General News 13-18 – Page 624
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Specialisation pays
Dutch shipbuilders have had a few excellent years with a record intake of orders in 1999 and 2000 with a value of f2.2 million ($920,000) and nearly f4.5m respectively. As expected after last year?s bonanza, new orders are now more difficult to obtain. This is not only due to the ...
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So many wrecks
The Netherlands must provide adequate access to Belgium?s largest port, Antwerp, according to a long-standing arrangement between the two countries. To this end, the Dutch government has undertaken to give larger ships access to the port of Antwerp by deepening the navigation channel on the river Scheldt. By the time ...
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Liquid level gauge for extinguisher systems
An ultrasonic liquid level comparitor for marine fire extinguisher systems, installed in single or two to three skid-mounted rows, is available from Link Instruments. The comparitor compares below-liquid gas level ultrasonic echoes with the surface acoustic wave. This produces an enhanced propagation across the liquid gas to identify the liquid ...
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APC announces further orders
Anticorrosion company Advanced Polymer Coatings says its polymer-based tank protection system MarineLine has been specified for the cargo tanks of 10 chemical tanker new buildings to be constructed or converted in Turkey. These range in size from two 1,450 dwt chemical tankers for Holland?s Unifleet, to be constructed by the ...
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Fire control and safety plans via Autocad
Safety products and signage supplier Maritime Progress is offering to produce fire control and safety plans for its customers. These include mandatory requirements for safety plans, fire control plans and phased evacuation plans. The company uses a copy of the general arrangement plan, inputting it via Autocad and adding the ...
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Avoiding catastrophe
Amot says its bearing temperature monitoring systems reduce the risk of catastrophic financial and safety consequences caused by the failure of big end bearings in large diesel or gas engines. They are designed to detect rapid temperature changes within individual moving bearings and give an early warning of excessive wear ...
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Marcas launches web site
The Marine Contracting Association (Marcas), the marine purchasing association, has launched a web site and extended its membership to BP Shipping, Lasco Shipping and Marenostrum. Marcas says this moves it closer to its target of 500 vessels by the end of 2001. The web site can be found at www.marcas.org. ...
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Flat panel ECDIS gets type approval
Maris says its ECDIS900, based on its SmartLine flat panel computer (FPC), is the first ECDIS to receive a type approval certificate using an FPC. The unit is certified to IEC 61774 ed. 2. Maris says its ECDIS900 has achieved a market-share in Scandinavia of almost 100% for commercial vessels ...
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Bigger and more sophisticated
In the last four or five years the capacity of trailing suction hopper dredgers has increased tremendously, but dredger builders and operators in the Netherlands say that size is not all important, and highlight the need for highly manoeuvrable, accurately controlled vessels. They also highlight the growing demand for sophisticated ...
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Alfa Laval fuel conditioning system
A new fuel conditioning system from Alfa Laval will be available in three sizes, with a modular concept for maximum flexibility to suit the needs of specific installations. Key components are the fully automatic back flush filter, the new M6M plate heat exchanger (using either steam or thermal fluid as ...
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Schottel promises innovation in propulsion and manoeuvring
Schottel?s main exhibits will be its SPJ 57 RD pump-jet and STP 200 twin propeller. The pump-jet can serve as a shallow-water propulsion system and a robust, powerful and reliable manoeuvring system on ships and vessels of all kinds operating under exceptional conditions, says Schottel. From its Rudderpropeller, the company ...
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Furuno looks to navigation and communication
Furuno will feature the world premiere for voyage data recorder model VR-5000 and automatic identification system model AS-100. Also, the satellite compass model SC-60/120, which provides accurate and steady satellite based heading information for shipborne equipment, will be shown. An upgraded Voyager integrated bridge system ? now with engine monitoring ...
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Hyundai HI, heavyweight world champion
As the world?s largest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) started life building two 260,000 dwt VLCCs back in 1972 along with its dry-dock at Ulsan. In 1984, just ten years after HHI delivered its first VLCC, the company surpassed the 10 million dwt mark in ship production and, ever since ...
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Stena V-Max VLCCs delivered
HHI has been involved in a high-profile newbuilding contract with Concordia Maritime, a public tanker company of the Swedish-based Stena organisation, which involved building two innovative 315,000 dwt VLCC at its Ulsan shipyard. The first vessel, Stena Vision, was handed over to Concordia on 19 April with the second unit, ...
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HHI grabs half dozen LNG carriers
Towards the end of June, HHI was reported to have secured a six LNG carrier newbuildings order worth over $1bn. Two ships were contracted by Fredriksen-controlled Golar LNG of Norway and four from African interests. All six carriers are Moss-type with a 137,000m3 capacity. At present, Hyundai has a total ...
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Hyundai releases high tech Himsen engine
Hyundai Heavy Industries, has launched its first own-designed new engine under the brand name of Himsen. The result of a ten-year $31m R&D programme, the first batch of the new compact class of medium-speed Himsen H21/32 diesel gensets was delivered in September. To date, demand for the new engine has ...
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Samsung HI on song
Samsung Heavy Industries is currently sitting on the highest value backlog of orders in its history. The $5.5 billion backlog consists of 90 ships, which will provide the Koje-based yard`s 6,400 labour force with work until early 2004. So far this year, Samsung has won orders for six LNG carriers, ...
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Most powerful VLCC quartet
SHI has received a $308 million order from SK Shipping, the domestic tanker and bulk carrier owner, to build four VLCCs. The contract includes an option for a fifth vessel. The Malacca-Max vessels will be powered by 28,700kW engines to give a service speed of 16 knots. The engines will ...
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High-Tech LNG carriers
Samsung is working on a LNG carrier design fitted with two podded propulsion units. Not much is known about the technical aspects of this design but presumably it would involve the use of diesel- rather than steam-powered gensets. This could enable the vessels to realise fuel savings of some 40%. ...
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Big boxship delivered
In September, SHI held a christening ceremony for a 6,200 TEU container vessel ordered by NYK of Japan. The boxship, which was named NYK Lodestar, is 300m long, 40m wide, has a service speed of 27.7 knots and is the largest built at the yard to date. The four remaining ...
