Hyundai Heavy Greets New Year with the Simultaneous Naming Ceremony of Two 318,000 DWT VLCC

Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's biggest shipbuilder, hailed the New Year by naming two 318,000 DWT VLCC (Very Large Crude Oil Carrier) for an Indian shipping line, GESCO on 6th January 2012.
In the simultaneous naming ceremony, the vessels were named Maneklal Ujamshi Sheth and Ardeshir HBhiwandiwalla, after the former owner and the founder of GESCO respectively. Maneklal Ujamshi Sheth was delivered today and Ardeshir HBhiwandiwalla is scheduled to be delivered in the middle of February this year.
Starting with the ships featuring 319m in length, 60m in width, and 30m in depth with service speed of 16.3 knots, Hyundai Heavy plans to deliver 93 ships this year.
Meanwhile, Hyundai Heavy is aiming to secure new orders worth USD 30.6 billion in 2012, 19.6% up from a year earlier and sales of KRW 27.6 trillion (USD 23.9 billion), 9.5% up from last year.

Source: HHI

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SAL's MV “Lone” gets DP II upgrade

The MV “Lone” is now in the last stages of upgrading her existing DP 1 system to a DP 2 system. In dry-dock at the German shipyard Norderwerft, the vessel received one additional 1,200 kW bowthruster, two retractable azimuths of 1,200 kW each and three 1,600 kW auxiliary engines to secure the power supply for the redundant dynamic positioning system. To optimize the functionality of the high capacity cranes in offshore operations, the vessel was further equipped with a motion monitoring system.

The installation of the system bears a number of significant advantages: the vessel will be fully self-propelled without the need for tugs or external mooring systems, the vessel reaches optimal maneuverability and has the ability to respond rapidly to changes both in weather conditions as well as in operational requirements.

With these features in place, the MV “Lone” has all the necessary elements for undertaking complex projects in the area of oil and gas field development as well as offshore wind farm support. Within this scope of service, the vessel can provide wet handshake solutions, FPSP mooring support as well as transportation and placement of extraordinary structures on the seabed. In the realm of offshore windfarm support, the vessel can both feed installation units to the field as well as provide installation services for transition pieces.

Source: SAL

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