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MPA Singapore launches joint oil spill exercise

To test and demonstrate Singapore's readiness to respond effectively to oil spills at sea, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) led a multi-agency joint oil spill exercise, code-named JOSE 2014, on Friday, 17 October 2014 from 9.00am to 1.30pm. Comprising a table-top exercise at the Port Operations Control Centre Vista and a seaward exercise off Pulau Bukom about 9 km from Harbourfront, some 180 personnel from various agencies participated in this exercise. See Annex A for the list of participating agencies. (Image Credit: MPA Singapore) JOSE 2014 involved a scenario where a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) "Blue Moon" was discharging her oil at Shell Bukom Single-Buoy Mooring (SBM) when one of the sub-sea hoses located at the SBM ruptured. About 6000 tonnes of light crude oil was spilled into the sea causing potential threat to the environment. The Master of the VLCC immediately reported the incident to MPA and requested for assistance. The spill response teams demonstrated the deployment of equipment such as oil containment booms around the VLCC and the SBM to prevent further escape of the oil, as well as the recovery of oil by specialised skimmers. In addition to the 16 anti-pollution craft, MPA ...

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Damen partners with three BWT system suppliers

Damen Shipyards announced that it has established three strategic partnership agreements with major Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) system suppliers. With over 60.000 vessels to be retrofitted in the near future there is a need to coordinate and ensure cost effective implementation and life cycle support. With the large number of vessels to be retrofitted, there will be subsequent supply problems for BWT equipment, engineering and class in a booming market. Damen has chosen to include BWT systems manufactured by its strategic retrofit partners: Trojan Marinex, Bio-UV, and Evoqua Water Technologies. All BWT systems of these partners are IMO type approved and are USCG AMS accepted. Based on the vessels characteristics, operational requirements and customers preference Damen BWT experts will select the most appropriate BWT technology for retrofitting. By working with the selected partners, Damen can provide retrofit packages for all vessel types. Damen BWT experts use 3D scan techniques to create a customized engineering package. Installation of a BWTS can be done at one of the Damen Shiprepair & Conversion shipyards conveniently located worldwide. Systems can also be installed at a customer selected non-Damen yard or during operation. By using 3D scan techniques to create a custom engineering package, Damen ...

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Sembcorp Marine to convert two FPSOs in VLCCs

Sembcorp Marine's wholly-owned subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has secured a Floating Storage Production Offloading (FPSO) conversion contract worth about S$600 million from Saipem SA, France for the conversion of Two FPSOs for the Kaombo Project in Offshore Angola. Sembawang Shipyard was awarded this contract on the strength of its capabilities and established track record in the field of FPSO conversion, modification and upgrading work. Under the contract, the Shipyard is responsible for the conversion of 2 Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) sister ships into 2 turret-moored FPSOs for the Kaombo project located in offshore Angola, approximately 150 km from the coast. Major works also include refurbishment of the VLCCs, construction engineering, the fabrication of flare, helideck, upper turret and access structure, integration of the topsides modules (which will be fabricated at Saipem's Indonesian Yard) and lower turret components, and pre-commissioning of the FPSOs. The two converted FPSO units, owned by Total, will each have an oil treating capacity of 115,000 barrels per day, a water injection capacity of 200,000 barrels per day, a 100 million scfd gas compression capacity and a storage capacity of 1.7 million barrels of oil. Mr. Ong Poh Kwee, Deputy President of Sembcorp Marine and Managing Director ...

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Damen to unveil mobile BWT unit at Posidonia

Damen Shipyards Group is set to unveil a new mobile ballast water treatment (BWT) unit at the Posidonia exhibition in Athens next week. Developed in-house, the fully containerised, mobile Damen InvaSave BWT unit provides ship owners with a cost-effective alternative to retrofitting fixed BWT systems. Damen has also developed the world's first mobile treatment vessel to operate in ports and support ship deballasting operations. The first of these customized Damen barges, fitted with Damen InvaSave units, is now under construction for service in the Dutch ports of Eemshaven and Delfzijl. One of the most important (financial) partners in this project is the ‘Waddenfonds', the organisation focusing on the preservation of the ‘Waddensea', which is listed as a protected UNESCO world heritage site. Gert Jan Oude Egberink, Damen Manager Ballast Water Treatment, comments: "We have been looking into what we can do to help our customers regarding ballast water treatment and finding alternatives for those owners that may not want to retrofit a ballast water treatment system, perhaps because their ships operate on fixed routes or their ships are too old and make the investment in a system prohibitively expensive. Ports may also need to provide back-up, in case a ship's ...

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Euronav completes debt financing of Maersk

On January 2014 Euronav announced the acquisition of fifteen Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) from Maersk Tankers Singapore for a total acquisition price of USD 980 million. The executive committee of Euronav is pleased to announce that it has issued a USD 235 million 7-year bond to the same investors who participated in the capital increase of 13 January 2014 and it has signed a commitment letter

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