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Floating Production Report As the offshore industry continues to progress into deeper waters these systems are also a key enabler for the production of hydrocarbons in ever-increasing water depths. In the past five years, 93 floating production units of varying types have been installed. In the next five years, we forecast the installation of 121 floaters. The World Floating Production Market Report by consultants Douglas-Westwood provides an essential overview of current and future prospects over the 2009-2013 period and forecasts expenditure in what is now a multi-billion $ business. www.dw-1.com Report: State of Shipbuilding In a new 200-page report, Drewry Shipping Consultants analyses the facts and explodes some of the myths surrounding the future of this crucial sector. The global orderbook is the biggest in history, creating a danger of long-term oversupply in several � perhaps most � industry sectors. The situation can be compared to the large tanker market in the early 1970s, where a glut of ordering skewed the market for decades. That mistake seems to have been repeated in recent years, only on a wider scale and across dry bulk and containerships as well as tankers. www.drewry.co.uk
DNV 15% Emission Reduction Now, No Added Costs
Shipowners can reduce air emissions up to 15% from ships, using available technology on today's ships, according to Tor Svensen, COO of DNV Maritime, without incurring additional costs. Speaking in Oslo the day before the start of NorShipping 2009, Svensen is urging shipowners to thoroughly review all aspects of their operation in order to reduce emissions and to save money. "There is no reason to wait ... in fact, we cannot wait," he said. DNV contends that ships from all market segments can reduce their air emissions by carefully analyzing and optimizing a number of individual operations, such as optimizing engine performance, optimizing trim for all drafts and speeds and the propulsion system efficiency and improving voyage management. In particular, he singled out the containership segment as having the greatest potential for immediate savings, (Environmental & Energy Efficiency Rating Scheme), has also been developed to obtain measurable improvements for individual ships. The DNV Triple-E, based on assessment of management systems and verifiable monitoring functionality is designed to provide an objective assessment of an individual ship's performance irrespective of age or type. For the owners and operators this is a tool to set targets, monitor improvements and document their success across a range of performance benchmarks. "Triple-E is more than a rating system, although it does provide an auditable ranking of green performance. Our intention is to provide this as a tool to bring tangible benefits to ships and the environment," said Svensen. The shipping industry, he said, must strive to achieve `carbon neutral growth.'
Tor Svensen, COO DNV
nothing the magnified benefits on these generally very large, fast ships.
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In addition to the reduction of air emissions from ships, DNV has recently released a new tool, the DNV Triple-E
The New Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Simulator
Transas developed a new engine room simulator of the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV). A new simulator has been installed at the Royal New Zealand Navy Engineering School as a part of their Marine Engineering Sythetic Training Environmet (MESTE) complex. A distinctive feature of MESTE is the overall simula-
tion of the OPV's Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS). The simulator faithfully replicates the OPV IPMS screens, electrical plant controls, and the local operation of ships systems. Realistic system control consoles provide a high level of simulator fidelity. For individual or group training a 12 workstation generic IPMS classroom trainer has been included. Each workstation has the OPV simulator installed as well as other simulators for basic engineering training.
ACMA Monitors First Dry Dock of TxDOT Ferry
Alan C. McClure Associates (ACMA), a naval architecture and engineering firm, announced that the first dry dock for a ferry being built for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has been completed at Conrad Deepwater in Amelia, Louisiana. ACMA and Schuller & Allen provided engineering and design for the new 264-ft vessel, and ACMA is now providing owner's representation during the construction period until vessel delivery. ACMA Vice President Darrel Harvey said "The ferry's first dry dock went very smoothly. The vessel received her new propeller shafts, propellers and rudders, along with a fresh coat of bottom paint. Now she'll be given the final top side colors that she'll proudly wear during her tour of duty. Over the next few months, ACMA will oversee alignment of the propulsion system, electrical equipment integration and termination, and equipment start-up, as well as dock trails and sea trials."
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