N E W S L E T T E R February 2013 In this edition: N-KOM, Gibdock, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, Detyens Shipyards, Qingdao Beihai, Carell, Zhoushan IMC-YY, Carena, Edilcom & Nor Shipping. CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT As of 1 January 2013, Mr Chin Sze Kiun completed his secondment at N-KOM, Qatar and resumed duty as Assistant General Manager Commercial (Repair), at Keppel Shipyard Limited, Singapore. Chin Sze Kiun will report directly to Mr Louis Chow, Senior General Manager (Commercial). Mr Chin s successor at N-KOM is Mr Nur Effendi Sahid, who will be handling the commercial and marketing function for N-KOM from now and onwards. UNDER COVER Gibdock s No. 3 Drydock is 154m x29m x11m and has a retractable cover with 29.5m air draught over 2m dock blocks. The dock is served by two 10 tonne cranes. The cover was built and designed in conjunction with Gibdock by an American company in 1999 and works completed and the cover inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Gibraltar in March 2000. Due to the cover being in three sections that can be split, crane cover still exists when the dock is covered. The retractable cover offers all weather protection for vessels in dock, whether this be rain or sunshine. The cover provides environmental protection and the highest quality of paint finishes, applied by Gibdock s highly trained personnel and latest technology equipment. Photo: Gibdock SOUTH, WEST & NORTH NORWAY YOUR CONTACTS AT STORM & BULL SHIPPING: OSLO & EAST NORWAY haugesund@storm-bull.no oslo@storm-bull.no Telefon 52.70.12.55 Telefon 24.13.43.70 Sigurd A. Wold Louise HMN Rasmussen Thomas P. Ness Grete Forslund Sales Manager Marketing & Sales General Manager Sales Manager Mob. 906.03.150 Dir. 52.70.12.04 Mob. 95.99.88.67 Mob. 90.14.72.75
RECORDBREAKING N-KOM N-KOM, the prominent Gulf repair yard has completed a record 32 LNG tanker repairs in 2012. 2013/14 is expected to be very busy as well, as the 2008/9 LNG deliveries are about to get ready for their first special survey. With over 50 LNG repairs performed since the yard s opening in 2010, N-KOM is rapidly establishing itself as the centre of gas tanker repairs in the Middle East. At a certain point last autumn, six tankers were in the yard at the same time. Photo: N-KOM KEPPEL SINGAPORE CONTRACT FOR CONVERSIONS Golar LNG has converted two FSRU s at Keppel Offshore & Marine in Singapore. However, the company recently announced an agreement with Keppel to develop its first floating liquefied natural gas vessel (FLNGV), based on the conversion of existing Moss LNG tankers, of which Golar owns three units. From being the first shipyard in Asia to convert a tanker to an FPSO in 1981, Keppel Shipyard has advanced into completing the most number of FPSO, FSO and FSRU projects in the world to date! Further, for normal docking, Keppel is currently undertaking repairs for three vessels managed by the Bernard Schulte Group: the 99,450 dwt tanker Proteo, the 16,621 dwt tanker Eva Schulte and 23,256 dwt LPG tanker Arctic Gas. Keppel Benoi Shipyard, Singapore Photo: Keppel Offshore & Marine
DETYENS SHIPYARDS, INC. Detyens Shipyards, Inc., located in North Charleston, South Carolina, celebrated their 50 th anniversary in 2012. Detyens Shipyards has held a steady course of growth and excellence in the ship repair business. In the first five months of 2012, Detyens has dry-docked and repaired more than ten internationally owned vessels from Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom. Detyens has recently completed a six-ship package with Jungerhans Maritime Services of Germany. The vessels (Maersk Ravenna, Maersk Rotterdam, Pavo J, Tucana J, Pegasus J, and Corona J) were in for routine dry-dock maintenance, class renewals and upgrades. The LPG Tanker Eupen and the Sombeke managed by Exmar found their way to Detyens in the spring of 2012. The Eupen drydocked in May for classification renewal and steel hull repairs. The Sombeke dry-docked in March for regular routine maintenance. The LPG Brugge Venture, managed by Wah Kwong Shipping in Hong Kong, dry-docked in May for regular routine maintenance. The M/V Langeness, managed by Reederei Briese, dry-docked for removal and refit of the propeller and routine maintenance. The Jummetor, managed by Phoenix-Reederei, recently dry-docked for repairs to the propeller shaft blades and o-ring seals. The Normand Clipper, managed by Solstad, underwent an upgrade to the habitability air conditioning system to provide an additional 18 tons of capacity. Both 25 ton and 250 ton cranes were painted and the main cylinders were overhauled. The vessel also had a complete underwater hull painting, bow thruster overhauls and overhauling of the diesel engines, deck winches deck cranes, repairs to the helo deck and a complete change out of the port engine. Currently, the projects that Detyens Shipyards, Inc. are working on are: The Corona J, managed by Jungerhans, Knorr and Atlantis, managed by Woods Hole, the Chesapeake Trader managed by Crowley, Marine Responder managed by Marine Spill and Response Corp, Great Lakes Dock and Dredge New York, GLDD 401, GLDD 402, GLDD 65, GLDD 66 managed by GLDD and the T&T Express managed by the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago. In 2013, Detyens Shipyards, Inc. will install two new tower cranes alongside dry-dock 5. With 474 employees and confirmed bookings for 2013, Detyens Shipyards, Inc. is looking forward to a prosperous New Year. Photo: Detyens Shipyards, Inc.
