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WSS dry docking solution
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has launched a new streamlined dry docking service which aims to integrate ships agency, safety and equipment services into a single source.
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NewsHyundai shows its mettle with powerful new medium-speed
David Tinsley explains how, In the unerring drive to expand the market reach of its home-grown HiMSEN range of four-stroke engines, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is preparing to launch the H46/60V diesel, the brand’s most powerful design to date.
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287 large bore engines on order
The hot topic in the November 1963 issue of The Motor Ship continued to be large bore engines. The fact that these were now firmly established in the ship propulsion universe was borne out by a five-page list of such engines in service and on order, grouped by engine type.
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Keeping the news alive
Much has changed in maritime publishing in the last few years, and we are now very much part of the digital revolution.
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NewsDual-fuel MaK engine hosts advance in control technology
David Tinsley looks at the MaK dual fuel engine range, the first of which has now been shipped by the Caterpillar corporation for installation in a newbuild cruise vessel.
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NewsEEDI first for Hapag-Lloyd ship
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ new cruise ship, ‘Europa 2’, has become the first in the world to be awarded Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) certification by Germanischer Lloyd.
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NewsUlstein reaches design milestone
Ulstein has reached a major milestone following its latest contract for Vroon Offshore Services as the total number of offshore ship designs sold by the company passes the 100 mark.
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NewsBakker power for Brazilian ferries
Netherlands propulsion expert Bakker-Sleidrecht is designing and supplying new drive systems for seven new Brazilian ferries being built by Afai Southern Shipyard in China.
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LNG vessels for Qatar
Two joint ventures of Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) are to build and operate seven new LNG-related vessels for the Port of Ras Laffan Doha.
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NewsUlstein PSV agreement
Ulstein is to supply ship design, power and control equipment and on-site follow-up services for two platform supply vessels as part of an agreement with COSCO (Guang Dong) Shipyard.
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NewsGame-changing drive trains
Finnish power expert, The Switch, has launched its next generation energy efficient drive trains for the large merchant shipping sector.
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NewsWorld’s first cruise ferry using pure gas engine propulsion
The first international service passenger ferry operating on purely-LNG-fuelled engines recently entered service on trans-Skagerrak duty, and is described here by David Tinsley.
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Arctech Helsinki shipyard buy-out
Media reports say that the Russian state-owned shipbuilder United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has bought out Arctech Helsinki Shipyard.
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NewsHome-grown for price-sensitive Chinese market
David Tinsley explains how China’s increasing technological capabilities are being leveraged to develop and manufacture home-grown engines using localised components and tailored to and priced for the domestic market, complementing volume production of foreign-designed marine diesels.
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NewsWind assistance – the story continues
Dag Pike looks at yet another design for a wind-assisted large merchant vessel – this time from a well-established and successful designer of sailing craft, so prospects look promising.
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NewsClean power converter
Finnish AC drive expert, Vacon, has developed a new NXP grid converter which claims to improve cost and energy efficiency of marine applications.
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NewsMore sail ideas to cut costs and emissions
As recently as the 60s and 70s, sailing cargo vessels operated efficiently around Europe, writes Wendy Laursen.
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NewsABC marches up power band with IMO III-ready solution
ABC launched its latest four-stroke marine engine at SMM in 2012, and used the recent CIMAC Congress in Shanghai to update its customers, reports David Tinsley.
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NewsDrydocks and NSC strategic alliance
The UAE''s Drydocks World has signed a strategic alliance with Germany’s NSC Holding to secure increased business for the yard and enable key maintenance services for NSC vessels.
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NewsEuropean Parliament agrees on ship recycling
The European Parliament has adopted a new Ship Recycling Regulation by a large majority at a plenary sitting in Brussels.
