Original news was published on 18 August, 2014

Pasha Hawaii’s new 692-foot Marjorie C was recently launched at VT Halter Marine’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss.

The morning began with a high level of anticipation as workers carefully removed multiple blocks holding the ship in place onshore. As the final block was removed, Marjorie C sped down the tilt beams and glided sideways into the waters of Bayou Casotte, steadying herself in seconds.

“Launching Marjorie C is a huge and exciting milestone for us,” said George Pasha, IV, Pasha Hawaii President and CEO. “We’re thankful for the many hardworking people involved in her creation, and, while we’re quite eager to get her into service, our immediate focus will be on testing and commissioning her systems.”

The Marjorie C is set to enter the Mainland/Hawaii trade lane later this year. The new combination container/roll-on/roll-off (ConRo) vessel will sail opposite the Jean Anne and enable Pasha Hawaii to bring weekly service to Hawaii.

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Original news was published on 15 August, 2014

COSCO (Dalian) shipyard is to build four subsea support vessels for Maersk Supply Service with options for two additional ships that are all of the Marin Teknikk design.

Maersk Supply Service, a provider of marine services to the oil and gas industry, already has one subsea supply vessel and two anchor handling tugs on order from shipyards in Rumania and Chile, a company statement said.

"With this new order in China, we have taken the next step in our extensive new building programme. We are reshaping our fleet to focus primarily on anchor handling tug supply vessels and subsea support vessels.

"In a long-term perspective we see great potential in these segments," said Maersk Supply Service CEO Carsten Plougmann Andersen.

The 8,000-ton vessels are 137 metres long and equipped with a crane that is rated for operations in waters up to 3,000 metres deep. Delivery of the first vessels is expected in the fourth quarter of 2016.

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Original news was published on 14 August, 2014

PPC Barnet DRC has awarded a US$300 million engineering, procurement and construction contract to China’s Sinoma International Engineering Company for the construction of a new cement plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The cement plant is located near Zamba in the Cataracts district, about 230 kilometers from Kinshasa. The plant will consist of a five-stage preheater kiln with an inline calciner and will produce 1 million tons of cement a year. The cement will be used locally in the DRC, as well as being exported to neighboring African neighbors, PPC Barnet said in a statement.

Sinoma will begin construction shortly and will take about 26 months to complete the project. The plant will begin production at the end of 2016.

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Original news was published on 13 August, 2014

First Wales tidal project to begin work in September

Tidal Energy unveiled Wales’ first full-scale tidal energy generator at Pembroke Port.

The Ysbryd y Mor (Spirit of the Sea) weighs 150 tons and measures 16 meters long and 20 meters high. The generator was manufactured by Mustang Marine at Pembroke over the past six months, Tidal Energy said in a statement. Its DeltaStream technology represents several firsts in the nascent tidal energy sector.

“We have achieved a number of firsts with this project, including those relating to the environmental consents, the grid connection and the installation process undefined where the turbine and foundation are installed together,” Martin Murphy, managing director of Tidal Energy said.

Unlike other tidal turbines under development, the DeltaStream unit is freestanding undefined gravitational pull anchors it in place, eliminating the need to drill a foundation into the seabed.

In September, the 400kW-DeltaStream demonstration device will be installed in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire. It is the first project to receive precautionary deploy and monitor environmental consent in a designated Marine Special Area of Conservation. An extensive suite of monitoring equipment will be installed on and around the device in Ramsey Sound for 12 months. After a year of testing, the generator will be removed.

Plans are underway to build a commercial tidal array off St. Davids Head in Pembrokeshire. The project will consist of nine tidal generators with a combined generating capacity of 10 megawatts.

The U.K. Department for Energy and Climate Change estimates the U.K. has about 50 percent of Europe’s tidal energy resources, which could meet up to 20 percent of its electricity demand.

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Original news was published on 12 August, 2014

Van der Vlist has transported a barge from Zaandam in North Holland to Exmouth in the U.K.

The 18-ton barge measured 18 meters long. 4.25 meters wide and 1.6 meters high. It was collected from a depot in Zaandam and transported to the hook of Holland at the mouth of the Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal into the North Sea. The barge was loaded on a vessel to cross to Harwich, Van der Vlist said in a statement.

At Harwich, the barge was again loaded onto a trailer and made its way across England, along with private escorts. When the cargo reached Exmouth, it was unloaded by crane. Soon it will be moved to the shore and floated at high tide to its destination. The barge will be used by Exewake, a water sports provider, as a floating platform for its activities on the River Exe.

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Original news was published 11 August, 2014

On 28 July, South Korean container shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine received the Hyundai Pride, last of five ships of 13,154 teu ordered in August 2011 with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

After a bunkering trip to Russia, the new ship will join the G6 Asia-Europe Loop 6. She follows the Hyundai Victory, delivered on 30 June and joined the G6 Asia-Europe Loop 7, and the Hyundai Drive, delivered on 20 June and joined G6 Asia-Europe Loop 4. The Marshall Islands flagged cargo ship, has a 152700 deadweight and features 365.5m in lenght and 48m in width.

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Original news was published on 8 August, 2014

Monopiles will be floated to HLV Svanen from Cuxhaven

Ballast Nedam will install the monopiles at the German Amrumbank West offshore wind farm with E.ON.

The company will also provide the logistics between the feeder port in Cuxhaven and the 288-megawatt wind farm, located in the North Sea about 35 kilometers north of Helgoland. It will consist of 80 Siemens’ turbines.

The monopiles weigh up to 800 tons apiece and measure up to 70 meters long, Ballast Nedam said in a statement. It will use its own 8,700-tonne heavy-lift vessel Svanen for installation, which has arrived at Cuxhaven. The monopiles will be floated to the vessel from the staging site.

Installation will begin in about a week.

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Original news was published on 7 August, 2014

7-Oceans naming ceremony at Maaskant Shipyards. Courtesy of Damen Shipyards Group.
 
Three Seismic Research Support Vessels for Rederij Groen

Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam has delivered 7-Oceans, a highly specialized support vessel, to Rederij Groen in the Netherlands. The vessel will be used under charter by Dolphin Geophysical.

The vessel is one of three in a series designed to support seismic research operations, Damen Shipyards, parent company of Maaskant, said in a statement. Dolphin Geophysical opted for a 35-meter design from Vestvaerftet in Denmark with an ICE-class rating to operate in Arctic waters.

“This design is even closer to a fishing vessel compared to the two 40-meter new-builds Maaskant delivered to Rederij Groen last year,” a Damen spokesman said.

Two Veth azimuth stern drives were installed for optimum maneuverability. Three Caterpillar C18 generator sets power the vessel. 7-Oceans can accommodate a crew of six with extra capacity for eight service crew.

Maaskant will deliver the second vessel in October, followed by the third in March 2015.

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Original news was published on 6 August, 2014

TAG Energy Solutions ships first 650-ton monopiles

TAG Energy Solutions has sent the first four monopiles and transition pieces to the US$1.2 billion Humber Gateway, an E.ON offshore wind farm under construction in British waters of the North Sea.

Each monopile measures 60 meters long and weighs 650 tons. The 12 remaining foundations will ship before the end of August, TAG said in a statement.

TAG manufactured the foundations at its tubular production facility on the River Tees and loaded them by SPMT and crane to a waiting barge at the company’s wet dock facility. The barge was then taken down the River Tees where it met the MPI Discovery, which will be used to install the components.

When completed in the spring of 2015, Humber Gatweway will consist of 73 turbines and generate 219 megawatts of electricity.

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