Industry News – Page 681
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Exotic metal tubes
The Elfin process, developed by Britannia Heat Transfer, enables heat exchanger tubes to be manufactured cost-effectively from a wide range of exotic metals, including titanium, zirconium, hastelloy and stainless steel, says the company. Elfin is also available in multi-tube block matrix configurations, known as ElfinBlock. The Elfin process precision swages ...
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Yards order Hamworthy treatment systems
Dutch yard IHC has ordered a Hamworthy Marine integrated sewage collection and management system comprising 42 toilets with vacuum collection, and the ST3A sewage treatment plant for a dredger currently under construction for Goyo Kensetsu. Also the German Sietas yard is equipping eight container ships with sewage collection and treatment ...
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IMO approves vector-raster chart combination
The IMO has decided to allow the use of both official raster and vector charts in ecdis navigation systems. This means that an ecdis will meet the IMO`s chart carriage requirement whether it is operating with an official vector ENC or an official RNC, but with certain conditions. Official raster ...
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Shipyards go to MARS
The shipyard Material Management and Production Control System (MARS) from Logimatic has been ordered by two shipyards in Europe. The Gdynia Shipyard in Poland has taken the complete MARS system as an integrated part of the TRIBON CAD/CIM suite of software from Kockums. The yard will start using the ...
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Racal to offer EGNOS
EC-sponsored multi-modal satellite navigation trials are being conducted by Racal in the Baltic Sea, where a Colour Line ferry is using Racal`s prototype EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) system for the first time in a non-aviation application. The latest generation of EGNOS satellite navigation systems can provide a range ...
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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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Quick crossings bring extra trade
Operational experience - with a mixture of designs - on the Irish Sea indicates positive support for fast ferry services. While some concerns have been raised about disruptions to fast ferry routes on the Irish Sea the reality is that ferries offering quick passage times have increased business on these ...
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Mixed fortunes prevail at US shipyards
Naval and Jones Act vessels continue to be the mainstay of US yards The National Shipbuilding and Shipyard Conversion Act of 1993 provided the much-needed stimulus for the USA`s re-emergence onto the commercial newbuilding scene. The Act saw the expansion of the Title XI Federal Ship Financing Programme beyond US ...
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Cleaning the seas of dross
After years of complaining about the impact of sub-standard shipping belief is growing that the development of a better safety culture may be effective. The drive to remove sub-standard ships is gathering momentum if administrators in the European Commission are to be believed. Their comments are based on the implementation ...
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Solas solutions
Operators have several ways to meet IMO`s latest Solas requirement for venting cargo tanks. Incidents like the rupture of an over-pressurised tank in a VLCC caused IMO to look again at the regulations concerning cargo tank venting. During the review the Australians highlighted an incident where a pressure/vacuum valve (pv ...
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Owners cut costs to weather downturn
With the world GDP growing at only 2 per cent during 1998, the container ship industry is under constant pressure to reduce costs and improve efficiency. No part of shipping is so directly connected with world trade as container shipping, says Hans Payer, member of the executive board of Germanischer ...
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MEPC study pollution solutions
The IMO`s MEPC has agreed to a wide ranging study into emissions from merchant vessels - but what is it likely to find? At the Kyoto Summit, a number of countries agreed to cut emissions of greenhouse gasses - for instance the EU will reduce its CO2 output by 8 ...
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Are TBT alternatives as good?
IMO has approved a draft Assembly resolution including a deadline of 2008 for the complete prohibition of organotins acting as biocides in antifouling. Tributyltin (TBT) is one of the most effective organotin compounds used extensively in antifouling paint in recent years, but it has subsequently been proved that this compound, ...
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Aratere boosts inter-island service
Aratere is a flexible rail/vehicle ferry fitted with the first example of a special mooring system developed in New Zealand. Launched on September 8, 1998 at the newly privatised H J Barreras Shipyard in Vigo in Spain, Aratere was ordered as a replacement for a 24-year old pure rail ferry, ...
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IMF clears Korea
The IMF has assured the Danish Ministry of Economic Affairs that money made available to Korea has not been used to subsidise shipbuilding. In March, the IMF`s Nordic-Baltic office was asked if the assistance for Korea had lead to shipbuilding subsidies. In May, June, and August, Denmark asked the ...
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Certificate alert
PSC in Cyprus has found 28 forged and two genuine certificates it believes have been issued following the presentation of forgeries. Capt Andreas Constantinou, Cyprus` senior surveyor, says suspicion was aroused by a 20 year-old master and a chief engineer both of which presented Honduran papers and were unable to ...
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EU heralds type approval scheme
Class societies BV and LR have been given notified body status to issue the EU`s new type-approval certification on marine equipment. Their status covers the following categories: life-saving appliances; marine pollution prevention; and fire protection. BV can also approve navigation equipment but neither class society can approve radio communication equipment ...
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Samsung`s international fast ferry debut
Greece`s Minoan Lines has signed a contract with Korean yard Samsung Heavy Industries for two fast 28,000g passenger/car ferries. The cost of each vessel is approximately $75 million, and the contract includes options for a further two ferries. The order is a long-awaited breakthrough for SHI into the international ...
