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North P&I Club gets cyber accreditation

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North P&I Club has been awarded the UK government-backed Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation, awarded to companies who have successfully implemented systems to protect themselves against common cyber threats.

Cyber Essentials Plus includes an internal scans and on-site assessment programme, and requires companies to implement five key controls: boundary firewalls and internet gateways, secure configuration, access control, malware protection and patch management.

“The Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation reflects our ongoing commitment to cyber security, and provides our shipowner members with peace of mind that we take the protection of IT and data facilities seriously,” said James Holmes, North P&I Club’s chief information officer.

“North is actively promoting awareness and discussion of the importance of cyber security with both staff and our shipowner members – we are doing this through our messaging and cyber security loss prevention initiatives and insights, which have been rolled out both in the UK and overseas.”

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New survey ship Magpie debuts on the Dart

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Late summer holidaymakers watch as the Royal Navy’s newest vessel makes her way up the Kingsbridge Estuary on her maiden visit to her affiliate.

Catamaran HMS Magpie has spent three days at sea under the White Ensign for the first time as her crew get to know how the survey ship handles.

A replacement for HMS Gleaner which retired earlier in 2018 after 35 years’ service, Magpie was commissioned in June – the first of numerous new small craft the RN is acquiring to replacing aging work/support boats.

Among the craft to be exchanged, the familiar blue picket boats at Dartmouth, so cadets at Britannia Royal Navy College were eager to look around when Magpie debuted on the Dart.

Officer Cadet Jacob Gibson said, “We’re 14 weeks from passing out and to see the opportunities that are provided with the new vessels that are coming into the Fleet, at one end of the spectrum you’ve got Magpie and the other end you’ve got HMS Queen Elizabeth. The survey potential within the Royal Navy is really exciting.”

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TenneT makes Dutch platforms call

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TenneT has issued a pre-qualification notice for an upcoming tender to build the 700MW Hollandse Kust Noord and 700MW Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore wind platforms off the Netherlands.

The Dutch grid company will invite potential bidders to tender in January 2019 for the two platforms.

The contract award for both platforms is due in first quarter 2020.

The Hollandse Kust Noord offshore platform, which will connect the wind farm of the same name and consist of two 350MW HVAC circuits with twin 35km-long, 220kV export cables, is due online in 2023.

The Hollandse Kust West Alpha platform, which will feature twin, 70km long export cables, is due online in 2024.

The platforms will be connected to the wind farms via a 66V connection.

Both platforms will consist of a topside weighing around 3,000 tonnes and a jacket foundation of around 1,600 tonnes.

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Ophir planning gas field tieback in offshore

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Ophir Energy has closed its acquisition from Santos of various producing assets in Southeast Asia.

Chief among these are the Premier-operated Chim Sao/Dua oil field in the Natuna Sea off Vietnam and the Madura Offshore and Sampang PSCs offshore Indonesia.

Madura Offshore and Sampang are both late stage assets but Ophir sees opportunities to tie in satellite fields and deeper reservoirs, extending the life of the existing production facilities.

One example is the Meliwis gas field in Madura Offshore, which will likely be developed with an unmanned wellhead platform tied back to the Maleo production platform.

A final investment decision will be taken shortly: the $70-million development should come onstream 12 months later, with peak production of 25 MMcf/d over three years before decline sets in.

Development will also extend the economic life of the Maleo field in the same PSC, allowing the partners to monetize an additional 7.6 bcf of contingent resources.

As for Ophir’s existing fields, the company expects to drill the Bualuang North exploration well next month in the Gulf of Thailand at a cost below $1.5 million on a post-tax (dry hole) basis, targeting 1-5 MMbbl of prospective resources.

If successful, the field would be tied back to the existing Bualuang field production facilities.

Offshore Equatorial Guinea, Kosmos Energy is covering the cost of a 3D seismic survey across block EG-24, under a farm-in arrangement. This is currently 63% complete.

Ophir will also be part-carried on the cost of a well if a decision to drill follows.

Finally, following a strategic review the company is proposing to downsize its London headquarters and within 12 months establish an Asian-based HQ, serving as the hub for its ongoing business (and generating cost savings).

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MOL, Marubeni sign agreement with advisory

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Japanese firms Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Marubeni Corporation are moving quickly forward with the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) transshipment terminals in the Far East with the signing of a business cooperation agreement with recently formed business advisory group Japanese Project Promotion Vehicle in the Far East (JPPV).

JPPV is an advisory group that was jointly set up in March 2018 by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Russia’s Far East Investment and Export Agency (FEIA) and Far East and Baikal Region Development Fund to encourage Japanese companies to launch businesses in Russia and promote Japanese investment in Russia and the Far East.

