I presume that USCG could do it this way than?:
Only strong and fit Ch.Eng. need apply!!
Shipyard news
ombugge
#182
tugsailor
#183
Hilarious photo! It would have been even better with a dog team pulling the tug!
Cook Inlet Tug & Bargeâs STELLAR WIND is one of the ASD tugs that Carl Anderson had built in 1993 by Tri-Star Marine in Seattle to dock ships in Anchorage. She is powered by a pair of Cat 3512s.
Five years ago Anderson sold Cook Inlet Tug & Barge to Foss. Saltchuk owns Foss, TOTE, and Delta Western. Cook Inlet Tug & Barge docks the TOTE ships in Anchorage and tows the Delta Western fuel barges.
Itâs interesting to notice that the USCG has a large office in Anchorage, but no vessels.
Tupsis
#184
Helsinki shipyard floated out an Arctic tanker capable of breaking six-feet iceâŚ
âŚand floated it back in again bow-first.
ombugge
#186
Upgrading in preparation for an upswing in Offshore activity is ongoing. Older vessels (<15 years) are getting new equipment installed to meet the requirements of the present and near future:
https://www.osjonline.com/news/view,repair-and-conversion-upgrades-breathe-new-life-into-old-vessels_56424.htm
Chief_Seadog
#188
Viktor Lenac is a repair shipyard which is not the same thing as one that does new buildings. I spent time there 1990/91 and thought they did good steel work.
ombugge
#189
Some shipyards do only repairs, others only new building, many do both, but they are all shipyards.
Chief_Seadog
#190
Agreed they are all shipyards but the mentality between a newbuild yard and one that does repairs is completely different.
ombugge
#191
Yes no argument about that.
I expected comments being on US Navy ship doing major overhauls and upgrades at a foreign yard. Or does the restriction only apply to US merchant ships??
Chief_Seadog
#192
Croatia is a NATO member so with that in mind having a US Navy ship undergoing repairs there would not be unusual.
ombugge
#194
Is Rolls Royce selling out their Commercial Marine sector piecemeal before Kongsberg take over?:
https://www.osjonline.com/news/view,rollsroyce-sells-rights-to-dynamic-positioning-product-to-us-firm_56496.htm
They have already sold the seismic deck equipment and handling gear division Evotec to avoid competition regulatory problems.
Tellarian
#195
Doubt it, probably a rationalization to avoid overlapping products.
Meanwhile they are investing in other parts of the business.
Chief_Seadog
#196
Viktor Lenac converted the US, Jones Act ship Horizon Reliance (SeaLand Reliance back then) from a LASH ship configuration to a containership.
ombugge
#197
Aker BioMarineâs new krill trawler has been named in honour of Sir Ernest Shackleton and Godmother was his grand daughter:
ombugge
#199
The first full electric powered tanker will be built in Japan to a Dutch design:
UPDATE:
20 Boxships ordered by a Korean shipping company, but the building contract goes to three Chinese yards:
At the same time an order for 3 VLECs from an American company has been cancelled by Samsung HI:
The vessels were intended for transport of Ethane from USA to China.
(Another casualty of Trumps trade wars??)
UPDATE:
More new vessel concept announced. This time an innovative CNG Carrier design.
Building yard to be decided:
ombugge
#201
Qatar Petroleum, the worldâs biggest producer and exporter of LNG, goes heavily into LNG export from USA according to Bloomberg (gcaptain today)
They are also making a big investment in LNG carrier to transport the LNG to markets around the world:
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/qatars-giant-lng-fleet-expansion-to-shape-market-in-coming-decade/