General News – Page 618
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Deutz 620 powered up
Deutz has upped the rating of its TBD 620 series of diesel engines. The range, which is available in V8, V12 and V16 configurations, now offers outputs from 829kW to 2,336kW at engine speeds of 1,500 to 1,860 rev/min. It was previously available in outputs from 880kW to 2,247kW. Deutz ...
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Wärtsilä and Lips
Wärtsilä Corporation is seeking to acquire the John Crane-Lips marine business from Smiths Group. The companies made a joint statement earlier this month saying that they are in "exclusive discussions" about the transfer. Wärtsilä has been involved in a strategic alliance with John Crane-Lips since October 2000, based on its ...
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Aggressive Volvo
Volvo Penta has set itself the target of doubling marine commercial engine sales in the next three years. It hopes that its range of larger marine commercial engines, launched at last year?s SMM, will account for a large proportion of the sales increase. It has reported first year sales for ...
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First UEC68LSE sale
With its first 520mm bore LSE engine now in service (see The Motor Ship, November 2001), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has now secured a first order for its 680mm bore LSE model. The UEC68LSE will be fitted on a 177,000 dwt bulker newbuilding. The capesize vessel is being built by Namura ...
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Tour boat goes organic with soybean oil fuel
The usual diesel exhaust smell on the San Francisco tour boat Oski is gone, replaced by a scent more reminiscent of frying chicken or potatoes. This upgrade in aromas is a by-product of the Blue & Gold Fleet switching from diesel oil to a more environmentally friendly soybean fuel on ...
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Norwegians go for Wärtsilä dual fuel
Wärtsilä has won the contract to supply dual fuel engines to the two offshore supply vessels which Statoil said earlier this year would run on liquefied natural gas (see The Motor Ship, September 2001). The vessels, which Statoil is chartering from Eidesvik and Simon M?nkster Shipping, will each have a ...
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Kappel prop built
Stone Manganese is due to finish manufacturing the first full-scale Kappel propeller as we go to press. The 5m-plus diameter propeller is due to be fitted to a Dampskibsselskabet Norden product/chemical tanker. Norden says it is yet to decide which particular tanker, but confirms it will most likely be fitted ...
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MTU signs gas turbine accord
MTU Friedrichshafen has agreed to package and distribute Vericor Power Systems TF40 and TF50 aeroderivative marine gas turbines. The deal involves Vericor tapping into MTU?s worldwide distribution network, with MTU attaining a wider product range to offer its customers, particularly those looking for combined diesel and gas turbine power systems. ...
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RR Trent 30 launch
Rolls-Royce plans a formal launch of its Marine Trent 30 gas turbine early next year. The company says it will be able to deliver the Marine Trent 30, with a power rating of 36MW, from late 2003. The engine is a derivative of the Trent 800, which has clocked up ...
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RR Trent 30 launch
Rolls-Royce plans a formal launch of its Marine Trent 30 gas turbine early next year. The company says it will be able to deliver the Marine Trent 30, with a power rating of 36MW, from late 2003. The engine is a derivative of the Trent 800, which has clocked up ...
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The Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference 2002
The 24th annual Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference, set for April 10-11, 2002 in Copenhagen, is rapidly taking shape as the meeting place for technical people concerned with the design, building, operation and maintenance of ships and their propulsion systems. Topics to be covered include key aspects of main diesel ...
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Energol upgrades
BP Marine says it has improved two of its two-stroke engine lubrication oils. It has upgraded its Energol CLO 50M 70BN cylinder lubricant and its Energol OE-HT 30 system oil. The new lubricants replace the existing grades. BP says the formulation of its upgraded system oil accounts for the requirements ...
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Shaft protection warning
DNV has warned of the need to protect the surfaces of tailshafts and intermediate shafts during maintenance work. It highlights the example of a high-tensile steel intermediate shaft that sheared during operation. Subsequent metallurgical investigations determined that the probable cause of the shear was a weld strike to the surface ...
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Smallest LNG carrier order
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) says it has received an order for the world?s smallest LNG carrier. The order, for a 2,500m3 capacity vessel, was placed by Japan?s Corporation for Advanced Transport & Technology (CATT) and Shinwa Chemical Tanker. The carrier will have two independent cargo tanks based on KHI?s pressure ...
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MHI delivers double rainbow
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed delivery of two 11,410g car ferries from its Shimonoseki Shipyard to local ferry operator Kyuetsu Ferry in coownership with the Corporation for Advanced Transport and Technology. Named New Rainbow Love and New Rainbow Bell, these newbuildings entered service on July 9 and October 5 ...
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NQEA wins award for 84m hopper dredger
NQEA Australia has been bestowed with accolades for engineering excellence for its work in building an 84m trailing suction hopper dredger. The dredger has earned both NQEA and the Port of Brisbane Corporation, where it has been deployed since October 2000, the Institution of Engineers Australia ? Queensland Division 2001 ...
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Leslie reveals US joint venture for Flightship
Flightship Australia managing director John Leslie tells The Motor Ship the joint venture arrangement with a US shipbuilder is likely to be finalised after Germanischer Lloyd completes the classification process for FS8 in late November. He envisages the US yard will initially produce around 25 of the craft annually, before ...
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Wavemaster eyes Asia for new orders
West Coast based Wavemaster International is turning its focus back towards the Asian region to source new orders and fuel company growth. The yard, owned by Malaysia?s Penang Shipbuilding Company, reports its busiest year in some 15 years, after having endured a downturn in business since the Asian crisis hit ...
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MAN B&W?s TCA set for sales release in March
MAN B&W expects to complete tests of its new TCA turbocharger range by the year end in time for a full sales release in March 2002, according to a company spokesman. A prototype model has been undergoing analysis on a test bed engine since the summer, with it achieving "better ...
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ABB launches small turbocharger range
ABB Turbo Systems has launched a new range of small turbochargers for high flow rates and high pressure ratios. The TPS..-F33 range consists of four different turbocharger sizes and is capable of pressure ratios as high as four-point-seven to one (4.7:1). The range features an aluminium alloy compressor wheel with ...