The agreement aims to draw upon JPPV’s expertise in order to smoothly establish LNG transshipment terminals in the Far East.

MOL and Marubeni earlier this year signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PAO Novatek, Russia's largest independent gas production and sales company, for a joint feasibility study aimed at establishing an LNG transshipment and marketing complex off the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the Russian government has established Advanced Special Economic Zones (ASEZ) that have investment incentives targeting the country’s Far East regions and this agreement is seen helping to bring the transshipment terminal to commercial reality.

The participation of Marubeni and MOL in the projects is expected to contribute not only to the mutual relationship between Japan and Russia, but to continued regional development in the Russian Far East.

Both companies are already actively involved in LNG developments in the northern regions, with MOL and China Cosco Shipping jointly owning four ice-class LNG carriers on long term charter to Novatek for its Yamal LNG project. Marubeni meanwhile has a long term gas deal with Rosneft.

Source:seawanderer

Wärtsilä Propulsion Control Automation System

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The technology group Wärtsilä is to supply a newly updated propulsion control system as well as its advanced alarm and control system, the Nacos PCS/MCS Platinum, for Maersk Tankers’ six 110 DWT LR2 newbuildings. The order with Wärtsilä was booked in the first quarter of 2018.

The Wärtsilä Nacos Platinum automation package is a fully integrated system designed to optimise main engine propulsion efficiency to deliver fuel savings and lower operational costs. The energy saving features include power management, and logic for cargo overview and remote control. The updated system features fewer parts than earlier versions as well as console mounting possibility.

Wärtsilä is scheduled to deliver the equipment to the yard in line with the newbuilding programme at the Dalian Shipbuilding yard in China. The plan is to deliver the vessels over a period of two years with the first vessels entering the fleet in 2020.

“Reliability, state-of-the-art technology, full lifecycle support, and a lower cost of ownership; these are the defining reasons for the success of Wärtsilä propulsion control systems. We are, of course, extremely proud that these modern vessels will feature Wärtsilä solutions,” says Kjeld Dittmann, Managing Director, Wärtsilä Lyngsø Marine A/S.

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Sentinel Marine ERRVs can tackle many tasks

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Multirole emergency response and rescue vessels Biscay Sentinel and Bailey Sentinel are respectively the seventh and eighth vessels of their type to join Sentinel Marine’s fleet.

Built at the Cosco Guangzhou shipyard in China, Biscay Sentinel was delivered in March 2018 and Bailey Sentinel in August. A further vessel is under construction and expected to enter service in late 2018.

Sentinel Marine chief executive officer Rory Deans said: “The offshore environment can be unpredictable and so safety is of the utmost importance to operators working at sea.”

“Many emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRVs) in operation are repurposed fishing or supply vessels; however, by designing our fleet from the ground up, we have been able to ensure that it is fully equipped with everything our crews require to keep our clients safe offshore.” He added that “fuel efficiency, too, is far greater in a purpose-built ERRV than that of a repurposed vessel.”

Sentinel’s ERRV fleet is designed to carry out multiple tasks beyond rescue, including cargo storage and oil recovery. 

Biscay Sentinel measures 65 m in length by 16.6 m in breadth; it has a maximum draft of 5.4 m and a 1,450 dwt. It is fitted with a 600 kW azimuthing thruster as well as two 700 kW tunnel thrusters, one apiece in the bow and stern of the vessel. It also operates a Kongsberg dynamic positioning (DP) system with a class of DP2. Bailey Sentinel measures 62 m in length, 15.5 m in breadth, has a maximum draft of 4.6 m and a dwt of 1,900. Its Kongsberg DP system gives it a notation of DP1.

The vessels each carry a 15-person FSRQ 1000A daughter craft, a 15-person FRSQ 700A fast rescue craft (FRC) and can also carry an optional 15-person Avon Searider. Both the daughter craft and the FRC are launched from davits, with shock absorbers and integrated towing booms on Biscay Senitnel, while Bailey Sentinel’s FRC is crane-launched.

Biscay Sentinel has a rescue tow bollard pull of 100 tonnes (Bailey Sentinel – 30 tonnes) and both are fitted with an anti-pollution system, including a 5 m3 dispersant tank, spray booms and pump, a Desmi Terminator Skimmer oil recovery system and, in Biscay Sentinel’s case, a Furuno oil-detection radar.

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Damen completes tank testing

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Tank testing on Damen's 70-m FCS 7011 fast crew supply vessel has been completed at Delft University of Technology.

With onboard comfort a key design parameter, the company carried out a large number of simulations to investigate seakeepeing characteristics. A 2.8-m, 1:25 scale model of the 70-m long vessel was put through tank testing at 30 and 40 knots in waves of 2-3 m significant wave height to validate the results of the simulation.

