Latest Equipment News – Page 652
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NewsVersatile, gas-fuelled design for northern waters
Norway’s geography and its distribution of communities and industry has ensured a continuing, important role for coastal and short-sea transportation, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsZF on a roll with several large contracts
Friedrichshafen-based ZF Marine, in conjunction with Dutch company HRP (now ZF Marine Krimpen) has secured a contract with Aberdeen-based global shipping and energy firm, the Craig Group, to supply retractable azimuth thrusters for four 50m stand-by type vessels.
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NewsAvoiding the slippery slope to lubricant pollution
Environmental lobby groups are pressing the shipping industry, and its regulators, to move away from traditional oil-based lubricants which are causing significant harm to the global marine environment.
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NewsTanzania gets new catamaran ferry
The Hobart, Tasmania, shipbuilder Richardson Devine Marine (RDM) recently delivered the 38m aluminium catamaran passenger ferry Kilimanjaro III to Coastal Fast Ferries in Tanzania.
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NewsMarine evacuation systems: a viable alternative to lifeboats
With MES now in its fourth decade it is now a well-proven system with clear advantages in certain applications, says Richard McCormick, Marin-Ark sales manager, Survitec Group.
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NewsBaltic operator to use biofuel in new project cargo carrier
Finnish-based industrial products and general cargo transport group Meriaura added a new dimension to its Baltic and North Sea fleet in 2008 when it commissioned the 4,700dwt multipurpose open deck carrier Aura, targeted at regional heavy-load opportunities.
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NewsGetting lifeboats off the hook
Lifeboat launching systems may finally be getting upgraded but is there a problem with lifeboat maintenance? asks Mark Langdon
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Combating piracy
There are lots of meetings being held on how to combat piracy but how do you go about making your ship less of a target for pirates and how do you stop them getting onboard?
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NewsNon-invasive draught measurement technology from Canada
Dr Iain Weir-Jones, PhD, PEng, of Vancouver-based Weir-Jones Engineering, looks at a system for determining actual draught measurement to improve safety, shiphandling and fuel economy.
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NewsCaution remains in hull and machinery insurance
The year 2011 has seen the cost of nautical-related marine insurance claims return to former high levels, and new technology is doing nothing to reassure underwriters, as Denzil Stuart reports.
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Keep damaged ships afloat
Salvage companies and marine underwriters are keeping an eye on a new initiative that could prevent a damaged ship from sinking.
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NewsNew sea-river coaster class for UK operator
Operating economics and relative shipbuilding costs have fostered a shift towards larger vessels in the European coastal and short-sea trades, reducing the availability of vessels able to access length- or draught-restricted, small ports and harbours, and thereby limiting opportunities for waterborne freight transportation in those areas, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsNon-lethal protection for ships against pirates
Piracy is a serious problem in the Indian Ocean and off the Somali coast. The problem has been with us in that area for several years now, and it was a far back as 2005 when Lodewijk Westerbeek van Eerten of the Netherlands had an idea for combating it.
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Bearing wear monitor adds Korean Registry approval
UK company Amot says that its XTS-W bearing wear monitor has received Korean Registry Approval, in addition to approvals from other classification societies and certification authorities.
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NewsA successful Gas Fuelled Ships conference
The Motorship’s second Gas Fuelled Ships conference, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, ended on a high note on 27 October. Chairman John Aitken, secretary general of SEAaT, pronounced the two-day event a great success.
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NewsNew tanker twins are European-built
Two identical inland gas tanker ships have joined the fleet of German shipping company Lehnkering Reederei in Duisburg following construction which has involved shipyards in both Romania and Holland.
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NewsThe return of coal-fired steam ship propulsion
A new type of steam engine has been developed in the USA that could see coal - or oil - fired steam power returning to the sea, writes Dag Pike.
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Tognum announces new board following acquisition
The takeover of MTU parent Tognum by Rolls-Royce and Daimler is now complete, following the appointment to the Tognum supervisory board of four new members from the shareholding companies.
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NewsGas fuelled ships conference – first day
The second day of the Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Rotterdam – now underway – began with a roundup by conference chairman John Aitken of SEAaT of the previous day’s discussion points.
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NewsUS company takes tank testing to open sea
US naval architecture and research company M Ship Co says that its REI (rapid empirical innovation) technology allows it to take hull testing away from the towing tank and test scale ship models at sea.
