  Arctic bound luxury vessel draws inspiration from the offshore oil & gas world The "Northern Star", a stunning 75m motor yacht built by Lurssen Shipping in Germany has received an extensive bridge navigation and manoeuvring solution from Kongsberg Maritime. The systems were specified by the vessel's owner based on Kongsberg Maritime's position as a leading supplier of similar systems to the offshore market. With Kongsberg Maritime's proven systems onboard and a hull-mounted iron reinforcement for ice-breaking, the Arctic expeditions that the Northern Star owner has planned, including the re-tracing of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's route traversing the North-West passage off the coast of Canada, have been made possible.  The OLT development will see the 138,000 cu m Moss-type Golar Frost converted into a 3.75 billion cubic metres (bcm) per year FSRU, moored in 120 m of water off Italy’s west coast port of Livorno. It will act as a receiving terminal for importing LNG, regasifying the LNG and pumping it into Italy’s gas grid. The OLT FSRU is currently under conversion in Dubai Drydocks and will be towed to Livorno at the end of 2010, with the aim of coming on stream in 2011. An external turret is being fitted, along with over 2,400 tones of regasification equipment. The main contractor is Saipem, working for the terminal owners - a joint venture between E ON Ruhrgas, Iride, Golar LNG and OLT Energy. RINA will class the vessel and provide statutory certification on behalf of the government. Through its dedicated oil and gas team it is also providing authority and owner engineering, ship handling simulation and assistance with local and international regulatory compliance.  "Rainbow WarriorIII" is specifically designed to support the campaigning activities of Greenpeace International. She will be as functional as possible, fulfilling the design requirements, and will at the same time be built such that she can become the new "Flagship" of the Greenpeace organization. The Vessel will get a distinctive "Green" appearance to make the same impact as it predecessors: Rainbow Warrior I and II.  Construction of the new Carnival Magic officially began earlier this week when the vessel’s keel was laid at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard in Italy.  From stem to stern and on every one of her 11 decks, she radiates the elegance and ambience one would find in a grand hotel. Constellation, the newest of the Millennium-class ships, boasts outstanding amenities, accommodations and services, all presented with the utmost taste and the inimitable Celebrity style. When you cruise on Celebrity's Constellation you are sure to desire everything - and want for nothing.  Professional photographer Andy Newman of Carnival’s outside PR agency NewmanPR, snapped these dramatic photos of the Carnival Dream as it arrived in St. Thomas this morning.Carnival Dream is visiting the popular Caribbean island as part of a seven-day cruise that departed Port Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday. The line’s newest and largest ship, the 3,646-passenger Carnival Dream launched year-round seven-day Caribbean service from Port Canaveral Dec. 12.  Pictures from the berthing of mv Maersk Taikung at DCT Gdansk terminal on 4th of January 2010, beginning a new era in container shipping linking the Far East with Poland and the Baltic Sea.  After more than 3 weeks onboard the arrested Faroese trawler SKALABERG, 26 crewmembers arrive home. See the photos taken at the airport at arrival.  NORDEN names the first of 6 new MR product tankers from Imabari Shipbuilding Co. The ceremony followed NORDEN’s annual event for Japanese partners. The most recent addition to NORDEN’s tanker fleet – a 48,006 dwt Medium Range (MR) product tanker – has been named NORD IMAGINATION at a ceremony at Iwagi Zosen Shipyard, one of 8 yards in the Seto Inland Sea region which together form Japan’s leading ship builder, Imabari Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  During Carnival Dream’s final Mediterranean cruise, professional photographer Andy Newman is on board and snapped these dramatic shots of the ship docked in Dubrovnik, Croatia, as well as its expansive WaterWorks aqua park featuring the longest water slide at sea  With the debut of the new 130,000-ton Carnival Dream, Carnival also introduced the line’s first outdoor laser shows that combine the latest in laser technology with rock music to provide guests a unique and exciting nighttime entertainment option. Pictured here, the 15-minute nighttime laser shows- the first ever for a North America–based cruise ship- features choreographed lasers projecting brilliant aerial patterns of blue, red and green set to music by popular artists such as Styx, Rush, Van Halen, Boston and Pink Floyd.  At the 10th of October Cemre Shipyard in Turkey did launch the hull of NB088 at Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard. At the launchin ceremony KENNETH PETTERSEN (COO and Senior Vice President Shipbuilding) had a spech on behalf of HAVYARD, and ORHAN GÜLCEK (Chairman of the Board of Directors) on behalf of CEMRE SHIPYARD  The world's largest cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" is under construction in Finland for Royal Caribbean Crusis, and will be delivered in early November 2009.  Images taken when the hull of Gjøa arrived in Stord in October 2009. Photo: Aker Solutions  Le Grand Bleu is a 370 foot mega yacht (114 meters) built in 2000 by Bremer Vulkan under the supervision of Claus Kusch. In May 2004, Le Grande Bleu received international attention as the home base for Roman Abramovich during Chelsea Football Club's attempt to beat AS Monaco in the UEFA Champions League. Currently owned by Eugene Shvidler, she is one of the largest private mega yachts in the world.  