50 years ago – Page 2
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NewsA short-lived shipbuilding revolution
June 1963 saw The Motor Ship devote a considerable proportion of its space to the opening of Gotaverken’s new shipyard at Arendal, Sweden.
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NewsOutputs exceed 30,000bhp ceiling
In 1963 the marine engineering industry was certainly obsessed with power and bore size.
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NewsMotor conquers steam
Large and powerful engines continued to excite our predecessors at The Motor Ship, the April 1963 issue of which led with an item about large tanker propulsion.
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NewsHigher power for faster steaming
The Motor Ship, March 1963, as in previous months, continued to focus on large-bore high-power diesel engines.
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NewsSo who says dual fuel is the latest trend?
Looking through ''The Motor Ship'' for February 1963, it came as something of a surprise to see a reference to a dual fuel marine engine – running on both diesel and liquefied petroleum gas.
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NewsEngine pressures, operator problems, paints, the environment – and dual fuel
In December 1962, ‘The Motor Ship’ was in contemplative mood. Writers and correspondents alike, had put their minds to thinking about developments in the industry, several of which have a familiar sound today.
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NewsWoes for shipowners and shipbuilders
The Motor Ship, January 1963, opened with a message from the UK Minister of Transport, the Rt Hon Ernest Marples. That reflects two facts: in those times this journal existed to promote the UK shipbuilding and marine engineering industry as well as the superiority of Diesel power over steam; and ...
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NewsFuel savings and European unity
In 1962, fuel economy and general ship efficiency was rather less of an issue than it is today. Nonetheless, ship owners and designers wanting to save a bit of cash were looking at ways to cut fuel bills.
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NewsAutomation, large bores and short strokes
One thing we often remark upon in this part of the magazine is the way that nothing seems to be new – ideas that are regarded as novel today are often closely related to those being considered 50 years or more ago.
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NewsDiesel continues to gain ground over steam
It is interesting to note that, even as comparatively recently as 50 years ago, there was still a widely and strongly held opinion that Diesel engines were unsuitable for passenger ships, on account of greater noise and vibration than steam turbines.
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NewsJapan takes the lead in shipbuilding
The Motor Ship’s July and August 1962 issues – no such laziness as combined issues then – featured, in July, a focus on passenger shipping, followed by some pioneering concepts in August.
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NewsAdvanced propulsion from 1962
Large bore engines continued to dominate the pages of The Motor Ship. In the June 1962 issue, engine designs from B&W, MAN (then separate companies of course), Sulzer, Fiat and Götaverken, all for tanker propulsion, were discussed.
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NewsAutomation, longevity and early ro-ros
The leading article in the May 1962 Motor Ship reminded us that, then, the USA was still lagging behind the rest of the world in adopting the Diesel engine in place of steam.
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NewsTankers pioneer waste heat recovery
The phrase ‘nothing is new’ seems to crop up regularly in this feature, where we look back through our archives to the copy of The Motor Ship dated exactly 50 years ago.
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NewsTastes of the future
What’s the opposite of déjà vu? Whatever it is, I got the feeling looking through The Motor Ship, March 1962.
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NewsThe beginning of the end for British shipping?
The Motor Ship, February 1962 issue, reported on a number of recent ship deliveries, while at the same time bemoaning the lack of initiative from British shipping companies in ordering new tonnage.
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NewsNot a year of great engineering progress...
The January 1962 issue of The Motor Ship contained a vast array of reviews of the relative states of various activities in the previous 12 months.
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NewsNovel approach to vehicle transport
Recent retrospective looks at The Motor Ship of 50 years ago have tended to concentrate on the development of large-bore diesel engines, and the December 1961 issue is no exception.
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NewsBritish owners order ships overseas
The Motor Ship’s November 1961 issue carried the rather alarming news that British ships were being ordered from abroad, rather than owners patronising their domestic shipyards.
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NewsTankers show the way forward
It was tankers that provided the headlines in the October 1961 issue of The Motor Ship. A glimpse of the future came from the fact that three separate contracts had been placed, all with Japanese builders, for large gas-carrying tankers.
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