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Shipbuilding


to overtake Korea Martin Stopford, the managing director of Clarksons Research said that the Chinese shipbuilding industry was likely to overtake the South Koreans this year. He told a gathering of assorted journalists,


and some dignitaries, that Korean shipbuilders had suffered more through the recession as their orderbooks were dominated by containerships, the hardest hit sector in terms of over capacity. However, Mr Stopford went on to say that the


industry had successfully slowed the delivery of vessels and that this had “helped to take the pressure off the market”. In 2009 there were deliveries totalling 117 million dwt and this had risen to an estimated 134 million dwt expected for 2010, but this was considerably less than the 180 million dwt that was originally planned. He said: “The challenging levels of world


fleet growth meant that owners, yards and most importantly the banks have a very important role to play in keeping the whole show on the road.” One message that will cheer the yards, but


perhaps not the owners, was that some 8000 ships were ordered “before we got green,” said Mr Stopford, “So maybe another 490 milliion dwt will be needed for green ships”.


Personnel Moorhouse joins


Sovcomflot Lloyd’s Register (LR) chairman David Moorhouse is to join the board of directors at Sovcomflot from July. Mr Moorhouse said he would continue to serve as the chairman of LR until the end of the year with the classification society taking precedence over the Russian company during that period. A replacement for Mr Moorhouse will be


announced in the autumn, though The Naval Architect understands that this decision has already been made. Mr Moorhouse was appointed chairman of


Lloyd’s Register in November 1999 and assumed the additional responsibilities of chief executive from May 2000 to July 2007. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees and


Chairman of the Lloyd’s Register Group and prior to the establishment of the Board of Trustees, in June 2008, he was a non-executive member of Lloyd’s Register’s Board.


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Classification China shipbuilding LR to survey


Japanese ships Japan’s government made Lloyd’s Register (LR) the first foreign classification society to be authorised to survey Japanese flagged vessels. An LR statement said that it had been designated


a “Recognised Organisation by the Japanese government and is granted delegated responsibility for statutory surveys and permission to issue statutory certificates”. Recognition comes at the end of a comprehensive


review of Lloyd’s Register’s organisation and operations by the Japanese government and takes place against a background of a government-planned expansion of the Japanese fleet over the next five years. Te process required a formal change of policy


by the Japanese government, to ensure LR would be eligible to receive formal recognition. An extensive process of ‘due diligence’ followed, which included a series of audits of LR’s offices in Japan and at its London Office to ensure compliance with the Japanese government’s criteria for acceptance.


Newbuilding Sovcomflot and


Finns break the ice A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed by FGUP Rosmorport and OAO Sovcomflot that will see the signatories design and build an oil spill combat and salvage icebreaker with a view to tackling oil spill incidents in the Gulf of Finland. Te vessel will be able to operate even in icy conditions, said a statement. The companies said that the vessel will be a


multi-purpose ship that will be able to undertake tasks such as, “the rescue of human lives, tug boat operations, escorting transport vessels and specialised floating facilities as well as ice escort services, etc.” Sovcomflot’s President and CEO Sergey Frank


said: “We view the implementation of this project on the basis of it being a public-private partnership with commercial principles. Adhering to the motto “Safety Comes First”, Sovcomflot is ready to act as a catalyst for Russia’s maritime authorities in expanding the potential of the Russian Federation’s support fleet, to provide effective protection of the marine environment. Mr Frank said that following agreement with FGUP


Rosmorport, Sovcomflot will be ready to provide the technical management of the project, financing, build supervision and further operational and technical management of the ship.


The Naval Architect July/August 2010


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