The seaborne transport of liquefied gases began in 1934 when a major international company put two combined oil/LPG tankers into operation. The ships, basically oil tankers, had been converted by fitting small, riveted, pressure vessels for the carriage of LPG into cargo tank spaces. This enabled transport over long distances of substantial volumes of an oil refinery by-product that had distinct advantages as a domestic and commercial fuel. LPG is not only odourless and non-toxic, it also has a high calorific value and a low sulphur content, making it very clean and efficient when being burnt.
Today, most fully pressurised oceangoing LPG carriers are fitted with two or three horizontal, cylindrical or spherical cargo tanks and have typical capacities between 3,500 and 7,500 m3 (120,000 and 260,000 cu ft). However, in recent years a number of larger-capacity fully pressurised ships have been built, m... less
With the dry bulk freight market limited to bouncing along the bottom for now, most of the resources – when not afforded for ships to (figuratively) stay afloat – are devoted at buying dry bulk vessels at cheap prices in the secondary market. It seems that everyone is convinced that asset prices at present offer a unique investment opportunity not to be passed up. After all, freight market weaknesses come and go, but markets of cheap ships do not present... moreWhere’s the growth in trade?
With the dry bulk freight market limited to bouncing along the bottom for now, most of the resources – when not afforded for ships to (figuratively) stay afloat – are devoted at buying dry bulk vessels at cheap prices in the secondary market. It seems that everyone is convinced that asset prices at present offer a unique investment opportunity not to be passed up. After all, freight market weaknesses come and go, but markets of cheap ships do not present themselves often.
The weakness of the shipping markets is mostly attributable to tonnage oversupply, whereby there are just too many vessels chasing few cargoes. In general, demand for vessels – that is trade and cargoes to be transported – is only un-inspiring at present. The main concern is that there are many more ships than cargoes, but trade is still existent, just not robust enough to employ all available vessels. Too many vessels were built because of too much speculative investment in ship... less
USCG: Electronic charts and publication policy to change
USCG is currently working on the amendments of NVIC 01-16 regarding the use of electronic charts and publication in lieu of paper charts and publication which was initially published in February 2016... moreUSCG: Electronic charts and publication policy to change
USCG is currently working on the amendments of NVIC 01-16 regarding the use of electronic charts and publication in lieu of paper charts and publication which was initially published in February 2016
USCG says that through evaluation and a review of stakeholder feedback, they are aware that it has not allowed certain existing equipment to replace paper charts. Therefore, they are working to amend this policy and update third-party consensus standards.
In order to address these challenges, USCG is collaborating with representatives from maritime industry and marine electronics manufacturers. The solution will require more than one amendment to this policy. Throughout this process, we are committed to safe, practical and voluntary alternatives to paper charts.
While that process evolves, mariners can still use the current policy as a pathway to removing paper charts. Our goal is to keep a voluntary compliance option ava... less
Why Virtual Aids of Navigation Are Important For Ships?
Everybody, both onshore and at sea, has a responsibility for improving our ship safety level. Aids to navigation, also known as AtoN, are important tools of navigation that enhances safety and can act as good safety barriers.... moreWhy Virtual Aids of Navigation Are Important For Ships?
Everybody, both onshore and at sea, has a responsibility for improving our ship safety level. Aids to navigation, also known as AtoN, are important tools of navigation that enhances safety and can act as good safety barriers.
Unlike the roads and highways that we drive on, the waterways do not have road signs that tell us our location or distance to a destination, or of hazards along the way. Instead the waterways are provided with aids to navigation.
For hundreds of years, maritime authorities have marked safe water with buoys and beacons. Besides supporting commerce, these buoys and beacons help to improve safety at seas. Aids to navigation help ship navigating officers in finding and safely navigating a narrow channel in a wide expanse of water.
A navigational aid or AtoN or navaid is any sort of marker that guides to mark safe waters and also help mariners in determining their position with respect to land or any navigational hazard or hidden d... less
... moreWorld Wide Supply: Ray of hope from Brazil?
Norwegian offshore ship supplier World Wide Supply (WWS) has received somewhat positive news from Brazil.
Namely, there is a possibility the company might keep two of its vessels busy working for Petrobras, however, not for long.
The company, established six years ago, on Thursday made reference to its notice from March 2016, when World Wide Supply informed that its two remaining vessels on charter to Petrobras have been blocked by Brazilian flagged vessels for the upcoming annual renewal of the company’s Brazilian trading certificate.
