News
Regulation will be fitted with a large tower in order to carry
Bahamas backs
out state-of-the-art well intervention offshore. The
Ulstein SX121 measures 120.2m long and 25m wide.
IMO Conventions
From the beginning of 2008 through the end of 2010,
Ulstein Design will deliver 20 Ulstein X-Bow ship
The Bahamas has acceded to two major IMO designs to seven shipowners.
conventions: the International Convention on the
Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships,
2001 (AFS Convention) and the International
Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution
Damage, 2001 (Bunkers Convention).
The AFS Convention, which will prohibit the use of
harmful organotins in antifouling paints used on ships
and establish a mechanism to prevent the potential
future use of other harmful substances in antifouling
systems. The AFS Convention will enter into force,
generally and for the Bahamas, on 17 September
2008. Accession by the Bahamas brings the number
of States having ratified the Convention to 28 and the
tonnage figure to 43.79% of the world’s fleet.
The 2001 Bunkers Convention was adopted to ensure
that adequate, prompt, and effective compensation is Island Constructor is a majestic sight. Photo courtesy:
available to persons who suffer damage caused by The Ulstein Group/Fuglefjellet.
spills of oil, when carried as fuel in ships’ bunkers,
and will enter into force, both generally and for the
Bahamas, on 21 November 2008. Heavylift
Cruiseships
L&T bags new
Fincantieri signs for
Rolldock order
luxury pair
India’s engineering and shipbuilding giant Larsen &
Toubro has secured from Dutch heavylift operator
Fincantieri and the French owner Compagnie des RollDock an order for two heavylift carriers, to add
Iles du Ponant (CMA CGM Group) have signed a to the six ordered earlier by the European newcomer,
preliminary agreement to build two super luxury, writes Shirish Nadkarni in Mumbai.
small cruiseships. The two ships will be similar in size The 8230dwt semisubmersible, multi-functional
to megayachts. and ultra-flexible vessels are being made at the
The 10,500tonne ships, which will fly the French Mumbai-based company’s Hazira shipyard, and are
flag, will be approximately 140m long and 16m wide. scheduled to be delivered between the end of the
Passengers will be accommodated in 134 cabins and third quarter of 2009 and early-2011.
suites - all with external view - and 75% of which will Work on the original order, which was placed in
have a private balcony. Delivery is due in the first six 2006, is in full swing; and the first of the sophisticated
months of 2010. units is being delivered in September this year.
The interior furnishings of these luxury ships will Thereafter, deliveries will be made at four-month
be designed on ‘a human scale’, the builder said, with intervals until July 2010. The two additional ships just
great attention to detail. ordered will be delivered by end-2010 and by the end
of the first quarter of 2011.
Offshore Each ship is powered by a double Wärtsilä
Island Constructor
propulsion plant of 9000kW installed power,
developing 18knots, and has two variable pitch
is launched
propellers, two rudders, three Caterpillar auxiliary
engines, and Wärtsilä bow thrusters. The vessel also
The largest ship to feature the innovative Ulstein X- boasts two 350tonne capacity Liebherr cranes.
Bow to date, Island Constructor, was launched last A highlight of the 142.3m long, 24m wide RollDock
month by Norwegian builder Ulstein Werft. vessels is that they need a minimum draught of just
The ship will be delivered to Island Offshore at the 5.6m, which means they can call at ports with limited
end of May. She is first of the Ulstein S series, and water depths. While the submerged draught is 11.9m,
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