ECO tugs to have Ulstein alarm and monitoring systems
FEBRUARY 10, 2017 — The 13 heavy duty Damen design mooring assistance and escort tugs that Edison Chouest Offshore is building in its five shipyards for two major contracts in Texas and
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VIDEO: DNV GL unlocks maritime potential of big data
FEBRUARY 9, 2017 — DNV GL is launching a new marine industry data platform – “Veracity” – to help the industry improve its profitability and explore new business models through digitalization. “The
INTTRA celebrates its 15th anniversary
DECEMBER 28, 2016 — Ocean shipping electronic marketplace INTTRA celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2016 and is embracing its future as a digital leader in logistics – growing rapidly and expanding its
MacGregor to hold hackathon in Hamburg
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 — MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is staging an open innovation hackathon event at the Interschalt Marine Center near Hamburg, Germany, November 11-13,2016. A hackathon (also known as a hack
Live at SMM: Operators need to adapt to changing environment
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016—In order to survive the current downturn in the market, vessel operators can’t continue to do “business as usual.” At SMM 2016 in Hamburg, Germany, this past week, Wartsila promoted
Wartsila launches new tail shaft monitoring system
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016— The newly launched Wärtsilä Sea-Master system for monitoring the condition of tail shaft equipment uses digital technology to monitor shaft bearings and seals to help customers maximize uptime and
Wartsila acquires Eniram in deal valued at EUR 43 million
JUNE 30, 2016 — Wärtsilä today signed an agreement to acquire Eniram, a Finnish-based technology company providing the marine industry with energy management and analytics solutions. The deal is valued at EUR
Wartsila adds to its range of Genius services
JUNE 3, 2016 — Wärtsilä has now signed several maintenance agreements that benefit from its Wärtsilä Genius services, using real-time data and analytics. Launched in November 2015, Wärtsilä Genius services are designed
Team aims to speed availability of LNG as marine fuel
The team, led by Siemens Drilling and Marine, Dresser-Rand and Lloyd’s Register, aims to provide an end-to-end solution, encompassing the entire supply chain, that will remove obstacles that can hold back wide-spread adoption of natural gas as the marine fuel of choice.
“Our integrated solution, encompassing the entire supply chain of LNG including gas-fueled marine propulsion systems, will remove the chicken-and-egg hurdle from the LNG-equation,” says David Grucza, Siemens Drilling and Marine. “This is a disruptive concept for the maritime industry, and the technology exists for immediate adoption. This joint solution is not limited geographically, and we stand ready to support the marine industry globally, although our initial focus is on deploying U.S. shale gas.”
The initial end-to-end solution offered to the North American inland and coastal waterways community comprises the following elements
- LNGo liquefaction barge;
- LNG bunkering barge (C-Type tanks with up to 2,500 cu.m capacity); and
- 4,200 or higher horsepower river pushboat.
It has been designed and engineered by Waller Marine Inc. (WMI) and the Shearer Group Inc. (TSGI), respectively, and will be constructed by Conrad Industries shipyard in Texas.
“Together, the team brings a holistic answer to the LNG marine fuel question of what comes first – the bunkering station or the engine?” says David Waller, President, Waller Marine, Inc. “The innovative solution to this industry hurdle includes the entire supply chain from liquefaction, LNG bunkering and design, all while meeting EPA and USCG compliance and providing smart, sustainable, lower greenhouse gas alternative fuels to operators.”
“Lloyd’s Register is well placed to support a new fleet of gas-fueled ships – and help them to operate safely and efficiently,” says Mark Darley, Americas Regional Marine Manager and President of Lloyd’s Register North America (LRNA). “Our expertise and leadership in gas technology and operations – from gas carriers to LNG bunkering and gas as a marine fuel – helps lead to the best decisions based on the best, independent, technical insight.”
Lloyd’s Register has established clear standards describing different levels of readiness to use natural gas as a marine fuel. Lloyd’s Register also provides training on the key practical aspects of modern LNG carriage by sea and risk management services to support safe LNG bunkering.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is active in more than 200 countries, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is No. 1 in offshore wind turbine construction, a leading supplier of gas and steam turbines for power generation, a major provider of power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions.
Dresser-Rand, a Siemens Business, is among the largest suppliers of rotating equipment solutions to the worldwide oil, gas, petrochemical, and process industries.
Lloyd’s Register (LR) is the leading classification society in the gas carrier market – both for LNG and LPG – and is also taking a leadership role in the international development of gas as a marine fuel.
Waller Marine, Inc. is a global leader in the design of Floating Gas to Liquids (GTL), Floating Power Generation and Floating Liquefaction (LNG) and is is a licensed engineering firm with EPC capabilities.
Conrad Industries Inc. specializes in the construction, conversion and repair of a wide variety of marine vessels for commercial and governmental customers and the fabrication of modular components of offshore drilling rigs and floating, production, storage and offloading vessels.It has been awarded a contract to build a 2,200 cu.m. LNG bunkering barge — the first in the U.S.
The Shearer Group, Inc., founded in 2010, provides naval architecture, marine engineering, marine surveying and professional engineer services to clients in the inland and offshore marine industries.
Maersk Line to cut jobs, scale back shipbuilding plans
Those initiatives will see it reduce network capacity, shed “at least 4,000” jobs by the end of 2017 and cut back on the ambitious shipbuilding plans announced earlier. It will not exercise previously announced options for six 19,630 TEU vessels and two 3,600 TEU feeders and will postpone its decision on an optional eight 14,000 TEU vessels.
Maersk Line says that, in light of lower demand, these moves will still allow it to grow at least in line with the market to defend its market leading position.
Over the next two years, Maersk Line expects to lower the annual Sales, General & Administration (SG&A) cost run-rate by $250 million with an impact of $150 million in 2016. SG&A savings will be derived from already initiated transformation projects and the standardization, automation and digitalization of processes.
“We are on a journey to transform Maersk Line. We will make the organization leaner and simpler. We want to improve our customer experience digitally and at the same time work as efficiently as possible,” says CEO Søren Skou.
Today, Maersk Line has 23,000 land based staff globally. Organizational transformation and on-going automation and digitalization will, it says, enable it to reduce the global organization by at least 4,000 positions by the end of 2017 with the aim of minimizing redundancies through managing natural attrition.
“We are fewer people today than a year ago. We will be fewer next year and the following year. These decisions are not taken lightly, but they are necessary steps to transform our industry,” says Mr. Skou.
As a response to the current market outlook, network capacity will be reduced in Q4 2015 and throughout 2016. As previously announced, the closure of four services (ME5, AE9, AE3 and TA4) has already been initiated over the last two months and plans are in place to further cancel a total of 35 sailings in Q4.