENCH
FI RM
Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Co Ltd is hoping to achieve leadership in the domestic
shipbuilding sector against the backdrop of a sluggish world economy. Ningbo, Zhejiang-based
Sinopacific over the weekend signed a contract worth $1 billion with French offshore oil and gas
marine services provider Bourbon Group to build 62 offshore supply vessels over the next few
years. The deal is the largest new order for a single Chinese shipbuilder since the global financial
crisis broke out in September 2008, dragging down the market performance of Chinese
shipbuilders. Analysts say the deal will further consolidate Sinopacific's market position as the
world's largest marine engineering vessel builder, and will provide stimulus for its future
development. Sinopacific also announced that it had signed a deal with the Export-Import Bank of
China (China Exim Bank) with the latter providing a $400 million loan to improve its bottomline.
"Sinopacific, launched in 2003 through the purchase of two shipbuilding businesses in Zhejiang, is
aiming to achieve a transformation into an equipment and technology-intensive marine vessel
shipbuilder to achieve better performance in China's labor-intensive shipbuilding sector," Liang
Xiaolei, chairman of Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, told China Daily. He added that his
company, which had so far delivered 100 vessels for Bourbon, will continue to provide
comprehensive shipbuilding services through technology upgrades and scientific management,
and exert its expertise in vessel design. Jacques de Chateauvieux, chairman and CEO of Bourbon,
said Sinopacific is more than a mere shipbuilder, but has the capacity to provide vessel designs that
meet Bourbon's specific needs. "Such comprehensive integrated shipbuilding capacity enables
Sinopacific to produce vessels that meet our strict quality standards, which is vital for us," he said.
Sinopacific last year delivered a total of 60 vessels, with overall sales volume topping $2 billion,
becoming the leader among China's private shipbuilders. It said that marine vessel delivery from
the company is expected to reach 75 this year, a big jump from 2009. The company, which
employees over 22,000 people, is also awaiting approval from the Chinese securities watchdog to
float shares on the A-share market in Shanghai. China is beginning to see a recovery with
contracted new vessels orders reaching 19.64 million deadweight tons from January to May this
year, almost 17 times the same period last year, the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology said earlier. (Source: China Daily)
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The Galati Ten This story describe the new building with historical details of 10
ASD2810 tugs for Smit International on the Damen Shipyard in Galati – Romania
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Galati 5 – Constanta; 28 May 2002 – Romania
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Galati 4 – Constanta; 29 May 2002 - Romania
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