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Pella Sietas
HOPES FADE FOR PELLA SIETAS SHIPYARD SURVIVAL
Receivers were still seeking new investors for insolvent Hamburg Shipyard Pella Sietas late October but there appears little chance that Germany’s oldest shipyard will survive in its current form
Pella Sietas announced insolvency in July citing Covid and liquidity bottlenecks but with hopes new investors could be found. However about 200 employees were let go in September and at last word just a skeleton work force remained.
Receiver Achim Ahrendt said there had been talks with more than 150 potential investors since mid August and that some offers for the Elbe facility – Germany’s oldest shipyard dating back to 1635 – had been made.
However Russia’s Pella Shipyard in St Petersburg, which owns Pella Sietas, was not willing to invest more money in the yard, Ahrendt said. He added that “none of the investors could, or was prepared to to take over existing (ship) contracts under the conditions already agreed to”. The search would however continue Ahrendt said.
The ships referred to include the €100 million, 119.8 x 27.5m ice-breaker ordered by owners Pella Shipyard for delivery in 2023 and described as the biggest of its kind ever ordered in Germany.
They also include the 133m x 23m trailing suction hopper dredge Osteriff for Germany’s governmental Waterways and Shipping Agency (WSV).
Originally priced at €95 million and for delivery in 2018 that impressive newbuild was at last word berthed at the giant Blohm +Voss ( B+V) shipyard in Hamburg after being moved from Pella Sietas in a complex operation delayed for a year by silt-buildup. Reports have said €80 million has already been spent on its construction.
The WSV told Maritime Journal in August that further construction was being co-ordinated by those involved. But no further WSV comment has been received since B+V yard owners Lürssen announced in early October that B+V would no longer build or repair commercial ships.
Reports elsewhere said an order with Pella Sietas for a 74.3m double-end island ferry for German operator Reederei Norden-Frisia had already been cancelled. And an order for an LNG fuelled ferryship for southern Germany also appeared stymied. Originally due for delivery in 2020, that still unfinished ship was reported still berthed on the Lake of Constance.
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First green patrol boat
The fi rst green off shore patrol boat for the Italian Guardia di Finanza has been launched.
P.04 Osum is a diesel-electric hybrid vessel that has been designed and built by Vittoria Shipyard in Adria, Rovigo for police functions at sea.
Constructed in collaboration with Damen Shipyards Group, the vessel features diesel-electric propulsion at patrol speeds up to 9 knots, enabling it to have low emissions and reduced environmental impact.
The two main diesel propulsion engines are flanked by reversible electric motors of 270kw each that can act as propulsion engines on patrol or provide electricity for operations.
The vessel is over 60m long, 9.5m wide, has a draft of 3.5m and can reach a maximum speed of more than 26 knots. It has an axe bow or Axe Bow able to guarantee excellent seakeeping even in difficult weather and sea conditions, without having to limit the speed. Delivery of the vessel is scheduled for 2022.
At the end of construction, the unit will obtain the highest class provided by the Italian Naval Register and the Efficient Ship Eedi (Energy Efficiency Design Index) notations, additional class notation dedicated to the energy efficiency of ships, Green Plus and Green Passport Plus linked to environmental impact, all issued by RINA.
Vittoria Shipyard specialises in the design and construction of military, paramilitary, work, commercial and transport boats up to 100m in length.
Photo: Vittoria Shipyard 8 P.04 Osum is a diesel-electric hybrid vessel
designed and built by Vittoria Shipyard
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Research vessels
Singapore shipyard Vallianz Holdings Limited has secured a contract with the Fisheries Research Institute of Taiwan for the design and construction of three research vessels.
Taiwan’s Fisheries Research Institute owns and operates a fleet of research vessels to carry out the study of marine fisheries in Taiwan waters.
The FRI contract entails the design and construction of two 27-metre research vessels and one of 60-metres. The Group will build these vessels at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia, which is operated by its wholly-owned subsidiary PT. United Sindo Perkasa.
The 27 metre vessels are scheduled to be delivered to FRI during the fourthquarter of 2023.
BIO RESIN INFUSION MILESTONE
A recent yacht hull build represented one of the largest structures to be infused with bio-resins to date.
Sicomin’s InfuGreen 810 was used to vacuum infuse the 26-metre, 52 tonne superyacht’s hull, deck and superstructure producing a lighter, faster, more durable structure and reducing overall fuel consumption significantly.
