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In its Marine Transportation: Tankers e-newsletter for August 30, Dahlman Rose & Co. reports that weak day rates in the tanker market for older tonnage could lead to increased scrapping.Dahlman Rose says that spot rates for Very Large Crude Carriers have averaged about $18,000/day in 2011 and are now under $10,000/day. Th ...

A tanker managed by Scorpio Ship Management s.a.m. recently completed a voyage from Vitino, Russia to Map Ta Phut, Thailand, via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) -- with the assistance of nuclear powered icebreakers. This is the first such voyage for a vessel managed by SSM.The NSR, which connects the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean via the Russian arctic coast, is ...

Measurement Technology NW (MTNW) reports successful implementation of its running line tensiometer (RLT) technology with a Samson synthetic rope in an offshore mooring monitoring project. This implementation is MTNW's first use of tension measurement technology with 2"+ synthetic ropes.Recently, Delmar Systems was contracted to moor an offshore supply vessel (OSV) to a ...

Petaluma, Calif., based Alaris Companies LLC has completed an energy audit and report on the U.S. Coast Guard's 110-ft Patrol Boat (WPB) and 225-ft Seagoing Buoy Tender (WLB) cutter classes.Alaris says it identified opportunities to reduce energy consumption by 25 to 48 percent a year for the two classes of vessels and that these reductions can be achieved t ...

VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss., has delivered Vision/650-10, the last of 10 Articulated Tug Barges (ATBs) in Crowley Maritime Corporation's  650-series newbuild program. The ATB is now ready to enter service and will transport petroleum products between U.S. West Coast ports. The Vision/650-10, which has a capacity of 185,000 barrels, will be operated by Crowl ...

St. John Enterprises is to open a new barge building operation at Tallulah, Louisiana, succeeding a former Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding operation that closed in December and meant the loss of about 100 jobsToday, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was joined by St. John Enterprises Inc. CEO Ron Lewis to announce the company's plans to create more than 450 jobs in the next five ye ...

The U.K.'s University of Birmingham has been operating a canal boat with a fuel cell drive for three years on Britain's 3,500 km long canal system. Last year the boat made its longest voyage to date, of four days duration and 105 km length, negotiating no less than 58 locks. ...

Maine Maritime Academy Vice President for Enrollment Management, Jeff Loustaunau, has announced that Captain Leslie B. Eadie, III, of Brewer, Maine, has been selected as the permanent master of the training ship, State of Maine. Captain Eadie most recently served as interim master of the vessel during the college's annual training cruise to domestic and fo ...

MT Højgaard has awarded Jumbo Offshore the transport and installation contract for all of the 111 Transition Pieces (TP's) for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark). The 400 MW wind farm is currently being developed by DONG Energy. The Anholt Wind Farm is located in the Kattegat, near Anholt Island, and will be the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark. One of Jumbo's DP2 Offshore ...

GL Maritime Software's navigational decision-making support system GL SeaScout 2.0 has been installed on board Reederei Claus-Peter Offen's 14,000 TEU containership MSC Savona. It will help the vessel to optimize routing; minimizing voyage costs while maintaining safe passage, however seaway and weather conditions might vary.  GL SeaScout is an integrated onboard s ...