TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, signed two new contracts in South Korea with a total value of approx. 150 MNOK. One of the contracts is with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd shipyard and the other is with Hyundai Mipo Dockyards Co., Ltd. Both contracts concern delivery of [...]
SHIPFLOW users now have the tools to simulate the viscous free surface and can work within the same environment for the whole hydrodynamic design and optimisation process. FLOWTECH International AB has just come to one of the milestones in SHIPFLOW history – SHIPFLOW 5.0! This latest major release contains new features and improves usability while [...]
Yesterday, the world’s first fuelling vessel for LNG (liquefied natural gas) was christened in a traditional christening ceremony in Stockholm, by Helena Bonnier, the chairman of Ports of Stockholm (Stockholms Hamnar), in the presence of the Minister of Infrastructure, Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, among others. – In the spring of 2012, the Swedish government decided to support [...]
With rising fuel costs, environmental regulations and the continuing shortage of qualified seagoing engineers to operate marine steam turbines, diesel propulsion continues to gain ground as a sound economical alternative to traditional steam propulsion for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. Alfa Laval’s recent acquisition of gas combustion technology provides owners of LNG carriers using dual-fuel [...]
Viking Supply Ships A/S (VSS) has entered into a time charter contract for one of its AHTS icebreaker vessels (Tor Viking or Balder Viking) with a major oil company. The charter agreement applies to the 2014 and 2015 seasons in sub-Arctic waters with options for 2016 and 2017. The duration of each season will be [...]
It has been confirmed that the world’s largest container ships – Triple E – will call at the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden. The ships, which can carry 18,000 containers, are currently being built at a shipyard in South Korea. The first call will be in August. Test runs have been taking place at the Port [...]
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired the assets and technology for a gas combustion unit from the company Snecma (Safran). The product, which will be included in the offering from the Marine & Offshore Systems segment, is expected to generate sales of about SEK [...]
Carnival Corporation & plc has signed an agreement with JOWA Technology and JOWA W.F.E. for the purpose of supply and installation of equipment and related training on board Carnival Corporation & plc cruise ships. This agreement follows a period of extensive testing on board the Princess Cruises’ cruise ship Grand Princess. The tested Diesel Switch [...]
There is considerable interest in liquefied natural gas, LNG, in shipping and Swedish industry. This is revealed in a market screening conducted by Swedegas. New, stricter environmental stipulations for maritime fuel in Swedish waters from 2015, coupled with the need in industry to switch from oil, are the main reasons for changing to liquefied natural [...]
Pallas Group have extended the time charter contract for MV Pallas Ocean which ended January 31, 2013. The new contract runs until December 31, 2013. MV Pallas Ocean will continue transport bulk for Thun companies industry clients, especially Akzo Nobel. This will be the sixed year that MV Pallas Ocean sails for Thun in the [...]
