Industry News – Page 589
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Growing the ships and the fleet
New orders for ever-larger containerships look set to elevate Seaspan?s global position.Director of Vancouver-based Seaspan Container Lines (SCL), Graham Porter, says "Among the main limiting factors in building container ships over 10,000 TEU is the thickness of the steel plate and the existing welding techniques."He speaks with some authority, having ...
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Power constraints for the 10,000+TEU boxship.
Propulsion power plant dilemma for ultra large container ships .Container transportation volume has been growing at an average annual rate of 9 % in the past fifteen years, making it the fastest growing sector of marine transportation. What is driving this growth is the shifting of wage-intensive manufacturing away from ...
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The staple diet of German shipyards
Thyssen Krupp yards build GEBAB quarter.In the face of intense competition from Far Eastern shipbuilders, it comes as a surprise that German shipyards are still able to win orders for feeder container ships. The explanation of this phenomenon lies in a mixture of customer loyalty, good quality products, generous tax ...
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Based on an article submitted by Bill Wen Chang Huang, Taiwan
Wärtsilä is ready for steam injection, particularly when energy prices rise.Since the end of the EU-funded STID (STeam Injected Diesel engine) project to develop and test a new combined diesel and steam process, which finished last year, Wärtsilä has been working in-house to evaluate whether the means can be found ...
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The other side of the coin.
Emulsion offered as an alternative to injection .MAN B&W has tested direct water injection but has opted to go down the emulsified fuel route to reduce emissions. "Of course we see, as expected, the NOx reductions with water injection. But we see the fuel increase in connection with nearly all ...
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Setting the standard
Alfa Laval?s standardised test method ? a new five micron standard based on separation performance ? can enable buyers of fuel treatment systems to truly compare the different separators available.Based on a reproducible test method approved by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Alfa Laval?s Separation Performance Standard is now becoming a ...
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Battling barnacles
Pipework anti-fouling system can also help stop unwanted mussel growth.Barnacle and mussel fouling is becoming a bigger problem around the world. "This is one of the unforeseen consequences of having cleaner seawater ? they actually breed more vigorously in cleaner seawater," says Richard Woolley, publicity manager for Cathelco, which specialises ...
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A MELO pump
New main-engine lube oil pump.Allweiler AG has introduced a new main-engine lube oil pump. Allmarine MELO (Main-Engine Lube Oil) as it is called, is said to be an exceptionally efficient, robust, and reliable volute centrifugal pump that combines the benefits of low maintenance and high availability.The centrifugal pump was intended ...
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Progressing pump technology
Progressive engine room pump design delivers through-life benefits to shipowners.One way in which Hamworthy KSE recently demonstrated its commitment to innovation is with the introduction of the spacer-coupled C2G engine room pump which, the company says, also enables it to deliver customer benefits and remain competitive. Now the C2G range, ...
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AC Drives in marine service
The all-electric ship is making progress.In both naval and commercial operations, the drive towards the all-electric ship, quite literally, is taking place on the back of advances in high-power semiconductors, and Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP) systems. The UK?s Type 45 for the Royal Navy will feature induction motor drives, ...
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Barge extraordinaire
The sophisticated Ro-Ro/docking barge Terra Marique enters service.Built in the Ukraine for a road haulage company, with 99% of the finance coming from the British Government, the Terra Marique is indeed a unique vessel. Described by its builder, Dutch specialist Damen, as a Ro-Ro/docking barge, the 80m long unit was ...
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Meeting a power demand
Producing the world?s most powerful FPSO turbine .The on-board electrical power demands of floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) have risen substantially over recent years as bigger ships are built to facilitate higher volumes of production. Specialist engineering company Peter Brotherhood Ltd has manufactured a power generation system that ...
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A new ?European Propulsion Platform?
At the recent Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference, Martin Bloem, Managing Director of the Holland Marine Equipment association, emphasised the importance of innovation, the environment and cooperation in the region, and even the prospect of a European Propulsion Platform."It was a good decision to organise this conference in Amsterdam. Holland ...
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ice breaking tug for sakhalin project
The Norwegian naval architect firm Multi Maritime, designer of highly specialised icebreakers, has, with Rieber Shipping AS and shipbuilder Aker Langsten, developed a new icebreaking tug design. The Aker Langsten newbuilding is to be delivered mid 2006 to Rieber Shipping which has, with the Russian oil tanker operator, Primorsk Shipping, ...
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Hinged containership design concept
Is the hinge the answer for the ultra large container ship?Although not a new idea, the concept of building a ship as two or more independent ship sections joined together by means of a hinge has never been fully explored or tried out. This is largely because the technology has ...
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Kongsberg Maritime helps Airbus fly
Kongsberg Maritime has installed the automation systems for the new roro vessel Ville de Bordeaux, built at Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing, China, which is operated by a joint venture company consisting of the ship owners Louis Dreyfus (France) and Leif Hoegh (Norway). The vessel will carry parts for the A380, ...
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Hansa orders another pair from STX
German shipping company Hansa Treuhand has exercised options with the Korean shipbuilder STX for two more 3,500TEU boxships for delivery in September and October 2007. To be named HS Bach and HS Chopin, these vessels will measure 246.8 metres long, 32.2 metres wide, a depth of 19.3 metres and have ...
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Cosco to order VLCC octet
China?s largest shipping company, China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco), plans to spend $700 million in ordering eight very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from Asian shipyards. Cosco?s president and chief executive, Wei Jiafu, said that the new ships are needed to meet the rapidly rising demand from China?s booming industry and ...
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RAN to give Aussie shipbuilders a boost
The Australian Government has announced the timetable for naval shipbuilding projects in what will prove to be the country?s largest ever naval construction worth $5.7 billion.The idea of selecting a preferred naval ship-builder has been dropped and the government says it will ask for competitive tenders to build ?air warfare? ...
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Austal progresses in LCS project
Austal is one step from a construction contract for the United States Navy?s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project after the US Department of Defence announced today that it has awarded a $78.8 million final design contract to prime contractor Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company which is teamed with ...
