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#12_2017 9 juni 2017 CLIPPER

TENDERS (OPENBARE AANBESTEDINGEN) ..................................................................................6 GENERAL NEWS ...............................................................................................................................7

CLASSIFICATION .........................................................................................................................7

Class experts set scene for era of new technology ......................................................................7

CMIH, DNV GL Enter Shipbuilding Partnership ............................................................................8

REGULATIONS .............................................................................................................................8

Shipowners Encourage EU-China Leadership In Shaping IMO CO2 Strategy ................................8

In Depth: EU MRV: Friend or Foe? ..............................................................................................9

HUMAN RESOURCES / LABOUR CONDITIONS / EDUCATION ................................................. 11

Trossen los voor Yacht Builders Academy ................................................................................. 11

SUSTAINABILITY (MARINE ENVIRONMENT) ............................................................................. 12

Seismic Ships Could Clean Up Ocean Plastic .............................................................................. 12

DNV GL looks to a greener 2050 with greenhouse gas model for shipping ................................ 13

Shipping can make 75% GHG cuts by 2050 using existing tech .................................................. 14

Shipping failing to meet emission reductions targets: IEA ......................................................... 14

Fjellstrand books order for zero emission ferry ......................................................................... 15

TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION .................................................................................................... 15

Subsidieregeling Duurzame Scheepsbouw opengesteld ............................................................ 15

NOVIMAR-project van start gegaan .......................................................................................... 17

Maritieme innovatie met Horizon 2020 financiering ................................................................. 17

Wartsila pushes ahead on digital transformation ..................................................................... 18

LNG ............................................................................................................................................. 20

Giant LNG-fueled box ship "ready to order" .............................................................................. 20

All systems go as floating LNG-to-power prepares for lift-off .................................................... 21

Titan prices LNG bunkering pontoon ........................................................................................ 22

Stolt-Nielsen orders two dual-fuel 7,500 cu.m LNG carriers ...................................................... 22

Posco keen to order LNG-fuelled cape ...................................................................................... 23

Korea Accelerates Development of LNG Carrier, LNG Bunkering System ................................... 23

Dynagas progresses mystery FSRU newbuilding project ............................................................ 23

Flex LNG takes orderbook to six................................................................................................ 23

PROPULSION, STEERING, POWER........................................................................................... 23

Veth Integrated L-Drive ............................................................................................................ 23

First of Kind Hybrid Power Module Introduced ......................................................................... 24

PBES Unveils ‘Game-Changing’ Marine Battery Innovation to Greatly Enhance Vessel Lifecycle Value ........................................................................................................................................ 25

Schoon schip maken ................................................................................................................. 26

‘Methanol is de toekomst' ........................................................................................................ 28

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MAN engines power hybrid port patrol boat ............................................................................ 29

BP positive on 2020 product availability and compliance, expects role for scrubbing ................ 30

The Bunker Market Beyond 2020 ............................................................................................. 31

FARSTAD TO REFIT VESSEL WITH BATTERY POWER SYSTEM ...................................................... 32

MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT (EXCL. ENGINES & STEEL) .......................................................... 33

Radio Holland and Spliethoff sign agreement to provide over 72 vessels with global satellite communication connections..................................................................................................... 33

Norwegians to finance vessel retrofits ...................................................................................... 34

Alphatron’s AlphaBridge solution will bolster ship navigation techniques ................................. 35

MHI and MHPS Jointly Develop Marine SOx Scrubber: World First Rectangular Design Offers Outstanding Purification Capacity and Space Savings for Large-scale Ships ............................... 35

STEEL & METALS (INCL. RAW MATERIALS) ............................................................................. 36

EU, China fail to agree on steel: trade dumping at summit ........................................................ 36

SHIPBUILDING & DESIGN, SHIPYARD NEWS ........................................................................... 37

Trafigura confirms massive tanker order at HHI, New Times ..................................................... 37

STX France: New orders and a surprise for Fincantieri .............................................................. 37

More than 40 VLCC’s ordered in the first five months of the year ............................................. 39

Rolls-Royce Unveils New Unified Ship Designs .......................................................................... 39

Prices for Newbuildings On the Rise ......................................................................................... 40

New building price hike heralds mild recovery in shipbuilding sector ........................................ 41

Two Damen ferries for British Columbia, Canada ...................................................................... 41

Brodosplit Nearing Deal for Two 1,200-Passenger Cruise Ships ................................................. 41

Report: Polaris Shipping Orders Bulker Trio at HHI .................................................................... 41

Four owners vying for SeaOne CGL carrier newbuildings .......................................................... 41

CMIH, DNV GL Enter Shipbuilding Partnership .......................................................................... 41

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding keen to diversify away from dry bulk ..................................................... 41

Platano Eesti orders bulker pair at Shanghai Shipyard .............................................................. 41

NS United to order another Japanese valemax ......................................................................... 41

Xin Yuan Group orders asphalt carrier at Mawei Shipbuilding ................................................... 41

Plenty Ships Wins Chinese Ferry Order ..................................................................................... 41

CLdN Books Two More at Hyundai ............................................................................................ 42

Peace Boat Inks Newbuilding Deal ............................................................................................ 42

Hyundai Mipo Wins Order for Ro-Ro Duo ................................................................................. 42

Reprieve for Sungdong as Kyklades comes knocking for up to seven aframaxes ........................ 42

Hyundai HI’s orders up more than three-fold from January to May .......................................... 42

SHIP MAINTENANCE, REPAIR & CONVERSION, RETROFIT .................................................... 42

Damen Shipyards mag Verolme-werf overnemen ..................................................................... 42

Damen works to cut scrubber retrofit times ............................................................................. 43

NAVAL ......................................................................................................................................... 44

UDT 2017: Italy confirms plans for four new submarines .......................................................... 44

UDT Europe 2017: Germany’s procurement boost .................................................................... 44

Polish defense giant buys shipyard, eyes submarine procurement ............................................ 45

ThyssenKrupp & German Naval Yards in New Warship Bid ....................................................... 46

SUPER & MEGA YACHTS........................................................................................................... 46

A Day at Amels ......................................................................................................................... 46

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Bouw nieuw kantoor Scheepswerf Slob van start ..................................................................... 47

A Day at Moonen Shipyards...................................................................................................... 48

Yachts: Mondomarine, a solution passes through China ........................................................... 49

Genting Hong Kong Acquires All of Wider ................................................................................. 50

Trossen los voor Yacht Builders Academy ................................................................................. 51

OIL & GAS, OFFSHORE ENERGY, DEEP SEA MINING ............................................................. 51

Europe Sees Fivefold Boost to Offshore Wind Under Pledge ..................................................... 51

FARSTAD TO REFIT VESSEL WITH BATTERY POWER SYSTEM ...................................................... 52

Samsung HI wins Coral FLNG project, to terminate Stena's rig order ......................................... 52

A Review Of Offshore Newbuild Price Dynamics ....................................................................... 53

Trouble Brews for OPEC as Expensive Deepwater Oil Turns Cheap ........................................... 55

DSME Competes with Domestic Shipbuilders to Win Offshore Plant Projects............................ 56

The Long March Of China’s Offshore Sector .............................................................................. 57

Port of Rotterdam: Creating Offshore Center Maasvlakte 2 ...................................................... 58

INLAND SHIPPING (BINNENVAART) .......................................................................................... 58

Elbe wordt testbaan voor autonome binnenschepen ................................................................ 58

Voor robotschip lijken regels groter probleem dan techniek (video) ......................................... 59

Roer maakt onnodig veel bewegingen ...................................................................................... 60

VISSERIJ (FISHERIES) ............................................................................................................... 62

Russian PM Medvedev signs investment quota decrees ........................................................... 62

Brunvoll signs new seiner contracts .......................................................................................... 63

New Cetus to be built at Fitjar .................................................................................................. 64

SHIPPING, PORTS, FINANCE, OTHER GENERAL NEWS ......................................................... 64

Danish Ship Finance predicts growth in seaborne volumes will average just 1% per annum through to 2030 ....................................................................................................................... 64

Strong demolition and no new orders pivotal for dry bulk recovery .......................................... 65

EUROPE (INCL. TURKEY & RUSSIA) ............................................................................................. 66 BELGIË (BELGIUM) ..................................................................................................................... 66


DUITSLAND (GERMANY)............................................................................................................ 66

ThyssenKrupp & German Naval Yards in New Warship Bid ....................................................... 66

Fairplay and Bugsier join forces ................................................................................................ 67

German shipping group Rickmers files for insolvency ............................................................... 68


Elbe wordt testbaan voor autonome binnenschepen ................................................................ 68

UDT Europe 2017: Germany’s procurement boost .................................................................... 68

ESTLAND (ESTONIA).................................................................................................................. 68


FINLAND ..................................................................................................................................... 68


FRANKRIJK (FRANCE) ............................................................................................................... 68


GRIEKENLAND (GREECE) ......................................................................................................... 69


KROATIË (CROATIA) .................................................................................................................. 70


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ITALIË (ITALY)............................................................................................................................. 70

UDT 2017: Italy confirms plans for four new submarines .......................................................... 70


Fincantieri signs a letter of intent with China State Shipbuilding Corporation ........................... 70

Yachts: Mondomarine, a solution passes through China ........................................................... 70

Genting Hong Kong Acquires All of Wider ................................................................................. 70

POLEN (POLAND) ....................................................................................................................... 71

Polish defense giant buys shipyard, eyes submarine procurement ............................................ 71

NOORWEGEN (NORWAY) .......................................................................................................... 71

Norway: Trade Minister announces all-electric tourism boat .................................................... 71

Fjellstrand books order for zero emission ferry ......................................................................... 72

Brunvoll signs new seiner contracts .......................................................................................... 72

New Cetus to be built at Fitjar .................................................................................................. 72

Rolls-Royce Unveils New Unified Ship Designs .......................................................................... 72

Norway Bolsters Oil-Industry Defenses Against Foreign Takeovers ........................................... 72

Norwegians to finance vessel retrofits ...................................................................................... 72

ROEMENIË (ROMANIA) .............................................................................................................. 73


RUSLAND (RUSSIA) ................................................................................................................... 73

Opportunities on the Russian shipbuilding market .................................................................... 73

ASIA, PACIFIC, AUSTRALIA ........................................................................................................... 74 CHINA ......................................................................................................................................... 74

CMIH, DNV GL Enter Shipbuilding Partnership .......................................................................... 74


The Long March Of China’s Offshore Sector .............................................................................. 75

Fincantieri signs a letter of intent with China State Shipbuilding Corporation ........................... 76

Plenty Ships Wins Chinese Ferry Order ..................................................................................... 77


JAPAN ......................................................................................................................................... 78

MHI and MHPS Jointly Develop Marine SOx Scrubber: World First Rectangular Design Offers Outstanding Purification Capacity and Space Savings for Large-scale Ships ............................... 78

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding keen to diversify away from dry bulk ..................................................... 80

NS United to order another Japanese valemax ......................................................................... 80


KOREA ........................................................................................................................................ 81

Report: Polaris Shipping Orders Bulker Trio at HHI .................................................................... 81

S. Korea: Moon pledges ocean investment ............................................................................... 82

Hyundai HI’s orders up more than three-fold from January to May .......................................... 83

Refund Guarantees to Be Allowed for Non-large Shipbuilders in Korea ..................................... 84

Posco keen to order LNG-fuelled cape ...................................................................................... 85


Flex LNG takes orderbook to six................................................................................................ 86

Reprieve for Sungdong as Kyklades comes knocking for up to seven aframaxes ........................ 86



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DSME Competes with Domestic Shipbuilders to Win Offshore Plant Projects............................ 87

Samsung HI wins Coral FLNG project, to terminate Stena's rig order ......................................... 87

SINGAPORE ............................................................................................................................... 87

Keppel order haul set to reach SGD 500m in 2017 .................................................................... 87

Singapore shipyards secured S$820m in new orders in 2016, down from S$4.9b in 2015 ......... 88

Stolt-Nielsen orders two dual-fuel 7,500 cu.m LNG carriers ...................................................... 89

AMERICA’S ..................................................................................................................................... 89 CANADA...................................................................................................................................... 89


VERENIGDE STATEN (USA)....................................................................................................... 90


OTHER (MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA) ................................................................................................ 91 KUWAIT....................................................................................................................................... 91

KOTC launches VLCC and VLGC newbuilding tender .................................................................. 91

SAUDI ARABIË (SAUDI ARABIA) ................................................................................................ 92

Saudi Aramco Signs Deals to Build Persian Gulf’s Biggest Shipyard ............................................ 92

COLOFON ........................................................................................................................................ 93




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DOC.NR. DESCRIPTION COUNTRY PUBLICATION

DATE DEADLINE

216733-2017 Polen-Warschau: Boten PL

08/06/2017

18/07/2017

209912-2017 Ierland-Limerick: Onderzoeks-

vaartuigen IE 02/06/2017 30/06/2017

209503-2017 Ierland-Cobh: Schepen en boten IE

02/06/2017 10/07/2017

209364-2017 Portugal-Almada: Reddingsboten PT 02/06/2017 11/07/2017

206733-2017 Roemenië-Galati: Schepen RO 31/05/2017 04/07/2017

203940-2017 Duitsland-Koblenz: Baggersche-

pen DE 30/05/2017 18/07/2017

203607-2017

Noorwegen-Bodø: Vissersboten,

reddingsboten en andere specia-

le vaartuigen

NO 27/05/2017 26/06/2017

200951-2017 Frankrijk-Plouzane: Schepen en

boten FR

27/05/2017

29/06/2017

200748-2017 Duitsland-Rendsburg: Drijvende

constructies

DE

27/05/2017 01/08/2017

200652-2017 Malta-Floriana: Schepen MT 27/05/2017 27/06/2017

212892-2017 Italië-Tarente: Moderniseren van

schepen IT 03/06/2017 22/06/2017

212832-2017 Duitsland-Wilhelmshaven: Op-

knappen van schepen of boten DE 03/06/2017 24/07/2017

212826-2017 Duitsland-Cuxhaven: Reparatie

en onderhoud van schepen DE 03/06/2017 01/08/2017

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CLASSIFICATION

CLASS EXPERTS SET SCENE FOR ERA OF NEW TECHNOLOGY Tradewinds 28 mei 2017

Executives give their view on which marine technologies under development today have a future A weird and wonderful mixture of marine tech-nologies are under development from 3D prin-ting to robotics and unmanned ships but ship-ping executives are often left wondering what they can realistically expect to be using in the decades ahead. As certification and testing organisations, classi-fication societies have a grandstand seat to mo-nitor the whole field of marine technology re-search and development. TradeWinds asked Italian classification society Rina’s marine chief commercial officer Paolo Moretti, ABS’ advanced technology and research vice-president Christina Wang and DNV GL’s ma-ritime chief executive Knut Orbeck-Nilssen to pick the technologies they are backing to be a success in the future. Shipping is going soft – the data revolution The collection and utilisation of data is set to lead shipping’s technological revolution if the experts are to be believed. The next generation of shipowners will be talking about their vessels

as “Data Centric Assets”, according to ABS’ Christina Wang. Ships will be built with sensors and transmission capability to collect and send data covering every facet of the ship that will ensure vessels are run to maximum operational efficiency. “The data centric asset provides metrics that allow optimised asset management through predictive data analysis as well as providing visible 'hot spots' for safety and operational efficiency,” she said. DNV GL’s Nilssen also sees data as a future dri-ving force in shipping and suggests the develop-ment of data platforms will form a safe house where owners, class, suppliers and shipyards can pool and access ship data. He says the proviso is that the data platform must be secure, trust-worthy and access controlled. “The development of such platforms is a neces-sary step in collecting data and making it ready for further value creation,” added Nilssen. Rina's Paolo Moretti believes the big data revo-lution will have power to revolutionise the way business is done and will give owners more con-fidence in decision-making. “Companies may go beyond competitive business models implemen-ting behaviour prediction algorithms, operating faster control and diagnostics, comparing sister-ship performance, getting situational awareness, real-time condition monitoring and, in general, supporting a reliable decision making process,” he said. Ghost ships and emerging prospect of automa-tion

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Automation in shipping is on its way but just how far it will go as far as unmanned ships is the question experts differ on. For DNV GL’s Nilssen, unmanned ships are out of the question in the next decade at least. He ex-plains that for a start the regulatory hurdles are too high and equipment that requires less on-board maintenance has not been developed yet. What he does see is a gradual movement to-wards automation similar to the road travelled by the automobile industry. “From collision avoidance to route planning, to automated per-formance and condition monitoring and shore-based assistance, there is room for more system autonomy to develop and reduce 'human factor' incidents and improve operational efficiency,” he said. ABS’ Wang also sees a progressive move to un-manned ships through automation with the key

benefits being improved safety and efficiency. She says what will be required first for full auto-mation is the development of artificial intelligen-ce and machine learning. “Artificial intelligence will also be a key process in autonomous vessel development, with the potential to increase sa-fety through reduced risk exposure as well as improving safety and efficiency by reducing risk failures and equipment damage,” she said. For Rina’s Moretti, cyber security has become an even more critical factor with the emergence of automation and ships controlled from shore. He sees the development of procedures and tech-nologies to identify risk, prevent threat and pro-tect systems. He says it is a prerequisite for au-tonomous shipping. “With further advances in these enabling technologies we can imagine a totally autonomous ship that reports to shore,” he said. READ MORE

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REGULATIONS

SHIPOWNERS ENCOURAGE EU-CHINA LEADERSHIP IN SHAPING IMO CO2 STRATEGY Hellenic Shipping News 7 juni 2017 Following the decision of the United States to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the International Chamber of Ship-ping (ICS) encourage the intention of the Euro-pean Union and the People’s Republic of China to intensify cooperation in achieving a global climate deal for shipping. Indications of such co-operation materialised during the 19th EU-China Summit held in Brussels last week. At the Sum-mit, EU and Chinese leaders reaffirmed their

commitment to implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change. EU and Chinese leaders also looked forward to co-hosting, along with Canada, a major ministerial gathering in September to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement and accelerate the clean energy transition. “The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement should not jeopardise an ambitious global strategy to reduce the CO2

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emissions of shipping”, said ECSA Secretary Ge-neral Patrick Verhoeven, “We are therefore pleased that the EU and China appear to be wor-king towards reinforced co-operation on delive-ring a climate agreement for shipping at the In-ternational Maritime Organization.” Discussions on the IMO greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction strategy will start in a few weeks’ ti-me, at the 71st session of the IMO Marine Envi-ronment Protection Committee (MEPC). The IMO aims at establishing an initial strategy in 2018, which is to be finalised in 2023, after real-time data on CO2 emissions of global shipping have been collected and analysed. Ahead of the MEPC meeting, the global shipping industry, re-presented by four international shipowner orga-nisations, submitted a proposal to keep total global CO2 emissions below 2008 levels, and then progressively cutting annual total emissions from the sector by 2050, by a percentage to be agreed by IMO. “We call upon the EU and China, and indeed all IMO Member States, to support the industry proposals”, said ICS Secretary General Peter Hinchliffe, “The priority of governments should be to focus on the development of alternative,

fossil-free fuels and IMO should assess whether holding CO2 below 2008 levels can be achieved with technical and operational measures alone.” ECSA and ICS continue to express concern about unilateral measures that the EU and other regio-nal powers may be contemplating. The European Parliament is notably pushing for the unilateral inclusion of shipping in the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and the Chinese govern-ment is also considering a national ETS scheme which could eventually include shipping. “We remain firmly opposed to a patchwork of regional schemes that would distort internatio-nal shipping markets while doing little to tackle the reduction of the global industry’s actual emissions”, concluded Patrick Verhoeven and Peter Hinchliffe, “Imposing regional solutions will be counterproductive. It will anger develo-ping nations that have agreed to participate in the IMO process despite their concerns about the implications for their economic develop-ment, making the prospect of a global agreement on truly meaningful CO2 reductions far more difficult if not impossible.” SOURCE

IN DEPTH: EU MRV: FRIEND OR FOE? World Maritime News 1 juni 2017

The implementation of the EU MRV is fast ap-proaching, mandating the monitoring, reporting

and verification of the CO2 emissions from ships larger than 5,000 gross tons that call at ports in the EU region. The EU regulation entered into force on July 1, 2015 and it requires shipowners and operators to prepare a monitoring plan for each of their ships that falls under the scope of the regulation. As the monitoring plan needs to be signed off by an independent verifier it should be submitted by August 31, 2017 at the latest. Data collection takes place on a per voyage basis and starts on January 1, 2018. It will reoccur an-nually, from Jan 1 to Dec 31.

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World Maritime News spoke on the topic with Tim Ellis, Marketing Manager of ABB’s Digital Services, Marine & Ports which specializes in ship decision support software, remote diagnos-tics & analytics, to find out what can be expected from the sector and how the process can be faci-litated for ship-owners. WMN: Is the new regulation imposing additional burden to owners or would you say that it opens an opportunity for companies such as ABB to help reduce the workload of shipping companies to reach compliance with EU MRV? Ellis: In essence the regulation indeed creates additional burden to owners. They have to make sure that they use an accredited method of re-porting. So yes, it will take a lot of effort if they decide to implement the MRV scope all by them-selves. We, as ABB, see ourselves as the experts in the field that also are capable of delivering a fully compliant and verified MRV reporting tool so the owners can concentrate on their core bu-siness. In addition to that, we obviously would like the crew to have access to a system that is user-friendly and with as little additional burden for them as possible. WMN: How would you assess the response from the market with regard to provision of technical solutions/softwares aimed at facilitating the shipowners’ compliance with the regulation? Ellis: I believe that a lot of companies that offer software solutions within the maritime industry are jumping into this new market. All of them with their own solutions. Some of them will be verified, and some will not. Ellis spoke with WMN on the back of the certifi-

cation of ABB’s MRV software by Verifavia. As in-formed, the comprehensive software suit named OCTOPUS is in compliance with the require-ments of the Regulation (EU) N° 2015/757, the associated Delegated and Implementing Acts and the ISO IEC 25051 standard on software en-gineering. “ABB unburdens shipowners and operators in this process by offering a user-friendly and fully compliant MRV tool. As a result, the advantage is two-fold. On one hand, this takes away any ef-forts the shipowner and operator should have to invest in the process of coming up with an ac-credited method of reporting. On the other hand, ABB delivers a plug-and-play MRV set-up that is ready for shipowners to comply with the EU’s emission regulations in the coming years,” he explained. “Once the OCTOPUS MRV scope is installed, the shipowner can easily upgrade the system to-wards more OCTOPUS modules that can further optimize the efficiency, safety and workability of a vessel. Therefore, we like to think that this new MRV regulation should not be a burden for a shipowner, but a trigger to start to save money with smart software.” WMN: Is the timetable for the implementation feasible, or should we expect that more time would be needed for the system to start wor-king? Ellis: I believe the timeline for implementation is reasonable. But for shipowners it is something new and does not really relate to the every-day and ‘normal’ business they are active in. SOURCE

http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/221497/eu-mrv-friend-or-foe/

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HUMAN RESOURCES / LABOUR CONDITIONS / EDUCATION

TROSSEN LOS VOOR YACHT BUILDERS ACADEMY Sneeker Nieuwsblad 23 mei 2017

Op de opleidingswerf van ROC Friese Poort in Sneek werd vanmorgen het logo van de Yacht Builders Academy onthuld. Tijdens een pitch be-nadrukten verschillende partners nog eens het belang van dit initiatief voor de scheeps- en jachtbouw in Friesland en Nederland. Vandaag werd bekend dat het Regionaal Inves-teringsfonds mbo 790.000 euro investeert in het initiatief. Hiermee is de financiering van de Yacht Builders Academy rond. In Friesland is er vraag naar meer en goed opgeleide vakmensen in de scheeps- en jachtbouw. Onderwijs, bedrijven en overheid bundelen in de Yacht Builders Academy hun krachten om samen deze uitdaging op te pakken. De Yacht Builders Academy maakt zich sterk voor de jachtbouw in Fryslân. Met actuele, inno-vatieve praktijkopleidingen die aansluiten op de praktijk. En door te voorzien in de toenemende vraag naar goed opgeleid personeel in de jacht-bouw. In de komende vier jaar wil de Yacht Buil-ders Academy zich ontwikkelen tot hét mbo kenniscentrum voor innovatie en vakmanschap in duurzame jachtbouw. De Yacht Builders Aca-demy komt voort uit de bedrijfsopleiding die ROC Friese Poort en De Vries Scheepsbouw sinds 2011 aanbieden op de werf in Makkum. Bij de Yacht Builders Academy zijn inmiddels 36 part-

ners uit het onderwijs, bedrijfsleven en de over-heid aangesloten. De komende jaren wordt daar-in nog groei verwacht. De totale investering voor de Yacht Builders Academy, zo’n 2,3 miljoen euro, betekent een mooie impuls voor de Friese economie. Overhe-den, onderwijs en bedrijfsleven dragen hieraan bij. Er wordt ingezet op een groei van het aantal studenten en cursisten van 185 naar 370 in 2021. Zonder deze extra inspanning zijn er in de toekomst onvoldoende maritieme vakmensen. Afgestudeerden hebben een grote kans op werk. Dat blijkt ook wel uit het aantal partners dat bij de Yacht Builders Academy is aangesloten. Stu-denten van de bedrijfsopleiding van ROC Friese Poort en De Vries Scheepsbouw vonden binnen drie maanden een baan. De mbo-opleidingen van de Yacht Builders Aca-demy ontwikkelen ROC Friese Poort en het be-drijfsleven samen. Op de werf van De Vries Scheepsbouw in Makkum of op de opleidings-werf van ROC Friese Poort in Sneek leren stu-denten het vak in de praktijk. Met de nieuwste technieken en materialen werken ze aan luxe jachten. Zo leren zij topkwaliteit leveren. ,,Als het aan ROC Friese Poort ligt ontwikkelen we in de toekomst alleen nog maar opleidingen in sa-menwerking met bedrijven in onze omgeving. Al-leen samen kunnen we voldoen aan de behoefte in de regio”, aldus Micha van Akkeren, voorzitter college van bestuur ROC Friese Poort. Een van de andere projecten in de regio Zwolle waarin ROC Friese Poort partner is, “Top Centrum E-commerce”, kreeg vandaag ook subsidie uit het Regionaal Investeringsfonds. Jongeren en volwassenen kunnen op de Yacht Builders Academy unieke jachtbouwopleidingen of –cursussen volgen. De opleiding Scheeps- en Jachtbouw wordt bijvoorbeeld alleen in Sneek

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en Rotterdam aangeboden. Uniek is de opleiding voor Jachtschilders niveau 4, die in ontwikkeling is. ROC Friese Poort is de enige aanbieder van opleidingen in de Watersportindustrie in Neder-

land. SOURCE

SUSTAINABILITY (MARINE ENVIRONMENT)

SEISMIC SHIPS COULD CLEAN UP OCEAN PLASTIC

Youtube filmpje van PGS voorstel (klik op plaatje)

Maritime Executive 6 juni 2017 Seismic survey company Petroleum Geo-Services has developed a concept for efficient, large scale collection of plastic from the oceans. The soluti-on uses seismic vessels and takes advantage of their air compressors and capabilities for hand-ling large towing configurations. The PGS concept consists of a seismic vessel and a support vessel towing booms, in a fan formati-on, which are connected to a processing unit at the end of the spread. The seismic vessel's large onboard compressors, usually supply the seismic source, are instead used to pump air through a ventilated hose, to-wed at approximately 50 meters water depth between the seismic ship and the support vessel. The air bubbles attach to the submerged plastic which then rises to the sea surface, just like bubbles are attracted to a straw in a glass of sparkling water. The processing unit at the end of the collection spread separates organic materials from plastic.

