General News 13-18 – Page 574
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Protecting us from evil
The threat of attacks against ships and harbours has led to the development of Cerberus - a new diver detection sonar, by UK based QinetiQ. The attack on the destroyer USS Cole in Yemen in October 2000 revealed a range of threats, not only from small explosives-laden speedboats, but also ...
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State-of-the-art large two-stroke engines
There are only three manufacturers that spring to mind when talking about large two-stroke engines: MAN B&W, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Wärtsilä. The most successful company is MAN B&W with a record result of engines delivered and on order. At the beginning of this year the company recorded about 8,000 ...
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The Information exchange
Indicative of the research, development work and general progress of technology and related issues, The MotorShip was inundated with proposals for papers ahead of this year?s Marine Propulsion Conference. Such was the interest in presenting a paper at the 26th annual event that the number of papers accepted was raised ...
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The importance of getting into training
Training underscores all aspects of safe and efficient operation of ships. However, today the requirement for effective and regular training is greater than ever. Not only have vessels and their equipment become ever more complex, crew numbers have been cut to the bone and there is a never ending increase ...
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In all reality
In the marine industry, the use of engine room machinery, navigation and bridge operation simulators is well established and provides a range of training options from standalone desktop PC based systems, through computer based training (CBT), to 3D virtual reality modelling of the engine room and machinery. Engine room simulators, ...
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Secure and safe
Though the prime cause of the accident was the vessel?s grounding, the tragic capsize of the 28,100 DWT bulk carrier Rocknes off Bergen in January this year, with the loss of a number of lives, highlighted once again the dangers inherent in poor cargo stowage arrangements. More recently in April, ...
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Preparation and expertise
The closing weeks of last year saw the completion of two demanding ocean towage and heavy transportation assignments by Rotterdam-based Fairmount Marine. The company completed its project management contract for the delivery of Shell?s Bonga ? the world?s largest FPSO ? from the UK to Nigeria. Two weeks later, a ...
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IACS Joint Bulker Project proposes common rules
Common rules for bulk carriers have taken another step forward as the IACS Joint Bulker Project (JBP) team have made a series of presentations to shipowners, seeking industry input to the rules.The JBP is made up of BV, CCS, ClassNK, GL, KR, RINA and RS. The aim of JBP is ...
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Cape Africa gets lightened
Over the weekend, salvors have begun the long and expensive operation to get the damaged 150,000 DWT Capesize bulker Cape Africa repaired and on her way again. The Klaveness owned 46,996 gt trans-shipment vessel Bandar began removing the iron ore cargo from the Cape Africa, which has been anchored in ...
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Labroy secures cement carrier newbuilding
The Singapore shipyard Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering has secured a shipbuilding contract worth $23.6 million to build a 20,200 DWT single screw cement carrier for delivery in April 2006. The yard did not disclose further details of the contract. Tan Boy Tee, chairman and managing director of Labroy Marine, said ...
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French offer answer to challenges from Asian yards
A French parliamentary report has urged a consolidation in the European shipbuilding sector in order to meet the strong competition from Asian shipbuilders. The report claims that the shipbuilding industry in Europe remains too dispersed but nonetheless offers real consolidation opportunities at the European level based on the aeronautic model, ...
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EU tells shipowners to cut down on SO2
The European Union recently agreed to require owners of sea-going ships to make deep cuts in sulphur dioxide emissions starting in 2006. The requirements, to begin in 2007, will apply to international shipping entering EU ports. EU officials called the move long overdue, saying the shipping industry was a serious ...
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Bergesen selects APL?s ETP system for FPSO Project
Bergesen d.y. ASA has awarded Advanced Production and Loading AS (APL) an EPC contract for the Single Point Mooring (SPM) system to the Chinguetti oil field development located off the coast of Mauritania, North West Africa. APL will supply an External Turret Production system (ETP) for permanent mooring of the ...
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A century for STX
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea has delivered its 100th newbuilding from its Jinhae yard which was opened in 1996. The ship, named Antigmar, is a 45,800DWT product carrier ordered by Stelmar Shipping in Greece. Measuring 183 metres long and 32.2 metres wide with a depth of 19.1 metres, it has ...
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Universal clinches two bulkers
Universal Shipbuilding in Japan secured an order for two Capesize bulk carriers from domestic ship owner Shinwa Kaiun Kaisha. One of the bulkers is a 297,000DWT vessel measuring 327 metres long, 55 metres wide, a draught of 21.40 metres and scheduled for delivery in January 2009. The other bulker ...
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ADSB signs contracts with UAE Armed Forces
Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has signed three new major contracts with the UAE Armed Forces worth Dh180 million ($49 million). These new contracts add to the growing backlog of naval work already underway at ADSB, as reported a few months ago. The shipbuilding and ship repair company won an ...
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Convergence of naval and commercial shipbuilding standards
Traditionally, naval ships were designed by individual navies to their own rules, through their autonomous engineering houses. Today they are progressively being designed to commercial standards.In an address to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority?s ?Natship? conference, John Dikkenberg, business manager for the Anzac Alliance, said a revolution was occurring in ...
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Evergreen plans massive fleet expansion
Evergreen Marine, Taiwan's largest shipping company, is set for a massive expansion of its containership fleet with plans to order 54 vessels during the next 10 years. This is in addition to the 10 boxships the company has ordered from Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It is estimated that the ...
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POSCO ups steel prices
POSCO, Korea's largest steel maker, will raise prices of steel plates used for shipbuilding for a third time this year because of rising demand. Prices will increase by 9% to $477 per metric ton on July 5. This will take the total increase for this year to 38%. "Demand for ...
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KR plans to release new version of KR-CON
Korean Register of Shipping (KR) plans to release the new version (4.0) of KR-CON - a database of various IMO instruments, such as conventions (SOLAS, MARPOL, ICLL, STCW, etc.), codes (IBC, IGC, ISM, ISPS, FSS, FTP, HSC, etc.), resolutions (Assembly, MSC, MEPC, FAL, LEG) and circulars (MSC, MEPC, LL3), in ...
