Industry News – Page 679
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Web-based visualisation tool
Navigating via a client application which extracts product structure from the user`s own PDM systems, dV/ProductView users can access product information, inspect it, mark it up (redline) and distribute markups for review, says Division. The system will view all types of data including native 3D CAD data, 2D drawings, ...
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Dual mode Inmarsat C/Mini-M unit
The unit also offers voice, fax, and data facilities in case of a -C distress alert. Thrane & Thrane says that the unit is ideal for maritime GMDSS installations, is CN114 approved and features up to 32kB message size transmission on the -C part and a Maritime Mini-M data ...
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MetFAX Marine gets new numbers
MetFAX Marine offers specialised forecasts for 16 inshore areas around the UK and six offshore areas, together with the Shipping Forecast, surface pressure charts and satellite images.
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P&O books Oriana
P&O Cruises` flagship Oriana will undergo a two and a half week refit at A&P`s Southampton yard commencing April 14. It is the second scheduled refit for the 1995-built vessel. The programme to be carried out by A&P includes standard drydock work with sea valve maintenance, thruster inspection ...
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Shell goes to Sembawang
Oil major Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (STASCo) has signed an evergreen alliance agreement with Sembawang Shipyard of Singapore. The agreement commits the scheduled refit and drydocking of the Shell fleet trading in the east to the Singaporean yard for the foreseeable future, reports Sembawang. It is the first ...
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Syncrolift for Abu Dhabi
Details of the Syncrolift shiplift system that will form the heart of the new Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding (ADSB) yard have been released. The new lift will measure 120 x 25m and operate with 34 x 325t hoists. The platform will be rated at a maximum net lifting capacity of ...
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Diesels deliver economies
Horst Kohler from MAN B&W`s engine technology promotion department argues that diesel engines remain the best option for cruise ship propulsion. When Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines signed a deal to use turbines as prime movers in its latest generation of cruise ships, many saw this as a breakthrough. Each ...
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Turbines power up
In the quest for greater speed, ship designers are increasingly looking towards gas turbines. Turbine driven containerships! You can almost hear the gasps of astonishment in Copenhagen and Winterthur. Containerships - the users of the worlds largest diesel engines, being driven by gas turbines - and waterjets too. This ...
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Combi carrier design woos owners
Combination carriers have been out of fashion for much of the 1990s. A recent design aims to change this. Norwegian shipbroker, O-J Libaek & Partners, a company with over 40 experience in the combination carrier field, believes that the time is now right for a revival of the combination ...
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Boosting size and speed
In their efforts to reduce transit times and attract more passengers, operators are looking to bigger, faster ferries. Incat`s latest high-speed vehicle-carrying ferry boasts the ability to carry its own weight, 800t, in freight. The 96m Devil Cat catamaran Incat 050 accommodates a broad mix of light and heavy ...
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Trouble lies ahead
The year 2000 problem represents a critical business risk with well documented problems evident already and warnings of worse to come. An IMO/US Coast Guard report on the year 2000 threat in the maritime/ports sector, submitted to the United Nations in December last year states: "There is general acceptance ...
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Danes seek fair competition
The number of Danish-owned vessels sailing under the Danish flag remained static last year. As at January 1, the figure stood at 593, still making it the third largest fleet in Europe, but the total deadweight rose from just under 7 million tonnes to 7.5 million tonnes. As at ...
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Yards regroup and consolidate
Finland`s main shipyards have been busy with corporate changes as well as with newbuildings. Kvaerner ASA plans to reduce its debt burden by raising a reported NKr2.5 billion ($39.28 million) through the sale of newbuilding debt owed to it by shipowners, to third parties. A spokesman described it as ...
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A touch less class
As competition increases and the market continues to suffer, the possibility of class society mergers gets closer. There are likely to be mergers or alliances among classification societies within the next few years. Some believe that it may take slightly longer, but few believe the current situation will continue. The ...
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Chevron`s latest VLCC sets sail
Chevron has taken delivery of the first of a new class of four VLCCs with a number of interesting features. The four VLCCs, which were contracted at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, are part of Chevron`s replacement strategy for some of the older tonnage in its fleet of ...
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High-speed containers
FastShip is to install 250MW (340,000 bhp) in each of its high-speed container ships to achieve a service speed of 40 knots on the route between the USA and Europe. The company is planning expenditure of $220 million for each 1,432 TEU vessel and is currently in negotiations with Avondale, ...
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World orderbook recovers
Figures from Lloyd`s Register shows the world orderbook grew by 2.1 million gross tonnage (mgt) in the quarter to end-September 1998 to stand at 57.7mgt (2,727 sea-going merchant ships over 100gt). Almost 8.5 mgt of new orders were reported in the quarter, lifting the orderbook by nearly 4 per cent ...
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IMO acts on bulker safety
The IMO`s Marine Safety Committee will undertake a formal safety assessment study of bulk carriers in order to aid future decision making and has referred several issues to a sub-committee on Stability and Load Lines. While the IMO adopted Solas chapter XII aimed at preventing losses of bulkers by improving ...
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Cruise boost for Chantiers de l`Atlantique
New tonnage orders for the cruise industry continue with French yard Chantiers de l`Atlantique securing a construction contract from operator Radisson Seven Seas France. Ordered is a 46,000t newbuilding scheduled to be delivered in early 2001. According to the yard, the vessel has been designed for the luxury end ...
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DHI ferry breakthrough
Korean yards are starting to make their presence felt in the international passenger/car ferry newbuilding market. Last month Samsung secured an order for two passenger/car ferries for Greece`s Minoan Lines. Now Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) has won a contract to build a 1,410 dwt roro ferry for another Greek owner, ...
