OSV

3 Charred Bodies Recovered From Blazing Offshore Vessel

  • Bodies of three crew members were recovered from the engine room of the offshore ship Rohini.
  • Two bodies of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition while the third one had burn injuries.

The bodies of three crew members who were trapped aboard the offshore vessel (OSV) ‘Greatship Rohini’ were recovered on Sunday, reports News18.

Charred bodies aboard vessel

On Saturday, a fire broke out on the vessel approximately 91 nautical miles offshore at Mumbai High at 9 am.

The three bodies were charred...

https://mfame.guru/3-charred-bodies-recovered-from-blazing-offshore-vessel/

Harvey Gulf introduces ‘Tri-Fuel’ OSV

Harvey Gulf International Marine is now the first and only company in the U.S. to own and operate a “Tri-Fuel” — diesel, LNG, and battery — vessel, Harvey Energy — as well as a vessel bunkering facility, selling both diesel fuel, and LNG. Harvey completed the installation of a Wartsila battery-power system on the Harvey Energy, which was already a dual-fuel vessel capable of fully operating on LNG or diesel, making it a “Tri-Fuel” vessel.

At the same time, the company began operations at its new...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/harvey-gulf-introduces-tri-fuel-osv/

[Answer] How To Convert Your Liabilities Into Assets With Ship Designing?

Shipping has the capacity to redesign and reimburse their vessels into a more utility driven product. This phenomenon of converting liabilities to assets is a known thing but not all know how to do it viably. Keeping this in my mind, Riviera Maritime Media’s John Snyder has put up an article illustrating this.

Here’s an excerpt from it. 

Converting OSV To LNG?

Concept designs and conversions are resulting in new opportunities for laid up or under-utilised OSVs outside the oil patch

US-based naval...

http://mfame.guru/answer-how-to-convert-your-liabilities-into-assets-with-ship-designing/

AI To Optimise Offshore Vessel Support

  • DSS project aims to use AI to help officers on vessels make decisions that will result in optimized performance and energy efficiency.
  • Uses AI to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in complex offshore operations and streamline fleet maintenance.
  • The project is funded by Norwegian national development bank Innovation Norway and is targeted for completion by the end of 2020.
  • Dispatchers analyze a range of scenarios before assigning work to vessels, and the system makes updated...

http://mfame.guru/ai-to-optimise-offshore-vessel-support/

OSV owners to be affected from S. Arabian Maritime Law

Saudi Arabia introduced, for the first time, a bespoke Commercial Maritime Law, the Maritime Law, which came into effect on 3 July 2019. According to Lexigram, the Maritime Law applies to all Saudi Arabia-flagged vessel and foreign ones that arrive at the Kingdom’s ports and territorial waters.

Generally, the Law implements measures on vessel registration, vessel nationality/flag and non-Saudi vessels.

The Maritime Law affects the Non-Saudi vessels since they are not allowed to undertake towage,...

https://safety4sea.com/osv-owners-to-be-affected-from-s-arabia-maritime-law/

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