With a long history of building in composites, Couach has developed highly efficient vacuum infusion processes to build hull, deck, superstructure, and other components for their vessels. Whilst Couach traditionally used polyester resin systems, Sicomin - a key supplier of composite materials to the shipyard for more than 15 years - has worked with the Couach R&D team for the past four years on a test program to explore the benefits of epoxy resin systems, culminating in the successful implementation of Infugreen 810 and other GreenPoxy® bio-based epoxies in the latest Couach model.
With 38% of its carbon content from plant based sources, InfuGreen 810, is formulated to provide a more sustainable vacuum infusion resin with uncompromising performance. With the testing program complete, and the additional reassurance of the resin’s DNV GL type approval in hand, Couach prepared to infuse the 2600 Fly hull.
Sicomin also supplied release agents compatible with its epoxies and vacuum consumables that had been well proven in Couach production before this first major epoxy resin application. Then, the highly engineered E-glass laminate including sandwich core sections and a range of stitched multiaxial, woven, and unidirectional fabrics were assembled in the hull mould. For the final pre-production stage, Couach installed its in-house developed monitoring system to ensure the integrity of the vacuum and monitor the process conditions during the infusion itself.
MORALE BOOSTING CONFIRMATION FOR SURVIVORS
A new generation of Personal Locator Beacons will provide survivors with the vital reassurance that a distress alert and location has been received the other end.
ACR Electronics has announced that its next-generation ResQLink™ Personal Locator Beacons (PLB) with Return Link Service (RLS) have received Cospas-Sarsat approval and are now available in Europe.
Offering survivors vital reassurance in a life-threatening emergency, the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Return Link alerting technology will be available with the ACR Electronics ResQLink View RLS and the ResQLink 410 RLS.
The groundbreaking ResQLink View RLS is claimed to be the world’s first PLB with the capability to provide the user with a clear confirmation message via a digital display screen, verifying that the international satellite system CospasSarsat has received their distress message and location. The ResQLink 410 RLS has a confirmation light to indicate that a signal has been received.
The ACR Electronics ResQLink 410 RLS and ResQLink View RLS will be launched in specific countries, pending approval of the use of RLS in each country.
The ACR ResQLink PLBs were developed by safety and survival specialist ACR to offer more user-friendly features and functionality than any beacon on the market to assist in saving lives across the world. They were specifically designed to offer users the leading personal locator beacon solution for providing the valuable reassurance of Galileo’s unique RLS and introducing two-way confirmation between a 406 MHz distress beacon owner and Search and Rescue authorities.
Incorporating a multi-constellation receiver utilizing both the Galileo GNSS as well as the GPS Satellite network for faster location and improved accuracy, the ACR PLBs operate on the three Cospas-Sarsat satellite systems including the new MEOSAR. This ensures they will offer the near instantaneous signal detection and transmission enabled by the global MEOSAR satellites and upgraded ground-station components. Using the next-gen network, anyone activating a ResQLink PLB can expect their beacon to be located within 100 metres (328 feet), 95% of the time, within 5 minutes of the distress signal.
The ResQLink series does not require any subscription but are required to be registered with the country’s national authority. Optional subscriptions for testing are available via ACR’s patented 406Link.com technology.
UPDATE: 16/11/2021:
ACR Electronics has won a DAME Design Award in the ‘Life Saving and Safety Equipment’ category for its ResQLink View RLS personal locator beacon at this year’s METSTRADE in Amsterdam.
As the only PLB capable of displaying Galileo GNSS Return Link alerting technology via a digital display screen, the ACR Electronics beacon was selected as one of the Category Winners of the 30th anniversary DAME Awards 2021 following judgement by a panel of top naval architects, boat, interior and industrial designers, plus user experts.
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Electronics ResQLink View RLS
Easier safety at sea
Safety at sea is becoming easier to manage with the expansion of a MOB recovery range.
Ocean Safety has extended its Jon Buoy Man Overboard (MOB) Recovery range with the addition of a soft case option for its Jon Buoy Inflatable Rescue Sling and its Jon Buoy Inflatable Horseshoe.
Ocean Safety’s managing director, Alistair Hackett, said the soft case option for the sling and horseshoe ensure “the product is easier to stow and use…making it more versatile for use across a wider range of user groups – both on the water and along the water’s edge”.
The new soft case gives the Jon Buoy Inflatable Rescue Sling and Inflatable Horseshoe more stowage options onboard and is easier to deploy when required.
Offering flexibility when it comes to positioning, the new soft case option comes with a hook & loop universal mounting system, enabling this vital safety equipment to be mounted anywhere, from bulkhead to guard rail, or on a land-based fixture.
Enhanced internal protection provided by the new soft cases has also increased the service interval to two years for the soft case Jon Buoy Inflatable Rescue Sling and Inflatable Horseshoe, as opposed to the one-year service interval afforded by the hard case option.
