Industry News – Page 584
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New heights for common rail
A 70-ton four-stroke marine diesel engine resting majestically amid the Austrian Alps is not something one sees everyday. MAN B&W Deisel recentlywent to the trouble of transporting the 32/40CR to the Hotel Gut Brandhof in Saalfelden in order to introduce the new medium-speed marine diesel engine and, in particular, its ...
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Meeting the lubrication challenge
In response to market demands for oils to meet the lubrication challenges of today's medium-speed engines in marine propulsion applications including highly rated turbocharged engines, Castrol Marine has launched its new Castrol TLX Plus range of oils. This oil was developed to handle the increasingly demanding engine operating conditions resulting ...
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Korea fights to retain top spot in shipbuilding
South Korean shipyards continue to dominate the world shipbuilding industry and, despite signs that other Asian countries, China in particular, are challenging Korea?s supremacy, they are confident of retaining their supremacy for another twenty years. This will be achieved by means of continued drive towards efficiency, automation and high-tech investment.StrategyKorea ...
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Nothing much to report
July the first has arrived and gone without the mass ship detentions predicted. However, a number of people that The Motor Ship has spoken to are surprised. "Where have all the ships gone," asks Andy Mitchell manager of Lloyd?s Register?s marine management systems? "They don?t seem to be where there ...
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Making the choice and counting the cost options
When it comes to training, particularly for ISPS certification, there are two routes ? get help or go it alone. Most companies have opted to go down the ?get help? route but one company, Rederij K+T Holland CV of Delfzijl in Holland, opted to put its certification in the hands ...
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Demonstrating compliance
Few people appear to have embraced the International Ship and Port Facilities Security (ISPS) Code with a positive attitude, says UK-based Datatrac Ltd. It suggests that the levels of frustration felt by the marine industry to comply with the code will be insignificant compared with problems enforcing the code. It ...
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Boxing clever
Shiploc has previously been used in law enforcement applications where about 4,000 fishing vessels are equipped with the satellite communication system for vessel monitoring. The original application, anti-piracy, was of interest for ships sailing in the Malacca Straits and Indonesian region . This was also the origin of the contract ...
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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 ...
