General News 13-18 – Page 250
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NewsFLAGSHIP TCI improves engine performance monitoring
FLAGSHIP, the pan-European maritime transport project part-funded by the EU, has developed a monitoring system that applies the Technical Condition Indexing scheme (TCI) to help a ship’s crew monitor and improve the technical condition of the engines.
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NewsSchat-Harding calls for consensus
Lifeboat manufacturer Schat-Harding says IMO and the shipping industry need to move more quickly to a consensus on vital lifeboat safety issues which have important consequences for the safety of seafarers.
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Aluminium foam plates to cut weight of ships
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology in Chemnitz, Germany have experimented with an aluminium powder that could replace steel plates in vessels and reduce their weight by up to 30%.
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NewsMaersk ULCSs may trigger capacity race
Maersk’s rumoured order for 18,000 TEU containerships could change the competitive landscape for the container carriers, with the new designs expected to breach existing vessel dimensions in a significant way.
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NewsChina orders Incat Crowther cats
Incat Crowther has recently won two separate design contracts with the Chinese shipbuilder AFAI Shipyard.
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Eniram to increase Azipod efficiency
Eniram Ltd, the Finnish provider of advanced decision support systems for the shipping industry, will be integrating its pod optimization technology into the ABB’s Azipod propulsion system for newbuild vessels as well as retrofit projects.
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NewsGermans reveal more newbuild orders
Two of Germany’s most prominent shipyard groups - P&S Yards and Meyer Werft - have announced new orders for ship types seen as crucial for the future survival of specialist European shipbuilding, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsPaxocean orders PSV pair
Rolls-Royce recently received an order from Singapore-based offshore company PaxOcean to provide the ship design, propulsion systems and deck machinery for two platform supply vessels.
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NewsKleven gets Olympic MPSV order
Olympic Shipping in Norway has entered into a contract for delivery of one multi-purpose offshore support vessel at Myklebust Verft, a yard in the Kleven Maritime group in Norway, for delivery in September 2011.
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NewsDutch launch Belgian dredger
The launch ceremony for the 30,000m3 trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Congo River’ took place recently at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands.
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NewsWind-farm mother ship concept launched
Anglo-Dutch naval architect company Offshore Ship Designers has launched a new offshore wind farm maintenance (WFM) vessel concept.
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NewsKOAS takes delivery of offshore vessels
‘K’ Line Offshore AS (KOAS), a subsidiary of Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (''K'' Line), recently took delivery of two new offshore support vessels.
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HHI inks drillship pair
Noble Corporation recently announced that a subsidiary has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of two ultra-deepwater drillships.
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Quality management company joins InterManager
InterManager, the international trade association for the ship management industry, is pleased to welcome Docmap as a new associate member.
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NewsNew BNWAS from Israel
Totem Plus, an Israeli marine electronics developer and supplier, has launched a new type approved bridge navigation watch alarm system (BNWAS).
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‘Unstable tankers’ give PSC cause for concern
Preliminary results from the Paris MoU concentrated inspection campaign on tanker damage stability, carried out between 1 September 2010 and 30 November 2010 show that 16% of ships inspected were potentially dangerous.
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NewsAker finalises subsea installation vessel design
Aker Solutions in Norway has finalised the vessel specifications of ‘AMC Connector’, a future new-build subsea installation and construction vessel based on the Aker OSCV 06L design.
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Shiprepairer fails to get Swansea Dry Docks licence
Harris Pye Group has failed in its attempt to renew the necessary licence to develop and expand the Swansea Dry Docks for use for refurbishment and repair of vessels has disappointed the company.
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BV issues rules for floating LNG units
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued rules for the classification of offshore floating gas units.
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NewsFirst commercial marine scrubber order
Wärtsilä has announced the signing of a turnkey contract with Finnish shortsea operator Containerships Oy, for the retrofit of a fresh water scrubber system to ship ''Containerships VII''.
