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Date: 2008-02-06
The entire Middle East and India is in an extremely expansive situation. In addition to the state-owned shipping companies, some private ones have recently started up which increases the competition.
DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) in mid-February celebrated its 25th anniversary with a top-level customer dinner and seminar in Singapore. As well as Fuel Management Seminars in major bunkering ports worldwide, the milestone was also used to launch the new service ‘Total Fuel Management Solution’.
The following provides a brief overview of some of the most significant changes that have taken place in the Rules for Classification of Ships in the January 2006 issue.
Last month’s meeting of the Cyprus technical committee focused on the new Common Structural Rules (CSR), which will come into force in April 2006 through IACS. Other topics included winterisation of ships, ice class, and software developments.
When an American talks about ships and shipping, chances are they are thinking cruise ships. No other ship segment in the US draws the same level of attention from the public.
The investment currently underway in Dubai and its surrounds has to be seen to be believed. At one stage, 20 per cent of the world’s construction cranes and 80 per cent of the world’s dredging fleet were in operation in and around the Dubai/Jebel Ali/Sharjah areas of the UAE.
K-Line has decided to apply for a Green Passport for the LNG carrier Arctic Discoverer. The ship was built by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. and delivered last month. This was the first Green Passport issued in Japan.
During the past decade, the maritime industry has seen two major initiatives with the potential of radically changing its regulatory system. One has significantly enhanced ship safety; the second has yet to prove its worth.
Intertanko has been advised by members of an increasing focus on the implementation of the European Union Regulation (EC) 782/2003 by European port state control officers with the overriding threat of a detention for not being able to adequately demonstrate compliance with the Regulation.
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has major growth plans. The five-year plan adopted by the board of directors in December aims to double the fleet. The current fleet consists of nine double-hull tankers, nine chemical tankers and four multi-purpose ro-ro vessels.
The Twelfth Annual Joint Shipping Conference, hosted by the Hellenic and Norwegian Chambers of Commerce, was held on 7 February, attracting leaders from across the maritime cluster. For 2006 the main theme was ‘The Image of Shipping: Perception or Reality’.
Japan’s shipping major Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), who last year won the prestigious Heyerdahl Award for environmental excellence, donates USD400,000 to environmental research.
With the 19 May implementation of the Baltic Sea Sulphur Oxide Emission Control Area (SECA) just two short months away, DNV Petroleum Services seriously doubts the shipping community is ready for it.
Royal Caribbean’s huge cruise ships are made for the most luxurious holidays. By working smarter and more efficiently, the cruise major aims to provide the vacation of a lifetime – every time.
Over the past few years, the awareness of how waste handling influences our lives, both directly and indirectly through environmental consequences, has been steadily increasing. This has been strengthened by the involvement of various NGOs such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and others, as well as by media attention.
The tanker Stena Arctica was named in its home port of Gothenburg. With its 117,100 deadweight tons, the vessel is not only the largest Swedish-flagged ship in the Swedish merchant navy but also the world’s largest tanker with the highest class in service.
Royal Caribbean Cruises, which has 29 ships sailing and four ships on order, receives in April the first of three ships in the Freedom class, the Freedom of the Seas.
DNV Turku has agreed with Aker Finnyards to classify Color Line’s two new fast passenger day ferries. The building contract is worth approximately Euro 250 million. The two vessels will be delivered by Aker Finnyards’ Rauma yard by the end of 2007 and in the spring of 2008.
In January this year, DNV launched its new Nauticus Hull software, which provides unique support for the Common Structural Rules for double-hull oil tankers.
