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GTT Opens U.K. Branch Offi ce

GTT opened a U.K. branch offi ce to continue provid- ing the LNG Industry with additional services and support. GTT’s U.K. team, led by Ray Gillett, will focus on developing new tools and services that maxi- mize GTT’s expertise in specifi c areas to help address some of the issues that the LNG industry may encoun- ter as it expands.

Collaboration for BMT Nigel Gee, Ares Shipyard

BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd., has announced further collaboration with Ares Shipyard in the design of a series of eight luxury passenger ferries, destined for Qatar. At 18m long with a beam of 6.7m, the composite catamaran design will be able to carry up to 51 passengersto the new Anantara Doha Island

Resort & Spa, 11km east of Doha.

ClassNK Opens Casablanca Offi ce

ClassNK established a new exclusive survey offi ce in

Casablanca, Morocco, which began operation on Jan- uary 1, 2014. Located on the Atlantic Ocean in north- ern Africa, Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and one of North Africa’s largest ports.

Griffi n Hires New GM in Norway

Griffi n Global Group, a marine and offshore travel specialist, announced the appointment of Wenche Eeg as General Manager based in Bergen. Wenche has more than 30 years of experience in the travel industry most recently with Cruise Norway AS where she held the position for seven years.

Herbert-ABS Opens Singapore Offi ce

Herbert-ABS Software Solutions LLC opened an of- fi ce in Singapore to reinforce service and support for

Asia-based shipowners, operators and shipyards. The new offi ce will be led by Rob Tagg, who will expand the activities and strategic plans of Herbert Engineer- ing and Herbert-ABS Software.

Prestige Files for an IPO

Moody’s Investors Service said Prestige Cruises Inter- national, Inc. , the indirect parent company of Oceania

Cruises, Inc. and Seven Seas Cruises S. DER.L. fi ling to take the company public is a credit positive. Ocea- nia is a fi ve-ship cruise company. Oceania targets the upper premium segment of the cruise industry. Regent is a three-ship (plus one on order) cruise ship operator that targets the luxury segment of the cruise industry.

Vigor to Build Three

Tugboats for Tidewater

Vigor Fab has been awarded a contract by Tidewater

Barge Lines to build three new tugboats. Construction of the fi rst tug will start on Jan. 24, 2014, with the keel laying at Vigor’s facility in Portland. Vigor ex- plain that while Tidewater has rebuilt and repowered several of the vessels in its fl eet, these tugs will be the fi rst newly built vessels for the company in nearly 30 years. Delivery of the fi rst tug will be in Decem- ber 2014, with the second and third to follow in 2015.

Designed by CT Marine, the 102 x 38 x 11 ft. vessels were designed to service the Columbia River market and are powered by two Caterpillar 3516 Tier 3 en- gines, 4,500 HP total

NAO Takes Delivery of PSV

Nordic American Tankers (NAT) said that NAO took delivery of the last of the six recently built Platform

Supply Vessels (PSVs) from the Ulstein Group of Nor- way. NAO is fully operational. NAT is the sponsor of NAO, owning 26% of the share capital in NAO. A subsidiary of NAT is the manager of NAO. NAO has its six PSVs in the North Sea offshore market, and ac- cording to NAT, NAO is seen as an important invest- ment. Three vessels were delivered from the seller to

NAO in December 2013. The last three were delivered in January 2014, a few days later than planned because of bad weather which delayed necessary underwa- ter inspections. The vessels were delivered from the yard to the seller between January 2012 and Septem- ber 2013. Five of the six vessels are now on contract employment. The PSVs are on contracts to major en- ergy companies with an average duration (including options) of a little over two years with rates between $25,000 and $29,000 per day per vessel.

Rolls-Royce Power Systems is the New Name for Tognum AG

Effective immediately, the former Tognum AG will now operate under the name of Rolls-Royce Power

Systems AG. Since March 2013, the specialist for large engines, propulsion systems and distributed energy systems has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce plc and Daimler AG, each of which has a 50% shareholding in the company via a joint venture. The group of companies with MTU Fried- richshafen GmbH as the core company has been consolidated in the Rolls-Royce Group’s results since the beginning of 2013. The regional companies will also operate with immediate effect under a new name: Tognum America Inc., which is based in Novi/

Michigan, U.S., will now operate as MTU America

Inc. and Tognum Asia Pte Ltd, which is based in

Singapore, will operate under its new name of MTU

Asia Pte Ltd.

The product portfolio includes MTU brand high- speed engines and propulsion systems for ships, for heavy land, rail and defence vehicles, and for the oil and gas industry. Under the MTU Onsite Energy brand, the company markets diesel gensets for emer- gency, base load and peak load applications, in addi- tion to cogeneration plants for the generation of com- bined heat and power based on gas engines or gas turbines. The Norwegian subsidiary Bergen Engines manufactures medium-speed engines for marine and power generation applications. L’Orange rounds off the portfolio with fuel injection systems for large en- gines. (Sour ce: A .P . Moller - Maer sk) (Pho t o: T eek a y)

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