The Brazilian Certificate of Chartering Authorisation (“CAA”) of the platform supply vessel World Emerald will expire on June 21 and the CAA of the vessel World Sapphire will expire on August 10.
The shipowner said it has been in discussion with Petrobras to see if this issue can be resolved.
According to WWS, Petrobras has made an application to the Agencia Nacional de Transportes Aquaviarios (&ldquo... less
Damen targets decom market with new vessel concept
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has made a move in decommissioning market by announcing its latest vessel concept, the Damen Decommissioning Series.... moreDamen targets decom market with new vessel concept
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has made a move in decommissioning market by announcing its latest vessel concept, the Damen Decommissioning Series.
Damen said on Thursday that the design is based on an in-house research carried out at Damen by one of its undergraduate interns.
The new vessels will specialize in three core areas of the oil and gas decommissioning sector: topside decommissioning, offshore platform removal, and subsea cleaning and removal.
A Damen intern, Justin Rietveld, was assigned to investigate the potential niche markets for new vessel designs in the oil and gas decommissioning sector.
Split stern design
Rietveld said: “This research started off with the idea of developing a decommissioning vessel based on Damen’s existing portfolio. However, we soon found out that this market needs more.
“For example, there are many different activities within the decommissioning sector. This vessel can s... less
Iran’s Tankers Free to Visit Any Port as Insurance Issues Are Resolved
... moreIran’s Tankers Free to Visit Any Port as Insurance Issues Are Resolved
Image Courtesy: NITC
Iranian oil tankers face no more obstacles when traveling to any port in world, says Ali-Akbar Safaei, managing director of the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC).
According to Safaei, quoted by IRNA news agency, NITC has secured all the required certificates from international insurance agencies for its tankers, thus removing the insurance-related hurdles and enabling its ships to dock at any port worldwide.
Unimpeded entrance to Iran’s ports by foreign tankers is also to be ensured, now that there are no pending insurance problems, he added.
As informed, talks are also nearing conclusion between Iranian shipping lines with international insurance companies on obtaining the most competitive insurance policies.
Due to the latest turn of events, NITC said that it expects to return to European ports in June this year after over four years of suspension.
Iran’s tanker fle... less
у каждого крюинга особый критерий по каждой вакансии и завсит от... moreу каждого крюинга особый критерий по каждой вакансии и завсит от требований компании
Fully pressurized gas carrie... moreа википедию почитать, слабо?
Fully pressurized gas carrier
Moss type LNG tanker
The seaborne transport of liquefied gases began in 1934 when a major international company put two combined oil/LPG tankers into operation. The ships, basically oil tankers, had been converted by fitting small, riveted, pressure vessels for the carriage of LPG into cargo tank spaces. This enabled transport over long distances of substantial volumes of an oil refinery by-product that had distinct advantages as a domestic and commercial fuel. LPG is not only odourless and non-toxic, it also has a high calorific value and a low sulphur content, making it very clean and efficient when being burnt.
Today, most fully pressurised oceangoing LPG carriers are fitted with two or three horizontal, cylindrical or spherical cargo tanks and have typical capacities between 3,500 and 7,500 m3 (120,000 and 260,000 cu ft). However, in recent years a number of larger-capacity fully pressurised ships have been built, m... less
With the dry bulk frei... moreWhere’s the growth in trade?
With the dry bulk freight market limited to bouncing along the bottom for now, most of the resources – when not afforded for ships to (figuratively) stay afloat – are devoted at buying dry bulk vessels at cheap prices in the secondary market. It seems that everyone is convinced that asset prices at present offer a unique investment opportunity not to be passed up. After all, freight market weaknesses come and go, but markets of cheap ships do not present themselves often.
The weakness of the shipping markets is mostly attributable to tonnage oversupply, whereby there are just too many vessels chasing few cargoes. In general, demand for vessels – that is trade and cargoes to be transported – is only un-inspiring at present. The main concern is that there are many more ships than cargoes, but trade is still existent, just not robust enough to employ all available vessels. Too many vessels were built because of too much speculative investment in ship... less
USCG: Electronic charts and publication policy to change
... moreUSCG: Electronic charts and publication policy to change
USCG is currently working on the amendments of NVIC 01-16 regarding the use of electronic charts and publication in lieu of paper charts and publication which was initially published in February 2016
USCG says that through evaluation and a review of stakeholder feedback, they are aware that it has not allowed certain existing equipment to replace paper charts. Therefore, they are working to amend this policy and update third-party consensus standards.
