Industry News – Page 668
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Remote control without wires
It is now possible to communicate from a PC via wireless WLNDS24 Wi-Lan modem to Amot Controls’ Hawk-l control unit which, like the modem, is designed to withstand arduous industrial applications and extreme weather conditions, says Amot Controls. The company says operation over distances up to 2km is possible where ...
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ProPilot range from Cetrek
The ProPilot 731 and 741 models offer a choice of two different computers as well as two drive control units and will operate using either the Cetrek 609 or 619 pilot computer. Information displayed on the control head includes both watch and off course alarms. The ProPilot 731 control head ...
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Ship management software use growing
The Inmarsat Communications at Sea Report which surveyed 338 companies in 46 countries with control over 5,000 ships showed wide-spread use of ship management software. The company predicts that data will soon replace telex as the standard for ship to shore satellite communications. The survey also showed that three quarters ...
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Kelvin Hughes to supply Spliethoff newbuilds
Spliethoff Bevrachtingskantoor`s new multi-purpose freighters will be fitted with Kelvin Hughes radar sets. The 10 ships will each feature a Nucleus2 6000 arpa split radar system with display; a Nucleus2 5000 True Motion radar with display and a HRC-A9 interswitch unit. The multi-purpose freighters with sideport loaders will be built ...
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Passing trade
Regional traffic provides a steady workload for west Mediterranean repair yards. Location gives Barcelona’s Union Naval Barcelona (UNB) a solid market, explains technical commercial manager Julian Saez. There is plenty of traffic into Barcelona, Valencia and Tarragona, and the nearest alternative drydocks lie in Cadiz and Gibraltar to the south, ...
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Nigerian gas project prompts major re-activation work
Two LNG carriers have been brought out of extended lay-up to lift gas from Nigeria, and have provided substantial work for yards in France and the USA. Southern, owned by Argent Marine, was laid up for 18 years, and is being re-activated and refurbished at Norshipco. The vessel was built ...
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Rods and boxes
Engine manufacturers have addressed the problems encountered with the stuffing box/piston rod interface on new long-stroke two-stroke engines. Concerns over performance of the stuffing box/piston rod combination in two-stroke engines can be addressed through a number of upgrade and reconditioning options, say engine builders and component suppliers. Problems arose with ...
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1999 Ship repair directory
This issue of Ship Repair included the Shiprepair Directory which lists repair facilities, country-by-country and port-by-port under 16 ocean areas. The information is given for each company: full name and postal address; telephone and fax; plus email and website details if applicable. It also give the names of company officials ...
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Daewoo replaces midbody
Major repairs to container vessel Aconcagua, now CSAV Shanghai, have been completed at Daewoo Heavy Industries Okpo yard. The 195m loa, 2,171 TEU container vessel Aconcagua sustained extensive damage to the midbody section when fire broke out near the Panama canal last December. As the ship was less than one ...
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Time to upgrade
Despite a downturn in trading and continued poor freight rates, container ship owners are ordering new tonnage, expanding services and introducing new routes. Evergreen’s fleet continues to grow. Last year, the Taiwanese line placed an order at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for five 5,364TEU U-class container ships; the yard already ...
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Turning a new page
With its announcement that it has signed letters of intent for a further five newbuildings P&O has also altered shipbuilding’s future. Although the order itself is significant, of greater importance is that Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will build two of the newbuildings. While P&O argues that the development is entirely ...
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Owners enter calmer waters
The second register, the Asian crisis, and domestic shipping reforms have provided benefits and challenges for Korean owners. At the end of last year, the Korean Shipowners Association’s members owned and operated a total of 377 vessels, with the aggregate tonnage of 16,682,135 dwt. The three largest fleets are ...
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Builders counter accusations
Korean shipyards refute European accusations that ships are being sold too cheaply, and that IMF funds are being used to bail out ailing yards. Despite heavy criticism from European shipbuilders, the Koreans say that the low prices they have been quoting for newbuildings will still allow highly productive yards ...
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Green credentials have potential
Over the next few years shipowners could find themselves having to contend with a patchwork of environmental legislation. Shipowners are accustomed to their existing fleet escaping the vast majority of new legislation — but things are changing. Sweden’s environmentally differentiated port and fairway schemes affect all vessels, not just ...
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Sea Spider starts laying cable in Baltic
A multi-purpose, state-of-the-art diesel electric cable layer has started work for the first time, in the Baltic, playing a key role in the SwePol power cable project. Van der Stoel Cable, a multi-disciplinary submarine engineering and installation contractor, acquired Sea Spider as part of a wide-ranging modernisation of its ...
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Shipyard automation: US yards try to catch up
US shipyards hope that a major initiative launched this summer will help them improve efficiency and productivity. While shipyards in Japan, Korea and, to a lesser extent, Europe, continue to invest heavily in shipbuilding production technology, US yards are only just beginning to do so, and are hampered by the ...
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Kvaerner sells second yard
Kvaerner has sold another of its yards, and been ordered by the EU to repay Euro41.5 million ($42.5 million) of state aid. Marconi Electronic Systems has agreed to pay £2.25 million ($3.55 million) for the Govan shipyard in Scotland and will complete two vessels currently under construction. This lifts ...
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Buy now - earn later
With most sectors of the shipping industry in crisis, Drewry Shipping Consultants argue that secondhand vessels bought now could prove to be bargains. Its analysis of market potential through to 2003 shows that the best returns could come from panamax and handymax bulk carriers but that most bulk carriers and ...