The latter is compressed and packaged into su-per-strong synthetic skins. Once full, each skin section is marked by GPS and AIS, ready to be collected and towed to a processing facility for recycling. Each year, eight million tons of plastic ends up in the world's oceans - equivalent to dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the sea every minute. If no action is taken, this is expected to increase to two garbage trucks per minute by 2030 and four garbage trucks per minute by 2050. "There are well known garbage geysers in diffe-rent oceans of the world, and our plastic collec-tion concept is intended to take advantage of the currents in these systems and collect plastic before it eventually sinks to the seabed," says Jon Erik Reinhardsen, President and CEO of PGS. PGS has four cold-stacked Ramform seismic vessels, which could be used for plastic collecti-on. The benefits of the Ramform vessels are their high propulsion power making them capa-ble of towing large spreads. Their large compres-sors can generate enough air to lift submerged plastic to the surface. In addition, they have mul-tiple winches for handling complex towing confi-gurations, large deck space for easy, safe opera-tion and accommodation facilities for marine and research personnel. PGS is seeking external funding for a pilot test of the system. SOURCE

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DNV GL LOOKS TO A GREENER 2050 WITH GREENHOUSE GAS MODEL FOR SHIPPING Hellenic Shipping News 2 juni 2017

DNV GL has published a report assessing the po-tential for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions re-duction from shipping towards 2050, based on a new computational model. The model can eva-luate various scenarios for both individual ship segments and the industry as a whole. It can also evaluate the effectiveness of various solutions for reducing GHGs. “Despite the challenges facing our industry, we believe it is technically possible for shipping to achieve substantial GHG reductions, provided a viable strategy is developed and adopted from within the industry itself,” says Christos Chryssa-kis, Group Leader Energy Efficiency & Fuels at DNV GL. “But for such a strategy to be both suc-cessful and minimally disruptive, it should re-cognise the differences between the various shipping segments and the need to develop ap-propriate solutions for different ship types, sizes

and types of operation.” The objective of the new report (“Low Carbon Shipping towards 2050”) is to assess the poten-tial for realistic GHG reductions from shipping heading to 2050, considering a variety of possi-ble trade growth scenarios in the various ship segments. The level of reduction will depend on the availability of the technological solutions in each segment, their reduction potential and rate of uptake. In turn, uptake will depend on the cost and expected payback of each technology, combined with the investment horizon of ship owners. These factors are included in the model develo-ped by DNV GL, which uses AIS data to create a fuel consumption and emissions baseline. The global fleet is divided into 47 ship segments ba-sed on vessel type and size, with fuel consump-tion estimated for every vessel individually. For each vessel in the fleet the model makes a cost-benefit calculation for a set of alternative fuel options and energy efficiency measures and then re-calculates the global level of fuel con-sumption and emissions. “We have developed the model to be useful for many different stakeholders,” continues Christos Chryssakis. “From ship owners trying to identify optimum solutions, authorities developing stra-tegies and supporting mechanisms for cutting emissions, through to policy makers looking for reduction strategies on a global level, the model can promote informed decision making to ensu-re that shipping remains the world’s largest and most environmentally friendly transport sector.” SOURCE

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SHIPPING CAN MAKE 75% GHG CUTS BY 2050 USING EXISTING TECH Hellenic Shipping News 1 juni 2017

Sleeker hulls, bigger ships, efficient operations and the use of sustainable bio-fuels can ensure the ship-ping sector radically cuts its greenhouse gas foot-

print by mid-century, says a new study published in the journal Transportation Research. Work by a team of Norwegian scientists identi-fied six groups of measures based on existing technologies with high mitigation potential: hull design; economy of scale; power and propulsion; speed; fuels and alternative energy sources; weather routing and scheduling. “Emissions can be reduced by more than 75%, based on current technologies and by 2050, through a combination of measures if policies and regulations are focused on achieving these reductions. In terms of emissions per freight unit transported, it is possible to reduce emissions by a factor of 4–6,” they found. Their results indicate that novel hull design can contribute considerably to CO2 emissions reduc-tion. Additional measures such as light-weighting, hull coating and lubrication can con-tribute to improving the performance of hulls further, but their potential as sole measures are limited.

“Significant reduction potentials can be achieved by swift adoption and combination of a large number of individual measures, as no single measure is sufficient by itself. It is possible to re-duce GHG emissions by a factor of 4 to 6 per freight unit transported based on current tech-nologies within 2050,” said study author Dr Eli-zabeth Lindstad from the Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute. “The success of these measures is also depen-dent on the growth rates of maritime transport. Policies, regulations, and legislation, such as the EEDI, can facilitate reduction of GHG emissions by the sector, but successful implementation has to be supported by high-quality studies addres-sing multiple effects and measures simultane-ously in order to avoid counteracting and ineffi-cient adoption of mitigation measures.” Wind and solar energy has potential to further cut emissions, the study found, but this depends on the types of ships these technologies are used on. Such measures are most efficient for smaller ship sizes on specific routes with high so-lar incidence and wind potential, as the total amount of energy that can be generated by the-se measures on-board is constrained by the sur-face area necessary for each of these measures. SOURCE

SHIPPING FAILING TO MEET EMISSION REDUCTIONS TARGETS: IEA Splash 24/7 25 mei 2017 A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) report slams shipping for failing to take tough enough measures to reduce its car-bon footprint. The Tracking Energy Perspectives study rates the

progress of sectors towards limiting global war-ming to below the international agreed 2C limit from green (good), amber (work to do) and red (poor). Shipping is rated ‘red’. The IEA has outlined a number of immediate

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steps that the International Maritime Organi-zation and the shipping industry as a whole need to make on climate change. These include rolling out a shipping carbon tax, boosting EEDI measu-res, toughening enforcement of emission checks and investing in incentives to encourage green investment. “Defining a GHG emissions mitigation target for international shipping is a first step to getting on track with 2DS targets. Raising the ambition of the EEDI, introducing mandatory standards on operational efficiency (also requiring proper monitoring of ship performances) and pricing GHG emissions are effective instruments to mo-ve in this direction,” the report noted. On the EEDI target the IEA analysis is as follows:

“Meeting the 2DS requires the global shipping fleet to improve its fuel efficiency per vehicle-km at an annual rate of 2.3% between 2015 and 2025. Yet, the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) of the International Maritime Organizati-on (IMO), applying to new ships only results in a fleet average improvement of 1% to 2025… im-plementing IMO’s final GHG strategy only by 2023 will have very little impact on the possibili-ty of meeting 2025 2DS targets.” In a poll just published by Splash sister tit-le Maritime CEO 59% of the more than 500 res-pondents felt a bunker fuel levy was the best way for shipping to tackle emissions. SOURCE

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SUBSIDIEREGELING DUURZAME SCHEEPSBOUW OPENGESTELD

NMT 2 juni 2017 De Subsidieregeling Duurzame Scheepsbouw (SDS) is 2 juni 2017 gepubliceerd in de Staatscourant en zal 15 juli 2017 worden opengesteld voor aanvragen. Aanvragen kunnen uitsluitend worden ingediend door Nederlandse scheepswerven. Voor dit jaar is een budget be-schikbaar van € 4,6 miljoen euro. Op 14 juni 2017 organiseert Netherlands Maritime Techno-logy (NMT) in samenwerking met Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) in Den Haag een informatiebijeenkomst over de subsi-

dieregeling. De SDS is bedoeld om de introductie van ver-nieuwende duurzame technologieën in de scheepsnieuwbouw en -ombouw mogelijk te maken, door de innovatieve waarde te subsidi-eren. Aanloop Nadat in december 2016 de Tweede Kamer met een ruime meerderheid een amendement heeft aangenomen om € 4,6 miljoen op de begroting van het ministerie van Economische Zaken voor 2017 te oormerken voor de Subsidieregeling Duurzame Scheepsbouw is er door het ministe-rie hard gewerkt aan de realisatie van de rege-ling. In samenwerking met NMT is de regeling uitgewerkt, waarbij de SIS-regeling die in 2014 is gestopt als basis is gebruikt en de evaluatiepun-ten van de SIS-regeling ter harte zijn genomen.

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Ontwikkelingsrisico’s ondervangen De internationaal concurrerende en zeer innova-tieve Nederlandse scheepsbouwsector zal de SDS-regeling benutten om ontwikkelingsrisico’s bij duurzaamheidsinnovaties te ondervangen. De SDS-regeling is bedoeld om de introductie van vernieuwende duurzame technologieën in de scheepsnieuwbouw en -ombouw mogelijk te maken. Technologieën die bedoeld zijn voor de structurele verlaging van CO2-uitstoot en andere schadelijke emissies naar lucht en water van ver-schillende scheepstypen voor zee- en binnenwa-teren. Andere oplossingen, die bijdragen aan de duurzame inzet van het schip en haar beman-ning gedurende de levensduur, vallen tevens onder de beoogde regeling. Investeren in schone technologie De SDS-regeling biedt oplossingen voor het knelpunt, dat investeringen in schone technolo-gie vanwege de moeilijke marktomstandigheden en de zware internationale concurrentie veel te traag op gang komen. De scheepvaart is per ver-voerstonmijl een schone vervoersmodaliteit, maar kan veel schoner worden. Met toepassing van schone technologie wordt een belangrijk maatschappelijk doel gediend: een lagere mili-eubelasting. Niet alleen langs de Nederlandse delta en kust, maar ook wereldwijd middels ex-port. Zeer belangrijk voor level playing field De ordergebonden regeling draagt bij aan een gelijk speelveld binnen de Europese Unie. Zon-der de SDS-regeling zou Nederland achterstand oplopen in de concurrentie met onder meer Duitsland, dat een vergelijkbare regeling heeft. Evenals bijvoorbeeld de Duitse overheid kan de Nederlandse overheid met deze regeling de sec-tor steun in de rug geven om grensverleggende en innovatieve oplossingen versneld toe te pas-sen. Dit geldt zowel voor unieke schepen of eer-

ste schepen van een serie, die daarmee prototy-pes zijn. Uitvoering door RVO De Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) voert de SDS-regeling uit in opdracht van het ministerie van Economische Zaken. Op www.rvo.nl wordt binnenkort informatie over de SDS-regeling gepubliceerd. Via die site kunnen belangstellenden vervolgens onder an-dere het aanvraagformulier, de toelichting bij de aanvraag en de officiële bekendmaking down-loaden. Informatiebijeenkomst Om alle partijen gelijke kansen te bieden wordt er een informatiebijeenkomst gehouden bij Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO), waarin de regeling verder zal worden toegelicht en er gelegenheid is om vragen te stellen. Deel-name aan deze bijeenkomst is gratis. Tijden 14 juni 2017 van 14.00 uur tot 16.00 uur Locatie RVO Prinses Beatrixlaan 2 Den Haag Contact NMT Arnold de Bruijn [email protected] 088-4451037

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NOVIMAR-PROJECT VAN START GEGAAN Scheepvaartkrant Jan Schils 7 juni 2017 Sedert 1 juni jongstleden is het Europese mari-tieme innovatie project NOVIMAR (NOVel Iwt and MARitime transport concepts) van start ge-gaan. Met NOVIMAR wordt beoogd om de haal-baarheid en de grote economische voordelen van een nieuw soort transport over de binnen-wateren aan te tonen, dat gebaseerd is op de in-zet van de ‘Vessel Train’. Bij dit nieuwe project gaat het om ‘platooning’, waarbij de schepen in een treintje varen. NOVIMAR maakt deel uit van het Europese re-search en innovatie kaderprogramma: HORIZON 2020. De totale EU-subsidie bedraagt ruim 8 mil-joen euro. Coördinator van het project is Oscar Lauf van Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT), die ook instaat voor het projectmanage-ment. Het consortium bestaat uit 22 partners uit 9 Europese landen. Het omvat equipment leve-ranciers, reders, ontwerpbureaus, adviesbu-reaus, logistieke dienstverleners, kennisinstitu-ten, universiteiten en een classificatiebureau. Nederland is sterk vertegenwoordigd met 7 partners: MARIN, Expertise- en InnovatieCen-trum Binnenvaart (EICB), Technische Universiteit Delft, Deltares, Bureau Telematica Binnenvaart, Autena Marine en Netherlands Maritime Tech-nology (NMT).

NOVIMAR beoogt de komende vier jaar de haal-baarheid van de vessel train aan te kunnen to-nen. Een vessel train bestaat uit een bemande ‘Leader Vessel’ met daarachter een of meerdere ‘Follower Vessels’, die met sterk gereduceerde of zelfs geen bemanning de Leader Vessel vol-gen. Naast de kostenvoordelen die verwacht worden maakt de Vessel Train het gebruik van kleinere schepen rendabeler, waardoor transport binnen stedelijke gebieden van de weg naar het water verplaatst kan worden. Naast binnenvaart worden ook shortsea-toepassingen onderzocht. Wetenschappers van de TU Delft voorspelden eind vorig jaar dat rond 2030 zee- en binnen-vaartschepen geheel zonder tussenkomst van mensen zullen varen. Onbemande schepen die bestuurd worden door een bemanning aan de wal en platooning beschouwt de wetenschap nog slechts als een tussenstap. Het idee van pla-tooning in de binnenvaart is eigenlijk niet hele-maal nieuw. Gedurende eeuwen waren er al sleeptreinen, onder andere op de Rijn. Het ver-schil met nu is dat er toen een kabel zat tussen de ‘leader vessel’ (de sleepboot) en de schepen die volgden (sleepschepen). SOURCE

MARITIEME INNOVATIE MET HORIZON 2020 FINANCIERING Aandrijven en Besturen 30 mei 2017 Het Europese Horizon 2020 programma biedt mogelijkheden voor het financieren van innova-tie-projecten. Op woensdag 28 juni 2017 kunnen betrokken partijen kennismaken met de moge-lijkheden om tijdens het jaarlijkse Forum Europa Seminar van Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT) maritieme innovaties te financieren sa-men met Europese partners.

Deelname aan Horizon 2020 is aantrekkelijk om-dat de Europese Commissie de kosten van on-derzoek en innovatie voor een groot deel dekt. Daarnaast biedt deelname aan een Europees in-novatieproject toegang tot een interessant net-werk.

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Door de omvang van de projecten en de samen-werking en inbreng van verschillende disciplines kunnen de krachten worden gebundeld. Daar-mee kunnen innovatieve ontwikkelingen ver-sneld worden. Voor de Nederlandse maritieme industrie draagt deelname aan internationale in-novatieprojecten bij aan het verwezenlijken van de innovatiedoelstellingen. Het seminar is van belang voor bedrijven en or-ganisaties die deelnemen aan Horizon 2020 pro-jecten of overwegen dit te doen. NMT nodigt nadrukkelijk ook het midden- en kleinbedrijf uit aanwezig te zijn, aangezien de Europese Com-missie deelname van mkb stimuleert en ook en-kele subsidieregelingen aan bod komen die spe-cifiek voor het mkb zijn opgezet. Ook wordt de mogelijkheid geboden tot matchmaking middels een korte pitch.

Praktische info Deelname aan dit seminar is kosteloos, maar aanmelding vooraf is verplicht . Het wordt gehouden op woensdag 28 juni 2017 van 15.00 uur tot 17.30 uur, gevolgd door een borrel. Gastheer is Vereniging FME, dat is gevestigd in het gebouw van Bouwend Nederland in Zoeter-meer. Tijdens het seminar zullen de volgende onder-werpen aan bod komen: - Overzicht van het Horizon 2020 programma - Analyse van calls voor de maritieme sector - Voorbeeld succesvolle aanvraag - Ervaringen vanuit de industrie - Enterprise Europe Network - Mogelijkheid tot pitches SOURCE

WARTSILA PUSHES AHEAD ON DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION MarineLog 29 mei 2017

Wärtsilä reports that is implementing a digital transformation to become "a data led, insights driven, and agile technology company dedicated to taking a leadership role in the smart marine and smart energy ecosystems throughout their entire lifecycle." Following the appointment of Chief Digital Offi-cer (CDO) and Executive Vice-President Marco Ryan in September 2016, Wärtsilä has taken se-veral actions to speed up the developments

achieved during the last decade. The focus is on future technology, notably the use of artificial in-telligence, data analytics, open platforms, block chain and cyber security, as well as on creating new business models. "Digital disruption is already affecting the energy and marine sectors and will do so increasingly in the future," says Mr. Ryan. "We are building on decades of expertise in digital development and accelerating the pace at which we build new di-gital solutions, services and opportunities for our customers. Wärtsilä's recent acquisitions of Eni-ram and Greensmith demonstrate Wärtsilä's ambitions and active role in helping its custo-mers to benefit from smart technology initiati-ves." To accelerate this digital transformation, Wärtsilä has recruited a highly qualified digital leadership team, and has established a new digi-tal organisation with more than 400 existing Wärtsilä employees.

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Selina Heiska has been appointed as Vice Presi-dent, Digital Transformation and is responsible for leading the culture change program and transformation communications teams. She joins Wärtsilä from Capgemini, where her title was Di-rector, Digital. Mikko Tepponen has been appointed as Vice President, Digital Portfolio Management. He is responsible for Wärtsilä's digital service portfolio and its development. Previously Mr. Tepponen led the Wärtsilä Services' digitalisation team. Mr Toby White has been appointed as Vice Pre-sident, Digital Engineering as of June 12, and in this role he leads software engineering, emer-ging technologies and asset management. He joins Wärtsilä from GlobalData where he has acted as Group Chief Technology Officer, CTO. As part of the Digital transformation, particular emphasis is being given to cyber security. Accor-dingly, the cyber security team is being conside-rably strengthened across Cyber Assurance, Cy-ber Operations, Cyber Policy, Information securi-ty and Cyber-as-a Service. Key appointments so far made include Andrew Ross as Director, Cyber Assurance and Kim Eklund as Director, Cyber-as-a-Service. In addition, newly appointed Heads of Digital will

be responsible for furthering digital initiatives and strategies in each of the business divisions. Andrea Morgante has been appointed Head of Digital in Marine Solutions, and Saku Mäihäniemi as Head of Digital in Services as of June 1. Heiska, Tepponen, White, Morgante and Mäihäniemi will be part of Wärtsilä's digital ma-nagement team, led by the CDO, Marco Ryan. Wärtsilä has already announced two additional Vice President positions in the digital organizati-on and will announce dozens of new vacancies in 2017, including other management positions. In addition to building a dedicated organisation, Wärtsilä is also encouraging all of the company's employees to personally drive the digital trans-formation. In May 2017, 500 Wärtsilä employees from 33 countries, along with the Board of Ma-nagement, attended an internal event in Mu-nich, Germany to kick-off the next chapter in Wärtsilä's digital journey. To develop digital services and products in a mo-re agile way, Wärtsilä will launch digital accelera-tion centers globally. In the centers, Wärtsilä ta-kes promising ideas and transforms them into service concepts and products, co-creating the solutions with customers and partners. SOURCE

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GIANT LNG-FUELED BOX SHIP "READY TO ORDER" MarineLog 1 juni 2017

A Joint Industry Project (JIP) has completed the second phase of its plans to develop a 20,000 TEU ultra large container vessel (ULCV) with an LNG-fueled combined cycle gas and steam turbi-ne (COGES) electric power plant. According to the partners in the "PERFECt" pro-ject, the design is now "ready to order." The project partners are ABB, OMT, GTT, Cater-pillar's Solar Turbines, CMA CGM, its subsidiary CMA Ships, and DNV GL, The goals for the project were to to utilize LNG as a primary fuel for an ultra-low emissions pro-file, in a design with at least the same carrying capacity and efficiency as existing ULCVs. The use of a highly efficient combined gas and electric steam turbine (COGES) system, in com-bination with an all-electric design, offered ex-ceptional performance with several advantages.

Propelling the ship with electrical motors ena-bled the power generation and propulsion sys-tems to be placed in separate sections of the ship. And with the COGES system providing po-wer for both propulsion and auxiliary systems, an engine room was not needed any more. So, the power plant, together with the integrated LNG tanks, could be moved below the deck hou-se – freeing up considerable space for more con-tainer slots. In addition to the improved overall arrangement of the vessel, a tailored hull shape and new pro-peller design add to the overall efficiency. The novel hull form with vertical bow is tailormade to the operational profile of the vessel, and with a high efficiency propeller in combination with a contra-rotating pod, the total propulsive effici-ency is increased by around 5 per cent. "The PERFECt project has brought a new set of expert capabilities together and delivered pro-mising results", said Gerd Würsig, Business Di-rector for LNG-fueled ships at DNV GL – Mariti-me. "The impulse behind this project was the in-terest in seeing how a modern ultra large con-tainer ship design could benefit from clean fuel and highly efficient COGES technology. We have achieved our objectives and now have a valida-ted design concept with enough technical detail to develop a business case." WATCH THE VIDEO SOURCE

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ALL SYSTEMS GO AS FLOATING LNG-TO-POWER PREPARES FOR LIFT-OFF TradeWinds News 31 mei 2017

LNG producers have excess product on their hands and are looking at ways to tap into new markets. Floating power production is nothing new but to date these plants have been supplied by oil or coal. Designs for units that could use gas have also been around for several years. However, engineers and developers feel market factors are now aligning to make this the right time for their LNG-to-floating power projects to become reality. Some companies are looking at concepts that would involve converting an existing LNG carrier by installing a power plant onboard. Others see a marriage of units. Among those who believe that 2017 is the year for LNG to break into this sector are gas-handling system specialist TGE Marine Gas Engineering (TGE Marine) and power plant and barge provi-der Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC). The two — which are both under the same pa-rent after Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding bought TGE in 2015 — have come up with the concept of using a small to medium-scale floa-ting storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in tandem with a floating power barge. LNG carriers would offload to the FSRU, which would then regasify their cargoes and supply gas

to the neighbouring floating power plant. BWSC sales & marketing director Martin Kok Jensen says his company’s barge-based solution comprises a unit capable of producing up to 140MW of power. The unit, which would use seven two-stroke, lar-ge-bore 20MW engines, would be capable of withstanding cyclones and high temperatures, he says, while its 4.5-metre draught means it could be towed into shallow areas. “The main driver is to have the highest possible efficiency we can get,” Kok Jensen said. Sold as a package The partners are selling the floating power barge and FSRU as a package. “The power barge would be chartered in to a developer as a delivered solution and our prefe-rence would be that we have an EPC [engineer-ing, procurement and construction] client who is willing to buy the power barge, FSRU, mooring system and maybe also the LNG transportation,” Kok Jensen said. He admits that BWSC, which has built 180 land-based plants, always has an exit strategy on every project. “We see it is a very lucrative business to invest in a power plant. It is high-risk, but high-earning,” Kok Jensen said. “EPC would be our standard approach because we are an EPC contractor. But we know that the market will require something different.” READ MORE

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TITAN PRICES LNG BUNKERING PONTOON TradeWinds News 31 mei 2017

Dutch LNG supply company Titan LNG is paying less than €10m ($11m) for its first specialised bunkering pontoon as it limbers up to compete with specialised LNG bunker vessels in serving seagoing ships in northwest Europe. Michael Schaap, the company's commercial di-rector of marine, tells TradeWinds that Titan will own and operate this initial unit — the FlexFueler1. He said its barge base will be built at a shipyard in eastern Europe before being brought via the inland waterway system to the Netherlands for outfitting. Two 380-cbm type-C tanks will be installed on deck, with the option to add a further pair as demand increases. The unit will be able to deli-ver LNG in a range of between 30-cbm and 600-cbm per hour.

Iveco Schouten group company Titan, which un-veiled its project last September and is still coy on giving away too many of the unit’s secrets, said this week that it had taken a final invest-ment decision on the FlexFueler1. “It is no longer a concept,” Schaap said. “It is an actual solution.” The FlexFueler1 will be stationed at an as-yet-undisclosed location in the Port of Amsterdam. The unit will be able to load LNG from trucks, ships or via the Gate LNG terminal in Rotterdam. Schaap says Titan will charter a pushboat when required to move the FlexFueler1 into position alongside the bigger ships while they are in port. While its first customers will be two inland water barges, Titan is using this as a springboard for bunkering larger seagoing vessels throughout the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region, where it believes it can be competitive against purpose-built LNG bunker vessels. Schaap revealed Titan has had talks with inte-rested shipowners of larger vessels and enqui-ries for the FlexFueler design from outside Euro-pe. SOURCE

STOLT-NIELSEN ORDERS TWO DUAL-FUEL 7,500 CU.M LNG CARRIERS MarineLog 24 mei 2017 Stolt-Nielsen Limited (Oslo: SNI) reports that its subsidiary, Stolt-Nielsen Gas B.V. (SNG), has con-tracted with Keppel Singmarine for the construc-tion of two 7,500 cu.m liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, with options to purchase three additional similar ships.

