Synopsis
Shipbuilding
- Shipbuilding development is one of the priorities
of industrial policy
- Admiralteiskie Verfi launched submarine "Krasnodar"
Saint-Petersburg, 25.04.2015. At JSC “Admiralteiskie Verfi” took place a launching
ceremony of big diesel-electric submarine “Krasnodar”. In the solemn ceremony participated commander-in-chief of Russian Navy Viktor Chirkov and vice–governor of Saint–Petersburg Sergey Movchan.
- Tritment – complete the production chain
- New arctic class ferries for Sakhalin
- Shipbuilding worldwide: Facts, forecasts
According to data obtained in the early
spring of 2015, global shipyards have got
orders for building more than 5 thousand
ships with total deadweight 308 mio tons
for total amount of $305 bln. Nearly half
of all orders in terms of deadweight is
concentrated at China shipyards.
- New device for the professional fisherman:
echo sounder KODEN CVS-FX1
Shipping
- SINOPACIFIC delivers world’s first SPA150 vessel
to FEMCO
On April 28th, 2015, Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group (SINOPACIFIC) held a christening and delivery ceremony for a newly
built SPA150 AHTS, constructed for the shipowner, FEMCO Group (Russia).
- Ingosstrakh retained the lead on the marine insurance
market in 2014
- Shipping losses lowest for 10 years
5 large ships lost worldwide in 2014,
down by a third year-on-year. South
China and South East Asian waters top
loss hotspots.
Increasing size of container ships and
floating offshore facilities could cause
larger losses exceeding $1 billion.
Cyber risks a growing concern in
shipping sector, particularly around enavigation.
Ports
- Gazprom Neft begins construction of gas turbine
power plant
March 17, 2015 - Gazprom Neft has begun construction of a 96MW projectedcapacity gas turbine power plant (GTPP),
capable of being scaled up to a total capacity of 144MW, at the Novoportovskoye
field, set to become one of the largest in
the Yamal Peninsula. First-phase commissioning of an initial 48MW capacity will be
launched at the end of 2016.
- APM Terminals Maasvlakte II Terminal Officially Opens
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, April 24,
2015 - APM Terminals hosted a celebration attended by The Netherlands’ Monarch King Willem-Alexander, and 500
senior representatives from the global
shipping industry and world govern ments in honor of the official opening
of the new APM Terminals Maasvlakte
II Rotterdam facility, the world’s most
technologically advanced and envi ronmentally sustainable container
terminal.
- Port news
Ocean and shelf exploration
- UQ scientist helps value the ocean at US$24 trillion
A University of Queensland scientist has
helped estimate the overall value of the
ocean at US$24 trillion (AUD $31 trillion)
to show what’s at risk without urgent conservation action. Professor Ove HoeghGuldberg, Director of the Global Change
Institute, was lead author.
- FMC Technologies and Technip to launch Forsys Subsea
HOUSTON, March 22, 2015 - FMC Technologies, Inc. and Technip today signed an
agreement to form an exclusive alliance
and to launch Forsys Subsea, a 50/50
joint venture that will unite the skills and
capabilities of two subsea industry leaders. This alliance will redefine the way
subsea fields are designed, delivered and
maintained.
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