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NewsPhiladelphia delivers first newbuilding
The MV Manukai made its way down the Delaware River and beneath the Delaware Memorial Bridge on Saturday, July 26th on its way out to the Atlantic Ocean for its sea trials.After an absence from shipbuilding of more than 30 years, Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard (KPSI), in the USA has delivered ...
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K Line?s newbuilding spree
K Line in Japan has ordered four 8,120 teu container ships from Japanese shipbuilder IHI Marine United and five 5,624 teu boxships from Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea. The latest newbuildings will replace existing chartered vessels at major routes when they are delivered from mid-2006 to early-2007. The larger ...
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Austal?s financial loss
The release of Austal Ship?s results for the 2002-2003 financial year revealed the tough times endured by the builder during the past year with the company posting a net loss of A$18.7 million.Austal management has vowed the company, which has A$320 million in orders for 2004 and 2005, will return ...
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Universal delivers Energy Star
Universal Shipbuilding in Japan delivered a 75,318DWT panamax bulk carrier, Energy Star, on September 2. The ship was ordered by Sun Lanes Shipping S. A. in Panama. The ship is 225m long, 32.2m wide and 19.15m deep with a draft of 13.841m. The 39,691GT vessel is powered by a MAN ...
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US sends polluted fleet to the UK
A fleet of 13 rusting US ships, heavily polluted with asbestos, oil and deadly PCBs, will embark on the 4,500-mile journey from America's east coast to the UK?s Hartlepool facilities in the next month amid warnings from salvage experts that they risk bringing an environmental disaster in their wake says ...
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NewsHeavy loads moved swiftly
Rolls-Royce MT30 under testThe Motor Ship does not normally report on naval vessels but this one is exceptional. Rolls-Royce has designs for a powerful new logistics ship ? offering record speeds for transporting high volumes of equipment and spares in support of rapid response forces. It may be find favour ...
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Alstom wins order for Carnival
Alstom has secured a contract to supply an ectrical package for "Carnival Liberty", the new vessel for Carnival Cruise Lines.The ocean-going cruise vessel will be built by Fincantieri at the Port of Monfalcone in the Gulf of Trieste, Italy. Carrying 3,500 passengers it will be used for year-round for worldwide ...
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Serenade sails the seas
Towards the end of July the latest unit in the four-ship Radiance class cruise vessels set sail from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg. Weighing in at 90,090t, the Serenade of the Seas is the third unit of the series to be delivered to Royal Caribbean International (RCI) by the German ...
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Fincantieri lands Moby newbuildings
In a deal worth some £200m ($224m), the Italian ferry company Moby Lines has placed a contract with Fincantieri to build two cruise ferries with one being an option. The Italian shipbuilder plans to commence construction in early 2004 at its Ancona yard. The first of the 36,000g newbuildings will ...
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Electronically-controlled developments
In a market not renowned for its hyperbole, it is undoubtedly significant that a head of one of the largest manufacturers of slow speed marine diesel engines should hail the launch of a new engine as: "...the greatest step forward in the technology of large marine diesel engines since the ...
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Pocket-size ferry fits the bill perfectly
The Gdansk-built multi-purpose ferry Filla has a tough job to do. It must cross between Lerwick and the Skerries no matter what the weather throws at it.Designed by Macduff Ship Design in Scotland and built in Poland by the Northern Shipyard (Stocznia Polnocna) in Gdansk, the small but purposeful 365g ...
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Simple solution to NOx technical code imple mentation
Annex VI entry into force immiAlthough entry into force conditions for MARPOL Annex VI (air emissions) may be satisfied before the end of the year, it will not become enforceable until 12 months after that date, which in practice means the end of 2004 or early 2005.The protocol requires that ...
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The future is electric
The last decade has been exciting for electric propulsion with around 2% of vessels over 500t being propelled by it. This represents about 1,200 ships and the annual market for marine electric motors and propulsion drives is estimated to grow from $800m to between $4 and $5 billion by the ...
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SeaFrame ? the flexible cat
Incat?s new 112-metre SeaFrame under construction at Hobart promises a revolutionary framework for shipbuilding, lower production costs, and significant through life savings for both commercial and military operators. Being built for the account of Incat USA as hull number 64, the final accommodation configuration has not yet been decided. Delivery ...
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Virtually perfect
CAD/CAM systems have been around in the shipbuilding industry for quite a long time ? since the early 1960s. Per-Olof Nilsson, vice president of research for Tribon Solutions, told The Motor Ship that the first thing they did was produce control for flame cutters using paper tapes. However, things have ...
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Skydex gives relief from G forces
Skydex gives relief from G forcesShock forces experienced by passengers and crew onboard fast ferries and other small vessels is an issue which is constantly being looked at by naval architects in an attempt to mitigate the worst of the effects on individuals. Apart from ship borne systems to dampen ...
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The sky?s the limit
With growth rates of 8% per year being predicted, the current slump in cruise ship orders could only be short term ? but what direction is design heading in? When asked what would be next after Queen Mary 2, Gerry Ellis, director of new builds for Cunard Line, told The ...
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NewsTechnical Fault ? Current News
We would like to appologise for the lack of Current News items being displayed for the month of August, this was due to a technical fault with the site. We are currently working on the problem and hope to have these articles restored to the site within the next few ...
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Dubai Drydocks continues its drive forward
Dubai Drydocks is the largest ship repair facility in the Middle East. Built in the late 1970s, with the aim of capitalising on Dubai?s geographical proximity to the major oil terminals in the Arabian Gulf, Dubai Drydocks was designed to be able to accommodate oil tankers with a capacity of ...
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Izar Gijon delivers Chilean chemical carrier
Chilean ship owner Ultragas has taken delivery of the latest addition to its fleet, the 22,700m3 chemical carrier Guanaco. Built at Izar?s shipyard in Gijon, this 161.23m long double hulled vessel is fitted with 28 duplex stainless steel tanks constructed out of vertically corrugated bulkheads enabling the newbuilding to transport ...
