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New developments in the Shipbuilding industry
Wärtsilä has received an order to supply the propulsion solutions for six new offshore pipe laying vessels being built by IHC Merwede. Three of the ships are to be built for Subsea 7, the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor to the offshore energy industry. The other three vessels have been ordered by Seabras Sapura, the Sapura Kencana and Seadrill partnership entity.
All six vessels will be deployed to serve the Brazilian offshore market by Petrobras, the multinational energy corporation. The scope of supply for each ship comprises six 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 engines, two transverse thrusters, two retractable thrusters, and three steerable underwater de-mountable thrusters. Visit: www.wartsila.com
Bergen Engines becomes new Tognum subsidiary
Norwegian engine manufacturer Bergen Engines AS has become part of the Tognum Group. Following the acquisition of Tognum AG by the joint venture of Rolls-Royce plc and Daimler AG, the former Rolls-Royce subsidiary Bergen Engines was merged into the Tognum Group.
“By formally incorporating Bergen Engines AS into Tognum we are starting the next phase of our joint activities. This is an important milestone for both customers and employees as this enables us to combine the medium- and high-speed portfolios under one roof,” said John Paterson, chairman of the supervisory board of Tognum AG. Visit: www.tognum.com
Headquarters of Bergen Engines AS in Bergen, Norway
Rolls-Royce secures offshore vessel contract in Brazil
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with the Brazilian shipyard Aliança SA Industria Naval e Empresa de Navegacao, a subsidiary of Fischer Group, and Brazilian shipowner Asgaard Navegaçäo SA for the design and delivery of equipment to two offshore vessels for Asgaard. The contract value is about £11 million to Rolls-Royce.
The two vessels are Oil Spill Response Vessels (OSRV), type UT 535 E, with systems designed to prevent damage from oil spills. They have the capacity to transfer recovered oil for proper onshore disposal.
Anders Almestad, Rolls-Royce, president Offshore, said: “We are very pleased that Asgaard have chosen Rolls-Royce design and integrated systems for their new offshore vessels. Asgaard is a new customer to us and working closely together with them during the construction of these advanced vessels will be vital.” Visit: www.rolls-royce.com
Cammell Laird hosts naming ceremony for two new ferries
Liverpool (UK) city region based shipyard and engineering firm Cammell Laird has hosted a formal naming ceremony for the first complete ships constructed by the company in 20 years for Scottish ferry operator Western Ferries.
The ceremony marked the completion of a multi-million pound contract which has seen Birkenhead based Cammell Laird build two new car ferries for Western Ferries: MV Sound of Seil and MV Sound of Soay.
The new vessels can carry 54 cars and are enlarged versions of the company’s roll-on roll-off ferry MV Sound of Shuna, which can carry 45 cars. Visit: www.clbh.co.uk
Another AIDA order for Lloyd Werft
Asecond cruise ship from AIDA Cruises is to dock at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven AG in October. The ‘AIDAcara’ will call October 7–19 and follow ‘AIDAbella’ which was at the yard in April.
The ‘AIDAcara’ is 193.3m long, 27.6m wide and of 38,557 GT. When she was built in 1996 she was the first ship in AIDA’s new Club Ship cruise shipping concept. Since then AIDA Cruises has become the market leader in German cruise shipping.
During her stay, the Bremerhaven shipyard will carry out technical work on ‘AIDAcara’ including conservation, tank cleaning, gearing and rudder work, gangway weight tests and seacock inspection. AIDA Cruises personnel will themselves organise conversion and renewal work in the passenger areas. Visit: www.lloydwerft.com
NEW ITALO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE IN SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH
Fincantieri, one of the world’s top shipbuilding groups, and the Krylov State Research Centre of Russia, one of the world’s most prestigious centres for shipbuilding research, have signed a framework agreement with the aim of jointly developing new projects for technological innovation within the industry.
For Fincantieri, this agreement not only offers the prospect of technological progress, but also represents an extremely significant achievement in strategic terms. In fact, it will be able to benefit in many different ways from the Krylov Centre’s unique research & design knowledge of the high-tech vessels and offshore engineering structures, that will contribute to achieve the common goal of designing the most sophisticated vessels and offshore structures.
