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Class changes ahead Goal-based standards will see an expanding role
"Two years, five years, ten years ? the time scale is unpredictable but it is certain that there will be changes in the manner in which class establishes and maintains standards in the future," says ABS president and CEO Robert Somerville "Over the next five years, I believe that the ...
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Class changes ahead
"Two years, five years, ten years ? the time scale is unpredictable but it is certain that there will be changes in the manner in which class establishes and maintains standards in the future," says ABS president and CEO Robert Somerville. "Over the next five years, I believe that the ...
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Auxiliary engine developments
Marine diesel engine specialists Wärtsilä and MAN B&W share a common goal in many respects. One such example is the intention to significantly increasing the time between overhauls (TBO) on their marine auxiliary engines MAN B&W says that for any engine, the time between overhaul (TBO) is a constant focus ...
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Liner cracks can seriously affect the operation of your older type engine
In the first of a new series of Case Studies, The Motor Ship reviews the cause, effect and solution to cylinder liner flange failures in older-type engines.Over the last decade there have been a number of investigated incidents in which failures of medium speed diesel engines have been attributed to ...
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Multi-role vessel for Norwegian Coastguard
Emergency towing vessel, fisheries protection and pollution control combined in UT512 designThe UT512 design from Rolls-Royce has been chosen by the Norwegian coastguard for the latest addition to its fleet. The newbuilding will carry out many different duties, including patrolling, fisheries protection, emergency standby, pollution control and towing. The complex ...
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The comprehensive shipbuilding solution
With its innovative propulsion plant, the Nils Holgersson has proven a great success after two years in service.The 36,468gt RoRo ferry Nils Holgersson, in service since July 2001 on the Baltic between Travemuende (Germany) and Trelleborg (Sweden), has proved to be a great green success for its German owner TT ...
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An Open Letter
From:Joel Batteaux, Mayor of Sant-Nazaire, FranceTo: The Editors-in-Chief of the International PressWe should remind ourselves: When talking about some of the most complex sea-going vessels, particularly when referring to cruise ships, Chantiers de l'Atlantique (ALSTOM Marine) is possibly the best shipbuilding yard in the world today.The market for cruise liners ...
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NewsMalta teasers
This week Malta?s House of Representatives approved the second reading of the Dockyard and Shipbuilding Yard (Restructuring) Act after much debate on who stays in employment and who goes. Social Policy Minister Dr. Lawrence Gonzi defended the selection process claiming it had been agreed with the General Workers' Union. Normal ...
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Ban extended
The UK?s Environment Agency re-iterated the conditions imposed earlier this week on the storage of US naval vessels by Able UK on Teesside. Modifications made by the Agency to the conditions of the waste management licence held by Able UK apply to all waste ships, from whatever source. The conditions ...
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NewsEurope fights back
The EC has given European governments permission to double research grants for shipbuilders. The move is designed to defend the industry against South Korea?s shipbuilders who undercut competitors with heavily subsidised vessels. The EU and South Korea have lodged complaints at the World Trade Organisation accusing each other of unfairly ...
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NewsCritics stay
Greenpeace has avoided expulsion from the International Maritime Organisation. In June this year, it lost the consultative status that it has held since 1991 after complaints by several member states that it engaged in 'unsafe seamanship'. The status was revoked, according to Greenpeace, without a vote while Singapore held the ...
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NewsSulzer RT-flex engines for Chinese-built tankers
The Sulzer RT-flex engines with the new common-rail technology for fuel injection and valve operation are proving to be popular with shipowners resulting in a steady intake of confirmed orders. The most recent newbuildings to be equipped with Sulzer RT-flex engines are four 110,000 tdw Aframax product tankers contracted at ...
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NewsMAN B&W win engine orders for Chinese built boxships.
The MAN B&W Diesel Group has won orders for engines from the successful 48/60B and 58/64 medium-speed series for eleven new container vessels at three Chinese shipyards. The recently ordered diesel engines are intended for the propulsion of container feeders from the German shipping companies Werner Bockstiegel, Hermann Buss and ...
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Steel recovered from the Prestige
Steel recovered from the PrestigeThe first piece of steel recovered from the wreck of the Prestige appears to refute allegations made by the Spanish government that the vessel was in poor structural condition. ABS, the classification society, has learned that thickness measurements taken on board the recovery craft confirmed that ...
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IMO is ?a fox guarding the chickens?
Geenpeace, which has had its International Maritime Organization observer status taken away, has called IMO a "fox guarding chickens". Marking the first anniversary of the Prestige oil spillage it says IMO has done little to prevent a similar occurrence. To prevent oil spills new regulations are needed to force both ...
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NewsEC allows Spanish yard subsidies
Spanish yards can offer subsidiesThe European Commission has allowed Spain to subsidise its shipbuilding industry " to offset the effects of unfair competition" from South Korea. Spain can pay subsidies of up to 6 % of a ship's contract value for the construction of container ships, product and chemical tankers ...
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NewsQM2 replacement gangway gave way
French prosecutors investigating the collapse of a gangway on the Queen Mary 2 found that it was a last-minute replacement. Fifteen people died in the accident when the liner was in dry dock in the French port of Saint Nazaire on Sunday. The vessel had finished its sea trials and ...
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NewsNew ballast treatment system
NYK confirmed some positive research and development results in the purification system it has been trying to establish for ballast water (patent applied for). Since last summer, a "Cavitation method" (a phenomenon of rapidly occurring effervescence due to a sudden fluctuations in pressure) for this purification system has been explored ...
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HHI successfully applied furan resin for propeller casting
The Engine & Machinery Division of Hyundai Heavy Industries has successfully applied furan resin process to large propeller casting. Furan resin, a modern foundry technology used as a binding agent for casting, is produced from condensation polymerization of furfural alcohol, urea and formaldehyde. The division expects the application ...
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STX in South Korea has signed a co-operation agreement with Consilium
The agreement is for STX to develop and manufacture a complete set of VDR by its own technology while Consilium supplies essential parts for the VDR products. According to the agreement, STX will be in charge of designing, testing, selling, installing and on-board commissioning as well as providing after-sales service. ...