The ships will be capable of operating on either diesel fuel or LNG, with a class notation and technical capability for STS (ship-to-ship) bunke-ring, thus significantly enhancing their versatility.

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The contract for the initial two ships is valued at approximately $80.0 million, including site-team costs and capitalized interest during constructi-on. The ships are to be built at Keppel Nantong shipyard in Nantong, China, with deliveries sche-duled in the second and third quarter of 2019 respectively.

Stolt-Nielsen Gas has established a wholly owned subsidiary, Avenir LNG Limited, to focus mainly on the development of small-scale LNG supply chains serving "stranded demand," where off-the-grid customers lack access to natural gas. SNG's current projects include plans to build and operate an LNG terminal and distribution facility in the port of Oristano, Sardinia, and a venture to provide LNG to areas of Scotland not served by the existing natural-gas grid. The newbuil-dings would be deployed, at least in part, in the supply chains serving these projects. SNG has negotiated an outline agreement with an oil major with the intention

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POSCO KEEN TO ORDER LNG-FUELLED CAPE

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PROPULSION, STEERING, POWER

VETH INTEGRATED L-DRIVE Maritime Journal 2 juni 2017 At NorShipping in Oslo, Netherlands-headquartered Veth Propulsion launched a compact propulsion unit: the Veth Integrated L-drive, based on essential principles such as spa-ce, efficiency and noise reduction. The Integrated L-drive is described by Veth as ‘the most compact electric propulsion system in

the world’. It can be fitted into various types of vessels, ranging from super yachts to work boats. The Permanent Magnet motor was designed in collaboration with Visedo and allows for a much lower mounting height. On average, a PM motor is 40% to 60% more compact than an asynchro-

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nous motor. This PM motor is integrated into the thruster and makes a very compact thruster, when combined with the special mounting me-thod, the alignment of the headsets and the ad-justments to the control box. The design makes use of every millimetre, without compromising quality.

“The minimal mounting height allows the thrus-ter to be fitted below deck height, so that few vulnerable capital assets are underwater,” says Erik Veth, CEO of Veth Propulsion. The drive is diesel-electric driven, which results in noise reduction. The choices Veth Propulsion made for a L-drive (no gear transmission in the vessel), a water-cooled PM-motor (re the air-

colled asynchronous motor) and electrical con-trolling (re hydraulic controlling) guarantees even more noise reduction. Because an L-drive has only one gear transmis-sion, it already results in higher efficiency. A PM motor, in particular when running under part load, is more efficient than an asynchronous mo-tor. “At e.g. 25% load, there is an improvement in efficiency of 5.2%!” says Veth. The Veth Integrated L-drive is available with nozzle or counter rotating propellers with power ranging from 300 kW to 1,325 kW. Larger units are still being developed. The patented Sharktail is used for the tail of the counter rotating pro-pellers. Together with Promarin the tail has been further optimised and the asymmetrical shape ensures an optimal flow of water towards the second propeller. Combined with the flow caps which are affixed around the stationary parts of the thruster (fairing plates) it minimizes the re-sistance. “We are convinced we made the new standard in electric propulsion with the Veth In-tergrated L-drives,” Veth added. SOURCE

FIRST OF KIND HYBRID POWER MODULE INTRODUCED Maritime Executive 30 mei 2017

Wärtsilä has announced the introduction of a unique hybrid product, the Wärtsilä HY - a fully

integrated hybrid power module combining en-gines, an energy storage system, and power electronics optimized to work together through a newly developed energy management system. It is the marine sector's first hybrid power modu-le of this type. There is a notable trend in the marine sector to-wards hybrid propulsion solutions, which are an-ticipated to represent a significant percentage of all contracted ships within the coming 10 years. The new energy management system represents

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the latest generation integrated control system, and has been specifically designed for this appli-cation.

The Wärtsilä HY will increase operational effici-ency and flexibility, resulting in lower fuel con-sumption, reduce emissions and improved vessel performance. When operating in 'Green Mode' zero emissions can be achieved. Smokeless ope-ration is also achievable at all load points and in all operating modes, thanks to a new patent pending automation procedure. The reduction in engine operating hours lowers maintenance re-quirements and extends the intervals between

overhauls, while the higher level of redundancy promotes increased safety. Other benefits inclu-de instantaneous load acceptance with rapid response to step-load changes, entire system certification and guaranteed performance. Classification society, Lloyds Register has issued an Approval in Principle certificate for the Wärtsilä HY. The Wärtsilä HY will have dedicated versions for each category of vessels. While the first versions being made available will be designed for tugs and medium sized ferries. Wärtsilä also sees big potential in other types of vessels as well. Wärtsilä has received its first order for the Wärtsilä HY from Italy-based Rimorchiatori Ri-uniti, the biggest owner and operator of tugs in the Mediterranean Sea region. The company's fleet comprises some 100 vessels. The Wärtsilä HY will be dedicated to a project for a new 80 TBP (tons bollard pull) harbor tug. SOURCE

PBES UNVEILS ‘GAME-CHANGING’ MARINE BATTERY INNOVATION TO GREAT-LY ENHANCE VESSEL LIFECYCLE VALUE Hellenic Shipping News 1 juni 2017

Plan B Energy Storage (PBES), the leading provi-ders of battery energy solutions for the marine market, today announced a revolutionary new solution for enhancing the lifecycle benefits of

marine battery systems. ‘CellSwap’ uses a new cost-effective method of retrofitting battery sys-tems by replacing battery cells while leaving the rest of the installation intact. The process, called ‘re-coring’, saves up to 60 per cent* of the costs of installing a new battery after a five year cycle, greatly enhancing lifecycle value. CellSwap is a marine industry first that takes a ‘serviceable’ approach to battery components. While conventional batteries have to be recycled in their entirety, CellSwap enables battery cells to be replaced while almost all other compo-nents are preserved, including electric and coo-

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ling components, cell barriers and master bat-tery unit (MBU). This is achieved due to the large percentage of aluminium present in PBES batte-ries, which enables the battery to be disassem-bled every five years and the lithium-ion cells removed and replaced. This approach is not pos-sible using conventional batteries, which consist of plastic components that are glued together, rendering them inaccessible, and are typically replaced every ten years. Commenting on the launch of CellSwap at Nor Shipping 2017, Brent Perry, CEO, PBES said: “Af-ter heavy investment in R&D, CellSwap repre-sents genuinely revolutionary thinking in how marine batteries are designed and, consequenti-ally, operated. By removing the need for full bat-tery replacements, CellSwap delivers significant cost, efficiency and environmental benefits, whi-le – crucially – enabling ship owners and opera-tors to access the latest fast-moving innovations in battery cell technology when systems are re-placed every five years, rather than having to wait for ten years.” “CellSwap is a timely innovation and game chan-ging for the shipping industry. With the Interna-tional Chamber of Shipping (ICS) now formally recognising the need for a decarbonisation pa-thway that leads to fossil-free marine propul-sion, CellSwap takes the lifecycle value and ap-plicability of batteries – a proven and commerci-al viable clean technology solution – to a new,

more accessible level. Through CellSwap we can deliver a faster return on investment from bat-tery solutions, while meeting the most pionee-ring ship owners’ sustainability demands by re-moving the need for costly electronic waste re-cycling.”

The launch of CellSwap comes as PBES marks the production and installation of its 1,000th bat-tery. Its batteries are installed on seven vessels, and PBES expects this number to rapidly incre-ase in the coming years. Perry added: “Our CellSwap solution is compati-ble with all vessel types. With the market for batteries rapidly evolving, it is our long-term as-piration to support the installation of CellSwap batteries on every vessel in the global fleet. In the short term we see CellSwap as particularly beneficial for the existing fleet of vessels with electronic batteries, which will require replace-ment in the next two to five years.” SOURCE

SCHOON SCHIP MAKEN Financieel Dagblad 27 mei 2017

Scheepvaart bleef buiten de klimaatafspraken van Parijs, maar de 25 grootste containersche-pen, die varen op stookolie, stoten net zoveel zwavel uit als alle auto's op aarde. Overgaan op laagzwavelige diesel of LNG is nu het alternatief, maar sommige ondernemers denken nog verder: emissieloze schepen. Hoe realistisch is dat? Van buiten valt de fel groene kleur op, maar ver-der is er op het oog niets bijzonders aan het

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schip te zien. Aan de kade van scheepsbouwer Royal IHC in Krimpen aan den IJssel ligt de 'Scheldt River', een splinternieuw baggerschip voor de Belgische baggeraar Deme. De geur van verse lak is te ruiken, aan boord zijn mannen in overalls bezig met de afbouw. 'Het unieke van dit schip zit aan de binnenkant', legt innovatiemanager Erik van der Blom van IHC uit. 'Dit is het eerste sleephopperzuiger ter we-reld die niet gaat varen en baggeren op de tradi-tionele stookolie, maar op het schonere LNG (vloeibaar aardgas).' En hierbij blijft het niet, want IHC gaat nog meer LNG-baggerschepen voor de Belgen bouwen. Ongeveer 11.000 vliegkilometers oostelijker, in Singapore, is Heerema Marine Contractors met een soortgelijke primeur bezig. Het offshorecon-cern laat hier de 'Sleipnir' bouwen, het grootste kraanschip ter wereld en het eerste dat LNG als brandstof gebruikt. 'Voor Heerema is duurzaam-heid belangrijk, vandaar de keuze voor LNG', zegt projectdirecteur Sipke Schuurmans. Vloeibaar aardgas is nog maar relatief kort in beeld als alternatieve brandstof voor de scheep-vaart. En afgaande op de bouwplannen die er liggen, lijkt deze brandstof snel een vaste plek te kunnen veroveren in de maritieme sector. Maar waarom komt die transitie nu? Voor de behoudende en in een crisis verkerende mari-tieme sector betekent het immers een ingrij-pende en dure vernieuwing. Dus moet er sprake zijn van een fundamentele verandering. Die komt er inderdaad aan: strengere regels voor brandstofgebruik die wereldwijd de uitstoot van schadelijke stoffen door de internationale scheepvaart moeten beperken. De meeste mensen zien dit niet, omdat schepen vaak ver buiten ons zicht rondvaren, maar de

scheepvaart is wel degelijk vervuilend, vooral als het gaat om de uitstoot van zwaveloxiden, fijn-stof en stikstofoxiden. Het gebruik van (zware) stookolie is de grote boosdoener. Uit sommige studies blijkt bijvoorbeeld dat 25 grootste con-tainerschepen evenveel zwavel uitstoten als de 800 mln personenauto's die er op de aarde rondrijden - dat is nogal wat. Hoewel de scheepvaart nog buiten het Parijse klimaatakkoord is gebleven, voelt de sector wel degelijk grote maatschappelijke druk om deze vervuiling te beperken. Ngo's, klanten en op-drachtgevers dringen aan op schoner varen. Dus moet het gebruik van stookolie per 2020 grotendeels afgelopen zijn, of de schepen moe-ten zijn uitgerust met zwavelfilters, ofwel scrub-bers. Maar die zijn duur, dus is de verwachting dat de meeste schepen gaan varen op laagzwa-velige diesel. Of, zoals Deme en Heerema nu gaan doen, op LNG, dat wat de uitstoot van zwa-vel en fijnstof betreft een nog schoner alterna-tief biedt. Maar voor Bas Buchner gaat dit niet ver genoeg. Volgens de directeur van maritiem onderzoeks-instituut Marin moet de scheepvaart verder dur-ven denken. 'Uiteindelijk moeten we naar het emissieloze schip', stelde hij recentelijk op een bijeenkomst van Nederland Maritiem Land (NML) op de SS Rotterdam. Wordt Buchners roep gehoord? De combinatie van strengere regels, de maatschappelijke roep om duurzaamheid en nieuwe technologieën is een rijke voedingsbodem voor schone vergezich-ten. YouTube biedt vele filmpjes met prachtige animaties over geavanceerde schepen die varen op windkracht, zonne-energie, methanol of wa-terstofcellen, of een combinatie daarvan. READ MORE

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‘METHANOL IS DE TOEKOMST' Schuttevaer 26 mei 2017

‘Stena Lines ziet methanol als brandstof voor de toekomst. Het kan uit aardgas, maar ook uit bio-logisch afval worden gewonnen. Het is schoner dan diesel en eenvoudiger op te slaan dan LNG', zegt directeur duurzaamheid Erik Lewenhaupt van Stena Lines, na afronding van een anderhalf jaar durend proefproject. Methanol (CH3OH) kan ongekoeld en drukloos vloeibaar in tanks worden opgeslagen. Dit in te-genstelling tot LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas). Het zou dus een goedkoper alternatief kunnen zijn. Stena Lines heeft in 2015 de dieselmotoren van het in 2001 in de vaart gekomen RoPax-schip Stena Germanica (241 x 26 meter) gefa-seerd omgebouwd tot dual fuel-motoren die voor 90 tot 95% op methanol draaien. De Stena Germanica onderhoudt een dienst tus-sen Göteborg en Kiel. In de machinekamer staan vier Wärtsilä-Sulzer 8ZAL 40S hoofdmotoren van 6000 kW bij 500 toeren. ‘In eerste instantie heb-ben we één motor geschikt gemaakt voor me-thanol en korte tijd later een tweede. Intussen is ook de derde motor omgebouwd en de vierde is binnenkort aan de beurt', zegt Lewenhaupt, die samen met technisch directeur Per Stefenson nauw betrokken is bij de omschakeling. Onder vollast draaien de motoren voor 95% op methanol, in deellast voor 90%. ‘Maar de moto-ren kunnen ook nog volledig op gasolie draaien. De ervaringen zijn tot nu toe goed. Het duurde wel wat langer dan verwacht om alle motoren omgebouwd en draaiend te krijgen. Omdat er geen eerdere ervaringen waren met de ombouw

was het een beetje moeilijk een nauwkeurige tijdsplanning te maken. Maar daar waren we ons van bewust toen we er aan begonnen', aldus Stefenson. Aanpassingen De grootste uitdaging was volgens Stefenson dat schip en motoren niet waren ontworpen voor methanol. ‘Door de grote afstand tussen de ruimte met de methanolpompen en de motoren werden de dubbelwandige brandstofleidingen voor methanol bijvoorbeeld erg lang. Voor de re-trofit moesten verder cilinderkoppen en brand-stofpompen worden vernieuwd en gemodifi-ceerd. We moesten ook alle brandstofkleppen vervangen. De hoge druk die op kleppen en brandstofleidingen kwam te staan, vormde daarbij een behoorlijke uitdaging. De boring van de cilinders hoefde niet te worden veranderd en het vermogen van de motoren is ook gelijk ge-bleven.' Bunkeren Voor de opslag van methanol is een ballasttank in de dubbele bodem omgebouwd tot dubbel-wandige methanoltank. ‘Omdat methanol bij lekkage snel oplost in water, zonder vervuiling te veroorzaken, was dat relatief eenvoudig. We bunkeren in Göteborg en de methanoltank is groot genoeg om heen en weer te varen', zegt Lewenhaupt. ‘We bunkeren methanol voorlopig per truck, tot we meer volume afnemen. Op de kade is al wel een bunkerstation met sprinklerinstallatie en schuimkanonnen aangelegd. Omdat methanol andere karakteristieken heeft dan gasolie is onze staf getraind in de nieuwe werkmethodes en procedures die dat met zich meebrengt.' Schonere motor Omdat methanol completer verbrandt dan gas-olie blijven motoren en uitlaatsystemen schoner.

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‘Omdat we nu nog regelmatig switchen tussen gasolie en methanol is nog niet 100% duidelijk hoeveel het scheelt, maar er ontstaat bij de ver-branding geen roet en vettigheid. Op onder-houdsintervallen en revisietijden heeft dit nog geen invloed. Die zijn hetzelfde.' Berekend is dat de emissies van zwavel en fijn-stof bij methanol 95% lager liggen dan bij diesel en de NOx-emissies 60% lager. De CO2-emissies zijn nog niet bekend, maar blijven waarschijnlijk gelijk. ‘We hebben nog geen metingen aan de uitlaat gedaan. We zijn dat wel van plan. Het zal er dan om hangen of we de IMO III emissienor-men zonder nabehandeling van uitlaatgassen ha-len. Wij houden er rekening mee dat dit niet het geval is.'

Nieuwe schepen Het gerucht dat Stena Line momenteel vier in aanbouw zijnde RoPax-schepen met methanol-motoren uitrust klopt niet. ‘Deze schepen varen straks op traditionele brandstof. Wel zijn ze ontworpen met de klasse notatie "gas-ready"', aldus Lewenhaupt. ‘En ze zijn zeer zuinig. Ze sto-ten per tonkilometer 25% minder CO2 uit dan de huidige RoPax-schepen. De motoren worden met veel groene technieken uitgerust en zijn voorbereid op inbouw van scrubbers en kataly-satoren. Dat geeft ons flexibiliteit voor de toe-komst.' SOURCE

MAN ENGINES POWER HYBRID PORT PATROL BOAT MarineLog 24 mei 2017 Zoetermeer, Netherlands, headquartered MAN Rollo has supplied two MAN D2676LE424 engi-nes for the RPA8, a hybrid patrol boat, commis-sioned by the Port of Rotterdam Authority at Kooiman Shipyard (see earlier story). When putting out a tender for the patrol boat, the Port of Rotterdam Authority defined a num-ber of principles, including the cost of owner-ship, emission reduction and minimizing of wave generation. The tender also specified that the patrol boat be equipped with a hybrid propulsion system com-bining diesel electric and diesel direct power; diesel electric fed to one of the engines up to a speed of 25 km/h and diesel direct for both main engines at speeds between 25 km/h and 35 km/h. By correctly loading the engines, the RPA 8's combustion is more efficient, which reduces fuel consumption and emissions. An aftertreatment system further limits the

emission of hazardous substances. Additionally, heat recovered from the engines' cooling water system heats the deckhouse.

"In this contract, we wanted to show that it is possible to save fuel by effectively aligning the combination of diesel and electric power," says Maarten Kooiman, Head of the Design Bureau at Kooiman Engineering. The shipyard also collabo-rated with the Van Oossanen group, which de-signed a hull specifically for the RPA 8.

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The hull is a combination of two patented inven-tions: the Fast Displacement Hull Form and the Hull Vane. This minimizes wave generation and results in a 20% reduction in vessel resistance at top speed. To reach the desired top speed (35km/h), 736 kW is sufficient power. "This allows us to install smaller main engines," says Maarten Kooiman. "The information gained from various engine suppliers showed that MAN Rollo could supply engines in the required power range and at a low lifecycle cost." The Port of Rotterdam Authority is striving to become a sustainable port. "Our engines are in keeping with this," says Karel Schuurman, Sales Manager at MAN Rollo. "The engines are very modern and feature the latest common rail fuel

injection technology. As a result, their fuel con-sumption is low and the exhaust emission levels are lower than that prescribed by the current global emission standards." This is a major advantage, because the patrol boat will operate in a busy urban area with a lot of waterborne traffic. The two MAN D2676LE424 engines supplied by MAN Rollo each generate 382 kW@1,800 rpm and, says Mr. Kooiman, are "the best option for the RPA 8 with respect to dimensions and weight." MAN Rollo Rollo is part of the international tra-ding and service organisation Pon, one the lar-gest family-owned businesses of the Nether-lands. SOURCE

BP POSITIVE ON 2020 PRODUCT AVAILABILITY AND COMPLIANCE, EXPECTS ROLE FOR SCRUBBING IBIA

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Oil major BP thinks the rate of compliance with the 0.50% sulphur limit in 2020 will be high and that the global refining system has capacity to supply the required fuels, according to a presen-tation given at a joint forum organised by IBIA and the UK Chamber of Shipping in London last month. Justin Longhurst, Marine Fuels Supply & Trading Manager, BP, said compliance is likely to be high because the majority of global bunker fuel con-sumption is consumed by a few large, publicly listed companies that will comply. A big share of that consumption is by very large vessels, with an estimated 6% of ships accounting for 30% of global demand, Longhurst said. Overall, 33% of ships account for 70% of global bunker demand and most of these volumes are picked up in a

few large ports, he added.

BP’s forecast for the global fuel use picture in 2020 to 2025 assumes maybe 5% high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) will be used non-compliantly in first year, then shrink year-on-year to less than 2% by 2025. As for the volume of HSFO being used compliant-ly by vessels with scrubber installations, BP shows two different scenarios for 2020 with one

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assuming just 500 scrubbers in operation and another assuming 4,000 by 2020, resulting in ei-ther less than 5% or approximately 15% of global marine fuel demand being met by HSFO and scrubbers. By 2025, BP’s model suggested 35- 40% of global bunker demand would be met by HSFO as scrubber installations accelerate in res-ponse to economic signals. Longhurst said the economics for scrubbers ap-pears to be very good for large ships and that BP has had positive initial experience with the tech-nology, despite a technically challenging installa-tion. The company has had open/closed loop hybrid scrubbers fitted on two 40,000 dwt new-build product carriers, delivered in December 2016 and January 2017. The systems were de-signed for use in Northern Europe and Baltic emission control areas, and have successfully passed sea trials with emissions below the ECA equivalent requirement of 0.10% sulphur fuel. Longhurst added that trials have indicated that the systems could meet a 0.50% sulphur equiva-lent without adding caustic soda, and BP is cur-rently evaluating retrofit options on other ves-sels in its fleet. BP expectations are very much in line with the low sulphur fuel availability study done for the International Maritime Organization in 2016 by CE Delft, suggesting that scrubbers will play a role in meeting the MARPOL Annex VI sulphur limits in 2020 but that the biggest volume will be fuels that meet 0.50% sulphur. In line with the CE Delft study, BP’s forecast indicates that while some of the demand will be met by marine gas oil (MGO), most will be met other products. BP sees only a small share of demand, less than 1%,

being met by LNG in 2020 and growing slowly to 2025. Longhurst outlined ways refiners can shift pro-duction to gear it toward meeting demand for low sulphur marine fuels in 2020. For example, he said products with low sulphur that are cur-rently used as feedstock for secondary refining units will instead go into the marine fuel supply pool, along with a range of other low and medi-um sulphur components that are currently blen-ded into high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO). Compo-nents with sulphur well below 0.50% can be blended with components just above 0.50% to make compliant blends. Refiners can also adjust their output by tweaks to their crude slates, using more low sulphur crude oils. There is also the option switch away from gasoline production in favour of making more distillates, which is possible if refiners think the price of distillate versus gasoline makes this an attractive option. There will also likely be more use of secondary refinery units to process high sulphur residues into middle distillates. In summary, Longhurst said the global refining system has capacity to supply the products re-quired, with distillate being “the marginal source of compliant fuel”. He said BP expects to be rea-dy to meet demand for low sulphur marine fuels, as well as ongoing needs for HSFO for ships fit-ted with scrubbers. SOURCE

THE BUNKER MARKET BEYOND 2020 Hellenic Shipping News 24 mei 2017

At our European bunker fuel conference in Rotter-dam last week, the one view you couldn’t escape

hearing was that chaos is going to hit the ship-ping and marine fuel industries in 2020 – when the International Maritime Organization will cut global bunker sulfur limits from 3.5% to 0.5%.

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We’ve put together a special report looking at the options shipowners have for adapting to the new regulations. We look in turn at the advanta-ges and disadvantages of switching to a 0.5% sul-fur fuel, fitting an emissions-cleaning scrubber to each vessel, switching to alternatives like LNG, and ignoring the new rules altogether. Bluntly, none of them are attractive possibilities for most shipowners. The IMO has left them with three years to choose between a sharp rise in fuel bills with no guarantee of consistent qua-lity, a huge up-front capital cost for a scrubber or a new ship that can burn LNG, or the legal risk of flouting the rules and hoping the law doesn’t catch up with them. Shipowners will first need to have a clear view of their finances, to see if they can access the credit for a scrubber, or whether they’ll be an a posi-tion to take a cut in profits from higher fuel bills in 2020 – or pass the cost on to their customers. They’ll then need to assess the routes their ves-sels travel on, and talk to suppliers at their regu-lar bunkering ports about the likely availability and price of their preferred fuel. They’ll need to take a view on whether non-compliance will be an option for them under certain circumstances, and think about the potential reaction from their investors, clients, regulators in their home coun-try and the general public if they get caught. And they’ll need to look at what their competitors

are doing – those who find the least painful me-thod of coping with the sulfur cap will be able to offer the lowest freight rates, and take market share from rivals. The fact that none of these issues has been re-solved yet is lending an increasingly nervous at-mosphere to bunker industry events. It’s not just shipowners that have a decision to make — refi-neries need to start looking at their configurati-ons and feedstocks if they want to meet the new marine demand in 2020. Terminal owners will need to figure out how many large fuel oil storage facilities they’ll need. Port authorities will be deciding how to accomo-date a more fragmented bunker market, as well as seeing whether they might have fewer vessels visiting them if they can no longer offer cheap fuel. And regulators will need to come up with an enforcement system that works in the high seas as well as their territorial waters. The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee is meeting again at the start of July, and may seek to give more guidance on some of these questions. But it’s been clear on one thing — there’s no delaying the change in 2020. Source: Platts SOURCE

FARSTAD TO REFIT VESSEL WITH BATTERY POWER SYSTEM

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MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT (EXCL. ENGINES & STEEL) RADIO HOLLAND AND SPLIETHOFF SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE OVER 72 VESSELS WITH GLOBAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS Hellenic Shipping News 30 mei 2017

Radio Holland Netherlands has been awarded a major contract to supply over 72 Spliethoff vessels with a.o. worldwide VSAT connecti-ons.

