Products & services

Wallem Ship Agency names Dickson Chin as Managing Director

Details: Written by Teijo Niemelä Teijo Niemelä; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 24 June 2014 24 June 2014

Wallem Ship Agency has a new leader in Dickson Chin, who has been promoted to the position of Managing Director. Dickson Chin has been with Wallem Ship Agencies since 2008, initially in the role of General Manger for the Hong Kong ship agency business, and in 2012 was promoted to Managing Director for Indo-China.

Simon Doughty, Group CEO, said “it is really rewarding to promote staff from within the organisation, especially when the individuals have shown outstanding leadership skills and fully deserve the promotion and the additional responsibilities that go with this new career challenge.

“Dickson will continue to ensure a high quality service delivery from our agency teams that our clients expect, and he will also mentor and coach individuals so that they can further their careers in the Group.”

Dickson will be leading a network of 26 offices across Asia, with teams delivering a full port agency service and a range of marine and logistics services to vessel owners, operators, charterers and cargo interests in all Asian ports. The comprehensive service covers all vessel types including cruise ships, container vessels, heavy lift, bulk carriers, oil and gas tankers and naval vessels.

Wallem is a recognised cruise leader in Asia and the agency of choice for the world’s major cruise lines. Wallem was the first fully licensed foreign provider in China, offering services in all ports on the Mainland through the Wallem network.

Wallem is the General Sales Agent for Cargolux Airlines and Saudi Air Cargo in selected locations. The company also offers P&I services in Indochina and today represent most of the major P&I Clubs and leading Underwriters.

Dickson has been successfully leading the teams in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar, mentoring key staff, coordinating the navy calls in the region, and building the business. He has also continued to support the growth of Wallem’s cruise business across Asia; Wallem now handles more than 450 cruise port calls every year.

Cruise ships in 50,000 to 150,000 gross ton bracket have three quarters of berths on market - Odo-CBR Report

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 12 June 2014 12 June 2014

Cruise ships in the 50,000 to 150,000 gross tons size rane account for 76% of all berths in the industry, , a report on the cruise industry has found.

Odo Maritime Research, in association with Cruise Business Review, has launched a new report on the global ocean cruise industry, which hasfound that the ships in 50,000 to 100,000 gross tons alone have 42% of the berths on the cruidse market, while the 100,000 to 150,000 gross ton vessels have 34%

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- Over 125 pages of charts, diagrams and analyses.

- A definitive and comprehensive survey of pre and post crisis states of the

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- In-depth examination of tonnage capacity supply, orderbook and

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- A study of capacity deployment patterns and forecast.

- An assessment of market shares of major and minor cruise lines.

- Uncovering the strength and weakness of the cruise business through a

comparative study of business performances of various lines in the last

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- Which port attracts most calls and passengers? How many passengers per

call?

- An evaluation of cruise products and services, shoreside and seaside.

- A scrutiny of modern distribution methods and their effectiveness, with

an introduction to CRM software for passenger shipping.

- A special assessment of the possible re-introduction of liner service and a

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- Plus an appendix of an abbreviated database of ships in active cruise

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Heineken launches new advertising campaign

Details: Written by Teijo Niemelä Teijo Niemelä; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 29 May 2014 29 May 2014

Earlier this month Heineken unveiled its latest global campaign, ‘Cities of the World’, aimed to inspire men to live worldly, new adventures by unlocking the secrets of their cities. The fully integrated campaign includes a 2 minute TVC, on-line activation and special edition Heineken® bottles.

The latest TVC, ‘The City’, is the seventh film in ‘The Legends’ series featuring Men of the World who are pushed to discover their limits and go beyond them. Created by Heineken, in partnership with Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, its main character embarks on an adventure by following a set of business cards lost by a beautiful woman, Eve, with each card uncovering surprising and hidden venues in his city. The TVC is a reminder to Men of the World that every great city offers an endless adventure within its sky-scraping towers and neon lit streets. It reinforces the notion that men should never stop exploring their own urban backyard and those they visit on their travels. ‘The City’ TVC can be viewed via this link.

To celebrate the launch, Heineken has produced a set of specially designed bottles, each with one of six global cities printed on it; New York, Shanghai, Berlin, Amsterdam, London & Rio de Janeiro. The special edition bottles will be available globally, including Global Duty Free from September.