Krylov also stands to benefit from the exchange of knowledge with Fincantieri, which will give the Centre access to its enormous technological and manufacturing know-how gained in the construction and marketing of highly complex vessels. Visit: www.fincantieri.com
INDUSTRYNEWS
BAE Systems US Shipyard gears up to repair USS Wasp
BAE Systems Ship Repair has welcomed the US Navy’s amphibious assault ship, USS Wasp (LHD 1), to its Norfolk, VA, shipyard where it will execute a $110 million contract to perform maintenance and modernisation to the vessel.
The contract modification secures a fiscal 2013 drydocking planned maintenance availability, which includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations and modifications that will update and improve the ship’s military and technical capabilities.
Accommodating aircraft and amphibious vehicles, the USS Wasp was the Navy’s vessel of choice in responding to Hurricane Irene in 2011 as well as Super Storm Sandy in 2012, offering emergency communications assistance, air traffic control capabilities and carrying aircraft and equipment. The US Navy also relies on the USS Wasp as the test platform for Joint Strike Fighters. Visit: www.baesystems.com
Polish yard builds CEONA AMAZON hull
Steel cutting for Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven has begun at Poland’s CRIST Shipyard on CEONA AMAZON, a state-of-the-art, multi-functional offshore newbuilding ordered by London shipping company CEONA.
The keel for the big DP2 ship will also be laid at the CRIST Gdynia facility in August. It is part of a positive cooperative venture which Lloyd Werft says has helped it further develop its strategy as a completion facility. The newbuilding will be delivered to CEONA in October 2014. Visit: www.crist.com.pl
VARD orders four vessels for offshore industry
VARD, the Norwegian subsidiary of Fincantieri and a world leader in the design and construction of offshore support vessels for oil & gas extraction and production, has secured an order from the DOF Subsea-Technip joint ventures to build four Pipe Lay Support Vessels (PLSVs). The contract, worth a total of approximately USD 1.1 million (NOK 6.5 billion) is the largest in VARD’s history.
The four vessels will be constructed by the VARD group’s shipbuilding network. Two of the vessels will be built at the Tulcea yard in Romania but outfitted at the Søviknes yard in Norway. The other two vessels will be built and outfitted at the Promar yard in Brazil. The design of the new ships has been developed by VARD in collaboration with DOF and Technip, while the pipe-laying equipment will be supplied by Huisman of Holland. Visit: www.vard.com
MS Stavangerfjord wins Energy Efficiency Award
The IMO’s Energy Efficiency Award (previously Clean Ship Award) has been won by Fjord Linesí Stavangerfjord – designed and constructed by Bergen Group Fosen.
Stavangerfjord is the first international service passenger ferry to run on pure LNG engines. The award pays tribute to the ship that makes the greatest contribution towards energy efficiency in relation to its function or operation. Stavangerfjord is operating as a night ferry on the BergenStavanger-Hirtshals route in Norway and as a day ferry on the Hirtshals-Langesund route. Visit: www.bergengroup.no
Aker Arctic’s Oblique Icebreaker
Construction is underway on the first ever Oblique Icebreaker, a unique vessel type from Aker Arctic that will bring ice management and pollution control in thick first year ice to a new level.
The first ARC 100 is due delivery to the Russian Ministry of Transport in early 2014, after a collaborative build involving Kaliningrad’s OJSC Yantar and Helsinki’s Arctech yards. The resulting newbuilding is a breakthrough in asymmetric three-thruster conceptual design, which will bring new capability in terminal operations, ice management and oil spill response in freezing seas.
The 76m-long vessel, with her oblique icebreaking action, is a game changer in year-round oil spill response. Additionally, a single Oblique Icebreaker cuts channels through ice for cargo ships to follow as wide as two equivalent conventional icebreakers moving ahead side by side. Visit: www.akerarctic.fi
DCNS completes CVN Charles de Gaulle refit
The French Navy’s Fleet Support Service (SSF) signed off on the completion of the intermediate refit of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle after six months’ work by DCNS. From hull to combat system, the project involved some 950 people and 1 million person-hours’ work.
In addition to scheduled maintenance, the refit was used to undertake significant modernisation. The work was performed in the Vauban drydock at the Toulon naval base. The ship was given a complete facelift that included the repainting of a total area of 26,000 square metres and the complete refurbishment of one of the main galleys. Other modernisation work included the replacement of the stabilisation computer. The propulsion system and other shipboard systems and equipment were inspected, overhauled and tested to ensure optimal performance in operation. Some 35 kilometres of cabling was also installed with a view to the later installation of a state-of-the-art IP network. Visit: www.dcnsgroup.com