In addition to the VSAT connections, Iridium OpenPort and FleetBroadBand, backup connec-tions will be provided, as well as new VSAT sys-tems. Spliethoff also recently signed a Service Agreement with Radio Holland to maintain the equipment onboard 116 ships in the Spliethoff fleet. Jan-Arie Sepers, General Manager Radio Holland Netherlands, said: “Radio Holland and Spliethoff have a long-standing relationship dating back se-veral decades. We know the ships in the Spliethoff fleet very well, as well as their specific requirements. We have a worldwide network of 80 offices and therefore are represented along Spliethoff’s major trading routes. The service agreement gives Spliethoff the guarantee and the security of operational equipment at all ti-mes as well as special service rates worldwide. Spliethoff knows what to expect wherever the vessels are operating.” Peter Van de Venne, Director IT Department Spliethoff, said: “This agreement ensures an in-ternet connection on almost our entire fleet and increases the performance through higher bandwidth on the vessels that were already un-der contract. The increased bandwidth not only adds value for our crew but also enables us to speed up our processes through more frequent

synchronisation and updating of the available data onboard. We are now also ready to send large flows of data from the ship through sen-sors on board to the shore and vice versa.” Spliethoff has upgraded its Satellite connections to include both global and regional VSAT with in-creased bandwidth capacity, recognizing the trend that the demand for an ‘Internet Connec-tion wherever, whenever’ is increasing. Spliethoff also intends to explore the need to in-crease the bandwidth for future remote monito-ring. To ensure smooth daily operations, Radio Holland provides 24/7 remote support services following the sun. The Iridium OpenPort and FleetBroadBand sys-tems ensure an all-time connection as a back-up system which is a necessary requirement for Spliethoff since Spliethoff operates in many re-mote, isolated areas around the world. “Radio Holland is one of few suppliers that can provide VSAT coverage in the Kara sea region,” said Jan-Arie Sepers. Eighteen new VSAT systems will be placed on Spliethoff Group vessels, including those in the Bore Ltd and Conro fleet. The equipment on-board of the vessels of Bore Ltd and Conro nee-ded replacement to ensure a good quality of service. Work on installing the antennas has al-ready started and is expected to be completed by the end of May. SOURCE

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NORWEGIANS TO FINANCE VESSEL RETROFITS Hellenic Shipping News 25 mei 2017

Following the IMO ratifications of the ballast wa-ter and exhaust gas treaties, government-owned Export Credit Norway offers financing to interna-tional vessel owners who purchase retrofit equipment from Norwegian suppliers. The Norwegian export credit agency Export Cre-dit Norway has assembled a specialised team and tailor-made financing solution to support vessel owners who need to retrofit equipment such as gas exhaust cleaning systems, ballast wa-ter treatment systems and new coating systems. Analyses show that as many as 60,000 vessels worldwide will need to retrofit scrubber systems by 2020 and ballast water treatment systems by 2021. “Money is tight and access to reasonably priced capital is a challenge for many players in the in-ternational shipping and maritime industries at the moment. Hence, attractive financing of re-trofit equipment could make the investment less demanding for many vessel owners,” says Olav Einar Rygg, Export Credit Norway’s Director of Lending, Ocean Industries. Export Credit Norway can finance up to 85 per-cent of the contract value for retrofit equipment that international vessel owners acquire from Norwegian companies. Norwegian content must account for minimum 30 percent of the amount of the Norwegian supplier contracts. “The Norwegian shipping and maritime industry has a number of world leading technology sup-pliers within ballast water treatment systems

and other required retrofit systems. What we provide is attractive financing for vessel owners who are interested in purchasing this technolo-gy,” says Rygg.

The maturity of the retrofit loans will be bet-ween 5 and 8.5 years per single loans, depending on the economic life, amount and type of in-vestment. Fixed interest loans are offered through so-called CIRR loans (commercial inte-rest reference rate), which are set by the OECD once a month. From mid-May to mid-June 2017, the CIRR are at 2.28 percent for loans in NOK and 3.02 percent for loans in USD. All loans must be guaranteed by the Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK) and / or acceptable commercial banks, and the rates are exclusive of guarantee premiums.

For ship owners that have several vessels that need to retrofit equipment, Export Credit Nor-way can offer a credit frame agreement for the entire fleet. The loans for the purchase of the re-trofit equipment will then be structured as single loans under the credit frame agreement. The single loans will be disbursed upon fulfilment of pre-agreed conditions.

“Our aim is to make the financing process as smooth and efficient as possible, so that vessel owners can focus their time on core business. That is why we offer a credit frame agreement which essentially covers numerous vessel retro-fits under the same loan facility,” says Rygg.

Norwegian shipping companies may also apply for financing of retrofits at Norwegian shipyards, provided that the vessel will be engaged in fo-reign trade or generate its revenue in the offsho-re market. Ship owners or equipment suppliers must apply for export financing before the commercial con-tract is signed. SOURCE

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ALPHATRON’S ALPHABRIDGE SOLUTION WILL BOLSTER SHIP NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES Hellenic Shipping News 24 mei 2017

Alphatron Marine has lin-ked its AlphaBridge soluti-on with Transas’s marine simulation system in trai-ning centres and show-rooms around the world.

The combination will enable practical know-how sharing, support the decision-making process and offer an uncompromised and thorough in-sight of AlphaBridge and its ergonomic and technical capabilities. Alphatron’s showrooms include integrated solu-tions ranging from inland, harbour and offshore applications to passenger, fishing and large mer-chant vessels. The Transas simulation offers va-rious levels of training, such as equipment fami-liarisation and standard and advanced operation and watch-keeping. By adding the Transas simu-lator to the integrated AlphaBridge solutions, the company is bringing together technology,

expertise and content. Transas simulators play an important role in the safety of life at sea and have been used extensi-vely by specialists in commercial fleets, navies and coast guards. The global strategic partner-ship between JRC, Transas and Alphatron Marine announced earlier this year strengthens the de-velopment of innovative solutions, offering a complete concept including simulator technolo-gy to ship owners worldwide. Alphatron Marine wants industry players in Rot-terdam, Singapore and Houston to experience how the AlphaBridge operation and ergonomic design approach will help make life and work on the bridge easier and more comfortable and re-duce the chance of errors, said an Alphatron Ma-rine spokesperson. SOURCE

MHI AND MHPS JOINTLY DEVELOP MARINE SOX SCRUBBER: WORLD FIRST RECTANGULAR DESIGN OFFERS OUTSTANDING PURIFICATION CAPACITY AND SPACE SAVINGS FOR LARGE-SCALE SHIPS

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STEEL & METALS (INCL. RAW MATERIALS)

EU, CHINA FAIL TO AGREE ON STEEL: TRADE DUMPING AT SUMMIT The Medi Telegraph 2 juni 2017

The European Union and China failed on Friday to reach agreement on the problem of steel overcapacity and the EU’s stance towards Chi-nese dumping, despite “narrowing differen-ces”. China, the world’s biggest producer and consumer of steel, vowed last year to reduce its capacity but European steelmakers have complained that cheap Chinese exports are still flooding the market. Juncker told a news con-ference after a meeting of EU officials with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that they had dis-cussed the issue of steel overcapacity and Chi-na’s demand that, 15 years after it joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) it should no longer be treated as a special case. “We were able to narrow the positions but we are not yet there,” Juncker said. A person pre-sent at the talks said that China had insisted on

having a specific reference in a concluding text on the WTO issue. China also declined to inclu-de phrases referring to ways to resolve the problem of steel overcapacity, the person said. For a second year running, the EU-China sum-mit failed to agree a final statement. The Euro-pean Union and many of China’s other trading partners have debated whether to treat China now as a “market economy”, which would ma-ke it more difficult to impose anti-dumping du-ties. China has launched a legal challenge against the EU’s existing anti-dumping rules at the WTO, although the bloc is in the process of changing its rules on combating dumping. Li repeated that WTO rules had to be imple-mented and the EU should accept China’s situ-ation in the WTO had changed. “This will send a signal to society and the mar-ket that we both abide by international rules and abide by multilateralism,” Li said, although added that the new EU rules might satisfy Bei-jing. “The European side indicated they are in the middle of a legislative amendment and it is consistent with WTO rules. It is non-discriminatory.” SOURCE

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SHIPBUILDING & DESIGN, SHIPYARD NEWS

TRAFIGURA CONFIRMS MASSIVE TANKER ORDER AT HHI, NEW TIMES IHS Fairplay 2 juni 2017

Global commodity trading group Trafigura has confirmed that it is backing orders for 22 newbuilding oil and products tankers at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and China's New Times Shipbuilding. The vessels, comprising LR2, MR, and Suezmax tankers, will be ordered by an Asian financial partner, which is likely to be a Chinese leasing company. Upon completion, the vessels will be leased to Trafigura, with purchase options attached. The newbuilding order comes with options for another 10 vessels that could see the total con-

tract value exceeding USD1.35 billion. Trafigura's global head of wet freight Rasmus Bach Nielsen said, "This development comes at an opportune time, involving the purchase of vessels by an Asian financial partner who was at-tracted by the guaranteed employment of the tankers by a strong counterparty. "They [the tankers] are being constructed to a high technical specification and we look forward to employing them within our trading division." Delivery of the vessels will be executed from 2018 to 2019, with majority of the ships being handed over to Trafigura in the first quarter of 2019. Trafigura's wet freight division executed 3,000 tanker fixtures in 2016, up from 1,970 fixtures in 2015. The commodity group estimates 85% of its wet fixtures to be placed on third-party owned tan-kers in 2017, up from 80% in 2014–16. SOURCE

STX FRANCE: NEW ORDERS AND A SURPRISE FOR FINCANTIERI MarineLog 1 juni 2017 French President Emmanuel Macron visited the STX France shipyard in St. Nazaire yesterday as MSC Cruises took delivery of its new flagship, the 171,598 GRT, 5,714 passenger Meraviglia. At the flag change ceremony, the two companies sig-ned a new memorandum of understanding fir-ming up the order of two 200,000 GRT, LNG-

fueled mega cruise ships, with options for two additional vessels. The four ships will become MSC Cruises' World Class. MSC Cruises' World Class cruise ships will featu-re 2,760 staterooms and a maximum occupancy of 6,850 guests, the highest passenger capacity

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in the global cruise fleet. The vessels, which will be delivered in 2022 and 2024 – the options are for 2025 and 2026 – will have a length of 1,083 ft. and a 154 ft of beam. Speaking at the MSC Meraviglia Flag Ceremony, Pierfrancesco Vago, MSC Cruises' Executive Chairman, said: "Today, as we unveil MSC Mera-viglia, a new vessel that marks the start of the next phase of our growth, we are delighted to confirm another key component of our ten-year investment plan: the World Class. These new vessels will further expand our partnership with STX France all the way to 2026, with up to seven additional innovative ships to be built during this period."

MSC World Class due in 2022

CRUISE LINES TO TAKE A STAKE IN STX FRANCE? According to French newspaper Le Monde, the agreement between STX France also included a second part that "was much less anticipated." It relates to the acquisition of STX France by Fin-cantieri. Fincantieri reported last month that it has now signed today a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of 66.66% of the share capital of shipbuilder STX France from its current share-holder STX Europe AS and that continued "to ne-gotiate with the French State for the finalization of the shareholders’ agreement for STX France in accordance with the Heads of Terms signed on

April 12." Under that outline agreement Fincantieri had agreed to hold only a minority of 48%. Le Monde notes that Italians would nevertheless have gai-ned control of the shipbuilder thanks to 6% be-ing held by a private charitable foundation, the Fondazione CR Trieste, at 6%. The rest of the ca-pital would be divided between the French State (33%) and French public company DCNS. Among French concerns is that STX France would be second in line after Fincantieri and that French cruise ship knowhow would be leaked to China, with whom Fincantieri has a shipbuilding agreement. "I heard the concerns expressed, " Le Monde quotes President Macron as saying Wednesday . "That is why I hope that the principle balances found in April 2017 can be revised. Under no cir-cumstances should there be, due to future ownership, choices that can favor one site against another and weaken jobs in Saint-Nazaire. " Macron's plan, says Le Monde, "consists of re-moving the Italian foundation, considered by many as a false nose of Fincantieri. In its place would enter MSC and Royal Caribbean Cruises, the two main customers of Saint-Nazaire. The two companies could jointly hold 10% of the ca-pital. Anxious about Fincantieri's plans, the duo had several times attempted in recent months to mount a "Plan B", unsuccessfuly until now." The shipowner's stakeholding would make it possible to limit Fincantieri to industrial operator with only a large minority. "And shipowners," says Le Monde, "would have the assurance that the new key shareholder will not take a decision against their interests." SOURCE

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MORE THAN 40 VLCC’S ORDERED IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR Splash 24/7 1 juni 2017

VLCC orders this year have now topped 40 units, including options, according to Fearnleys. The Norwegian broker revealed this startling statistic in its latest weekly report, while covering the la-test VLCC deal – a pair ordered by Hong Kong’s TCC Group at Hyundai Heavy Industries. While many owners – including the high level set of panelists at the recent Maritime CEO Forum – remain wary of ordering for fear of upsetting a delicate supply/demand picture for this crude

segment, others, notably the Greeeks, have been making the most of the cheap prices on of-fer from Asian yards desperate to fill their empty drydocks. Moreover, it appears prices are now heading up. A new 310,000 dwt VLCC now costs $80.5m, up by around $500,000 since March when prices hit their lowest levels since 2003, according to Clarkson Research data. For those not ordering, the focus has been on consolidation instead. Euronav boss Paddy Rod-gers, for instance, told this site in late April: “We are not going to a shipyard for a year or two. The world fleet is not old enough to warrant orde-ring.” SOURCE

ROLLS-ROYCE UNVEILS NEW UNIFIED SHIP DESIGNS gCaptain 30 mei 2017

Rolls-Royce says the new vessels will be dis-tinguishable no matter what the vessel type. Image credit: Rolls-Royce Ship designers at Rolls-Royce have unveiled what the company describes as a radical overhaul of its vessel design philosophy aiming to optimize vessel construction and operations without sa-

crificing space on board.

In the process, the new unified designs will also ensure that a Rolls-Royce-designed vessel, whether it’s an offshore support vessel or expe-dition cruise ship, will be instantly recognizable world-wide.

“The new design incorporates four key features in each design,” Rolls-Royce explains. “These are a knuckle line that slopes down towards the bow and links the new designs with older UT and NVC designs. A vertical side area and vertical upper stem which simplify the design and decouples the hull form from the superstructure. The ves-sels will also have a topside sheer line with a small convex curvature. These features will be present in all the designs in some form but can be modified depending on the ship type.”

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Rolls-Royce noted that certain ship types may require more design modifications than others, and Rolls-Royce naval architects will have the freedom to adjust and apply certain designs to suit each particular vessel as long as they incor-porate the four ‘must use’ elements. Martijn de Jongh, Rolls-Royce Chief Designer – Marine, said: “Less is often more in ship design and while the new elements have been devised to ensure every Rolls-Royce ship is built for op-timum performance and functionality, they will be distinguished by their clear angles, clean sha-pes and faces. We have evaluated the profile of the vessels to omit any unnecessary aspects, like excessive large windage areas, for instance. They will be easier to build as well.” A major feature of the approach is the decou-pling of the hull design from the superstructure and other design elements, giving designers and naval architects significantly more flexibility, ac-cording to Rolls-Royce. This minimizes complex double curvature plating, common to many ves-sels, which is difficult and time-consuming to fa-bricate. The use of flat plate or single curvature

plating will be increased, simplifying constructi-on and reducing build time. Depending on the vessel type and operational and construction requirements, the forward top-side will be based on five distinct hull forms, which will allow the designs to be applied across a range of vessels from offshore vessels involved in subsea work in harsh environments to expedi-tion cruise ships. “All will have a canopied super-structure featuring a curved front with the bot-tom edge of the bridge wings and windows lea-ning down towards the bow to create a conti-nuous line flowing into the bow,” said Rolls-Royce. So far a number of vessels designed in accordan-ce with the new guidelines have been ordered and are now under construction. In fact a UT 540 windfarm vessel due for delivery from Spain’s Gondon shipyard in October is typical of how the new family of UT vessels will look, Rolls-Royce says. SOURCE

PRICES FOR NEWBUILDINGS ON THE RISE Hellenic Shipping News 31 mei 2017

Newbuilding prices are on the rise, boosting shipyard prospects, but denting further ordering activity from privately-owned ship owners. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbro-king said that “there seems to be still further strengthening in prices to be seen, while at the same time we have started to see large enbloc

ordering taking place in China, with the most re-cent being the huge ordering bonanza reported-ly placed by China’s COSCO Energy Transportati-on. All this continues to add to the prevailing fears that another new ordering spike in newbuildings will inevitably fuel the next trough in freight markets, especially given the fact that there are still minimal indications on market fundamentals that the future of demand in both the dry bulk and tanker markets will be subject to higher trade growth rates then those being seen today. At the same time and beyond the large order by COSCO, we haven’t seen anything extraordinary in terms of activity just yet, though talks and rumors have started to increase sub-stantially”. READ MORE

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NEW BUILDING PRICE HIKE HERALDS MILD RECOVERY IN SHIPBUILDING SEC-TOR Hellenic Shipping News 31 mei 2017 A rebound in new building prices is raising spe-culation thatthe global shipbuilding sector is set to recover down the road, industry data showed Tuesday. According to the data compiled by industry trac-ker Clarkson Research Institute, new building prices of bulk carriers and oil tankers have conti-nued to rise for the past two months. The price of a new very large crude carrier with 310,000 deadweight tons stood at $80.5 million this month, after falling to $80 million earlier this year, with the comparable figure for a new oil tanker with 75,000 DWTs rising to $41.5 million this month from a trough of $41 million.

The upturn in prices of new construction marks the first in almost three years, causing optimism that the global shipbuiding sector is on track for recovery. “It is hard to say that the shipbuilding industry entered a full-fledged recovery cycle, but we can definitely say that the sector has bottomed out,” an industry source said. Industry watchers said that an improvement in oil tankers and other ships indicate that a con-sensus is forming that new building prices will not fall down the road. SOURCE

TWO DAMEN FERRIES FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA BRODOSPLIT NEARING DEAL FOR TWO 1,200-PASSENGER CRUISE SHIPS REPORT: POLARIS SHIPPING ORDERS BULKER TRIO AT HHI FOUR OWNERS VYING FOR SEAONE CGL CARRIER NEWBUILDINGS

CMIH, DNV GL ENTER SHIPBUILDING PARTNERSHIP TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING KEEN TO DIVERSIFY AWAY FROM DRY BULK PLATANO EESTI ORDERS BULKER PAIR AT SHANGHAI SHIPYARD

NS UNITED TO ORDER ANOTHER JAPANESE VALEMAX XIN YUAN GROUP ORDERS ASPHALT CARRIER AT MAWEI SHIPBUILDING PLENTY SHIPS WINS CHINESE FERRY ORDER

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CLDN BOOKS TWO MORE AT HYUNDAI

PEACE BOAT INKS NEWBUILDING DEAL

HYUNDAI MIPO WINS ORDER FOR RO-RO DUO

REPRIEVE FOR SUNGDONG AS KYKLADES COMES KNOCKING FOR UP TO SE-VEN AFRAMAXES

HYUNDAI HI’S ORDERS UP MORE THAN THREE-FOLD FROM JANUARY TO MAY

SHIP MAINTENANCE, REPAIR & CONVERSION, RETROFIT

DAMEN SHIPYARDS MAG VEROLME-WERF OVERNEMEN

Transport-online.nl 1 juni 2017 DEN HAAG - De overname van de scheepswerf Keppel Verolme door branchegenoot Damen Shipyards stuit niet op concurrentiebezwaren. Ook de Koninklijke Marine, die onderhoud en reparatie van grote marineschepen wegens ruimtegebrek in haar eigen werven uitbesteedt aan dergelijke bedrijven, verwacht geen negatie-ve gevolgen voor de prijzen. De Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) gaf donderdag toestemming voor de deal. Uit on-derzoek van de toezichthouder blijkt dat er in binnen- en buitenland voldoende andere scheepswerven van concurrenten overblijven waaruit rederijen, en dus ook de Koninklijke Ma-rine, kunnen kiezen.

De overname van Keppel Verolme, nu nog ei-gendom van Keppel Offshore & Marine uit Sin-gapore, werd in april aangekondigd. Financiële details werden daarbij achterwege gelaten. Verolme is sinds 1957 actief in de Botlek in de haven van Rotterdam. Bij de reparatiewerf wer-ken zo'n 250 mensen. Door de overname krijgt Damen de beschikking over een dok waar de al-lergrootste schepen, booreilanden en andere maritieme objecten kunnen worden binnenge-bracht voor bijvoorbeeld onderhoud of repara-tie. Damen denkt onder meer voordeel te kunnen halen door samen op te trekken richting de markt. Extra banen staan vooralsnog niet op de tocht, al lieten de bonden in april weten daar nog niet gerust op te zijn. Bij Verolme verdwe-nen vorig jaar al zo'n honderd arbeidsplaatsen, Damen kondigde eerder dit jaar ook een fikse reorganisatie aan waardoor 150 banen verdwij-nen. Damen exploiteert in totaal 33 scheepswerven over de hele wereld. In Nederland heeft het be-drijf nu nog de beschikking over drie werven, in Rotterdam, Amsterdam en Vlissingen. Bij het in Gorinchem gevestigde bedrijf werken in totaal circa 9000 mensen. SOURCE

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DAMEN WORKS TO CUT SCRUBBER RETROFIT TIMES MarineLink 1 juni 2017

A new technique for retrofitting exhaust gas scrubbers is being trialed by Damen Green Solu-tions (DGS) in partnership with Damen Shipre-pair & Conversion (DSC) and scrubber supplier AEC Maritime. Designated the Modular Approach, the new pro-cess is designed to cut the time that a vessel ty-pically needs to spend in dock from two or more weeks to just a few days. This dramatic reducti-on in downtime, in combination with a more cost-efficient, certified scrubber, will be welco-med by shipowners and operators. The first in-stallation of this type is already underway for the RoRo cargo vessel Stena Scotia. The key to achieving this sharp fall in downtime for the vessel is maximizing the amount of pre-paratory and manufacturing work that can be completed before the vessel arrives in the shipy-ard. This happens in two parallel processes. In one of these, the scrubbers and their supporting systems are fitted into two prefabricated modu-les while still in the workshop. The first module contains the scrubber plus all the necessary piping and electronics. The second houses all the auxiliary equipment including the pumps, heat exchanger and separators. These can then be tested and optimized in advance of the actual in-stallation. At the same time, preparatory works are under-

taken on board the vessel at agreed times that do not interfere with the ship's scheduled opera-tions. In the case of the Stena Scotia, the prepa-rations on board, including steelwork and pipe-fitting, will take place over a number of week-ends during routine overnight stopovers. The result of the prefabrication process plus preparation works means that when the ship does finally arrive at a Damen shipyard, the technical team can focus on the final stage of the retrofit process; attaching and linking up the two, fully operational modules to a ship that is ready and prepared to receive them. This last stage represents the third module of the opera-tion. Damen Green Solutions, the arm of the Damen Shipyards Group responsible for developing and implementing low-emissions and environmental-ly-friendly solutions, has oversight of the entire process including commissioning and training. It does this in close coordination with Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) and, in the case of Stena Scotia, Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam. "With the need to access the vessel during its regular operations to undertake the preparati-ons, it is vital to work very closely with the owner and crew to make the hours available as productive as possible," says project manager Stef Loffeld. "Fortunately, DSC's Harbor & Voy-age teams are expert at working efficiently and unobtrusively when a ship is still in an operatio-nal mode. We also cooperate closely in the engi-neering phase with AEC, the suppliers of the scrubbing systems, to optimize the installation of the various components for maximum efficiency and operability. The result is a fast and effective installation with minimum downtime." Marcel Karsijns, Director of Damen Green Solu-tions, commented: "The combination of AEC's simple yet effective scrubbers and Damen's in-novative installation approach significantly redu-

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ces up-front costs and reduces the payback pe-riod of the investment. We expect this solution to receive strong support in the market." Jurriën de Vries, sales director of AEC Maritime, said; "The close co-operation between Damen

and AEC has resulted in this new modular ap-proach for retrofitting SOx scrubbers. This is yet another example of the AEC philosophy; 'SOx scrubbing made simple'." SOURCE

NAVAL

UDT 2017: ITALY CONFIRMS PLANS FOR FOUR NEW SUBMARINES IHS Janes 360 1 juni 2017

Key Points

Italy to buy four more submarines, giving a force level of eight boats

The boats will be an evolution of its cur-rent U212A hulls

The Italian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has con-

firmed plans to procure four new submarines. The navy will now maintain its current force le-vel of eight boats, an increase over the stated requirement for six hulls. Noting that Italy will renew its submarine fleet with “a one-to-one substitution of [its] four Sau-ro-class” diesel-electric submarines (SSKs), Cap-tain Maurizio Cannarozzo – submarine pro-gramme officer in the MoD’s national arma-ments directorate – told the ‘Undersea Defence Technology’ (UDT) conference in Bremen, Ger-many, that the aspiration is for a contract to be signed in 2018. SOURCE

UDT EUROPE 2017: GERMANY’S PROCUREMENT BOOST Shephard Media 30 mei 2017 The 2016 White Paper on the future of the Bun-deswehr marked a turning point for the German military, seeing a need for growth in the surface and subsurface domains and a move away from budgetary constraints. In line with this, the German Navy is looking to

embark on various procurement programmes over the coming years including new submari-nes, new Type 125 frigates and up to five new K130 corvettes. The first of the Type 125 frigates is set to be commissioned this year. ‘We will see more money for defence…especially

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as the US continues to press its allies to share the burden,’ said RAdm Thorsten Köhler, Chief of Staff for the German Navy, during his keynote address at UDT Europe in Bremen.