The testing produced positive results, with the hull design and Sea Axe bow shape resulting in the model reaching high speeds while meeting predetermined comfort-level criteria. Damen found that the vessel's movements actually became calmer as the speed increased.

“This is because the forward energy of the vessel allows it to go through the waves, instead of going over them,” said Damen product portfolio manager for research Albert Rijkens. “At the same time, the Sea Axe bow shape reduces any uncomfortable slamming that might occur during high-speed transits,” he added.

Another aspect of testing was the vessel's resistance at speed. “Our results showed that, due to its long and narrow hull, the FCS 7011 has relatively low resistance,” said Mr Rijkens.

Positioned at the stern of the model, the FCS 7011's ride control system, which measures ship mevement and continuously determines the position of active control mechanisms through these signals, was also put through its paces. “The effectiveness of the system – enabling us to improve comfort levels even further – was also validated in these tests,” added Mr Rijkens.

The FCS 7011 is intended to fill the gap between current crew change vessels and helicopters, and will be able to carry up to 150 passengers at speeds of up to 40 knots.

Source:seawanderer

Rolls-Royce complete Intelligent Awareness

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Rolls-Royce and Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have completed a pilot project aboard a 165m passenger ferry, Sunflower Gold, testing the applicability of Intelligent Awareness and machine learning technologies to maritime operations.

Results from sea trials on the vessel, which operates night-time sailings between Kobe and Oita, Japan, found that the navigating officers were able to use the systems to visually detect objects that would otherwise have been obscured by darkness.

The vessel navigates the Akashi Kaikyo, Bisan Seto and Kurushima Straits, routes which can become heavily congested with fishing nets and small to mid-sized fishing vessels during night-time crossings.

Rolls-Royce installed an array of Intelligent Awareness sensors, thermal imaging cameras and its Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system on the vessel in April 2018, following the 2017 signing of a joint development agreement with MOL.

“We turned night into day,” said Iiro Lindborg, Rolls-Royce, general manager remote & autonomous solutions. “MOL and the Sunflower Gold crew were very satisfied with the results.”

Data obtained from this and other Rolls-Royce Intelligent Awareness (IA) projects will now be fed into the company’s machine learning algorithms to further develop the IA system, with the objective of putting a permanent installation aboard the Sunflower Gold later this year.

“To achieve MOL’s high-level safety policy, Rolls-Royce and our project team had a discussion about how the Rolls-Royce Intelligent Awareness System could help our crew’s navigation duty aboard passenger ferry Sunflower Gold,” said Kenta Arai, director at MOL.

“Our crew always needs to be under intense situational awareness because our ferry runs through an area with heavy marine traffic in the dark and the relative speed is high.”

“We specified the configuration of Intelligent Awareness for our ferry with Rolls-Royce’s advanced sensing and data fusion technology. The trial result was successful and we had good feedback from our crew. We are expecting to get a more effective and helpful system for our passenger ferry from the findings and the result of this project.”

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Marlink expands cyber services

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Marlink has expanded its range of cyber security services for maritime with the addition of a new Cyber Detection system which monitors all outbound and inbound network traffic and displays alerts through a web-based dashboard.

Users can also set-up notifications on critical threats to be received by e-mail or SMS, with support on potential responsive actions available from Marlink’s Security Operations Centre (SOC) as an optional additional service.

“With the increasing use of broadband communications and the fast deployment of new digital IT-based applications on board ships, cyber-security has become even more critical to fleet and business operations,” said Ghani Behloul, chief marketing officer, Marlink.

“Our multi-layered Cyber Guard solutions portfolio provides ship operators with a set of tools to better protect themselves and reduce their risk of exposure to a large range of cyber-attacks. By adding the innovative new Cyber Detection service, we enable our customers to even further secure the availability and integrity of their IT systems and networks.”

The Cyber Detection service does not require any equipment installation, and identifies more than 50 different threat categories (including malicious applications, intrusion attempts, confirmed intrusions, abusive usage and social engineering), whatever type of satcom technology is used to connect the ship.

The system combines machine learning and human oversight to counter threats, employing rule-based algorithms to detect malware or unauthorised activity on a network while wider ranging threats are investigated directly by Marlink’s SOC team.

“Augmented by the SOC team’s deep knowledge of how cyber criminals target maritime industry operations, continuous service tuning and data analytics, the dynamic nature of our Cyber Detection service enables the system to become more intelligent over time, improving its ability to detect advanced cyber criminality on a maritime customer’s network,” said Mr Behloul.

Source:seawanderer

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