Çiçek Shipyard to Launch First of Four Tankers

The Turkish shipbuilder Çiçek Shipyard will launch the first of four 3,150 dwt chemical tankers that were originally under construction to the yard’s own account.

Subsequently sold to Maltese investors, the first is due for delivery in November 2008 while the remaining three ships will be delivered at four-monthly intervals in 2009. To be classed by Bureau Veritas and constructed to meet Ice B standards, they will be capable of worldwide trading, transporting oil products, chemicals (IMO type II) and vegetable, animal and fish oils. MarineLine coatings have been selected by Çiçek to give the ability to carry a wide range of cargoes while high manoeuvrability is guaranteed by the choice of twin azimuthing propellers and a bow thruster.

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Wartsila offshore designs for China and India

Helsinki: Wartsila Ship Design has received major orders from customers in China and India, including a Deepwater Engineering Survey Vessel design for China Oilfield Services Ltd.

This is a 105-metre, 4,300dwt vessel capable of drilling operating at deep water for geotechnical surveys and geophysical surveys: to date, most of China’s oil exploration has been in relatively shallow waters, but there is now a need to probe deeper. In addition, the Chinese state-owned Shanghai Salvage Company has ordered a 123-metre Multi-Purpose Support Vessel design from Wärtsilä in order to carry out year-round tasks along the coastline of China. The key requirement is for multi-purpose flexibility since the vessel will be required to carry out a multitude of different operations, including salvage, offshore engineering services, diving and ROV operations, fire-fighting, anchor handling, ship supply, environmental protection, and route clearing.  In India, a 110-metre, 4,500dwt Diving Support Vessel design has been ordered by India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), and will provide a stable platform for saturation and air-diving operations. The Wärtsilä Ship Design unit was set up recently following the acquisitions of the ship design companies Vik-Sandvik and Schiffko. The latest acquisition, the Singaporean based Conan Wu & Associates will also be part of the Ship Design unit.

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GL snaffles contract for seven 13,100teu megaboxships

Hamburg: Hyundai Heavy Industries has awarded classification of seven 13,100teu seven ultra-large container vessels ordered by German shipowner MPC Capital to Germanischer Lloyd.

Mr. DY Han, Senior Executive Vice President of HHI and Member of GL’s Korean Shipbuilding Committee, signed the contract with Dr Hermann J. Klein, Germanischer Lloyd’s Member of the Executive Board, at the opening of the shipbuilding trade fair SMM in Hamburg. Steel cutting for the first vessel will begin in November 2010 at HHI’s yard in Ulsan, Korea. With a construction time of nine months per vessel, the final ship will be delivered in June 2012.

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