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Monday April 14, leading the Field Development business area until the new structure and united business area is in place. Hatleskog comes from the position as senior vice president for Construction and Supply Management in Aker Solutions' field development business. offering not only excellent products, but also providing our knowledge, expertise and experience."
Strategic Marine Wins Tug Order
Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine broke new ground in winning an order to build a 23.9-m compact tug, the first tugboat order in the company's history. The vessel, which will be designed to have a 60-ton bollard pull, was ordered by the Port of Napier. The steel vessel, which will have a deadweight of 105 tons and a free-running speed of 12 knots, will be powered by a Voith Water Tractor. Strategic Marine, which has built its reputation on high performance aluminum patrol boats and offshore service vessels, won its first contract to build steel-hulled vessels from Singapore's Marfield Limited. The new generation tug and the Marfield order for two 143-m steel dive support vessels will be constructed at Strategic Marine's new 136,500 sq. m. Vietnamese shipyard located in Vung Tau, a facility fully equipped to build steel boats. The yard is also currently building the base pontoon for the Floating Dry Dock on order from the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson in Western Australia, four 20m landing craft, and 40 12m offshore service vessels. Strategic Marine's order book currently stands at more than $200 million, with most of those orders won in the past 18 months from clients in South East Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. The company has built more than 320 vessels for domestic and export markets, including 186 high speed patrol boats for Australian, Nigerian, Singaporean and Malaysian government agencies. Strategic Marine will open its new Mexican yard in Mazatlan in May this year in partnership with Servicios Navales E Industriales S.A. DE C.V. (SENI).
Hatteland Opens Technical Center
Hatteland Display opened a new Technical Center in Nedre Vats, Norway, part of an investment program started by Hatteland in 2007, which is focused on ensuring the company's long term capability to meet growing demand for its products and after sales support in the expanding marine and naval markets. The new center is divided into two core functions: Technical Support including service and helpdesk functions and R&D lab. The company has installed several new systems including a climate chamber designed to cycle through extreme temperature changes to ensure products can cope with the harsh environments onboard. A new combo vibrator unit and a tool to measure Conducted Emission noise will also serve to improve operational reliability of Hatteland Display's monitor and computers. Additionally, a new dark chamber has been installed for improved color calibration development.
New CEO at DCT Gdansk
Boris Wenzel has been appointed CEO of the Polish container terminal operator DCT Gdansk SA. He succeeds Colin Chanter, who continues as chairman of the board of management. Wenzel brings to DCT Gdansk a wealth of port industry experience with a strong financial and business development bias. Educated in France, Wenzel spent his very early career in Barcelona, New York and London before joining a leading Thai investment bank in 1995.
W&O Expands in Houston
W&O opened its new facility in Houston, TX, allowing W&O to better service its growing customer base in the marine and offshore oil & gas industry. Located at 8000 Market Street, the new branch has expanded its stocking warehouse from 14,000 to 36,000 sq. ft. With a total of 100,000 sq. ft., multiple divisions of W&O will also be housed, including the W&O Space valve division, Engineered Products & Automation division and the Offshore Oil and Gas division. The facility will have a staff of 31, including 19 new hires. "This new facility is a physical example of the new approach W&O is taking in the maritime industry," said Jack Guidry, President and CEO of W&O. "By combining our varied and extensive assets and knowledge into one location we can be a better partner for our customers and help them grow by
Belmet Marine Opens New Workshop
A new 2,000 sq. m. Heavy Fabrication workshop for diversified steel fabricator Belmet Marine was officially opened in Cape Town. The new facility boasts two dual 25T/5T overhead cranes with 11m under the hook, which will allow Belmet to assemble much larger and heavier structures without the added cost associated with using mobile cranes. This extension brings the total workshop area under-roof to 7,000 sq. m.; and the total open-air laydown/assembly area to 6,000 sq. m.
CMP: A Balanced Option
Chugoku Marine Paints (CMP) have a history in the marine deep sea and coastal markets having started more than 90 years ago. Technically, CMP have in their portfolio of antifoulings; tbt free self-polishing copolymers, copper free self-polishing copolymers and to complete the options low surface energy foul release coatings. CMP BIOCLEAN HB is the second-generation silicone based foul release product CMP BIOCLEAN HB provides a surface on the underwater hull which is ultra smooth arising from a more open and even surface. The company claims these feature results in: Improving smoothness by 25%; reducing adhesion of fouling; reductions in fuel consumption; and minimizing CO2 emissions.
For more information, visit www.cmp.co.jp
Hatteland Appoints Service Partner
O.K.E. Service Co. Ltd has joined the Hatteland Display worldwide service network after signing a contract with the marine display and computer manufacturer in April. Based in Yokohama, with service offices in Kobe, Shimonoseki, and Nagasaki, O.K.E. Service Co. has become a respected marine service provider, through its work with several large European marine electronics companies and systems integrators.
Joint Rules for Arctic LNG Cariers
ABS and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) are to jointly develop of classification Rules for Arctic Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers. "We made the strategic decision that it was in the best interest of industry to combine our shared experience and technical expertise to address the need for guidance with these carriers in the Arctic, especially at a time when gas transport from the Arctic regions of Russia will increase over the next few years," said Roger Basu, Director, ABS Corporate Research & Product Development. Development of the joint rules for arctic LNG carriers allows ABS and RS to share experiences gained in Russian, Canadian and US Arctic waters. This collaboration will benefit the industry by bringing together the extensive experience of RS with transportation in the Russian Arctic and the experience of ABS with operations in the Beaufort Sea and the Canadian Arctic. Combined with advanced technology using risk analysis, testing and computational methods, this will provide the basis for the new criteria. Vladimir Evenko, RS Vice-General Director, said that "safe operation of large LNG carriers in the Russian Arctic is a very complicated and challenging issue, with a number of technical, functional, legal and environmental aspects to be duly addressed. The combination of two societies' experience, gained through the decades, is most advantageous and an effective way to create a regulatory framework that is both comprehensive and user friendly, with a view to meeting demand for Arctic LNG carrier designs in the nearest future. The ABS-RS bilateral cooperation, being of a strategic nature, will therefore be focused on research and developments in terms of the joint Rules."
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