For many years the underwater threat did not receive ‘number one priority’ in defence with a temptation to look to OPVs to fulfil low intensity tasks, Köhler said, anticipating that future deve-lopment into warfare will focus on the Baltic Sea and open ocean. He commented that the nation is happy with the proposal to build five new K130 corvettes, which achieved budget approval in 2016, and is hoping to pass this before the upcoming election which would put a halt to proceeding with the pro-gramme. Köhler is also expecting the Navy’s MKS 180 Multi-Role Combat Ships (MRCS) to come into

service in the 2020s. The new MRCS are based on a modular design though Köhler notes that there is a limit to this concept. The MRCS started as a modular design but the navy went back to the drawing board as the ship needed to be able to survive as well fulfil its mis-sion. The basic concept was for a vessel that would operate in a multi-threat environment, al-lowing for ‘clip-on’ additional equipment. The cost for such a development was high, ac-cording Köhler, but that ‘at the moment, at least in Germany, price is not an issue'. The nation is also looking towards collaboration efforts as highlighted by a strategic partnership between Norway and Germany for new subma-rines. The partnership is based on a German-Norwegian common purchase and lifetime ma-nagement of identical, new submarines. This was announced in February 2017. Köhler also said that collective defence will pro-vide the framework for the future structure of the military and training doctrine as these will be dictated by NATO. SOURCE

POLISH DEFENSE GIANT BUYS SHIPYARD, EYES SUBMARINE PROCUREMENT DefenseNews 30 mei 2017

Poland’s defense giant PGZ has signed a prelimi-nary contract to buy Naval Shipyard (SMW) from the Polish Treasury, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The acquisition is estimated to be worth 224.9 million zloty (U.S. $60.1 million). Based in Gdy-nia, on the Polish Baltic Sea shore, the shipyard has been in insolvency proceedings since 2011. Its takeover by the state-run group will allow to

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maintain the operational capacities of the SMW, which specializes in performing vessel upgrades and overhaul contracts. Polish Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kown-acki said that after the shipyard’s finances are overhauled, it will take part in the “project to build submarines, an undertaking worth 10 billi-on zloty. This will be followed by other projects that must be implemented … worth hundreds of millions, and perhaps billions of zloty.” Last March, Michal Jach, the chairman of the Po-lish parliament’s National Defense Committee, said that the ministry is expected to decide this

year on the supplier of three new submarines for the country’s Navy. Three companies have ap-plied to take part in the procurement procedure: France’s DCNS, Sweden's Saab and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, but ministry offi-cials have emphasized they expect the selected supplier to closely cooperate with Poland’s de-fense industry on the contract. Based in Radom, in central Poland, PGZ consists of more than 60 companies with an aggregate workforce of 17,500. The group’s total annual revenues are about 5 billion zloty. SOURCE

THYSSENKRUPP & GERMAN NAVAL YARDS IN NEW WARSHIP BID

SUPER & MEGA YACHTS A DAY AT AMELS MegaYacht News 30 mei 2017

Editor’s note: MegayachtNews.com editor Diane M. Byrne is visiting several Dutch superyacht builders this week. It’s at the invitation of the Holland Yachting Group, a trade organization. Several yards have confidential projects, which precludes reporting on current activity. Others, however, can publicize some of their activity. What follows is the first such report, on Amels. Timing is everything. Visiting Amels’ shipyard yesterday allowed for a sea trial aboard one pro-

ject, but came just after another saw delivery. Nevertheless, it gave a good overview of a buil-der with 10 yachts under construction. It further gave a good overview of a builder celebrating its 100th anniversary next year. The recently departed Driftwood is the newest Amels 180. What’s more, she’s the 20th 180 within the series’ 10-year span. The first in the series was Deniki. Interestingly, Amels says it de-livered her nearly one decade ago to the day that Driftwood left. tthe 21st megayacht in the series isn’t far be-hind Driftwood, either. Lili (above) leaves by the end of June. She has a few features created at her owner’s request, including a balcony deploy-ing off the master suite. It sits on the bridge deck, which the owner also requested be longer. He additionally asked for an elongated sundeck. (For more on her, see “Lili, Amels Latest Limited Editions.”) Yet another Amels 180 is in a con-

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struction bay, for completion by next summer. Also inside the shipyard: two Amels 242 projects, and an Amels 188 (top). The 242s represent hulls two and three in that series. The owner of hull three won’t permit publicity. However, hull two is New Secret, seeing her christening today, in fact. She features an interior by Andrew Winch Designs, with styling by Tim Heywood. As for the Amels 188, she’s hull number one, set for a summer 2018 handover. Of note, she features six staterooms spread over four decks. Further interesting, she has a hybrid switchboard soluti-on. Created by Amels, it employs gensets and batteries, whereby one genset can take the load over from the other, and the batteries recharge accordingly. As for the sea trial, we stepped aboard Game Changer (above), a Damen Yacht Support vessel. You may recall the vessel recently visited Lon-don on a promotional tour. Amels, which mar-kets the Damen Yacht Support range, is currently

selling her. She certainly has an apropos na-me. Game Changer, and indeed the full range, allows for far more toys, provisions, and person-nel than traditional yachts. The hull design, pro-ven on hundreds of Damen commercial vessels, smoothly cuts through waves. While we had calm conditions, we saw 21 knots with ease and with barely a sound from the quadruple engines. Whether used for cruising alongside a traditional yacht or venturing well ahead to scout out loca-tions, the Yacht Support is a good niche. A few more are in build, with the next delivery taking place in September. Her name, also apro-pos: New Frontiers. Amels isn’t done yet. It’s finalizing the design for its first fully custom megayacht exceeding 328 feet (100 meters). And, it’s adding yet another design to the SeaXplorer expedition vessel range. Details to come. SOURCE

BOUW NIEUW KANTOOR SCHEEPSWERF SLOB VAN START Papendrecht Nieuwsblad 29 mei 2017

Op een unieke locatie in Papendrecht verrijst langs de oever van de Beneden Merwede een nieuw kantoorgebouw dat onderdak gaat bieden aan de staf- en engineeringsafdeling van Scheepswerf Slob. EGM architecten uit Dordrecht is verantwoorde-lijk voor het integrale ontwerp en de uitwerking. Maandag 29 mei werd de eerste paal geslagen.

Wanneer alles volgens plan verloopt, vindt de oplevering van het nieuwe pand begin 2018 plaats. Scheepswerf Slob is expert in het bouwen van complete casco's voor grote jachten. Arjen Dekker, directeur bij Slob: "Het nieuwe kantoorgebouw van onze werf gaat bestaan uit beton, staal en glas. Eerlijke materialen die het karakter van Slob verbeelden: robuust, doelma-tig en no-nonsense. EGM sluit hiermee goed aan bij onze sfeer en ons werk. Tijdens de bouwperi-ode ligt voor ons de nadruk op maximaal reke-ning houden met onze omgeving". Op de hoek van de Ketelhaven - uitkijkend over de rivier de Merwede - wordt het nieuwe kan-toor van Scheepswerf Slob gerealiseerd. De loca-tie, de benodigde ruimte voor de bedrijfsvoering en omgevingsfactoren, zoals parkeerruimte en aanleverroutes, hebben geleid tot een ontwerp

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met een overstek en dus een beperkte footprint. Een uitdagende puzzel waarbij vooral de regel-geving en het bestemmingsplan van de gemeen-te en Rijkwaterstaat een belangrijke rol speel-den. Het gebouw bestaat uit eerlijke en onder-houdsvrije materialen. Het interieur krijgt een industriële look met een knipoog naar het bedrijf en de scheepvaart. Zo komt er in het midden van het kantoor als eyecatcher een door het bedrijf zelf gemaakte trap van op maat gesneden staal-platen.

Een enorme glazen gevel zorgt overal in het nieuwe kantoor voor voldoende daglicht en geeft een prachtig uitzicht over de rivier. Het ge-bouw is compact en voor een groot deel circulair doordat veel elementen, waaronder de gevel-elementen, zijn geprefabriceerd en kunnen wor-den hergebruikt. SOURCE

A DAY AT MOONEN SHIPYARDS MegaYacht News 1 juni 2017

Editor’s note: MegayachtNews.com editor Diane M. Byrne is visiting several Dutch superyacht builders this week. It’s at the invitation of the Holland Yachting Group, a trade organization. Several yards have confidential projects, which precludes reporting on current activity. Others, however, can publicize some of their activity. What follows is the second such report, on Moonen Shipyards. Emile Bilterijst, head of Moonen Shipyards, doesn’t sugar-coat things. He talks freely about how his shipyard suffered greatly during the glo-bal recession. The introduction of its Caribbean series, representing new styling for the pretty traditional builder, came in 2008, just as the re-cession hit, too. And, there aren’t enough Carib-bean series superyachts on the water to show what the yard can do. But, Bilterijst is optimistic as well. Bijoux, delivered last year, was “about 80 percent a custom yacht” in addition to being

the first Caribbean series sale. Related to this, Moonen filed for financial restructuring while building Bijoux. Equally important, the yard emerged from that financial protection in 2016. It’s completing the first Martinique model in the series, a 120-footer (36-meter), on spec. And judging from the regular results of the Palm Beach International Boat Show, the American market is increasingly interested in its “pocket-size superyacht” capabilities. For example, Moonen exhibited three yachts at the show two years ago. Two of the three sold to Americans as a direct result, Bilterijst asserts. Jo-han Dubbelman, the shipyard sales manager, adds that this past March, more inquiries came for the 120-foot-plus projects. Unrelated to the show, an American couple purchased a Moonen 97 as a brokerage buy, taking her back to the yard for a refit. Now christened Nimbus, she calls Florida home. No wonder, then, that Moonen is about to open its first-ever U.S. office. This summer, the Moo-nen USA headquarters will be in the famed Fort Lauderdale office strip known as The Quay. Dub-belman says he’ll come stateside about every four weeks, too. Clearly, Dubbleman will be promoting the Marti-nique’s availability. With just a seven-foot (2.1-meter) draft, she’s tailor-made for Bahamian

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cruising. Top speed is 16½ knots. The Nauta Yachts interior (above) that’s already partially in place features warm-tone teak. Yet, given launch set for January, she’s not so far along that you can’t put your own imprint on her.

Speaking of imprints, Moonen Shipyards is eager to connect with a client for its latest Caribbean series (above). Called the Navarino, she measu-

res 151 feet (47 meters). Moonen provided the journalists invited for the Holland Yachting Group press tour a first look. Megayacht-News.com is the first to publish the rendering. With a displacement of 499 gross tons, the Na-varino has the features of an explorer without the styling, Bilterijst says. She also has the con-veniences of customary megayachts of this size. They include full walkaround decks, plus a beach club. One difference, though, with the beach club: It’s flush with the swim platform, not down a step or two as is the norm. Moonen plans to reveal more about the Navari-no in the coming weeks. It will announce the formal opening of the American office, too. SOURCE

YACHTS: MONDOMARINE, A SOLUTION PASSES THROUGH CHINA Medi Telegraph Matteo Dell’Antico June 7, 2017

Genoa - The momentum is on the side of the Chinese. And they could be on course for the Mondomarine shipyard in Savona, which has been in dire financial straits for months. According to information ascertained by Secolo XIX/The MediTelegraph, some Asian en-trepreneurs connected to the Shandong Ocean Investment group may have decided to formalize a purchase offer for the Savona shipyard that specializes in the construction of mega yachts of over 25 metres in length. The value of the trans-

action could exceed €30 million but would not only concern the Savona facility. The Chinese en-trepreneurs seem set on a deal that would inclu-de the Cantieri di Pisa shipyard, a Tuscany-based yacht builder company which Mondomarine ac-quired about two years ago. And there is more; Xu Xinyu, vice-president of China’s Weichai Po-wer company, is also getting involved in the ne-gotiations, acting as an intermediary between the Beijing-based entrepreneurs and the Savona-based shipyard firm. The Ligurian yacht builder company is currently controlled by majority shareholder Alessandro Falciai, joined by stakeholder Roberto Zambrini as managing director. The historic Mondomarine superyacht brand, has been struggling for some time due to the financial crisis, which has brought the company virtually to a standstill. Due to such dire circumstances management signed a cost-saving agreement, known in Italy as cassa integrazione, last April with its unions, triggering the stay-at-home pay system for about 100 Mondamarine workers, while several indu-stry subcontractors who have outstanding invoi-

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ces with the firm remain unpaid. The goal of the Shandong Ocean Investment group would be to invest in the Italian leisure boating sector and enter the sector through a recognized brand such as Mondomarine. The Savona shipyard, furthermore, is a facility that can be used both for construction as well as re-furbishment of superyachts, just like the other Tuscany-based shipyard owned by the same company, and which could form part of the offer the Chinese entrepreneurs seem set to formali-ze.

However, the designs of the potential Chinese investors could go beyond the sole acquisition of Mondomarine. According to sources close to the matter, the Chinese would, in fact, be interested in creating a hub for leisure yachts in the provin-ce of Savona, which would include not only a shipyard for large pleasure crafts, but also a tou-rist marina. Among the facilities in the area that have already been considered by the Beijing-based group is Marina di Loano, a facility capable of accommodating up to 900 boats up to 77 me-tres in length. SOURCE

GENTING HONG KONG ACQUIRES ALL OF WIDER Mega Yacht News 23 mei 2017

Having acquired a stake in Wider five years ago, Asian cruise-ship giant Genting Hong Kong now owns all of the yacht yard. As of this writing, Genting Hong Kong has not is-sued a press release or other formal confirmati-on of the purchase. However, upon our inquiry, Wider sent us the following statement: WIDER confirms the departures of CEO Tilli An-tonelli and FD Paolo Favilla, with the acquisition of 100% of the company by Exa Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Genting Hong Kong Limited, on 11th of April 2017. WIDER recognizes and thanks them for their tremendous vision and passion for the business and wishes them all the best in their future endeavours. Based in Ancona, Italy, Wider Yachts opened its

doors in 2010 with the above-referenced Anto-nelli and Favilla at the helm. Antonelli is particu-larly well-known in yachting circles. He esta-blished the Pershing brand in 1985, later selling it to the Ferretti Group. Antonelli and Favilla for-ged a partnership between Wider and Exa in 2012. Specifically, Exa purchased 50 percent, with Antonelli and Favilla holding the other half. In the two years leading up to that, Wider had launched its first project, the Wider 42. The day cruiser gained renown for its central deck area that expanded outward at the press of a button. Wider had also unveiled plans for its first su-peryacht, the Wider 150. She, too, gained re-nown for featuring three folding platforms at the transom, plus additional balconies on deck. The design (since copied by other builders) was brand new to the market. Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, the owner of Exa, stated in 2012, “I decided to back Wider as I was impressed both with its course of development and its ability to esta-blish itself on the international market with a completely innovative, technologically cutting-edge product despite the difficult economic situ-ation.” Through its Exa subsidiary, Genting Hong Kong primarily focuses on cruise ships. However, it

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also has other leisure, entertainment, and hospi-tality assets. For example, Genting Hong Kong owns Lloyd Werft, the German shipyard behind the massive megayacht Luna. Furthermore, it has equity in U-Boat Worx and Grand Banks Yachts. Wider states that its immediate focus is comple-ting Bartali, the Wider 150. While Wider built the megayacht on spec, it sold her late last year to

Canadian buyers. They requested changes to better suit their preferences, which Wider is wrapping up. The shipyard plans to hand Bartali back to them in June. In addition, construction continues on the first Wider 165, a.k.a. Project Cecilia. She, too, is a spec project, set for com-pletion early next year. SOURCE

TROSSEN LOS VOOR YACHT BUILDERS ACADEMY

OIL & GAS, OFFSHORE ENERGY, DEEP SEA MINING

EUROPE SEES FIVEFOLD BOOST TO OFFSHORE WIND UNDER PLEDGE gCaptain 6 juni 2017

The governments of Germany, Denmark and Belgium backed a pledge to install 60 gigawatts of new offshore wind power next decade, more than fivefold existing capacity. Energy ministers from the three countries joined chief executives from 25 companies including Dong Energy A/S, the world’s biggest offshore wind developer, to issue a statement pledging to work together to increase investment and redu-ce costs. The statement, signed Tuesday in London, builds on an agreement by 10 northern European

countries last year to work together to cut the cost of installing wind turbines at sea. Trade bo-dy WindEurope said it will ask the seven countries absent from today’s signing to also support the statement. Some countries, like the U.K., need to wait until after their general electi-ons are held, the industry group said. There were about 13.8 gigawatts of offshore wind globally last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Prices for offshore wind in Europe have fallen dramatically in the last half decade and plunged 22 percent in 2016 alone, according to the London-based researcher. In April, the industry crossed a new thresholds in German government auctions, where contracts were awarded that will see subsidy-free offshore wind power developed at market prices by 2025. “With this Joint Statement, leading businesses and governments are taking the next step by committing to cooperate on the deployment of big volumes for offshore wind energy,” said Giles Dickson, chief executive officer at WindEurope, in an email. “Today’s statement is a clear recog-

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nition of the strategic importance of offshore wind as a clean, competitive and reliable energy source for Europe.” The countries and companies said they aim to boost efforts to deploy “significant volumes” of offshore wind, and recognize an industry-only pledge to deliver 60 gigawatts of new capacity between 2020 and 2030.

They supported the promotion of a European approach to renewable energy, particularly in developing grid infrastructure that can help countries flexibly manage intermittent wind po-wer to help cut costs. SOURCE

FARSTAD TO REFIT VESSEL WITH BATTERY POWER SYSTEM Offshore Shipping Online 1 juni 2017 Farstad is to refit its platform supply vessel (PSV) Far Sun with a battery-based energy storage sys-tem. Far Sun, a diesel-electric platform supply vessel (PSV), was delivered to Farstad in 2014 by Vard and started a long-term charter contract with Statoil. Fitting the PSV with batteries will make it more environmentally friendly – particularly when loading and offloading during offshore operati-ons, where fuel consumption and emissions will be significantly reduced – but optimal utilization of energy storage will be beneficial for all opera-ting modes. In close cooperation, Farstad Shipping and Vard Electro have analysed the vessel’s fuel economy, consumption and emissions over a long period of time. Vard’s SeaQ energy storage system, which will be installed on the vessel, will have an additional benefit, providing greater redundan-cy, acting as a ‘spinning reserve’.

The energy storage system will be installed during the second half of 2017. Vard Electro is responsible for the project, including enginee-ring, steel prefabrication, installation, integrati-on, testing and commissioning. The ship will be awarded the class notation ‘Battery Power’ by DNV-GL. Working closely with Farstad, Vard Aukra and Vard Electro have developed a standardized so-lution in way of an additional deckhouse which complies with regulations and is well suited for this type of upgrade, of offshore vessels, ferries and other vessels. Vard Aukra has been awarded a contract for the manufacture, integration and installation of deckhouses and other equipment on board. The battery will be supplied by Corvus. SOURCE

SAMSUNG HI WINS CORAL FLNG PROJECT, TO TERMINATE STENA'S RIG OR-DER IHS Fairplay 2 juni 2017 A consortium comprising Samsung Heavy Indu- stries (SHI), JGC Corporation, and TechnipFMC

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has been selected to build a floating LNG vessel for the USD7 billion Coral FLNG project in Mo-zambique. The development comes after Italian oil group ENI and its partners, Korea Gas Corporation, China National Petroleum Corporation, Exxon Mobil, Portugal’s Galp Energia, and Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos, finalised their in-vestment on 1 June. The project is to produce 3.37 million tonnes of LNG for 25 years by building a FLNG platform in the Rovuma Basin (Area 4), offshore Northern Mozambique. SHI said in a Korea Exchange filing that the vessel is estimated to be delivered in June 2022, in time for the approximate production of first gas from the Coral project. For SHI, the contract value is KRW2.85 trillion (USD2.57 billion). The total reserves in Area 4 are estimated to be 450 billion cbm of gas and was first discovered in May 2012. UK oil major BP has signed an agreement to purchase all LNG produced from the Coral field. SHI, which is handing over the vessel for Shell's Prelude FLNG project this year, and its partners, will handle the subsea umbilical riser and flow-line work.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea and Korea Tra-de Insurance Corporation are the lead arrangers of project financing of KRW2 trillion (USD1.8 bil-lion) to support the construction of the vessel. The project financing will cover 60% of the con-struction costs and 15 other international banks and three other export credit agencies participa-ted in the scheme. Of the amount, Korea Exim will provide USD1 bil-lion and K-sure will provide USD800 million. Korea Exim’s spokesperson said that the export credit agency is optimistic that by the time the Coral project produces first gas, oil and gas pri-ces would have recovered. Separately, on 2 June, SHI said in another Korea Exchange filing that Stena Drilling is expected to cancel an order for a semi-submersible drilling rig that was contracted for USD727 million in June 2013. Stena Drilling kept requesting changes to the rig design, resulting in multiple postponements of the delivery date. SHI said that on 1 June, it requested Stena to foot the costs of almost USD300 million for the design changes, as well as interest and payments of USD215.4 million for the rig construction. The shipbuilder said that it could resort to arbitration to recover the funds. SOURCE

A REVIEW OF OFFSHORE NEWBUILD PRICE DYNAMICS Clarksons By Ms Natalie Burrows 26 May 2017

It has been well documen-ted that mobile offshore newbuild prices have un-dergone a period of decli-ne. Clarkson Research in-dices for newbuild prices

of both rigs and OSVs sit well down on their 2008 peaks. Although lack of liquidity makes as-sessments difficult, it may be the case that the bottom of the cycle is approaching. Given this historical context, it is interesting to look at the decline in price levels.

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Better Times As can be seen from the Graph of the Month, the MODU and OSV newbuilding price indices climbed rapidly in 2005-07. These indices peaked in 2008 at 112 and 113 points respectively during a period of strong newbuilding demand. Whilst the financial crash in the second half of 2008 was first to affect the firming price trends (the OSV newbuild price index fell 29% during the second half of 2008 alone), the oil price crash in mid-2014 set in place a second wave of downward pressure on prices. The “Average Off-shore Newbuild Price Index” fell 10% y-o-y in 2014 (see inset graph) followed by a further 13% year-on-year decline in 2015. Whilst the scarcity of orders has made it increasingly difficult to ac-curately gauge price levels, it appears guideline newbuild prices have not slipped further in re-cent months.

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Lower Prices As of April 2017, the newbuild drillship price as-sessment was $400-500m, whilst a 350ft+ jack-up newbuild was assessed at $130-180m. In the OSV sector, a c.12,000 bhp Asian-built AHTS was quoted at $24m at the end of April, whilst a

4,500 dwt European built PSV was assessed at $31.5m. Guideline prices for Asian and European built OSVs have been steady since September 2016, although lack of liquidity has hindered pri-ce assessment. Minor fluctuations in the indices have been the result of movements in exchange rates against the dollar. As the graph shows, the OSV and MODU newbuild price indices currently sit fairly close to 2005-06 levels. Whilst prices here are in nominal terms, adjusting for inflation might well suggest that the current situation marks a cyclical low point below levels last seen in 2004-05. However, back in the mid-2000s, contracting was considerably more active. Orde-ring in 2005 was nine times higher than annuali-sed 2017 year to date levels. Ordering Drops Away Indeed, price cuts are often one way for builders to attract orders, yet they have had little impact since the oil price crash in 2014 due to extremely weak markets and demand for new vessels. Sin-ce start 2016 there have been just 9 OSVs and fi-ve rigs ordered. In all, ordering activity since start 2016 sits 95% below activity in 2008 alone. Moreover, market conditions have led to issues surrounding deferred delivery of the current or-derbook and resale prices offering a potentially more attractive alternative to newbuilding. Slim Pickings So, newbuilding prices, whilst increasingly diffi-cult to assess given the lack of liquidity, don’t appear to have made further downward move-ments recently. However, despite current price guidelines suggesting that the market has fallen fairly close to historical lows, it is clear that any fresh round of ordering would require a conside-rable improvement in the wider market envi-ronment. SOURCE

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TROUBLE BREWS FOR OPEC AS EXPENSIVE DEEPWATER OIL TURNS CHEAP gCaptain 31 mei 2017

Reports of deep-sea drilling’s demise in a world of sub-$100 oil may have been greatly exaggera-ted, much to OPEC’s dismay. Pumping crude from seabeds thousands of feet below water is turning cheaper as producers streamline operations and prioritize drilling in core wells, according to Wood Mackenzie Ltd. That means oil at $50 a barrel could sustain so-me of these projects by next year, down from an average break-even price of about $62 in the first quarter and $75 in 2014, the energy consul-tancy estimates. The tumbling costs present another challenge for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which is currently curbing output to shrink a glut. In 2014, when the U.S. shale boom sparked oil’s crash from above $100 a barrel, the group embarked on a different strategy of pum-ping at will to defend market share and throttle high-cost projects. Ali Al-Naimi, the former ener-gy minister of OPEC member Saudi Arabia, said in February 2016 that such producers need to ei-ther “lower costs, borrow cash or liquidate.”

“There is life in deep-water yet,” said Angus Rodger, director of upstream Asia-Pacific re-search at Wood Mackenzie in Singapore. “When oil prices fell, many projects were deferred, but the ones that were deferred first were deep-water because the overall break-evens were highest. Now in 2017, we’re seeing signs that the best ones are coming back.”

