Latest Equipment News – Page 685
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NewsUltra low-speed engines for VLCCs make economic sense
Recent developments in low-speed diesel engines have made it possible to offer solutions which will enable significantly lower transportation costs and emissions for VLCCs, according to a paper compiled by MAN Diesel & Turbo.
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NewsClean and green cargo systems
The drive for more clean and green cargo ships is now penetrating down into the way the cargo is handled, writes Mark Langdon
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NewsDNV – foot on the gas
As political unrest spreads across the Middle East from one country to another, there is growing concern over the security of oil supplies and the impact of soaring oil prices on the world economy.
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NewsKeeping to schedule
Dag Pike looks at the need to maintain timetables, which can expose the disadvantages of operating slower ships, besides the well-known environmental benefits.
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NewsMarine gear oil designed for thrusters operating in extreme conditions
ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants has introduced Mobilgear SHC MT 68, which the company says is a fully synthetic extreme pressure (EP) marine gear oil formulated to optimise the performance of equipment operating under extreme conditions.
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NewsTransmission partnership offers bigger drive products
Mechanical power transmissions company Centa Transmissions, which designs, manufactures and supplies flexible couplings, gears and gearboxes, says that it can now offer larger marine drive solutions.
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NewsUlstein delivers another X-bow PSV
Ulstein’s popular PX105 design received further endorsement when yard number 288, the platform supply vessel ‘Rem Hrist’, was delivered to a Norwegian offshore operator at the beginning of March 2011.
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NewsGermans complete second big conversion
The €50 million conversion of Mein Schiff 2 – the second big cruise ship for the new TUI Kreuzfahrten venture in Germany - was completed in Bremerhaven on schedule just before the Bank Holiday weekend.
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DNV offers full ship certification in USA
Det Norske Veritas’ US office says that, following an extension of DNV’s authorisation from the US Coast Guard, it is now the only class society that can issue the full suite of statutory certificates for all ship types.
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NewsClean air, clean ships
Bureau Veritas reports that it is currently working on solutions for LNG use as fuel for passenger vessels.
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NewsTwo weeks to go to Propulsion Conference
There are now just 12 days to the Motorship conference in Copenhagen. Don’t miss the pre-event reception hosted by MAN, then on 11/12 May are two days of presentations, with the DNV-sponsored gala dinner in the middle.
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NewsCombined coupling and composite shaft
German company Vulkan Couplings has introduced a new version of its Rato DS coupling which is directly connected to a composite shaft.
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First approval issued for corrosion resistant steel for crude oil cargo tanks
Japanese classification society ClassNK says that it has issued the first type approval for corrosion resistant steel to the new NSGP-1 steel manufactured by Nippon Steel Corporation’s Oita Works.
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NewsNavigation upgrades for Star cruise ships
SAM Electronics reports that its L-3 subsidiary Lyngsø Marine is completing upgrades of existing integrated navigation facilities aboard three Star Cruises’ vessels, Star Pisces, SuperStar Aquarius and SuperStar Libra.
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NewsNew customer services manager for Wilhelmsen in SE Asia
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Henry Ng as customer services manager for SE Asia. He will be based at the company’s Singapore office, where he was previously sales manager for Wilhelmsen Ships Service in Singapore.
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NewsLong service from water-lubricated bearings
Thordon Bearings of Canada reports that the seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings fitted to the cruise ship Grand Princess have now achieved 13 years of pollution-free performance with no shaft withdrawals.
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NewsMalaysian contract for Australian company
Australian-owned ship builder Strategic Marine has been awarded a contract with Malaysian company JCB Oil and Gas Services to supply two 40m crew boats to service Malaysia’s expanding oil and gas sector.
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Digital regulations adds Panama product
UK digital maritime regulations company Regs4ships has added a Panama product to its range, which, says the company, gives it potential coverage of some 80% of the global SOLAS fleet.
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Design and diesel electric system package ordered for Malaysian PSV
Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Nam Cheong Dockyard of Miri, Malaysia, which will build a Wärtsilä Ship Design (WSD) multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) with diesel-electric propulsion.
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NewsGas systems ordered for LNG ferries
Hamworthy says it has signed a contract for LNG storage tanks and fuel systems on four gas-powered ferries to be built at the Remontowa yard in Gdansk, Poland for delivery in the second half of 2012.
