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Shipbuilding, and Irwin F. Edenzon, Vice President and General Manager of Gulf Coast Shipbuilding, which includes the Ingalls and Avondale shipyards. Hellenic Shipyards SA, Greece -- both part of the TKMS Group -- will be integrated into these new structures.
ABS Awards Containership Parametric Roll Notation
ABS has awarded three ships in the Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd. (HMM) fleet with what is believed to be the first class notation specific to parametric roll issued to industry. The optional class notation was issued against criteria contained in the ABS Guide For The Assessment Of Parametric Roll Resonance In The Design Of Container Carriers, which provides design and analysis measures to determine if a particular vessel is vulnerable to parametric roll and the potential magnitude of the roll motions. It was the first class criteria addressing the subject that is firmly based on ship motion analysis supported by extensive simulations. The "PARR C1" notation has been granted to the 4,700 TEU Hyundai Forward, and 8,600 TEU vessels Hyundai Faith and Hyundai Force. ABS is offering a two day training course on the evaluation of parametric roll for container carriers in Busan this April. Prior to this transaction, Konecranes held 19.2 per cent of the share capital in Eydimen, which has been selling Konecranes-branded industrial cranes in Spain since 2005. The shares were acquired from the company's management, who will continue in the company. The value of the acquisition is not disclosed.
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Restructures
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG (TKMS), headquartered in Hamburg, will restructure as of April 1. The company has decided that the naval shipbuilding and merchant shipbuilding sectors of Blohm + Voss GmbH are to be divided into two legally separate, autonomous companies. From April 2008, the naval sectors of Blohm + Voss GmbH, Hamburg, and Nordseewerke GmbH, Emden, will be brought together under one roof as TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke GmbH. The company will be headquartered in both Hamburg and Emden. The merchant shipbuilding sector of Blohm + Voss GmbH will change its name to Blohm + Voss Shipyards GmbH, simultaneously taking over the company management of HDWGaarden GmbH, Kiel. Both companies will concentrate on the merchant shipbuilding business. Under the guidance of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG as a holding, three companies will steer the operative business in the future: � TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke GmbH, Hamburg and Emden, focusing on naval surface vessels, � Howaldtswerke -Deutsche Werft GmbH, Kiel, focusing on submarine, and � Blohm + Voss Shipyards & Services GmbH, Hamburg/Kiel, focusing on merchant shipbuilding, repairs, offshore and components. The business activities of the foreign shipyards of Kockums AB, Sweden and
ACP Receives Bids for Dredging Project
After months of preparation, interested bidders submitted proposals to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) for an opportunity to dredge the Expansion Program's Pacific entrance. This phase of the project will widen the Canal's 8.9 mile-long (14.2 km) navigation channels at least 715 feet (218 meters) and deepen them to a maximum level of -51 feet (-15.5 meters) Mean Low Water Springs (MLWS) to ensure that longer, wider ships can reach the new locks.
Bangladesh Shipyard Wins Export Orders
Bangladesh shipyard Highspeed Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd., won an order for eight 4,500-dwt multi-purpose vessels by Dutch shipping company Hollander Schultens, to be built to Germanischer Lloyd class. Construction of the ice-class vessels will start in December 2008, with delivery scheduled to be completed by April 2012. Highspeed Shipbuilding, based in Fatullah, Narayanganj, is the country's oldest shipyard. It specializes in small river cargo and passenger vessels up to 3,000 tons and has built more than 100 since 1961. It is the third shipyard in Bangladesh to receive export orders.
Odfjell Announces Ship Sale, Delivery
As part of Odfjell's continued fleet renewal process, two older ships have been sold. The company also took delivery of the 33,707 fully stainless steel newbuilding M/T Bow Heron on long term time-charter. The parcel tanker M/T Bow Condor (27,950 dwt/built 1978) has been sold for demolition. The Bow Condor was built in Szczecin, Poland and was the last vessel of the 13 ships in the B76 series.
Konecranes Acquires Spanish Company
Konecranes acquired the entire share capital of Spanish crane and service company Eydimen 2000 S.L., based in San Sebastian in Northern Spain.
Godby Shipping Rolls Out Wired Ocean
Wired Ocean has been installed aboard the entire Godby Shipping fleet of seven vessels, carried out by Telemar Finland and completed when the final vessel in the fleet, Miranda, took delivery of the
system in February 2008. Wired Ocean is a marine broadband system, designed to deliver shore to ship data via a vessel's satellite TV antenna.
For more information, Email sales@wiredocean.com
Imtch Expands Network
Imtech has expanded its maritime service network with new branches in
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