The falling costs make it more likely that inves-tors will approve pumping crude from such large

deep-water projects, the process for which is more complex and risky than drilling traditional fields on land. That may compete with OPEC’s oil to meet future supply gaps that the group sees forming as demand increases and output from existing wells naturally declines. Saudi Arabia’s Al-Naimi left his post shortly after his speech targeting high-cost producers, and his successor Khalid Al-Falih organized production cuts by OPEC and some other nations that are set to run through March 2018. In a speech in Malaysia this month, Al-Falih bemoaned the lack of investment in higher-cost projects and said he fears the lack of them could cause demand to spike above supply in the future. Warnings from OPEC of a looming shortage are “overstated and misleading,” Citigroup Inc. said in a report earlier this month. The revolution in unconventional supplies like shale is “unstoppa-ble” unless prices fall below $40 a barrel, and deep-water output could grow by more than 1 million barrels a day by 2022, according to the bank. Royal Dutch Shell Plc in February approved its Kaikias deep-water project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, saying it would break even with prices below $40 a barrel. That followed BP Plc’s deci-sion in December to move forward with its Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the Gulf, with costs esti-mated at $9 billion compared to $20 billion as originally planned. Over the next three years, eight offshore pro-jects may be approved with break-even prices below $50, according to a Transocean Ltd. pre-sentation at the Scotia Howard Weil Energy Con-ference in New Orleans in March. Eni SpA could reach a final investment decision on a $10 billion Nigeria deep-water project by October. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. marker, was trading in New York at $48.77 a barrel by 6:10

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p.m. Singapore time, compared with its 2014 peak of more than $105. Brent crude, the ben-chmark for more than half the world’s oil, was at $50.81 in London, down from more than $115 a barrel in mid-2014. Shale Boom As rising U.S. output and OPEC’s unbridled pro-duction exacerbated the biggest price crash in a generation, Rodger estimates energy companies shelved projects that would have produced mo-re than 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent since 2014 until the start of 2016. About two-thirds of that were deep-water, he said. Meanwhile in America’s shale country, compa-nies quickly reduced costs and improved produc-tivity, driving break-even costs in the best parts of fields from Texas to North Dakota into the $30s. The cost reductions have helped the num-ber of drilling rigs in the U.S. more than double since last year. That increased activity is causing costs to rise again, though, said Jonathan Garrett, an up-stream analyst at Wood Mackenzie. Prices for pressure-pumping equipment and sand, both of which are necessary for the hydraulic fracturing that makes shale production possible, have in-

creased by more than 20 percent this year. While costs for shale production, known as tight oil, are edging higher now, expenses associated with deep-water drilling is finally coming down, Rodger said. Rental rates for drilling rigs have been cut in half since 2014, and companies are redesigning projects to be more cost efficient in-stead of to maximize output. Deep-water exploration will see “renewed mo-mentum” over the rest of 2017 as large integra-ted oil companies look to capitalize on lower service costs and strengthening fiscal positions, Fitch Group’s BMI Research said in a May 3 note. In the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a more cost-efficient design for deep-water projects has reduced the break-even cost at many wells to below $40 a barrel, it said. “The deep-water cost curve is much higher, but over time that deep-water cost curve is coming down and over time that tight oil cost curve is going up a bit,” Wood Mackenzie’s Rodger said. “So there’s still some clear water between the two but it’s now getting closer to each other.” SOURCE

DSME COMPETES WITH DOMESTIC SHIPBUILDERS TO WIN OFFSHORE PLANT PROJECTS Hellenic Shipping News

24 mei 2017 Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) pledged to close down its offshore plant business when the debt

ridden company received an additional 2.9 trilli-on won (US$2.58 billion) in emergency funding from the former Park Geun-hye administration and a state-run bank. The shipbuilder, however, the is highly likely to

break its promise. As expectations are growing that international oil prices, which remained low for a long time, will increase and some compa-nies have begun the process of securing major offshore contractors for offshore plants, DSME is snooping around the market. Accordingly, there are growing concerns that DSME is not only breaking the former government’s pledge to downsize the company but also is able to create the low profitability market environment in where contractors can barely balance the bud-

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get. According to shipbuilding industry sources on May 23, South Korea’s “big three” shipbuilders – Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Samsung Heavy Indu-stries – participated in the prequalification (PQ) process of the Block B gas development project led by a subsidiary of Vietnam’s state-run Petro-Vietnam. A PQ is the previous step of official bidding. When shipbuilders passes the PQ pro-cess, they submits a bidding proposal to the ope-rator and sign an official agreement after being selected as preferred bidder. The nation’s three largest shipbuilders are seeking to participate in a tender to construct a facility on the top of the central processing platform (CPP) of the Block B project which is worth 1 trillion won (US$887 million). In addition, DSME is now bidding against Hyun-dai Heavy and Samsung Heavy as well as foreign shipbuilders in order to win an order to con-struct a floating production storage offloading (FPSO) commissioned by Norwegian oil firm Sta-toil. DSME President Chung Sung-rip also took part in the 2016 Offshore Technology Conferen-ce (OTC) held in the U.S. last month, conti-nuously involving in offshore plant business acti-vities.

The problem is DSME’s latest move contradicts with the initial plan of the financial authorities which said it would find a new owner after ma-king DSME a small but financially sound compa-ny. During a briefing session after the ministers’ meeting to strengthen the industrial competiti-veness in March, Financial Services Commission Chairman Lim Jong-ryong said, “We are planning

to practically close down DSME’s offshore plant business and reorganize the business structure by focusing on competitive merchant ships and special ships.” He said the authorities will create a new “two big and one mid-size shipbuilder” system by downsizing DSME and seek to sell the company starting from 2018. At that time, the government decided to provide an additional 2.9 trillion won (US$2.58 billion) of money to DSME despite controversy over wasting the taxpayer´s precious money. Lee Dong-geol, chairman of the Korea Development Bank (KDB), the largest sha-reholder of DSME, also said on the same day, “We will prevent DSME from participating in the offshore plant sector.” However, they don’t ful-fill their promises.

Therefore, there are doubts whether the go-vernment can come through its plan to sell DSME after reducing its sales by half to 6 trillion to 7 trillion won (US$5.32 billion to 6.21 billion). The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, which had different ideas with the financial authorities on how to deal with DSME, had a ne-gative outlook on DSME’s move to acquire new offshore plant construction projects in the first place. An official from the government said, “DSME needs to stop seeking new offshore plant orders in a bid to reduce the size of DSME. If the com-pany doesn’t close down the related business, the government cannot accomplish the “two big and one mid-size shipbuilder” system, which is a transition period of “two big shipbuilders” sys-tem.” SOURCE

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PORT OF ROTTERDAM: CREATING OFFSHORE CENTER MAASVLAKTE 2 Dredging Today 2 juni 2017

The Port of Rotterdam is creating space for an offshore center for wind energy at sea, decom-missioning (the dismantling of oil and gas plat-forms) and the oil and gas market – Offshore Center Maasvlakte 2 (OCMV2), the port said in its latest release. This new site of up to 70 hectares will be created using the hydraulic filling technique on Maas-vlakte 2 in the Prinses Alexiahaven.

The Port Authority will make a start as soon as possible on reclaiming the first 30 hectares and installing a heavy load deep sea quay, initially of 600 meters, with the necessary infrastructure. OCMV2 will be located in Princess Alexiahaven against the seawall, near the berth of the Pio-neering Spirit. The Center could potentially be extended by a further 40 hectares and 1,000 meters of quay wall, the port said. The plan is that the first businesses will become operational on OCMV2 in the course of 2019. SOURCE

INLAND SHIPPING (BINNENVAART)

ELBE WORDT TESTBAAN VOOR AUTONOME BINNENSCHEPEN Schuttevaer 3 juni 2017

De Elbe moet als eerste Duitse rivier geschikt worden gemaakt voor autonoom varende sche-pen. Op die manier willen de deelstaten Bran-

denburg, Hamburg en Sachsen-Anhalt zich voor-bereiden op een nieuwe toekomst. Ze zien de ontwikkelingen in de buurlanden en willen niet achterblijven. De deelstaten presenteerden hun plannen onder de noemer ‘Elbe 4.0' onlangs op een conferentie in Maagdenburg. Ze zijn ervan overtuigd dat de Elbe de ideale vaarweg is voor de ontwikkeling en beproeving van robotschepen in de binnen-vaart. De deelstaten verwachten dat een verregaande automatisering voor meer scheepvaart op de El-be kan zorgen. Staatssecretaris Ines Jesse van het Branderburger ministerie van Infrastructuur

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ziet hierin een kans lading van de weg naar het water te krijgen. ‘Maar daarvoor moeten we wel met concrete projecten komen waarvan de bin-nenvaart kan profiteren.' Cyberaanvallen Net als in de zeevaart, begint de automatisering aan boord van binnenvaartschepen met het uit handen nemen van het routinematige werk van de roerganger. Systemen hiervoor zijn nu al ver-krijgbaar. De Duitsers verwijzen bijvoorbeeld naar een geïntegreerd navigatiesysteem dat al in 1998 werd ontwikkeld door het Max-Planck-Instituut in Maagdenburg. Om tot een nauwkeu-rige positiebepaling te komen, combineerde dit systeem gegevens van GPS en radar met elek-tronische waterkaarten (Inland Ecdis). Ook verwerkte het in die tijd al de eigenschap-pen van het schip, zoals de rompvorm, diepgang, het gewicht en andere gegevens. Dit zou ervoor moeten zorgen dat het schip automatisch koers kan houden en kan anticiperen op afwijkingen. Om andere schepen te kunnen zien worden de gegevens gecombineerd met AIS. Het navigatie-systeem werd succesvol getest op de Rijn en een doorontwikkeld systeem is nu onder de naam RADAR Pilot 720° te koop. De Duitsers constateren daarom dat technisch niets in de weg staat om onbemand te gaan va-ren. Maar ze zien ook nog wel een aantal obsta-kels. Zo moeten de systemen aan boord goed

worden beveiligd tegen cyberaanvallen. ‘Maar we gaan ervan uit dat aan deze eis kan worden voldaan en, na aanpassing van de wetgeving niets een veilige werking van een autonoom schip in de weg staat. Al is de complexe techno-logie nog wel zeer kostbaar.' Stabiele verbindingen Om de binnenvaart te automatiseren is ook aan de wal, of eigenlijk in de lucht, een veel betere digitale infrastructuur nodig. De communicatie moet namelijk zeer betrouwbaar zijn. Daarom is het Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (BMVI) tot eind 2018 bezig met de bouw van een betrouwbare infrastructuur voor AIS en een mobiel breedbandnetwerk langs de Elbe. Een ander punt van zorg is het behoud van de vloot schepen die op de Elbe vaart. ‘De gemid-delde leeftijd van de Duitse vloot is 44,7 jaar en op de Elbe is deze waarschijnlijk nog aanzienlijk hoger. Omdat grootschalige nieuwbouw ont-breekt, is het belangrijk de huidige vloot te be-houden en de technische uitrusting aan boord te verbeteren. Maar ook anderen in de logistieke keten moeten investeren. Om de concurrentie-kracht te behouden en verbeteren, moet ieder-een die bezig is met vervoer over water meer in-vesteren in automatisering.' SOURCE

VOOR ROBOTSCHIP LIJKEN REGELS GROTER PROBLEEM DAN TECHNIEK (VI-DEO) Schuttevaer 3 juni 2017 ‘Als je bemanning kunt uitsparen is de business-case snel rond', zegt operations manager Marnix Vos van Nedcargo Multimodal over de opkomst van autonoom varende schepen. Hij was vrijdag 19 mei een van de sprekers op de bijeenkomst ‘The art of smart' van Jong BLN, de ledengroep van jonge schippers van binnenvaartbrancheor-ganisatie Koninklijke BLN-Schuttevaer.

Logistiek dienstverlener Nedcargo werpt zich steeds vaker op als pionier van nieuwe tech-nieken in de binnenvaart. Voorbeeld is het die-selelektrische containerschip Gouwenaar 2.0. Dat ligt intussen voor afbouw bij Concordia in Werkendam. Vos wil de dieselmotor in het mo-dulair gebouwde schip zo snel mogelijk vervan-

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gen. ‘Het maakt mij niet uit hoe we elektriciteit gaan opwekken. Waterstof, accu, voor mijn part wordt het een kerncentrale.' Hij geeft wel toe dat 2020 als datum voor emis-sieloos varen waarschijnlijk niet wordt gehaald. ‘Puur elektrisch is nu nog onbetaalbaar.' De suggestie van een Jong BLN 'er om accu's in een container te zetten en op de terminals te wisselen, is volgens Vos te duur en logistiek moeilijk te organiseren. ‘Zo'n container zou een miljoen euro kosten en je hebt er zeker drie van nodig. Dan ben je aan de accu's al meer kwijt dan aan het hele schip.' Robotiseren Uiteindelijke doel van de Gouwenaar 2.0 (90 x 10,50 meter) is deze te ontwikkelen tot een Gouwenaar 3.0 die zelfs onbemand moet kun-nen varen. ‘Je hebt met de Gouwenaar 2.0 een heel erg mooi schip, maar de vraag is of het nog slimmer kan', zegt Vos. ‘Maar de techniek is niet het probleem. Daarom gaan we de Gouwenaar 2.0 dit jaar al voorzien van bridge collision pre-vention, een line tracking system en berthing as-sistance. In de volgende stap zetten we in op semi-autonoom varen en zelfs autonoom varen.'

Nedcargo heeft nu zes schepen die voor Heine-ken containers vervoeren van containertermi-nal Alpherium in Alphen aan den Rijn naar de zeehavens Rotterdam en Antwerpen. Vos zit er zelfs aan te denken deze bestaande schepen met speciale kits te retrofitten, zodat zij ook auto-noom kunnen gaan varen. Uiteindelijk hoopt hij een paar honderd schepen met de kits te kun-nen uitrusten zodat door de schaalvergroting de ontwikkelingskosten dalen. ‘Je gaat dan een weekje naar de werf en daarna kun je autonoom varen.' Concurrentie Belangrijkste reden voor Nedcargo om in te zet-ten op autonoom varen is de concurrentie met het wegvervoer. ‘In de truckwereld gaat auto-noom rijden gewoon gebeuren. Wij hebben nu al problemen om op korte vaartrajecten te concur-reren met de weg. De binnenvaart moet dus bij-blijven en zoveel mogelijk klaar zijn voor de toe-komst. Maar dan moet wel de regelgeving wor-den aangepast. Want we moeten het wel met minder mensen kunnen doen. Dat we nu nog steeds zes slaapplekken aan boord hebben, is een beetje overdreven.' WATCH VIDEO READ MORE

ROER MAAKT ONNODIG VEEL BEWEGINGEN Schuttevaer 27 mei 2017

Van der Velden Marine Systems heeft op Mari-time Industry BOSS Eco voor de binnenvaart ge-

presenteerd. Het systeem is bedoeld om roer-bewegingen te beperken en daarmee brandstof te besparen. Bij een kleine proef werd een brandstofbesparing van 12% gehaald en dat zou volgens de ontwikkelaars nog meer kunnen worden. ‘Uit onderzoek komt naar voren dat schepen veel overbodige roerbewegingen maken. Als je die elimineert, kun je brandstof besparen en snelheid winnen en heb je bovendien minder emissie', zegt ing. Edwin van Buren, directeur Research & Development bij Van der Velden.

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Van der Velden Marine Systems, gespecialiseerd in roertechniek en onderdeel van de Damen Shipyards Group, heeft BOSS drie jaar geleden al in de zeevaart geïntroduceerd. Dit systeem is uitgerust met roersensoren en voldoet volgens Van der Velden prima, er varen intussen zo'n 30 tot 40 schepen mee. Maar het kost ongeveer 35.000 euro en dat is volgens Van der Velden te veel geld voor de binnenvaart. Nu is een systeem ontwikkeld dat beter past bij de binnenvaart. De gegevens van het stuurge-drag worden verzameld door onder meer de sig-nalen te gebruiken van de roerstandaanwijzer en de bochtaanwijzer. Sensoren in de brandstoflei-ding meten het reële brandstofverbruik. Een wiskundig model is toegevoegd om een en ander met elkaar in relatie te brengen. Op één scherm in de stuurhut valt af te lezen wat het verbruik is en hoe zo zuinig mogelijk kan worden gestuurd. ‘Het scherm laat het alleen maar zien, de schip-per moet zelf zijn vaargedrag op basis van deze scherminformatie veranderen', zegt Van Buren. Test ‘We hebben een test gedaan op twee schepen met ongeveer hetzelfde vaargebied, de Helena Geertje en de Rhenus Duisburg. De eerste paar maanden waren de sensoren gemonteerd, maar werd, zonder monitor, net als anders gevaren. Daarna werd de monitor in de stuurhut gezet en kregen de schippers uitgelegd hoe ze de roer-beweging konden beperken. En dat leverde bij de Helena Geertje meteen al een besparing van 12% op. ‘De autopiloot is vaak niet ideaal afgesteld. Die moet je uitzetten of voortdurend corrigeren. Je

maakt met ons systeem namelijk een bocht an-ders, met veel minder roerbewegingen en dat gaat uitstekend. Op het scherm zie je het ver-schil in snelheid en brandstofverbruik. Het werkt motiverend als je kunt zien hoeveel je op beide kunt winnen. Het hele systeem, dat zonder mon-tage ongeveer 9600 euro kost, kun je er binnen een jaar weer uit hebben. ‘Toegegeven, een nu al zuinig sturende schipper maakt de kleinste sprong, maar ook hij kan be-sparen met dit systeem. Je bespaart ook op slij-tage aan je roer en stuurmachine, want je maakt veel minder roerbewegingen. Bovendien kun je meedoen aan subsidies op vergroeningspro-jecten, zoals de Green Award in Rotterdam. Met dit systeem kun je de 20% CO2-besparing aanto-nen die je hiervoor in vijf jaar tijd moet halen', zegt Van Buren. Complete monitoring Van der Velden ziet dit roerregistratiesysteem als opmaat naar een compleet monitoringsys-teem. ‘Daar zijn we mee bezig in het kader van "the internet of things". Een volgende stap kan autonoom varen zijn. Ik weet van Duitse rederij-en dat ze goedkope krachten op hun zeegaande schepen laten varen en dan een ervaren Duitse kapitein vanuit kantoor laten meekijken. Die re-derijen willen zoveel mogelijk weten van het vaargedrag van het schip en zijn zeer geïnteres-seerd in dit soort besparingstechnieken.' De BOSS Eco is vanaf nu leverbaar bij Van der Velden. SOURCE

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RUSSIAN PM MEDVEDEV SIGNS INVESTMENT QUOTA DECREES By Undercurrent News Jun 05, 2017

At Seafood Expo Global, May 2016. Credit: Miriam Okari-mia/ Undercurrent News

Russia’s prime minster, Dmitry Medvedev, has signed documents that make the country’s in-vestment quotas plan official. According to a statement from Russia’s fisheries agency, Medvedev signed three decrees regula-ting the procedure of the selection of invest-ment projects and the distribution of quotas for investment purposes in late May. The country plans to set aside 20% of its total al-lowable catch for allocating to companies in new vessels, to be built in Russia, as well as proces-sing plants. To participate in the selection process, the appli-cant must make a financial provision in the

amount of 5% of the value of an investment in the form of cash or bank guarantee, according to the fisheries agency statement. During the Brussels seafood show in April, Ilya Shestakov, head of Russia’s fishery agency, told Undercurrent that many companies planned to build new vessels and plants under the plan. In fact, work has already started on the first Rus-sian newbuild to be built under the country’s in-vestment quotas program. According to a press release from the Arkhan-gelsk government, a ceremony was held on May 31 to celebrate the start of work on an 86 x 17 meter trawler for Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet (ATF), one of Russia's largest cod and haddock fishing firms. The four whitefish vessels will be built at the Vy-borg Shipyard, which is part of United Shipbuil-ding Corporation. Also, ATF is having six crab vessels built at the same yard. “Today we are witnessing not only the birth of a new ship, but also at the start of the program of renovation of the fishing fleet in Russia. We are proud that we do it first with Vyborg Shipy-ard. We liked the level of technical equipment of the shipyard, and the level of technical experti-se,” said Sergei Nesvetov, the executive director of ATF. SOURCE

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BRUNVOLL SIGNS NEW SEINER CONTRACTS 06 Jun 2017

Brunvoll Volda has contracted to supply two new fishing vessels being built at Stadyard to Skipskompetanse designs Brunvoll Volda has signed contracts with Stad-yard in western Norway for delivery of propul-sion systems for two fishing vessels. The equip-ment will be delivered in December 2017 and February 2018. The combined purse seiners/seine netters are SK-3355 designs by Skipskompetance, Lise Bea-te for Brødrene Bakken AS and Støttafjord for Oddvar Nes AS. The vessels are planned for deli-very from Stadyard in December 2018 and March 2019. The sister vessels are designed with a 39.70 me-tre overall length, a 9.80 metre beam and a depth to the main deck of 3.75 metres. The de-sign is for 80 cubic metres of fuel capacity and 425 cubic metres of carrying capacity in RSW

tanks chilled with CO2-based refrigeration from Kuldeteknisk, and fish handling systems provided by Cflow. The propulsion systems from Brunvoll Volda are single screw installations with PTO/PTI configu-rations, designed for hybrid propulsion, each driven by a Yanmar 6EY22AW diesel engine. The hybrid system are designed for operation modes of either mechanical, pure electric, take-me-home, or from battery storage. Side thrusters are run by frequency controlled engines and with fixed pitch propeller for efficient operation. The propulsion systems are designed for opti-mum operation and high flexibility, and the pro-peller blades are designed according to DnV-GL Silent F notation. This combination allows for in-creased catch, high fuel efficiency and low emis-sions at the same time, which in total reduces the cost per catch. The vessels are expected to become trend setters in this part of the coastal fishing fleet. Brunvoll Volda has a good order backlog of in-stallations to fishing vessels where environmen-tal concerns are of the highest importance. “Optimised and tailor-made systems are what we do best, and we appreciate co-operating with owners, designers and shipyards that put high demands on us as suppliers,” said Brunvoll Volda managing director Hallvard Pettersen. SOURCE

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NEW CETUS TO BE BUILT AT FITJAR World fishing 30 mei 2017

Norwegian fishing company Cetus AS has or-dered a new pelagic trawler with a 65m LOA and a beam of 14m. The hull of the new trawler is scheduled to be delivered to Fitjar Mek Verksted in August 2018,

where it wil be fitted out for delivery in March 2019. So far the full selection of equipment has not been made, and this is expected to be un-dertaken at Nor-Shipping this week. The owners of the new Cetus have worked clo-sely with the Salt Ship Design, which is also res-ponsible for the designs of the Voyager now be-ing built at Karstensens and the Gitte Henning under constriction at Kleven. The intention was to develop Cetus as an effective, modern and environmentally friendly vessel, and after the design phase and yard negotiations, the ship-building contract was effective on May 24th. SOURCE

SHIPPING, PORTS, FINANCE, OTHER GENERAL NEWS

DANISH SHIP FINANCE PREDICTS GROWTH IN SEABORNE VOLUMES WILL AVERAGE JUST 1% PER ANNUM THROUGH TO 2030 Splash 24/7 25 mei 2017

Danish Ship Finance has provided a sneak peak of its latest market report, one that paints a grim

picture for long-term growth in shipping. Danish Ship Finance expects long-term growth in seaborne trade volumes averaging about 1% per annum until 2030. The report suggests that that secondhand prices, which are already low, could decline if the eco-nomic lifetime of ships continues to decline. Fu-ture demolition is expected to lower the average age of vessels scrapped and continue to reduce the value of older vessels through a shortening of their economic lifetime. “In segments with low sales activity, the actual

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market value may be lower than indicated by current broker valuations,” the ship finance hou-se observed. (RD: zeer aan te raden, dit rapport, ligt al op mijn

bureau. Officieel komt het uit in juni, u kunt zich HIER vast aanmelden) SOURCE

STRONG DEMOLITION AND NO NEW ORDERS PIVOTAL FOR DRY BULK RECO-VERY Splash 24/7 26 mei 2017

If the fleet keeps growing, Q1 will prove to be a false dawn, warns BIMCO’s Peter Sand. The strong lift in freight rates in the first quarter of 2017 may have delivered on the promises a bit early, as the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) now finds itself below the 1,000 mark again. Despite better market conditions in 2017, compared to same period last year, we at BIMCO emphasise the need for continuous handling of the supply side in the dry bulk shipping industry. To keep further fleet growth at bay, the demolition activity must return to levels seen in the first half of 2016, to-gether with an increasing focus on keeping slow steaming around. The first quarter of 2017 provided a somewhat stronger-than-expected dry bulk demand, mainly driven by China’s import of iron ore, coal and grain. Together with improved optimism, the freight rates and earnings for the dry bulk ship-ping industry were lifted to profitable levels. The improved optimism led to fear of missing out on ‘the next super cycle’, as owners rushed to the secondhand market to expand their fleets, resul-ting in a sharp rise in secondhand prices for dry bulk assets.

The growing interest in the secondhand market means that existing ships no longer are priced miles below newbuild ones. This can thereby eventuate in a return to the shipyards for some owners, who can’t get the vessel they are looking for in the secondhand market. If a flood of newbuilding orders comes around, it will cer-tainly kill the current recovery of the dry bulk shipping industry once delivered, as a further growth in the supply side, will need an even stronger growth from the demand side. The total dry bulk orderbook is currently at the lowest level since mid-2004, as the low ordering activity seen since early 2016 has continued into 2017. According to BIMCO’s Road to Recovery projec-tion, a 0% supply growth is a condition for the dry bulk shipping industry to return to full year profitability in 2019. It is pivotal for the recovery of the freight market and for the return to profi-table earnings, that the demolition activity does not stall and newbuilding orders remain limited. But why should you demolish ships when you are finally starting to make some money? Becau-se it benefits you too. The dry bulk shipping in-dustry cannot simply rely on demand to cure the current state of the industry by itself. With an estimated 2.3% growth for the full year 2017, it is obvious that the supply side is not supporting the 0% growth scenario or a near term recovery. BIMCO expects the supply side of the dry bulk

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market to lose some steam, as almost 50% of the total expected newbuildings for 2017 were delivered in the first quarter. BIMCO also ex-pects to see a growing demand in the coming

months, with iron ore and soybeans as the main driver. SOURCE

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THYSSENKRUPP & GERMAN NAVAL YARDS IN NEW WARSHIP BID Marinelink.com Posted by Joseph Keefe June 8, 2017

File Image: A recently launched German warship / courtesy ThyssenKrupp

Luerssen, ThyssenKrupp and German Naval Yards have agreed to bid jointly for a German navy warship contract after competition authori-ties struck down an earlier bid, an industry sour-ce said. The contract had originally been worth 1.5 billi-

on euros($1.68 billion) but it is unclear how much the government will ultimately pay. The contract for five corvettes, which had been due to be awarded without tender to a consorti-um of ThyssenKrupp and Luerssen, was struck down by the German cartel office after German Naval Yards complained. Under the deal, which must still be approved by the cartel office, German Naval Yards would win work worth 15 percent of total revenues from the contract. The German parliament's budget committee will decide on the contract on June 21, the source said. The German Defence Ministry had previously ar-gued that the quickest way to meet the navy's urgent military needs in the Baltic and Mediter-ranean seas would be to award the contract wit-hout tender. SOURCE

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FAIRPLAY AND BUGSIER JOIN FORCES Hellenic Shipping News 3 juni 2017

The two traditional companies Fairplay and Bugsier have announced their intention to mer-ge. The aim is to mutually further expand both these well known strong names in shipping and to continue strengthening the presence in Ger-many and Europe. It is intended that Fairplay Schleppdampfschiffs-Reederei Richard Borchard GmbH will acquire the Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG in the se-cond half of the year. Thus both parties have signed a “Letter of In-tent” (Absichtserklärung). The Bugsier Reederei will be completely taken up and continued as a brand in the corporate group of Fairplay-Towage. The timing for the merger is favourable for both parties. The market for harbour assistance in Northwest Europe is extremely competitive. An internationally well established network will be crucial for this market in the future. For the fur-ther development of such a Network it is impor-tant to have the strong presence of Bugsier in the German market to ideally complement the strong presence of Fairplay in other European countries. Consolidating the fleets of both com-panies will result in a flexible shipping partner, who is in a position to meet the requirements of clients and challenges brought by the future. Furthermore Bugsier will contribute new busi-ness areas and expertise to the Fairplay Group. A prime example hereof is the ocean towage for the oil and gas industry and the offshore wind

energy industry. Both shipping companies have already coopera-ted successfully in the field of Emergency Towing Vessels (ETV’s). For both companies and their employees this step is therefore a huge oppor-tunity to position themselves firmly in the mar-ket and to expand their business activities.With more than 100 tugboats, this new company group will have a strong presence in the North European market. Information of the companies Bugsier Reederei today is part of the classic pic-ture of most German seaports. Foremost in Hamburg and Bremerhaven the typical port-panorama includes Bugsier tugs and sheerlegs adding to the cities outstanding maritime at-mosphere. Operating the largest tug fleet flying the German flag we have performed a vast number of towing jobs along the Northern Euro-pean coast. In addition we provide services with salvage crafts and sheerlegs. With a fleet of effi-cient and powerful tugs we are serving the off-shore oil & gas industry for decades as well as the flourishing offshore wind energy market. Our company has internationally earned an excellent reputation with executed projects on a worldwi-de scale. For ore Information please visit our website www.bugsier.de Fairplay Towage today comprises of a group of companies mainly engaged in the towage indu-stry with head-office in Hamburg and further of-fices and tug-stations in Rotterdam, Antwerp, Rostock, Wismar, Sassnitz, Wolgast, Szczecin, Swinoujscie as well as Gdynia. Since 2008 Fair-play Towage is Shareholder of the Dutch “Multra Towage & Salvage”. Multraship is active in har-bour towage at Ports of Terneuzen, Vlissingen and Ghent, as well as at the Black Sea Port of Bourgas and the worldwide Offshore and Salva-ge Market. Our website will give you more in-sight into Fairplay Towage www.fairplay-towage.com SOURCE

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GERMAN SHIPPING GROUP RICKMERS FILES FOR INSOLVENCY Hellenic Shipping News 2 juni 2017

German shipping group Rickmers said it had filed for insolvency on Thursday, a day after it announced that its re-structuring plan had failed

to win approval of bondholder HSH Nordbank. “The insolvency application was filed this mor-ning, and the court has confirmed that it has re-ceived it,” the company said in an e-mailed sta-tement, adding that it could not yet predict fur-ther developments.

