Industry News – Page 685
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More pressure on substandard shipping
Further efforts are being made to eliminate substandard shipping. The Committee for the Elimination of Substandard Ships (CESS) meeting in Pusan came up with a seven-point plan while the OECD is exploring the idea of a `quality ship index`. While applauding the effects of Port State Control, CESS wishes to ...
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Orders uplift
There are encouraging signs that the shipbuilding market may have bottomed out and could start to recover next year. The Gothenburg-based Institute of Shipping Analysis predicts orders for vessels over 400g will fall from 1,400 in 1997 to 600 this year but notes an increase in order activity within the ...
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Bulker losses improved
According to Intercargo, in 1997 five bulk carriers were actual total losses and two constructive total losses - only one was attributable to structural failure. These figures show a considerable improvement on 1990/91 when there were over 20 sinkings per year with seven and eight vessels lost respectively due to ...
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Quintet of container ships
Japan The Evergreen Group, of Taiwan, has ordered five 5,364 TEU U-class container vessels from Japan`s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The vessels will be delivered at regular phases until the second quarter of 2001 and will be deployed on a new pendulum service due to start next year. This latest order ...
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FlyingCat for Malta
Norway Kvaerner Fjellstrand has secured an order from Maltese Shipping Company Virtu Ferries Ltd for the construction of a FlyingCat 50, the yard`s proven high-speed passenger/vehicle ferry design. The ferry newbuilding will have capacity for 418 passengers and 21 cars, and will be operated by Virtu Ferries between Malta ...
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Roro for rocket booster cores
USA The Halter Marine Group`s Halter-Moss Point yard is to build a 6,000g roro vessel for the transportation of rocket booster cores. Seattle-based Foss Maritime, which has been selected to transport Boeing-built Delta IV rocket boosters to various space vehicle launch sites, has placed the order at the US ...
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43 finds first orders
Medium-speed MaK has secured orders for its new M43 engine ahead of its official launch at SMM as it did with the M25. Three 7,200kW (9,790 bhp) eight-cylinder units have been ordered, two for a factory trawler and one for a chemical tanker. Norwegian operator Anders Utkilens was attracted by ...
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Alpha delivers first large bore engine
Low-speed Following the enlargement of MAN B&W`s Alpha Diesel factory at Fredrikshaven, the first large bore two-stroke produced in the Danish plant has been delivered to the German yard of Jos Meyer. Norwegian operator Solvang specified the 7,980kW (10,860 bhp), 148 rev/min 6L50MC to give its 146m loa ice strengthened ...
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Very quiet Valmet
Transmission In designing the twin input/single output reduction gearboxes for the cruise ship Blue Sea,Valmet Power Transmission paid special attention to noise reduction. The transmissions will couple four 5,280kW Wartsila 8L38 engines rotating at 600 rev/min to twin propellers requiring a speed of 119.4 rev/min. To reduce noise the gear ...
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Ultrasonic gauge for coated surfaces
THICKNESS TESTING The latest through-coating multiple echo ultrasonic thickness gauge from Cygnus Instruments has a lightweight and environmentally sealed IP65 case with a backlit liquid crystal display which can be viewed in conditions from bright sunlight to complete darkness, says the company. Called Cygnus 4, it is designed to measure ...
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Personal detector for combustible gasses
GAS MONITORING The EX-PLUS personal combustible gas detector from TQ Environmental meets the requirements of the new Solas ll Part D Regulation 59, in which portable combustible gas detectors are mandatory aboard all tankers, says the company. TQ says the unit`s housing withstands hostile environments while the whole detector will ...
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Low freeboard mini-slide
SAFETY DBC Marine Safety Systems has introduced a mini-slide system to work in conjunction with its IBAs (reversible inflatable platforms) and liferafts. The mini-slide has been designed to meet the USCG and international regulations for evacuating passengers from low freeboard vessels. The slide includes a recessed floor and twin tube ...
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The arrival of Iridium
From September 23, Iridium, the satellite-based global mobile phone network will be available to the maritime community, allowing users to make and receive calls anywhere on the planet. Costs have not been finalised yet, but for a sum of around £2,000, and a £50 monthly subscription charge, the user will ...
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Integrated research vessel
BRIDGE SYSTEMS A contract, worth $1 million, has been awarded by Horizon Exploration to A-N-D Group to supply a Raytheon/Anschutz integrated bridge system for its largest seismic research vessel, Atlantic Horizon, which is being outfitted at Tyne Tees Dockyard, Hebburn. The system comprises Raytheon Pathfinder X Band and S Band ...
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Fleet tracking via the Internet
COMMUNICATIONS The Webtrack messaging and tracking service uses the Internet to allow fleet managers and their agents to keep track of and in touch with their fleets, says BT. Webtrack uses existing systems operating via Inmarsat (BT C-Sat, with in-built GPS receivers) or the GSM network. Webtrack`s tracking software is ...
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Cammell Laird expands again
Subject to shareholder agreement, Cammell Laird Holdings is to buy ALB Holdings, owner of the Wear Dockyard Group, for a total consideration of £32.68 million ($54.68 million). The Wear Dockyard Group operates four drydocks in the North East of England, situated on the Tyne, the Tees and the Wear, and ...
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Contract for Bender
Navieras NPR of New Jersey has awarded a 76 day repair contract to Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co for the drydocking, modification and repair of the S/S Guayama, a 213.36m roro serving the US east coast and Puerto Rico. The vessel arrived at Bender`s yard in Mobile, Alabama on August ...
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Cruise ship to Malta
Cunard Line`s Royal Viking Sun has been stemmed to Malta Drydocks for a $3.2 million refit. Work will take 13 days from September 19, and includes significant refurbishment of passenger areas and penthouse suites. Cunard has appointed Athens-based AMK Architects and Designers to handle design. The ship will also undergo ...
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New players in the big league
The current enthusiasm for cruising seems to show no sign of abating. New tonnage orders continue, especially from the smaller lines. While there is little likelihood that the `big three` operators - Carnival, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and P&O - will be knocked off the top of the league, there ...
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Windows lead the way forward
Desktop PCs are now so powerful that software which was once the preserve of dedicated workstations can now be run on general purpose hardware. Windows NT is fast becoming the platform of choice in the CAD/CAM/CIM world, especially with smaller companies. This is being driven by the tighter lead times ...
