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Colombo Dockyard delivers 'GREATSHIP RAGINI'

Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) delivered the last vessel of a series of three Platform/ROV Support Vessels (ROVSV) for Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte Limited of Singapore, recently. This was the eleventh Offshore Support Vessel built by Colombo Dockyard to Greatship, which demonstrates the trust and confidence the client has placed on the Shipyard to deliver quality vessels.

The signing of the Protocol of Delivery was done by V. K. Chandrasekaran, General Manager New Building Offshore Logistics and Mangala P.B. Yapa, MD/CEO, CDPLC, witnessed by Divya Wadhawan, Apurva Barbhaya, Frank Peter Dias, all from GGOSL and Jeewaka Gunadheera, GGOSL Project Manager at Shipyard. Also in attendance was the Classification Society Surveyors . Sirinath Herat representing the Lloyds Register and D.V.D. Prasadrao representing the Indian Register of Shipping.

Akihiko Nakauchi, Chairman, CDPLC, Y. Kijima, Director, N. Nishida, Alt. Director, Senior Managers and Special Projects Managers participated at the event.

Sending a special message to the ceremony P.R. Naware, Executive Director GGOSL said "please accept our sense of appreciation for achieving delivery of the 11th vessel. I must say that the yard has continuously strived to improve upon the quality of the vessels delivered to us and I am sure this last round vessels will serve our fleet with distinction". He further added "You can count on us as one of your satisfied customers and hope that going forward we will have more opportunities to work together in Vessel new buildings or repairs."

CDPLC is indeed privileged to be considered as the preferred Shipbuilder of Greatship Group which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited. With the delivery of Greatship Ragini, the Group currently own and operate four PSVs, nine AHTSVs, two MPSSVs, six ROVSVs and two Jack-up Rigs and have one 350 feet jack up rig under construction.

This Vessel designed by Seatech Solutions International (S) Pte Ltd of Singapore is a DP2 classed Vessel capable of supporting offshore exploration and production and complies with SPS Code 2008 Clean Design requirements. With the wealth of experience gathered in building Vessels for the Offshore Sector, CDPLC is well experienced and geared to meet all requirements arising in the Offshore Oil Exploration activities being carried out in the Sri Lankan waters and offer its expertise.

Solace Global Maritime first PMSC to train Internal Auditors

Solace Global Maritime, a leading private maritime security company (PMSC), has confirmed its commitment to implementing international standards by training internal auditors.

Already certified to ISO 9001, 18001 and 14001, the company is one of the first PMSCs to have conducted such training in preparation for the new ISO PAS 28007 accreditation, Guidelines for Private Maritime Security Companies.

The two day course was attended by four employees and hosted internally at Solace's head office by the company's QSHE Manager, Tony Hanson, a qualified lead assessor. Its purpose was to help attendees understand the application of Management System standards and how to effectively collate and analyse evidence to ensure they have been implemented effectively.

Solace's internal auditors were hand-picked from across departments within the company and will be responsible for auditing each of the business functions at least once every 12 months to identify any opportunities for continual improvement.

Managing Director, David Peach, commented: "The implementation of international standards takes time, money and resources. Such a commitment would be a lost cause if we didn't also commit to maintaining these standards or look at ways that we can progress our Quality Management Systems.

We therefore made a supreme effort to train internal auditors in preparation for ISO PAS 28007 stage 1 accreditation."

Tony Hanson, Solace's QSHE Manager, said, "With increasing pressures on our industry to tighten up statutory and regulatory requirements, implementation of management and operational standards is a key tool we can use to demonstrate compliance and provide a mechanism for continual improvement.

"We are leading the way in cross standard auditing, a major benefit of implementing an integrated management system. Our clients can feel confident and reassured in the knowledge that we are at the top of our game. We are grateful to our board of Directors for the unwavering support and commitment to development, implementation and more importantly ongoing maintenance of these systems."

(marinelink.com)

Hyundai Heavy bags USD 600 mn containerships order

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world's biggest shipbuilder, today announced that the Company has won an order for five 14,000 TEU containerships from Seaspan Corp. The contract includes an option exercisable by the owner for five additional same-class boxships.

This order makes the Ulsan, South Korea-based company clinched all ultra-large containerships capable of holding more than 10,000 20-foot boxes ordered worldwide over the past year.

The ultra-large container ships, measuring 368 m in length, 51 m in width, and 30 m in depth, are scheduled to be delivered from 2015. Upon delivery, the vessels will be charted to the Taiwan's Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp on a long-term contract.

The containerships will feature an electronically-controlled main engine and HiBallast seawater treatment system. The electronically-controlled main engine will maximize fuel efficiency, reduce noise, vibrations, and carbon emissions by automatically controlling fuel consumption to suit sailing speed and sea conditions.

The HiBallast system is a seawater treatment system HHI developed in 2011. HiBallast can treat 8,000 cbm of seawater per hour by filtering and sterilizing bacteria and plankton bigger than 50 µm through electrolysis.

In 2013, Hyundai Heavy set an annual new orders target of USD 29.7 billion, 52.3% up from a year earlier, and aims to achieve sales of KRW 26. 9 trillion (USD 25.4 billion), 7.1% up against the previous year.

(World Maritime news)

ABG Shipyard plans to invest Rs. 7,000 in Gujarat

Country's largest private shipbuilder ABG Shipyard said it plans to invest Rs 7,000 crore in Gujarat for setting up a new facility as well as augmenting capacity at two existing units in the state.

"ABG Shipyard announced its intention to build a greenfield shipyard in three phases along the Gujarat coastline with an estimated investment of Rs 5,000 crore," the company said in a statement. This will be ABG Shipayard's third facility at Gujarat and is likely to generate employment for about 4,500 people, it said.

Apart from the proposed investment, ABG Shipyard has also planned to expand its facilities at Dahej and Magdalla in three phases, with an estimated investment of Rs 2,000 crore, the shipbuilder said.

"The company has submitted its proposal to the state government during the on-going Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2013," the company said.

AFP