Rickmers had proposed a revamp plan under which the equity stake of owner Bertram Rick-mers was to be reduced to 24.9 percent, while bondholders, HSH Nordbank and potentially another bank would hold 75.1 percent. But it said late on Wednesday that HSH had “highly surprisingly” rejected that plan, forcing it to file for insolvency. SOURCE

BRODOSPLIT NEARING DEAL FOR TWO 1,200-PASSENGER CRUISE SHIPS ELBE WORDT TESTBAAN VOOR AUTONOME BINNENSCHEPEN UDT EUROPE 2017: GERMANY’S PROCUREMENT BOOST

ESTLAND (ESTONIA)

PLATANO EESTI ORDERS BULKER PAIR AT SHANGHAI SHIPYARD

FINLAND PEACE BOAT INKS NEWBUILDING DEAL

FRANKRIJK (FRANCE)

STX FRANCE: NEW ORDERS AND A SURPRISE FOR FINCANTIERI

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GRIEKENLAND (GREECE)

DYNAGAS PROGRESSES MYSTERY FSRU NEWBUILDING PROJECT TradeWinds 24 mei 2017

Greek shipowner Dynagas has breathed new life into its planned LNG floating storage and regasi-fication unit (FSRU) newbuildings in China. Those close to the project say fresh engineering work has started on Dynagas’ FSRUs for which the company has agreed an order at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group). Last year, George Procopiou-led Dynagas was widely linked to an order for up to two FSRUs at the Chinese shipyard for delivery dates in 2019 and 2020. TradeWinds was told a signing cere-mony took place in mid-2016 on the vessels. But no details emerged, the hulls do not appear as recorded on databases and it is unclear which business they have been contracted against. The deal is significant because if it finally moves ahead the contracts will mark China's shipbuil-ding entry into the FSRU sector. It would also be Dynagas’ second attempt to break into the floating regas business after can-celling a planned FSRU order at STX Offshore &

Shipbuilding in 2012. Several market observers have linked the Chine-se FSRU newbuilding contracts to charter deals on 13-vessels related to Russia’s Yamal LNG pro-ject, which will ship the bulk of its cargoes into China. The Greek owner is partnering China's Sinotrans Shipping on five Arc7-class, ice-breaking LNG carrier newbuildings for the project, the first of which is due to deliver shortly, and has charte-red six of its existing LNG carriers to Yamal as shuttle ships. In addition, Dynagas is building two condensate carriers for the project, one of which it contracted at a Chinese yard. In a results briefing in March, chief executive To-ny Lauritzen of Dynagas' publicly listed arm Dy-nagas LNG Partners made clear that the compa-ny’s efforts to enter the floating regas sector we-re now concentrated on taking the newbuilding route rather than converting any of its existing LNG carriers. However, he stressed that building new required a project sponsor, which was the focus for the company. He went on to describe how growth in the FSRU market is accelerating on the back of LNG de-mand, adding that this is a sector that moves quickly. SOURCE

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KROATIË (CROATIA)

BRODOSPLIT NEARING DEAL FOR TWO 1,200-PASSENGER CRUISE SHIPS Cruise Industry News 5 juni 2017

Brodosplit Shipyard is reported to be nearing a deal for two 1,200-passenger cruise ships for an unnamed German owner, according to a news report out of Croatia. After building smaller cruise ships for Grand Cir-cle in the 2000s, Brodosplit is quickly becoming a force in specialty newbuilding bids.

The Croatian yard landed an order from Star Clippers in 2015 and followed that up with an expedition vessel for Oceanwide last year. The Star Clippers vessel, the Flying Clipper, is scheduled to launch in 2018, while the Hondius from Oceanwide follows in 2019. AIDA, TUI and Hapag-Lloyd are all key German cruise operators with announced ship orders. Smaller players with existing capacity in the crui-se market include Phoenix Reisen and FTI. The report said that the ships will be 250 meters long with 12 decks, and built at a cost of 340 mil-lion euro each. An announcement is expected once a financing package is arranged. SOURCE

ITALIË (ITALY)

UDT 2017: ITALY CONFIRMS PLANS FOR FOUR NEW SUBMARINES

STX FRANCE: NEW ORDERS AND A SURPRISE FOR FINCANTIERI

FINCANTIERI SIGNS A LETTER OF INTENT WITH CHINA STATE SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION

YACHTS: MONDOMARINE, A SOLUTION PASSES THROUGH CHINA

GENTING HONG KONG ACQUIRES ALL OF WIDER

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POLEN (POLAND)

POLISH DEFENSE GIANT BUYS SHIPYARD, EYES SUBMARINE PROCUREMENT

NOORWEGEN (NORWAY)

NORWAY: TRADE MINISTER ANNOUNCES ALL-ELECTRIC TOURISM BOAT MarineLog 2 juni 2017

On the day when President Trump said the Uni-ted States would pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, Norway’s Minister of Trade and Industry Monica Maeland was busy unveiling the con-struction of a new environmentally friendly, all-electric passenger vessel for Norwegian operator The Fjords. The timing of the Minister’s announcement of the new all-electric ferry was both ironic and pu-rely coincidental—it was part of one of the many marine technology-related events held in con-junction with Nor-shipping 2017, a biennial trade show held this past week in Oslo. It did, however, serve to starkly contrast the policies of the two nations. Norway—a country connected with the sea and the offshore oil industry—clearly wants to be a global frontrunner in the development of green technology. Minister Maeland’s announcement was in line with the Norwegian government’s policy unvei-

led this past February, which aims to contribute to the highest possible sustainable value crea-tion in marine industries. The minister made the announcement onboard The Vision of The Fjords, a 400-passenger, lightweight carbon fi-ber-hulled hybrid propulsion catamaran. The new boat will be named The Future of The Fjords. While scant technical details were availa-ble on the new boat, it figures to rip a page from the award-winning The Vision of The Fjords, which was designed and built by Norwegian company Brødene Aa. The 42m x 15m catama-ran boat is based on a design that Brødene calls Sealight, which is aimed at providing a unique sightseeing experience while minimizing the ves-sel’s environmental footprint. Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Moni-ca Maeland (inset photo) making the announ-cement of the new all-electric tourism vessel The Future of The Fjords onboard The Vision of The Fjords The Vision of The Fjords is equipped with an electric hybrid propulsion system developed by ABB, powered by MAN diesel engines or by bat-teries from ZEM. During sightseeing operations in Norway’s sensitive fjords, the carbon fiber-hulled vessel uses battery power only. The bat-teries can be charged either by on-shore power or by the engines on board. The boat’s deck de-sign is inspired by a twisting mountain road, gi-ving tourists the ability to easily walk around the boat to get the best views of the breathtaking scenery. SOURCE

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FJELLSTRAND BOOKS ORDER FOR ZERO EMISSION FERRY MarineLog 30 mei 2017

Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 has signed a contract with shipbuilder Fjellstrand for design and construction of a fully electric, battery po-wered ferry of the ZeroCat type. The ferry will operate the route between Hal-hjem and Våge in Hordaland not far from Fjellstrand's shipyard premises. It will be a larger and further developed version of the MF Ampere, the worlds first car ferry to be driven solely by batteries, which was deliver-ed by Fjellstrand in 2015. MF Ampere has now been in operation for two years and has sailed a

distance equivalent to four times around the Equator, yielding valuable experience to help further development of zero emission technolo-gy The new vessel will be equipped for both higher speed and longer range than MF Ampere and will have a length of 87.5 m and a beam of 20.8 m. It will carry 120 cars, 12 trucks and will have a passenger saloon accommodating 296 passen-gers. To optimize for lowest possible energy consump-tion the vessel will be built in aluminum with a catamaran hull. Delivery is set for fourth quarter 2018 . "We appreciate the trust Fjord1 has shown Fjellstrand for placing this order with us and see this as a vote of confidence to the development Fjellstrand is conducting for future environmen-tal friendly ferries", says Edmund Tolo, Sales Manager of Fjellstrand AS. SOURCE

BRUNVOLL SIGNS NEW SEINER CONTRACTS NEW CETUS TO BE BUILT AT FITJAR ROLLS-ROYCE UNVEILS NEW UNIFIED SHIP DESIGNS

NORWAY BOLSTERS OIL-INDUSTRY DEFENSES AGAINST FOREIGN TAKEOVERS

NORWEGIANS TO FINANCE VESSEL RETROFITS

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ROEMENIË (ROMANIA)

TWO DAMEN FERRIES FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

RUSLAND (RUSSIA)

OPPORTUNITIES ON THE RUSSIAN SHIPBUILDING MARKET The Lighthouse Group Jeroen Ketting & Svetlana Shishakova 24 mei 2017

The opportunities on the Russian shipbuilding market are based on two main drivers. One is the relatively high age (> 35 years) of the vessels constituting the Russian maritime fleet and the other is the Russian Government policy promo-ting import substition and localization. Conse-quently, there is an increased demand for ves-sels combined with an increasing pressure on the Russian yards to produce these vessels. In order to meet this demand Russian yards and shipowners require Western or Asian technology and know how.

In 2007 the Russian government created the “United Shipbuilding Corporation” (USC) which consolidates over 30 Russian shipbuilding and design companies. Since 2011 the focus of USC and other Russian shipbuilders has shifted to-wards the construction of military vessels becau-se defense orders create a stable and predicta-ble cash-flow. As a result, there is a lack of avai-lable quality Russian shipyards to fulfil civil or-ders.

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auxiliary equipment that these retrofits and con-versions create cannot be satisfied by Russian suppliers alone. Hence, another driver of the demand for foreign equipment and engineering services. As far as the Russian fishing fleet is concerned it is clear that demand for vessels will grow. The Russian government stimulates Russian-built fishing vessels by providing financial and fishing quota incentives to ship owners ordering vessels from Russian yards. Satisfying Russia’s offshore oil & gas ambitions – especially on Russia’s Arctic shelf – will require the construction of a dedicated fleet and marine solutions for exploration, drilling and the trans-portation of crude oil, gas and gas condensate.

There are various examples of successful Dutch and other international shipbuilders, maritime and offshore equipment producers and enginee-ring companies operating successfully on the Russian market. Key factors in their success are: local presence in Russia, understanding of the Russian business environment, a good track re-cord and a flexible and entrepreneurial attitude. The EU and US sanctions may create a tempo-rary barrier in some cases and always require special attention in order to ensure compliance. For those companies that do not yet have their own team and track record in Russia this is the time to give the Russian market a serious strate-gic thought. SOURCE: The Lighthouse Group

CHINA

CMIH, DNV GL ENTER SHIPBUILDING PARTNERSHIP MarineLink 2 juni 2017 At Nor-Shipping this week, China MerchantsIn-dustry Holding (CMIH) and DNV GL have signed a strategic cooperation agreement with a focus on advancing shipbuilding in the gas carrier, offsho-re and special vessel segments. The agreement – signed by Gui Ming Zhu, Depu-

ty General Manager of CMIH and Director of Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Limited, and Torgeir Sterri, Regional Manager Greater China at DNV GL - Maritime – will see the companies work to-gether to optimize construction processes and quality control, to develop vessels that meet the varying requirements of these markets.

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“We are confident that sharing market intelli-gence and technical expertise in developing next-generation vessels with DNV GL puts us in a great position to increase our competitiveness in the market. Our ambition is to be a thought lea-der in shipbuilding and establish highly regarded international standards, with the help of DNV GL. And we look forward to launching new joint development projects together in the future,” said Gui Ming Zhu. “This agreement offers both our companies a great opportunity to learn from each other and

work together to drive new developments in the gas carrier, offshore and special vessel seg-ments. CMIH is highly regarded for its expertise in building a variety of vessels and offshore units and we look forward to collaborating with CMIH now and in the future,” Sterri said. The cooperation agreement covers collaborati-ons on classification issues, regulatory questions and extends into research and development as well as training. SOURCE

PLATANO EESTI ORDERS BULKER PAIR AT SHANGHAI SHIPYARD Splash 24/7 31 mei 2017

Estonian owner Platano Eesti has placed an or-der at CSSC-affiliated Shanghai Shipyard for the construction of two 108,000dwt mini-capesize

bulkers, plus an option to build one more. The vessels will be classified by Lloyd’s Register and deliveries are scheduled in 2019. Other con-tract details were not disclosed. The order marks Platano Eesti’s entry into the bulk shipping sector. The company currently operates two reefer vessels, Pearl Bay and Winter Bay. SOURCE

THE LONG MARCH OF CHINA’S OFFSHORE SECTOR Clarksons Research 30 mei 2017 China’s rapid economic growth over the last two decades has seen the country’s annual primary energy demand more than triple. Coal aside, the other key fuels powering China’s developing economy have been oil and gas. And while commodity imports have risen, economic growth has also incentivised more E&P activity in

China itself. So how are things looking for Chi-na’s upstream sector, particularly offshore? Venerable Ancestry As of start May 2017, a total of 319 fields had been discovered offshore China (with 163 of

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these having been brought into production at some point) and around 5% of the active offsho-re fleet (over 500 units) was deployed in the country. Moreover, in 2017, 15% of total pro-jected Chinese oil and gas production (4.43m boed) is forecast to be produced offshore. Of course, things were not always thus. While oil extraction in China is thought to date back to an-tiquity, the modern industry took off during the era of Mao Zedong, in the 1950s and 1960s, with the exploitation of fields in the onshore Songliao Basin, notably the Daqing Complex, by the state. Offshore E&P was minimal before the late 1980s. As was the case in many countries, Chine-se offshore oil production began at shallow wa-ter fields, in China’s case located in the Bohai Bay, Pearl River Delta and Beibu Gulf areas, which still account for 43%, 32% and 12% of the fields now active off China. A total of 139 offsho-re fields are in production across these three areas, of which 76% are exploited via fixed plat-forms. Shallow water E&P heavily influenced the development of the offshore fleet in the coun-try: for instance, 11% of the active global jack-up fleet is deployed off China. The Deepwater Leap Forwards In recent years though, the drive to raise pro-duction has seen Chinese E&P shift into deeper waters, in mature areas as well as frontiers in the East China Sea, the Yinggeh Basin and the South China Sea. That being said, just 13 fields in depths of at least 500m have been found to date

(the first in 2006), of which only two are active: Liwan 3-1 and Liuhua 34-2, both in the Pearl Ri-ver Delta. Hence demand for high-spec floaters, MOPUs and OSVs remains limited. Deepwater E&P in China was led by IOCs, but then CNOOC began concerted independent efforts. However, this process has been slowed by the oil price downturn, which prompted the NOC to put dee-per water projects such as Lingshui 17-2/22-1 and Liuhua 11-1 Surround on the backburner. Conquering The Seas? The outlook for Chinese offshore projects seems to have improved since the OPEC deal though, and CNOOC is reportedly planning over 120 off-shore exploration wells in the next five years. But there are contrary factors, not least of which is political risk in the East and South China Seas, where China and neighbours such as Japan and Vietnam are engaged in bitter border disputes, notably over the “nine dash line”. Moreover, go-vernment plans to increase onshore shale gas output at Fuling and elsewhere may divert in-vestment from costly offshore projects. So there are clearly risks to continuing E&P off China in more frontier areas. But even as the country’s economy matures, energy demand growth is likely to remain substantial. The fun-damentals thus suggest that the onwards march of E&P off China is likely to be far from over yet. SOURCE

FINCANTIERI SIGNS A LETTER OF INTENT WITH CHINA STATE SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION

PortNews 31 mei 2017 Fincantieri signed a letter of intent (LOI) with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), China’s largest shipbuilding conglomerate, and with Shanghai City’s district of Baoshan, aimed at creating a cruise ship industrial park, the company said in its press release.

The signing took place at the Baoshan District, during a workshop about the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, between Fabrizio Ferri, CEO of Fincantieri China, Chen Qi, Vice President of CSSC, and Su Ping, District Vice Director, and it follows the sealing which took place in February in Beijing in the presence of the Italian President,

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Sergio Mattarella, and the Chinese President, Xi Jinping. In that occasion Fincantieri CEO, Giusep-pe Bono, signed a binding agreement with CSSC and Carnival Corporation, for the construction of two cruise ships, with an option for additional four, the first units of the kind ever built in China for the Chinese market.

L-R: Fabrizio Ferri, ceo Fincantieri China; Chen Qi, vp CSSC; Su Ping, Baoshan district vice director sign an LOI aimed at creating China's first cruise ship industrial park

According to the understanding signed today, the three parties, whenever it is technically and economically feasible, will engage for the crea-tion of a hub, mainly dedicated to cruise activi-ties, as well as shipbuilding and maritime, within the development of these segments, set out by China. The enhancement and the specialization of the entire Baoshan region is, indeed, among

the purposes of this impressive government programme. The district is China’s largest com-mercial and cruise port, today representing the most developed region of the country in the cruise sector. It can benefit from preferential economic policies of “Shanghai Free Trade Zone” and “China Cruise Tourism Development Expe-rimental Zone”, which will accelerate the dis-trict’s transformation from a “cruise port” into a “cruise city”. In detail, the district will provide financing, tax commercial and administrative benefits, land for necessary development and other resources, in the light of a possible establishment of foreign companies, introduced by the partners. Fincan-tieri and CSSC will, in fact, promote the park in their supply chain network, and in the industry as a whole, as a foundation for the companies which want to access to the opportunities of this project. In this way Fincantieri could become a lever for the establishment in China of its Italian supply chain or of other Italian SMBs, which would greatly benefit from this operation. In this scenario, Fincantieri will also have an active role in the management of the activities of the LOI, while CSSC will be in charge of control and su-pervision. SOURCE

PLENTY SHIPS WINS CHINESE FERRY ORDER MarineLink 26 mei 2017

CoCo Yachts – Plenty Ships has won an order with Zhuhai Fast Ferry Company to build two aluminum high speed ferries.

Zhuhai Fast Ferry Company has several fast fer-ries in its fleet, including two CoCo Yachts desig-ned Coastal Cruiser 288, which are sailing bet-ween Zhuhai port and the Chinese Ferry Termi-nal in Hong Kong. The new designed Coastal Cruisers 356 will start the service between Zhu-hai and the islands in the Pearl River delta. The new vessels will be designed and built in accor-dance with the China Classification Society Rules 2015 and IMO High Speed Code 2000, and are therefore allowed to sail between P.R. China and

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Hong Kong. The Coastal Cruiser 356 is a totally new design, specially designed for the Zhuhai – Island routes in relatively rough seas. The hull, including the propeller tunnel, have been designed and opti-mized by using the in house HPC cluster, running Numeca FineMarine CFD software in order to achieve the best possible performance. Not only the resistance has been optimized for the hig-hest possible efficiency, also seakeeping at 25 knots service speed in waves of 2m has been op-timized. The interior design will be very comfortable for passengers, with low noise and vibrations levels, and high capacity air conditioning system. 266 Comfortable economy seats will be placed on the main deck, and 84 business class seats on the upper deck. Kiosks will be located both on main and upper deck. The aluminum high speed passenger ferries will be built at Plenty Ships – Sunbird Group in Zhu-hai, in the just opened aluminum production fa-cility, measuring 250 x 126 m.

The Coastal Cruiser 356 will be delivered to Zhu-hai Fast Ferry Company in Q2- 2018, whereas the both vessels shall be deployed to run servi-ces in the Pearl River delta. Coastal Cruiser 356 Length overall: 39.65 m Beam overall: 11.6 m Depth at mid ship: 3.5 m Draft to baseline: 1.3 m Economy passenger capacity: 266 at 830 mm seat pitch Business passenger capacity: 84 at 900 mm seat pitch VIP capacity: 6 Main engines: 2x MTU 16V2000M72 Installed power: 2x 1440 kW Propulsion: Fixed Pitch Propellers Speed at full load at 90 percent MCR: 27.6 knots Gross Tonnage: 499 GT SOURCE

DYNAGAS PROGRESSES MYSTERY FSRU NEWBUILDING PROJECT

JAPAN

MHI AND MHPS JOINTLY DEVELOP MARINE SOX SCRUBBER: WORLD FIRST RECTANGULAR DESIGN OFFERS OUTSTANDING PURIFICATION CAPACITY AND SPACE SAVINGS FOR LARGE-SCALE SHIPS Hellenic Shipping News

2 juni 2017 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mit-subishi Hitachi Po-wer Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) have jointly

developed a Large-scale Rectangular Marine Scrubber that efficiently removes sulfur oxides (SOx) from the exhaust gases emitted by marine diesel engines.

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The scrubber was developed based on MHPS’s comprehensive flue-gas treatment technologies cultivated through desulfurization systems for thermal power plants, leveraging MHI’s experti-se in marine engineering. The adoption of a rec-tangular box-shape configuration – a world first – offers outstanding ease of installation in small spaces and superlative emissions treatment for high-output engines used on large-scale contai-ner ships. The new scrubber was developed in response to stringent new SOx emissions regulations that come into effect globally from 2020. It is able to purify exhaust gas emitted from inexpensive heavy fuel oil to a level equivalent to more ex-pensive low-sulfur fuels, and has been designed to allow easy installation on existing ships. The new SOx scrubber uses seawater as its clea-ning agent, adopting a simple “open-loop” sys-tem in which seawater intake is sprayed directly on the exhaust gas. Effective use of seawater al-kaline eliminates the need for chemicals or addi-tional processing. Further, because the horizon-tal and vertical dimensions of the rectangular scrubber tower can be freely modified, volume efficiency is higher than previous cylindrical scrubbers, providing space savings. The equip-ment configuration is simple, allowing easy in-

stallation not only in newly commissioned ships but in retrofitted vessels as well. The scrubber’s main unit can be set into the up-per deck’s engine casing, meaning it doesn’t en-croach on the ship’s load space. This is particu-larly beneficial for large-scale container ships that use a “twin island” design structure. Going forward, MHPS will apply its expertise in local procurement and construction accrued through flue-gas treatment systems for land installations to the new marine scrubber, and will also focus on reducing costs. Since 2015 the International Maritime Organi-zation (IMO) requires sulfur content of less than 0.5% for marine fuels in designated emission control areas (ECA). However this will expand to all sea areas from 2020 when new regulations are introduced. Under the new regulatory struc-ture the use of cheaper fuels with 3.5% sulfur content will still be allowed if equipment is in-stalled that offers proportionate emissions re-ductions. This trend has precipitated the move to commercialize SOx scrubbers that are compli-ant with the new regulations. The Large-scale Rectangular Marine Scrubber was unveiled by MHI and MHPS at the “Nor-Shipping 2017” maritime trade show in Oslo, Norway (from May 30 – June 2). Deliveries of the scrubber are expected from 2020 and, in prepa-ration, both companies will seek certification from selected countries while conducting exten-sive tests on ships. Sales offerings will focus on installations for both newly commissioned ships and ships already in service. This includes ships constructed by MHI, as well as ships built by other shipyards. SOURCE

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TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING KEEN TO DIVERSIFY AWAY FROM DRY BULK Splash 24/7 31 mei 2017

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding is looking to diversify from its core dry bulk offerings. The shipbuilder, with yards in Japan, China and the Philippines, turns 100 this year. In a statement, the yard said: “By around 2023, we aim to lower the construc-tion ratio of bulk carriers and shift to other ship

types, such as tankers and container carriers.” Tsuneishi said it is also preparing for a far more automated shipbuilding process going forward. “We will also prepare for the impending labour shortage caused by a declining population and work to improve productivity while maintaining the quality that Tsuneishi is known for. Ongoing initiatives include research of new technology, joint research with Carnegie Mellon University of leading-edge robotic technologies, etc, and acti-ve implementation of IoT with the objectives of information sharing and visualisation,” the Japa-nese company stated. SOURCE

NS UNITED TO ORDER ANOTHER JAPANESE VALEMAX Splash 24/7 31 mei 2017

Japanese bulker giant NS United has signed a 25-year contract of affreightment with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal and committed to order a 400,000dwt valemax from a local shipyard for delivery by the third quarter of 2020. Japan Ma-rine United is widely tipped as the likely winner

of this big order. In December last year, NS United ordered a sin-gle 400,000 dwt very large ore carrier from JMU after signing a 25-year contract with Vale. The vessel, which will be the first valemax ship built in Japan, will be delivered in 2019. NS United’s latest medium term business plan targets to boost the line’s fleet size to 210 ships. SOURCE

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PEACE BOAT INKS NEWBUILDING DEAL Cruise Industry News 30 mei 2017

Peace Boat has signed a letter of intent with the Finnish shipbuilding company Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc., to construct the Ecoship, the world's greenest cruise ship, according to the company. "We have agreed with Arctech to build the Eco-ship, the most innovative and ecologically friend-ly cruise vessel ever. We believe this ship will be a game changer for the shipping industry and will contribute to the protection of the environ-ment. It will be a flagship for climate change. We are very happy to work together with a Finnish shipyard, and look forward to exploring clean and sustainable technologies with partners throughout this region, which is known for its environmental leadership," said Yoshioka

Tatsuya, founder and director, Peace Boat. Esko Mustamaki, CEO, Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, added: "We are very excited to work with Peace Boat in the construction of this very special ves-sel. Arctech has experience in design and con-struction of special products. Ecoship will com-bine Arctech's know-how in technically advanced and environmentally friendly vessels with the well-established expertise of the Finnish ship-building network in designing and building of high-class cruise vessels and other special pro-ducts. Arctech is a forerunner in developing and applying technological innovations, including LNG propulsion." The ship will have capacity for 2,000 passengers and be 60,000 tons. A final contract will follow, said a statement, with delivery set for spring 2020. Peace Boat currently sails the Ocean Dream, which was built for Carnival Cruise Line as the Tropicale in 1981. SOURCE

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REPORT: POLARIS SHIPPING ORDERS BULKER TRIO AT HHI World Maritime News 7 juni 2017 South Korean Polaris Shipping Co. has reportedly ordered three very large iron ore carriers at compatriot shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Yonhap news agency said citing an an-nouncement from the shipping company. The order for 325,000-ton iron ore carriers

comes as the shipping firm seeks to replace so-me of its aged ships, especially following the re-cent sinking of its converted VLOC-Stellar Daisy. Further details of the said deal were not revea-led. The company could not be reached for comment on the order at the moment of publication of this article.

