[ Industry Update ]
[ Industry Update ]
LAND ® launches Modular Gold Cup Probe chemical tankers worldwide, owning and operating a fleet of approximately 40 tankers at its peak.
Luda signs an agreement with Chinese Shipbuilders
LAND ®, a business of AMETEK Inc., has launched an industryleading version of their Gold Cup Probe designed to address challenges in measuring tube temperatures inside compact or uniquely shaped heaters and furnaces. The new Modular Gold Cup Probe offers flexibility and portability, making accurate temperature measurements easier across a wide range of applications. The latest innovation from LAND is an evolution of their existing Gold Cup Probe, the most accurate method of detecting true tube temperature measurements in furnaces. The Modular Gold Cup provides precise information on emissivity by giving true tube temperature, so operators can perform in-furnace verification as a reference for other instruments, such as thermal imagers.
Fairfield-Maxwell relaunches in Japan
Luda Technology Group Limited and its subsidiaries announced that its subsidiary, Luda( Taian) Industrial Company Ltdhas signed a series of cooperation agreements with leading domestic shipbuilding enterprises, including China State Shipbuilding Corporation( CSSC), Haiting( Nantong) Shipbuilding Company, and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Company to jointly carry out the R & D and manufacturing of specialty-material flanges and pipe fittings for ammoniafuelled vessels. This initiative marks an important step forward in the Chinese shipbuilding industry’ s efforts to achieve supply chain autonomy and high-end transformation in critical components. Under the agreements, Luda Taian will become a core supplier to the shipbuilders, delivering a full portfolio of certified products for high value-added vessel types currently under construction, such as LNG( liquefied natural gas) carriers, ultra-large container ships, chemical tankers, and luxury cruise ships. The parties will also establish joint technical R & D teams to drive innovation in areas such as new material applications, advanced process development, and digital supply chain management.
Fairfield-Maxwell Ltd.( FML) is returning to the shipping industry in Japan and opening a new office in Tokyo aimed at participating in ship construction, ownership, investment and leasing. The new company will focus on being the tonnage provider of choice and offering a diverse range of vessel types, including chemical tankers, medium range( MR) tankers, gas carriers and newbuilds. The new company – to be named Fairfield Maritime Japan Ltd. – will be a part of a newly formed Fairfield Maritime Group. It comes two years after FML’ s divestiture of subsidiary Fairfield Chemical Carriers to MOL Chemical Tankers. Fairfield Chemical Carriers was a major operator of stainless steel
Vale Metais announces the start of Furnace 2, Onça Puma
Vale Metais Básicos began operating the second nickel processing furnace at the Onça Puma Mineral Complex, in southeastern Pará, significantly increasing production capacity and further positioning the company for long-term growth and profitability. The entry into operation of Furnace 2 consolidates Onça Puma as the major ferronickel operation in Brazil, adding 15 kilotons of nickel production capacity, bringing the operation to a nominal production capacity of 40 ktpa. The Forno 2 project generated 2,500 jobs during its construction phase, and its completion positions Onça Puma in the lower half of the global nickel cost curve. Vale Base Metals remains on track to meet its 2025 nickel production forecast of 160-175 kt. The start-up of Furnace 2, coupled with increased underground mining at Voisey’ s Bay, Canada, will contribute to achieving nickel production between 210 kt and 250 kt by 2030.
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