In order to address these challenges, USCG is collaborating with representatives from maritime industry and marine electronics manufacturers. The solution will require more than one amendment to this policy. Throughout this process, we are committed to safe, practical and voluntary alternatives to paper charts.
While that process evolves, mariners can still use the current policy as a pathway to removing paper charts. Our goal is to keep a voluntary compliance option ava... less
Why Virtual Aids of Navigation Are Important For Ships?
Everyb... moreWhy Virtual Aids of Navigation Are Important For Ships?
Everybody, both onshore and at sea, has a responsibility for improving our ship safety level. Aids to navigation, also known as AtoN, are important tools of navigation that enhances safety and can act as good safety barriers.
Unlike the roads and highways that we drive on, the waterways do not have road signs that tell us our location or distance to a destination, or of hazards along the way. Instead the waterways are provided with aids to navigation.
For hundreds of years, maritime authorities have marked safe water with buoys and beacons. Besides supporting commerce, these buoys and beacons help to improve safety at seas. Aids to navigation help ship navigating officers in finding and safely navigating a narrow channel in a wide expanse of water.
A navigational aid or AtoN or navaid is any sort of marker that guides to mark safe waters and also help mariners in determining their position with respect to land or any navigational hazard or hidden d... less
... moreWorld Wide Supply: Ray of hope from Brazil?
Norwegian offshore ship supplier World Wide Supply (WWS) has received somewhat positive news from Brazil.
Namely, there is a possibility the company might keep two of its vessels busy working for Petrobras, however, not for long.
The company, established six years ago, on Thursday made reference to its notice from March 2016, when World Wide Supply informed that its two remaining vessels on charter to Petrobras have been blocked by Brazilian flagged vessels for the upcoming annual renewal of the company’s Brazilian trading certificate.
The Brazilian Certificate of Chartering Authorisation (“CAA”) of the platform supply vessel World Emerald will expire on June 21 and the CAA of the vessel World Sapphire will expire on August 10.
The shipowner said it has been in discussion with Petrobras to see if this issue can be resolved.
According to WWS, Petrobras has made an application to the Agencia Nacional de Transportes Aquaviarios (&ldquo... less
Damen targets decom market with new vessel concept
Dutch shi... moreDamen targets decom market with new vessel concept
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has made a move in decommissioning market by announcing its latest vessel concept, the Damen Decommissioning Series.
Damen said on Thursday that the design is based on an in-house research carried out at Damen by one of its undergraduate interns.
The new vessels will specialize in three core areas of the oil and gas decommissioning sector: topside decommissioning, offshore platform removal, and subsea cleaning and removal.
A Damen intern, Justin Rietveld, was assigned to investigate the potential niche markets for new vessel designs in the oil and gas decommissioning sector.
Split stern design
Rietveld said: “This research started off with the idea of developing a decommissioning vessel based on Damen’s existing portfolio. However, we soon found out that this market needs more.
“For example, there are many different activities within the decommissioning sector. This vessel can s... less
Iran’s Tankers Free to Visit Any Port as Insurance Issues ... moreIran’s Tankers Free to Visit Any Port as Insurance Issues Are Resolved
Image Courtesy: NITC
Iranian oil tankers face no more obstacles when traveling to any port in world, says Ali-Akbar Safaei, managing director of the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC).
According to Safaei, quoted by IRNA news agency, NITC has secured all the required certificates from international insurance agencies for its tankers, thus removing the insurance-related hurdles and enabling its ships to dock at any port worldwide.
Unimpeded entrance to Iran’s ports by foreign tankers is also to be ensured, now that there are no pending insurance problems, he added.
As informed, talks are also nearing conclusion between Iranian shipping lines with international insurance companies on obtaining the most competitive insurance policies.
Due to the latest turn of events, NITC said that it expects to return to European ports in June this year after over four years of suspension.
Iran’s tanker fle... less
With the dry bulk frei... moreWhere’s the growth in trade?
With the dry bulk freight market limited to bouncing along the bottom for now, most of the resources – when not afforded for ships to (figuratively) stay afloat – are devoted at buying dry bulk vessels at cheap prices in the secondary market. It seems that everyone is convinced that asset prices at present offer a unique investment opportunity not to be passed up. After all, freight market weaknesses come and go, but markets of cheap ships do not present themselves often.