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World Maritime News reported earlier this week that Polaris Shipping has expanded its fleet with a newbuilding, the 2017-built 209,000 dwt Cape-size vessel TRF Charleston.

Illustration; Image Courtesy: Polaris Shipping Under the deal signed on June 5 with US-based TRF Ship Management, Polaris Shipping paid for

the newbuilding USD 46.2 million. Over the past several months, the company was embroiled in controversies regarding its conver-ted fleet as hull cracks were found on several of its ships putting the respective conversion pro-cess under spotlight. Busan Coast Guard raided the company’s premi-ses on May 25 in relation to the sinking of the ill-fated Stellar Daisy as part of the recently launched investigation into the incident. Initial findings indicated that the converted ship had split in half following a hull crack that caused shifting of cargo and subsequent sinking of the bulk carrier. However, an official cause of the in-cident has not been provided yet. Polaris Shipping’s fleet comprises of 31 bulk car-riers. SOURCE

S. KOREA: MOON PLEDGES OCEAN INVESTMENT Hellenic Shipping News 2 juni 2017

President Moon Jae-in pledged his administrati-on’s full support for Ko-rea’s flagging shipping and shipbuilding industries, promising a litany of poli-

cies including higher government spending on R&D and acceleration of infrastructure projects. “The shipping and shipbuilding industries are key parts of the nation’s economy,” Moon said at an event celebrating Marine Day in Gunsan, South Jeolla. “Such industries are also very important for national security during wartime. Korea has the world’s best competitiveness when it comes to shipping and shipbuilding, and I will help them find that competitiveness again through financial support.”

Moon promised to help local shipyards secure orders and steer focus to building environmen-tally-friendly ships. Action items include repla-cing old ships with new ones and having the go-vernment order more vessels from local builders for public use. Moon also pledged to raise the government’s budget for research and development in ocean-related projects from the current 3 percent of GDP to 5 percent, which he believes will put Ko-rea on par with other developed countries. The president also announced plans to continue the Saemangeum land reclamation project on Korea’s west coast, which has been ongoing sin-ce the early 1990s. Moon pointed to the deve-lopment of new harbors and roads as vital to Ko-rea’s role in East Asian shipping.

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The shipping and shipbuilding industries have long been credited for Korea’s rapid progression from underdeveloped backwater to Asia’s fourth largest economy. However, oversupply and fier-ce competition have taken their toll on the local industry, and this has reverberated to other ma-nufacturing sectors, too. Government data released Wednesday by the Ministry of Employment and Labor showed the average monthly income at large companies with more than 300 employees had dropped 0.7 percent year on year to 5.41 million won ($4,830) in April.

“The negative impacts from the sluggish ship-building industry have started to affect the local labor market and spread to other manufacturing sectors as well,” the Labor Ministry said in a press release. Moon offered a more upbeat message. “I have decided to give new hope to people after looking at shipbuilding factories with no work, seaports with a lack of people working and ports with no jobs,” he said. “I will give new life to our ocean, including the shipbuilding and shipping indu-stries.” SOURCE

HYUNDAI HI’S ORDERS UP MORE THAN THREE-FOLD FROM JANUARY TO MAY IHS Fairplay 2 juni 2017

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group said that its three shipbuilding units have clinched 62 or-ders worth a combined USD3.8 billion in the first five months of this year, raising expectations that it could exceed its 2017 target of USD7.5 bil-lion. The number of orders that HHI and its subsidi-aries, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won is more than triple that of the same period last year. HHI and its subsidiaries have gained market lea-dership where newbuilding orders for oil tankers and products tankers are concerned. IHS Markit’s Sea-Web data show that of the 881 oil and products tankers on order, HHI and its subsidiaries, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and Hyun-dai Samho Heavy Industries, are building 174 of

these. Once known for building drillships, HHI was in the red from 2014 to 2015 as the oil shock sent demand for those vessels plummeting. A renewed focus on merchant ships and compe-titive newbuilding prices enabled HHI, the world’s largest shipbuilder, to secure orders for oil and products tankers. “We are anticipating orders for large-sized oil tankers and LNG carriers to exceed our expecta-tions this year. We will do aggressive sales activi-ties based on advantages such as technology and stable financial soundness,” HHI said. HHI has been implementing a USD3 billion self-rescue plan that included dividing its shipbuil-ding business from other business units, job cuts, and the closure of a secondary yard in Gunsan. On 1 June, HHI signed an agreement with Lam-prell and Saudi Aramco to establish a ship repair and shipbuilding joint venture in Saudi Arabia. The USD5.3 billion project, to be built on the East Coast of Saudi Arabia is scheduled to begin

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in 2019. HHI would be positioned to win more orders from Saudi Arabian companies. True Friend Korea Investment & Securities ana-lyst Lee Kyung-ja said that HHI’s cost competiti-veness stems mainly from a solid financial struc-ture and the internalisation of engine technolo-gy. HHI has the world’s largest market share of 38% with its large-size engines. Having never made a loss in its history, the engine division has be-come a profit centre for HHI. In building commercial ships with the same pri-ce, HHI’s costs of sales are overwhelmingly supe-

rior to rivals, which is due to in-house engine technology. After divesting several business units, the surviving entity’s net debt has reduced from KRW11.7 trillion (USD10.5 billion) to KRW5.9 trillion on a consolidated basis. “Shipowners are seeking to incorporate more eco-friendly technology to their ships to cope with tightening environmental regulations. At the same time, they are very cautious about pla-cing newbuilding orders as it would mean being forced to adopt the latest technology. This is the reason that top-notch players with sound finan-cials win most newbuilding projects,” Lee said. SOURCE

REFUND GUARANTEES TO BE ALLOWED FOR NON-LARGE SHIPBUILDERS IN KOREA Hellenic Shipping News 1 juni 2017 The Export-Import Bank of Korea announced that it would make it easier for small and medi-um-sized shipbuilders in South Korea to be pro-vided with refund guarantees. “This means job creation and maintenance will also be examined as factors determining the issuance or non-issuance of refund guarantees whereas the de-termination has been based solely on profitabili-ty assessment so far,” said an industry source. A refund guarantee is for a financial institution providing it, such as a bank, to return prepaid expenses to a shipowner in place of a shipbuil-der in a case where the shipbuilder goes under or fails to deliver its ship to the shipowner. As mentioned above, the Export-Import Bank of Korea is planning to look into not only shipbuil-ders’ profitability but also their positive effects

on regional economies following the signing of contracts in making the determination. This change in policy was reported to the govern-ment on May 30 and the issuance for small and medium-sized shipbuilders is likely to be resu-med soon. Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding are expected to benefit from the resumption. The former recent-ly signed a final contract with Kyklades Maritime Corporation, a Greek shipowner, to build and de-liver seven oil tankers. The latter, in the meanti-me, is currently in receivership and its ship deli-very is scheduled to be completed in January next year. SOURCE

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POSCO KEEN TO ORDER LNG-FUELLED CAPE Splash 24/7 31 mei 2017

Korean steel mill Posco is in talks with local ship-ping lines and shipbuilders to construct an LNG-

fuelled capesize. The 180,000 dwt ship will haul iron ore from Australia to South Korea and comes on the back of news from Nor-Shipping yesterday where Australian miner BHP Billiton made clear its preference for LNG fuelled ships going forward. This January BHP Billiton, Mitsui OSK Lines, Rio Tinto, SDARI, Woodside and DNV GL joined for-ces in a research project to develop LNG-fuelled capes. SOURCE

CLDN BOOKS TWO MORE AT HYUNDAI World Maritime News 31 mei 2017

European short sea shipping specialist Compag-nie Luxembourgeoise d’Navigation (CLdN) RoRo SA has exercised options for construction of two more 5, 400 lane meter vessels at the Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The latest options will make up the seventh and eighth ship from the company’s 12 planned newbuildings, with additional options for a fur-ther four. According to CLdN, the order complements the previously announced firm orders for six vessels,

of which the initial two 8,000 lane meter vessels will be delivered within 2017. The first one, to be named Celine, is due to arrive in Northern Euro-pe during September. The previously announced strategy to prepare for expansion in the Port of Zeebrugge, with the development of a new 36 hectare Port facility at Albert II Dock, will be delivered prior to the new vessels entering service, CLdN added. In line with the previous orders, these vessels will be LNG ready, allowing for adaption to dual fuel propulsion. The lifting of options comes three months af-ter CLdN raised its orderbook to six ships from the series. CLdN RoRo SA operates 24 RoRo vessels and its core services have traditionally been the Conti-nent / UK, but it has steadily expanded its geo-graphical presence into new markets, including Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Spain and Portugal in

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recent years. “We are half way through our 5 year plan and al-ready have 8 of the 12 vessels planned as firm

orders, keeping us well ahead of tar-get,” a spokesperson for CLdN commented. SOURCE

FLEX LNG TAKES ORDERBOOK TO SIX Splash 24/7 29 mei 2017

Oslo-listed Flex LNG has revealed its orderbook now stands at six gas carriers. The John Fredrik-sen-controlled vehicle has four ships now on or-

der at South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Ma-rine Engineering (DSME) and two at compatriot yard Samsung Heavy Industries. All the ships will deliver by 2019. “All of the contracts have been signed and the initial payments have been processed during the course of this month,” Flex LNG chief executive Jonathan Cook told Reuters in a recent inter-view. SOURCE

REPRIEVE FOR SUNGDONG AS KYKLADES COMES KNOCKING FOR UP TO SE-VEN AFRAMAXES Splash 24/7 26 mei 2017

Sungdong Shipbuilding has won its first order since December 2015, likely sparing it from oblivion. Greece’s Kyklades Maritime is linked with a big

aframax order, putting pen to paper for five firm plus two options of 115,000 dwt tankers. The price per ship has been reported as $44m. Sungdong’s creditors commented, “With this or-der, the company escaped from the worst of the crisis. This order, clinched on favourable terms, will contribute to improving the profitability of the shipyard.” Sungdong is understood to be in advanced nego-tiations with two other owners for a total of four more tankers. SOURCE

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FOUR OWNERS VYING FOR SEAONE CGL CARRIER NEWBUILDINGS DSME COMPETES WITH DOMESTIC SHIPBUILDERS TO WIN OFFSHORE PLANT PROJECTS

SAMSUNG HI WINS CORAL FLNG PROJECT, TO TERMINATE STENA'S RIG OR-DER

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KEPPEL ORDER HAUL SET TO REACH SGD 500M IN 2017 TradeWinds News 31 mei 2017

Singapore shipbuilder’s diversification into other ship types set to pay off, says analyst. Keppel Corp could win up to SGD 500m ($360m) worth of newbuilding contracts this year, a Sin-gapore analyst has predicted. “We believe the group should be able to add another SGD 500m to its current orderbook of SGD 3.7bn,” said RHB Securities in a note to in-vestors. “Year-to-date Keppel has already secured newbuilding contracts worth SGD 263m with contracts for a tension leg wellhead platform (TLWP), dredging vessels and LNG carriers.”

In April Keppel won the TLWP contract from Pe-trovietnam Technical Services (PTSC) for the Ca Rong Do field in a deal worth $40m. It recently announced two separate contracts for two dredgers from Jan De Nul worth SGD 120m and two LNG carriers from Stolt-Nielsen worth SGD 103m. “We believe its offshore and marine (O&M) segment’s numbers are set to grow moving for-ward, due to the improving outlook of the oil,” said RHB Securities. “While the O&M unit’s outlook is expected to be soft over the near term, we believe Keppel’s strategy of focusing on non-drilling solutions and specialized vessels is the right way to go.” RHB Securities said the downside risks to its call are a lower-than-expected replenishment of or-ders and a slowdown in its property sales. SOURCE

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SINGAPORE SHIPYARDS SECURED S$820M IN NEW ORDERS IN 2016, DOWN FROM S$4.9B IN 2015 Hellenic Shipping News 26 mei 2017

Singapore shipyards secured some S$820 million in new orders last year, a sharp drop compared to the S$4.9 billion contracted in 2015, the Asso-ciation of Singapore Marine Industries (ASMI) said. ASMI’s president, Chua San Lye, said the new orders secured in 2016 were mainly from non-drilling projects. “The reduced exploration and production (E&P) and drilling activities have resulted in a dearth of new orders for drilling rigs given the weak utili-sation of existing operating rig fleets, coupled with the supply overhang of newbuilds still un-der construction. “Major shipyards had received requests for de-ferred delivery of projects or experienced cus-tomers undergoing major restructuring,” he said in his report on the Singapore marine industry’s performance for 2016. By the end of 2016, the industry’s total order book stood at some S$8 billion, with deliveries stretching to 2021. This was a decline of 57.9 per cent from the total order book of S$19 billion as at end 2015. The total order books included the backlog of orders clinched from earlier years and these projects have completion dates and deli-very schedules stretching into 2021. The total employment in the local offshore and marine industry was 85,600 in 2016, down by 10 per cent from 2015 when 95,500 workers were

employed. “The tightening of work permit quota, fewer re-cruitment, retrenchment and natural workforce attrition contributed to the drop in the industry’s workforce in 2016. The number of workers em-ployed in the industry has been decreasing since 2013,” Mr Chua noted. The Singapore offshore and marine industry ge-nerated a total turnover of S$13.06 billion, 11.3 per cent lower than the turnover of S$14.73 bil-lion achieved in 2015. The ship repair and conversion sector generated a total turnover of S$4.57 billion, accounting for 35 per cent of the industry’s turnover. This was a decrease of 6 per cent, or S$290 million, less than the S$4.86 billion earned in 2015. The shipbuilding sector contributed S$200 milli-on to the industry’s turnover in 2016. This was a decline of S$90 million, or 31 per cent, lower compared to the total turnover of S$290 million in 2015. The offshore rigbuilding sector generated a turnover of S$8.29 billion in 2016. It remained the largest contributor to the industry’s total turnover since 2008. There was a decline of S$1.28 billion, or 13.4 per cent, from turnover of S$9.57 billion achieved in 2015. Looking ahead, Mr Chua said the upstream oil and gas industry remained challenging, even though prospects in the marine and offshore in-dustry have improved following the agreement by OPEC and major non-OPEC countries to cut production. “However, a more robust recovery will take a longer time,” he said. “The challenging environ-ment in the offshore business is expected to remain for some time.” SOURCE

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STOLT-NIELSEN ORDERS TWO DUAL-FUEL 7,500 CU.M LNG CARRIERS

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TWO DAMEN FERRIES FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA DAMEN Shipyards 7 juni 2017

Following an extensive, multi-phased internatio-nal tender process, Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries has awarded Damen Shipyards Group a contract to construct two 81-metre ferries. The vessels are part of BC Ferries’ ongoing fleet re-newal programme. BC Ferries operates 24 ferry routes along the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The new ves-sels will be able to cover many of the company’s routes to the Northern and Southern Gulf Islands off the coast of Vancouver. Part of a fleet rene-wal programme, the new ferries will replace the 59-year old North Island Princess and the 53-year old Quadra Queen II. Damen initially submitted its vessel designs to BC Ferries in March 2016 in response to a Re-quest for Expressions of Interest that the Cana-dian company issued to the international ship-building industry. After attracting interest from no less than 28 shipyards, the highly competitive tender process proceeded in October 2016 when

short-listed companies – including five Canadian shipyards – were invited to submit their bids. Damen was selected as the subsequent winner of this tender process. Both vessels will be constructed at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania and are expected to enter service in 2020. The 81-metre long design will have capacity to carry approximately 44 ve-hicles and up to 300 passengers and crew. Damen has an agreement with Point Hope Shipyards in Victoria, British Columbia to per-form any warranty work locally on these vessels. “This is a design-build, fixed-priced contract that provides BC Ferries with substantial guarantees related to delivery dates, performance criteria, cost certainty and quality construction,” said Mark Wilson, BC Ferries’ Vice President of Engi-neering. “A key objective of BC Ferries’ fleet re-newal program and the acquisition of these two minor class vessels is to achieve capital and ope-rating cost savings and efficiencies through an overall class and standardization strategy.” “We are extremely proud to be constructing the-se two ferries for British Columbia,” says Damen Leo Postma, Damen Sales Manager. “Furthermo-re, we are looking forward to further developing our existing relationship with BC Ferries by buil-ding safe, reliable high quality ferries contribu-ting to BC Ferries’ vessel replacement pro-gramme.” SOURCE: DAMEN press release

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FOUR OWNERS VYING FOR SEAONE CGL CARRIER NEWBUILDINGS N.B. indien daadwerkelijk gebouwd, worden dit de grootste tug-barge combinaties ooit, vergelijkbaar met een Aframax tan-ker qua formaat

SeaOne's compressed gas liquids articulated tug bar-ge. Rendering: SeaOne

Tradewinds June 7th, 2017 by Eric Martin Four shipowners have submitted bids for 12 pio-neering gas carrier articulated tug barges (ATBs) that SeaOne is poised to order at Samsung Hea-vy Industries. SeaOne Holdings president Bruce Hall tells TradeWinds that a US company is the leading contender in the race to own the world's first compressed gas liquids (CGL) carriers, alongside two other US companies and one international outfit. He declined to identify the companies. LOI with Samsung As TradeWinds reported earlier this week, SeaOne has signed a letter of intent with Samsung to build the pioneering vessels to serve a CGL export project planned for Gulfport, Mis-sissippi, and import terminals in the Caribbean. Commercial operation of the project is schedu-led for 2020. The order is expected to cost more than $1.5bn. The vessels' cargo capacity has not been re-leased but the barges are understood to be nearly aframax size.

Houston's SeaOne plans to take the 260-metre ATBs on long-term charters so they can be ope-rated by established shipping companies.

SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES: The South Korean shipyard is understood to be putting conditions on the deal.

Using CGL carriers that have SeaOne's own con-tainment system makes it cheaper to ship gas and LPG together rather than separately, Hall says. The vessels will have IMO Tier III diesel engines that will achieve a service speed of more than 14 knots. Hall hints that more orders with Samsung are possible. After all, the dozen ATBs are dedicated only to the SeaOne export facility's first phase. Subsequent CGL carriers could be larger ships. 'Very good partners' "They are a very, very good partners to be with," he said. "We are looking further down the road to our larger vessel designs, and Samsung may very well be a good partner to have involved in those designs and construction, possibly." SeaOne has been pursuing a CGL carrier order for at least 10 years. Market sources tell TradeWinds that in this la-test go, the LOI with Samsung has conditions at-

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tached, including completion of design, financing and advancing the cargo containment system beyond the cargo stage. Two of big yards on sidelines The other big-three shipbuilders, Hyundai Heavy Industries and DSME, are understood to have declined to participate in the bidding. SeaOne has had the help of classification society American Bureau of Shipping and the vessels are slated for the Marshall Islands flag.SeaOne has had the help of classification society American Bureau of Shipping and the vessels are slated for

the Marshall Islands flag. WHAT ARE COMPRESSED GAS LIQUIDS? Compressed gas liquids (CGL) are solutions of natural gas with LPG and other gas liquids. SeaOne's patented technology refrigerates gas liquids like propane, butane and ethane and ap-plies 1,400 pounds per square inch of pressure, which causes the liquids to absorb the natural gas. SOURCE

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KOTC LAUNCHES VLCC AND VLGC NEWBUILDING TENDER TradeWinds 24 mei 2017

Kuwait Oil Tanker Co (KOTC) has launched its planned tender for tanker and gas carrier tonna-ge worth a possible $370m in total. Shipbuilding sources say KOTC has recently gone out to three or four pre-qualified yards with a formal tender to build one 317,000-dwt VLCC and three VLGCs of around 84,000 cbm.

They say the Kuwaiti tanker giant is kicking off with LPG and large tanker tonnage first but may move onto its planned medium-range (MR) quartet of 50,000-dwt later, which could add a further $135m-worth of business for yards. Yards qualified for the business are thought to include China’s Jiangnan Shipyard, Hyundai Hea-vy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries. It is unclear, as yet, whether other yards have or will be invited to offer in. Offers are due in around the middle of this year with KOTC indicating it hopes to make a decision on the newbuildings some time in the third quarter. KOTC is known to have put considerable effort into, and conditions on its pre-qualification pro-cess.

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Shipyards had to show their financial status was secure, which may have proved problematic for some, and show they have at least 10 years of experience.

KOTC newbuilding chiefs were travelling and unavailable for comment this week.

The company has previously detailed that it is looking for additional tonnage to renew and ex-pand its current fleet. Brokers comment that KOTC has traditionally proved “not particularly price-sensitive” when contracting its newbuilding tonnage but focuses on high specification vessels. One estimates the company has paid over 30% above existing va-lues in previous rounds of ordering. The state-owned Kuwaiti company, which was the subject of initial public offering (IPO) talk last year as the government considered moves to

give companies greater exposure to the world capital markets, issued a newbuilding tender two years ago for a pair of high-specification VLGCs but later cancelled this due to the high prices quoted. In the current highly competitive shipbuilding environment, KOTC is expected to receive offers in the region of $80m on its planned VLCC and $70m-plus for the VLGCs. Brokers are pegging MR tanker prices at about $33.5m depending on specifications. KOTC currently operates a fleet of 27 vessels comprising 12 VLCCs, five suezmax tankers, two aframax, four MR product carriers and four VLGCs. A number of the ships were built in the early 1990s and are renewal candidates. SOURCE

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SAUDI ARAMCO SIGNS DEALS TO BUILD PERSIAN GULF’S BIGGEST SHIPYARD gCaptain 31 mei 2017 By Reem Shamseddine KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia, May 31 (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco plans to build the Gulf’s largest shipyard through a joint ven-ture with three companies that it announced on Wednesday, a $5.2 billion project aimed at hel-ping reduce the economy’s reliance on oil. Low oil prices have drastically slowed Saudi Ara-bia’s economy so it is trying to create manufac-turing jobs and produce goods and services which traditionally it has imported. Its strategy is to use large amounts of govern-ment money and the procurement budgets of big state-run enterprises, such as national oil firm Aramco, to attract foreign expertise to de-velop strategic industries. Aramco said it had signed a shareholder agreement with National Shipping Co of Saudi

Arabia (Bahri), a state-controlled firm which ships oil for Aramco, London-listed United Arab Emirates engineering firm Lamprell Plc, and South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. The 4.3 square kilometer (1.7 square mile) shipyard will be located at Ras Al Khair on Saudi Arabia’s east coast. “The directors expect that the Maritime Yard will be the largest in the Arabian Gulf in terms of production capacity and scale,” Lamprell said in a statement. Major production is expected to start in 2019 with the yard hitting full capacity by 2022. It will be able to work on four offshore rigs and over 40 vessels a year including three very large crude carriers (VLCCs), Aramco said.

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The government will cover about $3.5 billion of the total cost, with the remainder funded by the joint venture, said Lamprell, which will invest up to $140 million and own 20 percent of the ven-ture. Aramco will own 50.1 percent, investing as much as $351 million. Bahri will invest up to $139 million for a 19.9 percent stake and Hyundai up to $70 million for 10 percent. The government’s Saudi Industrial Development Fund has agreed to provide a debt facility worth about $1 billion. As part of the deal, Saudi Aramco’s parent firm will buy 20 jack-up drilling rigs as well as offsho-re support vessels and services from the joint

venture, Lamprell said. Lamprell shares jumped 13 percent after the an-nouncement. Bahri will buy at least 75 percent of its commer-cial vessel requirements over 10 years from the venture – a minimum of 52 commercial vessels including a “significant number” of VLCCs, Lam-prell said. U.S. oilfield services and equipment provider McDermott International has said it will build a fabrication yard at the Ras Al Khair complex and move some of its operations gradually from Du-bai to Ras Al Khair by the mid-2020s. (Writing by Andrew Torchia; editing by Jason Neely) SOURCE

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BRL Shipping Consultants, via its’ Weekly Newbuilding Contracts Report, delivers structured infor-mation on registered newbuilding orders as well as contracts pending world wide. The BRL data are also available online, at www.brldata.com

Copyrights of the material collected remain with the original authors and publishers. Some of the web-sites mentioned require (paid) registration. Authors/publishers: see source quotes. Date notations: dd//mm/yyyy.

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