“We know that while Heineken drinkers are familiar with many of the hot spots in their cities, they may not venture outside their usual routine on a daily basis to explore the unexpected,” said Audrey Schillings, senior brand manager Heineken Global Duty Free. “With the “Cities of the World” campaign, we’re aiming to inspire them to move away from their usual habits to discover and unlock the secrets of their own cities. For Global Duty Free the campaign has added significance of these iconic cities and the call to our consumers of being adventurous in new destinations while travelling for business or on holiday.”

May 12th marked the global launch of ‘The City’ TVC and ‘Cities of the World’ campaign with local activations to follow in more than 100 countries, beginning with the USA.

Wartsila launches new fixed blade propeller design

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 04 June 2014 04 June 2014

The FPP Opti Design, a new state-of-the-art fixed pitch propeller (FPP) design concept, has been introduced by Wärtsilä. The new design offers fuel savings of up to 4 per cent and highly reliable full scale performance predictions. The concept has been developed utilising the latest computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology.

The Wärtsilä FPP Opti Design has been developed at the company's Technology and Service Centre in the Netherlands, and is the result of highly experienced design engineers having access to the very latest and most sophisticated software and analysis tools. CFD calculations analyse not only the propeller performance but most importantly also, the interaction between the propeller and hull. This provides extremely accurate information to achieve design and parametric optimisation.

"Wärtsilä has more than 100 years of experience in developing high quality propeller solutions. To this huge knowledge resource we have now been able to add a highly sophisticated state-of-the-art design approach that is unmatched in the industry. The hull and the propeller, and the interaction between the two, can both now be taken into account during the design process. The result is a higher level of efficiency and lower operating costs," says Arto Lehtinen, Vice President, Propulsion, Wärtsilä Ship Power.

Energy saving solutions

Wärtsilä continues to develop solutions that save energy and improve the efficiency of ship propellers. These include the Tip Rake Concept featuring an extended tip, smoothly curved to the pressure side of the blade with optimised geometrical parameters developed to achieve efficiency improvements, lower pressure pulse levels, and a quieter propeller.

The Wärtsilä EnergoProFin is an innovative propeller cap with fins that rotates together with any make of propeller. By weakening the hub vortex, resistance is decreased and propulsion thrust is increased, resulting in fuel savings of up to 5%.

Energopac is Wärtsilä's optimised propulsion and manoeuvring solution that reduces fuel consumption by integrating the propeller and rudder designs. It is fully optimised for energy efficiency without compromising either manoeuvrability or comfort levels.

The Wärtsilä FPP Opti Design is being highlighted at the Posidonia 2014 exhibition in Athens, Greece.

Rolls-Royce installs fuel efficient Promas Lite system on SuperStar Virgo

Details: Written by Teijo Niemelä Teijo Niemelä; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 27 May 2014 27 May 2014

Rolls-Royce has installed the innovative Promas Lite propulsion system on SuperStar Virgo, the first vessel in South East Asia to be equipped with this efficient and fuel saving system. Promas Lite is an integrated propeller and rudder system that increases efficiency and is designed specifically for retrofitting to existing ships.

Norwegian Spirit operated by Star Cruises' subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Line was the first vessel in the fleet to be installed with Promas Lite in 2011. The efficiency gains and fuel saving benefits from the first upgrade has resulted in this subsequent order from Star Cruises.

Andrew Marsh, Rolls-Royce, President - Services said: "We highly appreciate the trust given to us by Star Cruises through this second order. As Asia Pacific's leading cruise operator, they recognise that using the Promas Lite solution will substantially reduce emissions and the operating costs of SuperStar Virgo."

Typical fuel savings for Promas Lite range from 5 to 15 per cent, depending on the type of operation and the performance of the existing propeller. A cruise ship like SuperStar Virgo can expect to generate £800,000 annually in fuel savings and a corresponding CO2 emission reduction of around 4,000 tonnes per year by converting to Promas Lite. The estimated payback period is two years.

Fleet Captain Gustaf Gronberg, Senior Vice President of Marine Operations & Newbuilding, Star Cruises, said: "The cruise industry is dependent on reliable, innovative technologies which are able to meet stricter environmental regulations and achieve return on investment quickly. Based on our previous positive experience with Rolls-Royce, we are confident that this upgrade will enable us to significantly reduce our fuel consumption and environmental impact."