On the17th of September 2009 the cruise ship CARNIVAL DREAM was delivered from the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy.  Maersk Line container ship that ran aground off Singapore yesterday (Sep 16) morning. According to the My Paper report, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said that the Maersk Kendal ran aground at 7.15am, on shallow ground above 0.7km south of Sebarok Island. The ship, which measures 300m long and weighing almost 75,000 ton, had been sailing from Thailand to the Malaysian port of Tanjong Pelepas. It had apparently been transiting a zone of shipping lanes called the Traffic Separation Scheme when it ran aground. Maersk Line has declined to say what had caused the incident. According to the MPA, there were no reports of injury or oil pollution, and shipping activity in the area and the adjacent waters has not been affected. MPA spokesman said: “The vessel is in stable condition and the shipowner has arranged for a salvage company to attend to the grounded vessel.”  The hull of the North Sea Gjøa platform is on its way to Norway from the Samsung shipyard in South Korea. At the weekend an EU naval force provided a military escort as the hull passed through the notorious Gulf of Aden.  M/S "Nirint Pride" and M/V "MSC Nikita" collided on Saturday night between the 29th and 30th of August 2009. The accident did happen in the North Sea 40 km off Port of Rotterdam. According to reports MV "Nirint Pride" rammed the MS "MSC Nikita". A short fire started on "Nirint Pride", but was extinguished by the crew. The Dutch Authorities let the "Nirint Pride" sail by itself alongside the Oude Maas to Moerdijk to offload all the containers. "MSC Nikita" has been declared a Total Loss". For further information click here to read more.  xx  Mission accomplished – world premiere successful: Both multipurpose heavy lift project carriers MV “Beluga Fraternity” and MV “Beluga Foresight” have reached their destination in Siberia safely.  See article  TWO American brothers today (Thursday) celebrated entering the Guinness Book of Records after crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the smallest ever powered craft. Ralph Brown, aged 50, and his 52 year old brother Bob set off from Tampa, Florida, on 27 June, in a 21 foot Intruder Flats Boat, a shallow bottom boat designed for fishing in inches of water rather than the thousands of fathoms of the open sea. The pair are hoping to raise $3 million for “Wounded Heroes”, whether they be from the military or the emergency services.  THE CREW of Shetland’s newest pelagic trawler hope to leave for the fishing grounds today (Tuesday) to start catching their annual herring quota. The Serene arrived in her home port of Symbister, in Whalsay, on Sunday afternoon where a crowd of more than 100 people welcomed the 71.6 metre vessel and her crew of 12. The new vessel is the sixth to carry that name over more than 50 years under skipper Bobby Polson and his father Mackie. Designed by Vik-Sandvik AS and built by West Contractors AS, of Olensvag in Norway, the boat breaks new ground for the pelagic industry in the UK, being the first to pump fish over the stern. She is also one deck higher than other pelagic trawlers, giving her extra stability and speed. .jpg&Width=510) The suspected hijackers of the 'ghost ship' Arctic Sea were flown to Moscow yesterday with most of the crew, three days after the freighter was found by Russian naval forces off West Africa. The Foreign Ministry said the captain and three other crew members remained behind in the Cape Verde islands.  The Arctic Sea and its Russian crew have been missing since passing through the English Channel on July 28, en route from Finland to Algeria. There were reports that the freighter had been boarded by armed men. The Maltese-flagged ship made routine radio contact with Dover Coastguard as it was about to enter the Strait of Dover from the North Sea at 1.52pm on July 28.  Dockwise Ltd. that it has successfully performed the USD 33 million complete transport and float-over installation of 19,000 mT MDPP offshore production platform for CPOC located at the JDA Block B-17, C-19 and B-17-01.  The Panama flagged bulk carrier M/V Full City grounde off the northern Norway coast on the night to 31st of July 2009.  Luxury six-star superyacht hotel to be moored at Canary Wharf in London. The hotel yacht would be 170m long, 24m wide and some 30m high. Facilities would include 180 staterooms from 40 to 180 square metres, three restaurants, two bars, a business centre with five meeting suites, and a function room for 300 people. Permanently moored, the Aquiva Superyacht Hotel is to describe the epitome of super luxury, catering to both the corporate and leisure markets.  The naming ceremony of the Sevan Driller, the world's first cylinder-shaped ultra-deepwater drilling rig, took place on June, 28 2009 at Cosco Qidong Shipyard, Jiangsu Province, China.  Illustrations of the work to remove the Russian cruiser Murman in Northern Norway.  STX Europe has developed this design as a good bet for the future of environmental friendly cruise ships.  Blow ar photos of the 10 largest super Yachts. See also article descriping the yachts http//:222.bluepulz.com/?Id=677  ECLIPSE is the World largest Yacht with her 170 m in lenght. She is believde to cost EUR 430 mln and to be owned by Roman abramovich, a Russian oligarch and owner of Chelsea Football Club.  Head of Oracle Mr. Larry Ellison did in 2004 take elivery of Mega Yacht "Rising Sun" from German shipyard B. Lurssen. She is 138 m (452,75 ft) long and the 2nd largest yeach in the world. Read article for more on this Yacht.  On 15th April 2009 "Deep Cygnus" was deliver from Bergen Group Fosen to the Owners DeepOcean and Volstad Marine. Since the delivery ceremony, the charterer DeepOcean has not accepted delivery for unknow reasons. ØYSTEIN EUGENE HERMSTAD PHOTOGRAPHY |
