Posidonia Video Awards 2008

Posidonia 2008, International Shipping Exhibition had participants from 1729 companies representing all over the world. Discussions about the products and services between the exhibitors and the corporate, technical and operations management was included in this event.

 Marine BizTV has decided to give an Award for the Best Video that’s presented during this exhibition. So as part of this, we have collected videos from the interested companies. Videos are categorized in to different sections so that a viewer will be able to rate it. The voting lines are open to the delegates who participated in Posidonia Exhibition and Marine BizTV viewers.

 The Awards will be distributed during Shiptek 2009, International Conference on Shipbuilding and Conversion Technology, 6-7 May, Singapore.

 

 How to rate the videos?

1.      Videos are categorized in to corporate video, services, equipment, tourism and environment, ship registry and education and training.

2.      Select any category; the nominees will be listed out there.

3.      Watch the videos and rate it as awesome, pretty cool, worth watching, nothing special or poor. The best three video awards will be decided according to this rating.

* Voting lines will be closed by August 31, 2008

Zhoushan to boast China’s largest iron ore transhipment terminal

Wuhan Iron and Steel Group Co has signed an agreement with Ningbo Port Group and Zhejiang Herun Industry Group to build a $350m iron ore terminal in Zhoushan, Shanghai.

WSICO will own the majority 51% stake in the project, while Ningbo Port Group and Zhejiang Herun Industry Group will hold a 25% and 24% stake respectively. The terminal will have an annual capacity of 30m tonnes and boast four berths (1×3000,000 tonnes, 1×50,000 tonnes and 2×10,000 tonnes) and two stacking yards. WISCO believes that upon completion, it will be largest iron ore transhipment terminal in China. 

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Wärtsilä-Hyundai JV Wins Big Order

Wärtsilä-Hyundai Engine Company Ltd., the new joint venture between Wärtsilä and Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, received a major order which calls for a total of 16 Wärtsilä 50DF engines for four ships to be built by Samsung Heavy Industries.

The contract also includes an option of four more engines for a fifth vessel. The order is recorded in the order book of Wärtsilä-Hyundai Engine Company Ltd. The engines are to be installed on so called Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessels ordered by FLEX LNG. The first engine will be delivered in February 2010. The Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engine represents a pioneering industry change from traditional steam turbine machinery to a dual-fuel-electric concept with the benefits of much better operating economy and lower exhaust emissions. The engine can run on either natural gas, marine diesel oil (MDO) or on heavy fuel oil (HFO). Furthermore, the engine can smoothly switch between fuels during engine operation and is designed to give the same output regardless of the fuel used.

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