Industry News – Page 569
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Wrecking development
Hundreds of sunken ships ranging from large freighters and tankers to small tugs and dhows are blocking access to Iraq's principal seaports and threatening the marine environment of the northern Gulf, shows a detailed report by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).A systematic survey of the ports of Umm Qasr ...
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Used subs
The Victoria-class submarine HMCS Chicoutimi, nee HMS Upholder, suffered two separate fires while cruising northwest of Ireland, on its maiden voyage as a Canadian boat after a formal handover last weekend. The 57-man crew was left shivering and wallowing on the surface in rough seas when she lost all power.Royal ...
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Extra safety
Emergency Towing Systems (ETS) are not yet mandatory on ships other than tankers greater than 20.000 t dwt as proposed in the IMO DE 47 document, however, the Italian owner of container ships ? Ignazio Messina & C SPA - has decided to install ETS. on 15 of its ships ...
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NewsShiprepair boom
Cosco Corp. Singapore expects its shiprepair business to account for about 70% of total revenue in the next 1 or 2 years after its recent acquisition of a shipyard in China, company President Ji Hai Sheng said recently. Cosco Corp., a unit of China's largest shipping conglomerate, COSCO Shipping Co. ...
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Volvo Penta diesels for Brazil
Volvo Penta Brazil has received orders for auxiliary engines and complete genset systems from two shipyards in Rio de Janeiro which build and refit ships under contract to Companhia de Navega??o Norsul, one of Brazil?s largest privately-owned shipping companies.The Volvo Penta order comprises 15 34-litre auxiliary diesel engines, three 16-litre ...
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Keeping it cool
Norwegian specialist Kongsberg has introduced a new bearing temperature monitoring system for two-stroke engines. The development of BearingMaster follows the April 2004 launch of GB-100 Sentry, a new wireless monitoring system for rotary machinery applications. BearingMaster is based on the company?s DataChief and AutoChief automation systems, and is said to ...
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NewsTankers up
Shares of leading oil tanker companies broke records at the close on Tuesday and surged again on Wednesday as costs for shipping crude oil on some of the world's most prominent export routes struck 30-year highs. Routes linking OPEC producer Nigeria to consumers in the United States and Asia have ...
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VT calls for UK shipbuilding shake-up
VT Group has added its voice to calls to restructure the UK shipbuilding industry while at the same time ruling out a bid for the Clydeside operations owned by rival BAE Systems. Chief executive Paul Lester described the current ship-building set-up as "crazy", complaining that something had to change to ...
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RasGas signs deal for 3 LNG vessels
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (II), (RasGas) has signed a time charter agreements with Teekay Nakilat Corporation for the long-term charter of three 151,700m3 LNG vessels to be built at Daewoo Shipbuilding, Korea. Under the terms of the agreements, RasGas will charter these vessels for a firm period ...
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Wärtsilä launches Auxpac standard gensets
Wärtsilä has launched Wärtsilä Auxpac, a new range of medium- and high-speed standard marine generating sets. Thanks to their modular design they can be supplied fast and at a competitive price, are easy to install and operate and provide low operating costs. The medium-speed generating sets are based on the ...
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GL starts electronic data exchange with the maritime industry
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is introducing a system of electronic data exchange with shipyards, engine manufacturers and other suppliers in order to accelerate the plan approval of ships and their equipment. The international classification society is testing the new communication procedures in a pilot project with notable clients from Asia and ...
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Austal secures Virtu ferry order
Austal has secured a contract for a 67 metre high speed vehicle-passenger catamaran for Virtu Ferries of Malta adding to an already healthy order book for the West Australian shipbuilder. The new vessel is scheduled for delivery in time for the 2005 summer season and will have the capacity to ...
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Kongsberg Maritime develops new vapour monitoring system
Kongsberg Maritime of Norway is launching a new vapour monitoring system designed to meet and exceed the SOLAS standards for cargo tank venting, purging, gas freeing and ventilation. The SOLAS regulation specifies a system consisting of pressure transducers in each tank with a monitoring system in the control room, which ...
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A&P announce record sales
A&P Tyne has announced record sales in the first half of 2004 with turnover in excess of £30m, an increase of 50% on the first half of the previous year (2003). This has been complemented by the steady growth of the sister facility on Teesside. Despite this success A&P ...
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Wärtsilä introduces the 46F
The Wärtsilä 46F is the latest in the highly successful marine engine series launched in 1987 with the Vasa 46, as it was then called. Though visually similar to the original Wärtsilä 46, with similar bore and stroke, the Wärtsilä 46F is a new engine with the latest technology applied ...
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ORPHEUS steers ships away from danger
QinetiQ scientists in the UK have developed a unique onboard decision aid computer software tool to help Royal Navy bridge officers operate their ships safely in extreme weather conditions. ORPHEUS (Onboard Risk Performance Hazard Evaluation System) is a dedicated and flexible operator guidance system providing clear and concise information on ...
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Aker to build PSVs for India
The Norwegian shipyard of Aker Brattvaag, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has signed a contract with The Great Eastern Shipping Co, Mumbai, India, for the construction of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV). The contract is worth approximately $34.2 million and delivery is scheduled in June/July 2006 and August/September ...
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US to build Taiwan subs
The US plans to build eight diesel-electric submarines for Taiwan as part of an $18 billion arms package, a decision likely to irritate China, which has opposed the sale of weapons to Taipei. This decision ends years of speculation about who would build the submarines. Although the USA no ...
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Extended power range for Scania engines
Scania, the Swedish engine manufacturer, recently introduced a 12-litre marine engine equipped with Scania's unique electronic engine management system, Scania EMS. Now the power range is extended to meet customer and environmental demands. The new power range starts at 221 kW at 1800 r/min and goes all the way up ...
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GL introduces shipboard routing assistance system
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has introduced its Shipboard Routing Assistance System (SRA) to help ship officers react promptly to heavy weather and, when necessary, sail round it.With SRA, the seaway data measured onboard are combined with the present loading information to permit the continuous recalculation of ship reactions in the waves. ...