The weakness of the shipping markets is mostly attributable to tonnage oversupply, whereby there are just too many vessels chasing few cargoes. In general, demand for vessels – that is trade and cargoes to be transported – is only un-inspiring at present. The main concern is that there are many more ships than cargoes, but trade is still existent, just not robust enough to employ all available vessels. Too many vessels were built because of too much speculative investment in ship... less
USCG: Electronic charts and publication policy to change
... moreUSCG: Electronic charts and publication policy to change
USCG is currently working on the amendments of NVIC 01-16 regarding the use of electronic charts and publication in lieu of paper charts and publication which was initially published in February 2016
USCG says that through evaluation and a review of stakeholder feedback, they are aware that it has not allowed certain existing equipment to replace paper charts. Therefore, they are working to amend this policy and update third-party consensus standards.
In order to address these challenges, USCG is collaborating with representatives from maritime industry and marine electronics manufacturers. The solution will require more than one amendment to this policy. Throughout this process, we are committed to safe, practical and voluntary alternatives to paper charts.
While that process evolves, mariners can still use the current policy as a pathway to removing paper charts. Our goal is to keep a voluntary compliance option ava... less
Why Virtual Aids of Navigation Are Important For Ships?
Everyb... moreWhy Virtual Aids of Navigation Are Important For Ships?
Everybody, both onshore and at sea, has a responsibility for improving our ship safety level. Aids to navigation, also known as AtoN, are important tools of navigation that enhances safety and can act as good safety barriers.
Unlike the roads and highways that we drive on, the waterways do not have road signs that tell us our location or distance to a destination, or of hazards along the way. Instead the waterways are provided with aids to navigation.
For hundreds of years, maritime authorities have marked safe water with buoys and beacons. Besides supporting commerce, these buoys and beacons help to improve safety at seas. Aids to navigation help ship navigating officers in finding and safely navigating a narrow channel in a wide expanse of water.
A navigational aid or AtoN or navaid is any sort of marker that guides to mark safe waters and also help mariners in determining their position with respect to land or any navigational hazard or hidden d... less
... moreWorld Wide Supply: Ray of hope from Brazil?
Norwegian offshore ship supplier World Wide Supply (WWS) has received somewhat positive news from Brazil.
Namely, there is a possibility the company might keep two of its vessels busy working for Petrobras, however, not for long.
The company, established six years ago, on Thursday made reference to its notice from March 2016, when World Wide Supply informed that its two remaining vessels on charter to Petrobras have been blocked by Brazilian flagged vessels for the upcoming annual renewal of the company’s Brazilian trading certificate.
The Brazilian Certificate of Chartering Authorisation (“CAA”) of the platform supply vessel World Emerald will expire on June 21 and the CAA of the vessel World Sapphire will expire on August 10.
The shipowner said it has been in discussion with Petrobras to see if this issue can be resolved.
According to WWS, Petrobras has made an application to the Agencia Nacional de Transportes Aquaviarios (&ldquo... less
Damen targets decom market with new vessel concept
Dutch shi... moreDamen targets decom market with new vessel concept
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has made a move in decommissioning market by announcing its latest vessel concept, the Damen Decommissioning Series.
Damen said on Thursday that the design is based on an in-house research carried out at Damen by one of its undergraduate interns.
The new vessels will specialize in three core areas of the oil and gas decommissioning sector: topside decommissioning, offshore platform removal, and subsea cleaning and removal.
A Damen intern, Justin Rietveld, was assigned to investigate the potential niche markets for new vessel designs in the oil and gas decommissioning sector.
Split stern design
Rietveld said: “This research started off with the idea of developing a decommissioning vessel based on Damen’s existing portfolio. However, we soon found out that this market needs more.
“For example, there are many different activities within the decommissioning sector. This vessel can s... less
Iran’s Tankers Free to Visit Any Port as Insurance Issues ... moreIran’s Tankers Free to Visit Any Port as Insurance Issues Are Resolved
Image Courtesy: NITC
Iranian oil tankers face no more obstacles when traveling to any port in world, says Ali-Akbar Safaei, managing director of the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC).
According to Safaei, quoted by IRNA news agency, NITC has secured all the required certificates from international insurance agencies for its tankers, thus removing the insurance-related hurdles and enabling its ships to dock at any port worldwide.
Unimpeded entrance to Iran’s ports by foreign tankers is also to be ensured, now that there are no pending insurance problems, he added.
As informed, talks are also nearing conclusion between Iranian shipping lines with international insurance companies on obtaining the most competitive insurance policies.
Due to the latest turn of events, NITC said that it expects to return to European ports in June this year after over four years of suspension.
Iran’s tanker fle... less
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