INCREASED REPAIR DOCK CAPACITY AT QINGDAO BEIHAI, CHINA Qingdao Beihai Shipyard is located at Long. 120 15 30 E, Lat. 36 N, adjecent to Qingdao Harbor, nearby Japan, Korea and Shanghai. As it borders to open sea, vessels can directly sail to and from the shipyard. The average temperature is 12,2 C, neither boiling hot in summer, nor chilly in winter. With its progressive facilities, as well as its advantage in climate and location, Shiprepair Branch of Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry is ready to serve you with superb quality, competitive price and on-time delivery. Due to the present winter season, the yard has open dock availability. In addition to the repair docks below, the newbuilding department has released one of their large graving docks, ULCC size, for ship repair use. Following this new opening, are personnel (welders) from the newbuilding department. Docks Capacity Size (m) Cranes Floating Dry Dock 100.000 DWT 250 x 45 x 18 20 t x 2 No. 1 Dry Dock 300.000 DWT 360 x 78 x 13.1 32 t x 3, 25t x 1, 80 t x 1 No. 2 Dry Dock 150.000 DWT 405 x 58 x 13.1 200 t Gantry Crane Please note the revised size of dock 2. Wharf Length (m) Depth (M) Cranes East Wharf 700-9 45t x 1 32t x 2 25t x 2 West Wharf 880-8,5 45t x 1 32t x 2 25t x 2 North Wharf 148-9 Share the cranes with No. 1 & 2 Dry Docks South Wharf 774-9 45t x 2 32 t x 2 CARELL S.A. SHIPPING & SHIP REPAIRS IN GREECE CARELL SA is a ship repair company based in Piraeus, Greece. Since 1955, the company has established a worldwide network of satisfied customers due to their vast experience, their pool of unique subcontractors, the excellent location and climate conditions. CARELL SA has a close cooperation with 13 docks, 4 of them state-owned and the rest in cooperation with other major shipyards. This cooperation enables CARELL to accommodate vessels up to 500,000 DWT with maximum dimensions 421.20 x 75.0m. The company is able to cover any repairs specification, being basically engaged in drydocking, steel, piping and mechanical works. All mechanical and engineering works are operated from their new, fully equipped workshop, measuring a total of 2,000m 2 and support all onboard activities with in-house personnel and hardware.
6 PCTC VESSELS AT ZHOUSHAN IMC-YY We seldom see such a grand view of 6 PCTC vessels under repair at the same time in a shipyard, and this actually happened in January 2013 in Zhoushan IMC-YY Shipyard. With a thorough experience for repairing PCTC vessels, IMC-YY innovates and improves its repair and maintenance services continuously according to the requirements of worldwide first-class PCTC owners and managers, and consequently developed Specialized Repair Direction For PCTC. By setting standard for all-round aspects of repairing and maintening PCTC, the Direction is to satisfy the highly demanding cleanness, as well as PCTC specialised structures and machineries for loading/unloading and carrying its cargos. Aiming at "World Best Specialized Repair Shipyard for PCTC", IMC-YY Shipyard is continuing to improve and render high-quality professional repair services to your PCTC. Photo: Zhoushan IMC-YY.
Carena, the shipyard on the Ivory Coast, is ideally situated for traderoutes passing, and offshore off, West Africa. At the Guinea Gulf, the yard offers 2 floating docks with a capacity of 10.000T and 2.000T. In addition, the yard has 2 slipways of 300T and 80T capacity. Last year we reported that the yard planned a new third drydock for 2013. The project has been put on hold and the yard is currently looking for a new dock candidate. Photo: Carena UTM MEASUREMENTS The technicians from Edilcom usually work in a team of two and take up assignments world wide. During the past year, Storm & Bull Shipping has mediated more than 40 assignments for Edilcom, and is happy to see an increased amount of customers in Norway. Many of Edilcom s customers are regulars, as Edilcom has the reputation of being price competitive while perform highquality ultrasonic thickness gauging, during voyage as well as during stay in port or drydock. All clients are offered repair sketches free of charge and a repair specification is included in each UTM report in case subjects for repair have been found. If requested, photographs are included in the report with no additional charge. Inspection of cargo hold side frames without scafolding during voyage Gibraltar-Canada. Photo Edilcom.
NOR SHIPPING 2013 - STAND D04-22 The Storm & Bull Shipping team is looking ahead. As from June 4th to 7th, we will have our own stand at the Nor Shipping trade fair in Oslo. At stand D04-22, you will have the opportunity to meet representatives from Detyens Shipyards (USA), N-KOM (Qatar), Gibdock (Gibraltar), Zhoushan IMC-YY (China), DesanYardgem (Turkey), Offshore Reparos Navais (Brazil) and the UTM company Edilcom (Estonia). There will also be opportunities to meet Keppel Offshore & Marine (Singapore & the Philippines) and Gryfia Shipyard (Poland). A lot to look forward to in the same pleasant setting you are used to from your Storm & Bull Shipping team! The Storm & Bull Shipping stand at Nor Shipping 2011 Photo: Sigurd A. Wold If you need any further information regarding the mentioned or other yards we represent worldwide, please do not hesitate to contact us! We will be happy to be of your assistance. Best regards, your Storm & Bull Shipping team