Industry News – Page 607
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corageous ace - MOL leads the way with aerodynamic PCTC
Built at the Japanese yard of Minaminippon, the 57,500 gt pure car truck carrier (PCTC) Courageous Ace is the lead vessel based on a new design jointly developed by shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Universal Shipbuilding. It features a bow which is aerodynamically rounded and beveled by 38 ...
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seven seas mariner - Sailing the seven seas with Dolphin pods
Radisson Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) added to its fleet of five-star cruise ships with the delivery from the Italian shipbuilder T. Mariotti of the Seven Seas Voyager. This 754 passenger ship is only the world's second all balcony-suite vessel. More importantly, the 41,500 gt newbuilding will be unique as the ...
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Replacing the ageing LNG fleet
To accommodate the forecasted growth in LNG trade approximately 250 LNG carriers will be needed by 2010, according to UK based Drewry Shipping Consultants. What is more, at least 40-50 of those vessels will have to be ordered in the next few years.As Keith Bainbridge, director of LNG Shipping Solutions ...
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Honing series production -
At Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands, series production in the tug and workboat sector continues to be a primary focus. Dutch-based Damen Shipyards has vigorously pursued the principle of series production since it started trading in its present form in 1969. In recent years, production methods and scheduling, outsourcing of ...
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Extending coating lifetime
Many of the first double-hulled tankers built in the early 1990s are reaching the mid-point in their predicted service lifetimes. Consequently, the large coated areas in the ballast tanks will start to require serious attention in the near future. The present poor economic conditions in the tanker market preclude large-scale ...
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Rust problem? The answer lies in removing all of the salt
Few can have failed to observe how much more difficult it is to prevent rust problems from recurring once they have appeared on a steel surface. No matter how hard one tries with brushing or sand blasting, the rust often comes back at the same place shortly after treatment. Most ...
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Bollard pull ? the engine?s contribution
At next year?s ITS Conference in Miami, bollard pull will be the subject of a paper to be presented by John Noble, deputy chairman of The Salvage Association. Here, he provides a personal introduction to some of the issues surrounding this often controversial topic.Ask a tug operator what bollard pull ...
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Austal gets naval patrol boat contract
Austal Ships and its partner Defence Maritime Services were this week confirmed as the designer and builder and through-life support provider (DMS) of the Royal Australian Navy?s new fleet of Armidale Class patrol boats. This project involves the construction of twelve 56 metre naval patrol boats over a period of ...
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NYK orders innovative VLCC
Japanese shipping company NYK has decided to build a 300,000 DWT double-hull VLCC at IHI Marine United. This crude oil carrier will be 333m long and 60m wide with a delivery scheduled for December 2005.With this newbuilding, NYK has started to adopt a double-hull fuel tank from a viewpoint of ...
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NewsPioneering Rolls-Royce contract for tanker design
Rolls-Royce has entered into a contract with Bergen Tankers for delivery of design and equipment for a product tanker of the NVC 604 PT type. The contract was negotiated by Rolls-Royce?s merchant vessel design department, Nordvestconsult (NVC), in Aalesund, Norway.This vessel type has a large market potential, since new rules ...
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Japan believes newbuilding price to be further increased
Mr. Mototsugu Ito, chairman of the Shipbuilder's Association of Japan (SAJ), held his regular press conference and said that newbuilding price will be further increased.After reaching their lowest point, newbuilding prices have started to recover this year and the SAJ hopes that this trend will continue and that price levels ...
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Bohai clinches three MR tankers
Nanjing Tankers, part of the Changjiang Shipping, placed an order for three 46,000DWT product carriers with Bohai Shipbuilding. Ship particulars are 185 metre long, 32.2 metre wide and 18.2 metre deep with a draught of 10.2 metres. The newbuildings will be classed by CCS and they will have a service ...
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NewsHual increases car carrier order
HUAL, the Ro/Ro vehicle carrying unit of Leif Höegh, has placed an order for two additional car carriers (PCTC) with Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding (DSME) for delivery in 2006 and 2007 respectively. The vessels will have capacity to carry some 6,100 cars and this latest order brings the number of ...
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Turbocharger production started in Shanghai
The MAN B&W Diesel Group made a decisive strategic step by intensifying their commitments in China and opening a new turbocharger works in Shanghai. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Schulte, President of the MAN B&W Diesel Group: "One of the main reasons for the establishment of production facilities in China is our desire ...
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OOCL orders two more post-Panamax boxships
OOCL signed an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries for two additional 8,063-TEUs SX class vessels for delivery in 2007. This brings the total numbers of SX class boxships ordered from the Korean shipbuilder to twelve.
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NewsBroström orders more tankers from China
Swedish ship owner Broström has placed an order for the building of four 14,500 dwt product chemical tankers. The vessels will be built by Jinling Shipyard, Nanjing, China and are slated for delivery in 2006 and 2007. Broström employs 37 tankers in European trade and transports more than 20 million ...
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NewsMercy ships to take on board Transas Ecdis
A Transas Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS system will be installed onboard the M/V Africa Mercy, belonging to Mercy Ships, a global charity providing free medical care and community development assistance to the poor.The idea of partnering through donation occurred at the Seatrade London 2003 exhibition, where representatives from Mercy Ships showed ...
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Further orders for large common-rail engines
Sulzer RT-flex96C low-speed diesel engines have been ordered by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark, for installation in four 3700 TEU L-class container ships being built for the Danish group A.P. M?ller -M?rsk, Safmarine and Deutsche Afrika Linien. The ships are due for delivery in 2004 and 2005.These are further examples ...
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Bohai built largest ship
Bohai Shipbuilding in China has recently delivered its largest newbuilding in the shape of a 159,000 DWT Suezmax crude oil carrier. This was the first unit in a three-ship series ordered by Cosco and is named Da Ming Hu. The newbuilding is the largest ship ever built by the shipyard. ...
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NewsFirst ABS ship certified for ISPS code
Hong Kong based Univan Ship Management?s C Dream VLCC tanker is the first ABS audited vessel to the ISPS Code fitted with a Ship Security Alert System.Hong Kong based Univan Ship Management (USM) becomes the latest organization to achieve certification from class society ABS in order to meet the IMO?s ...
