Latest Equipment News – Page 614
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NewsRetrofitting bridge navigation watch alarm systems
With requirements for all vessels to fit BNWAS being phased in from this year, Tom Henson-Webb,integrated bridge systems manager of UK company ANT, part of SAM Electronics, looks at some aspects of retrofitting systems to existing ships.
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NewsThe bigger they are the harder they fall
In the shipping industry, size matters, says Dag Pike: it was the VLCCs and the bulk carriers that started off the expansion in ship size and they only stopped when they reached the half-million tonne size.
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NewsDanish shipowners question wisdom of BWMS
Although the Danish Shipowners Association supports the IMO Ballast Water Convention, Denmark, like several other major shipowning states, has yet to ratify it, in the light of several serious concerns about practical aspects.
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NewsImproved marine transmission launched
ZF Marine says that its new ZF 5000 marine transmission family is well positioned to address current market requirements incorporating the latest design and technological advances in a wide range of models.
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Effective oil condition monitoring
According to Intertek UK, the cost and effect of machinery breakdown in a vessel can be severe; from the cost of replacement with new equipment to expensive downtime.
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NewsUpgraded fire protection allows historic ferry to keep sailing
Swedish company SP Fire Technology says that it has carried out a risk analysis and an upgrade to a listed passenger ferry, enabling the service to continue and thus avoiding closure of the operating company.
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NewsEasing the onboard chemicals headache
Wilhelmsen Ships Service is launching a new service, which it calls the Active Solutions portal. This is a new electronic service for its marine chemicals customers, replacing paper product data sheets and manuals.
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NewsFincantieri delivers ‘Carnival Breeze’
The new flagship for Carnival Cruise Lines, ‘Carnival Breeze’ was delivered at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard this week.
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Why stacked disk filter technology provides greater reliability
[box for Hyde Marine article]Conservative sizing results in higher filter surface area than screen filters. This results in lower differential pressure and lower velocity through the filter media, providing less opportunity for organisms and sediment to be forced through media, and longer intervals between backwashing. Depth filtration provides a higher ...
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NewsAvoiding engineroom hazards through better practices
Rod Neale, safety manager at consultant, design and survey company Burness Corlett Three Quays, relates some of BCTQ’s findings from ship inspections
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RMK Marine selects Paramarine software
Turkish shipyard RMK Marine has selected Paramarine advanced marine design software developed by QinetiQ GRC for manoeuvring analysis.
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NewsWhen ferry routes don't add up
It’s not always the case that getting transport off the roads and onto the sea reduces carbon emissions, says Professor Alf Baird of the Transport Research Institute (TRI), Edinburgh Napier University.
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NewsHavyard ups the ante in India
The Havyard Group is doing good business in India – it has just signed a contract for a PSV vessel with Indian shipping company Global Offshore with an option for a further delivery in future.
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NewsGerman crisis holds despite specialisation
Despite its concentration on specialised vessels, German shipbuilding is still in crisis and struggling against widening Asian competition, lack of finance and low newbuilding prices.
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NewsNew managing director for Imtech Marine
Mr Gennaro Pipoli has been appointed the position of managing director of Imtech Marine Singapore.
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NewsClassNK reaches historic world milestone
Classification society, ClassNK, has announced that its register has hit the 200 million gross tonne mark after steadily accelerating over the years.
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NewsICS speaks on ballast water ‘chaos’
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has expressed genuine concerns identified among its members about the availability and expense of ballast water treatment systems, and the robustness of the approval process.
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NewsLifetime Achievement Award for Damen
Arnout Damen, chief operations officer of Damen Shipyards Group, accepted Seawork’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the Innovation Awards Dinner recently, on behalf of Kommer Damen.
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NewsDamen acquires Swedish shiprepair yard
Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has recently acquired the shares of Swedish ship repair and maintenance yard Oskarshamnsvarvet; Damen intends to continue the current operations at the yard.
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First contract for Sener subsidiary in Korea
Within three months of its establishment, Sener Korea Engineering & Systems secured a license agreement with Korean Registry company KR Engineering (KRE) for the use of Foran, Sener’s ship design and production software.
