Latest News – Page 535
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NewsOdfjell orders gas tankers from Sinopacific
Norwegian shipping company Odfjell reports that its has signed contracts with Nantong Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering to build four LPG/ethylene gas tankers.
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NewsTurbocharger retrofit carried out on Maersk VLCC
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co (MHI-MME) says that it recently retrofitted its variable turbine inlet (VTI) system to the turbochargers of a Maersk Tankers VLCC.
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NewsThe hull as a sail
Tucked away almost unnoticed in a corner of the Nor-Shipping exhibition earlier this year was a project for another wind-assisted cargo ship, but one which used neither sails nor kites.
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NewsSuper low resistance
Finland’s Foreship Ltd has developed a new super-low resistance hull for the BlueTech 42 bulk carrier designed to save owners and operators on efficiency.
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NewsDNV to offload its Petroleum Services subsidiary
Det Norske Veritas has entered into an agreement with private investment company IK Investment Partners whereby IK will acquire DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS), for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsNorwegian cruise ship to get Promas upgrade
Rolls-Royce is to supply a Promas Lite propulsion system to Norwegian operator Hurtigruten to improve propeller efficiency on its cruise ship ‘Richard With’.
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STX Canada added to Foran user base
Spanish company Sener reports that naval architecture and marine engineering consultant STX Canada Marine (STXM), has signed a contract for the license to use Sener’s Foran CAD/CAM system.
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NewsNano-station for LNG refuelling in South America
Today (2 October) sees the entry into service of the Buquebus LNG-fuelled fast ferry ‘Francisco’.
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NewsEnergy saving reefer design from Knud E Hansen
Danish naval architect Knud E Hansen has unveiled a concept for a ‘reefer ro-ro’ ship, with the emphasis on energy saving at sea and in port.
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NewsThrusters from Wärtsilä offer higher efficiency and wider power range
Wärtsilä is to introduce a new series of steerable and transverse thrusters, known as the Wärtsilä Steerable Thruster (WST) and Wärtsilä Transverse Thruster (WTT) series, which will replace existing products in the portfolio.
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News‘Jaya Vigilant’ delivered
Jaya Holdings has received its second multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV), ‘Jaya Vigilant’, and is celebrating the start of a new charter.
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NewsConference success for Bestobell
Bestobell Valves is enjoying a “great response” from delegates of the fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference, held in September onboard the LNG-fuelled ‘M/S Viking Grace’.
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NewsThruster condition monitoring goes beyond vibration
Wärtsilä’s propulsion condition monitoring service augments vibration analysis with a range of measurements to help prevent failure and improve the operational performance of propulsors, by Wendy Laursen.
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NewsRINA joins with Russian Register on ice class
RINA Group’s certification company, RINA Services, and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) have agreed to co-operate on specific projects where each society claims complementary strengths.
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NewsWhere will it end? Where should it end?
Wendy Laursen looks at how a European programme and various indepenent initiatives aim to apply air transport technology to ships in order to take control ashore rather than rely entirely on ship crews, thus reducing the risk of human error and, hopefully, enhancing safety.
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NewsHedging the bets
A growing number of scrubber technologies are gaining industry experience, but hybrid systems are providing a safe option for dealing with the current regulatory uncertainties, writes Wendy Laursen
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NewsFerry gas bunker agreement in Canada
Canadian gas distribution company Gaz Métro has announced that it is to supply three LNG-fuelled ferries that will be entering service in Québec from 2015.
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NewsResearch vessel contract for Mitsubishi Heavy
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order for construction of a wide-area seabed research vessel from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC).
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NewsThe digital age appears on the horizon
The Motor Ship for October 1963 began with reports that Shell Tankers was bucking the trend away from opposed-piston engines by chartering a newbuild tanker with the latest Doxford J-type engine.
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NewsLow-carbon propulsion options for smaller tankers
Birger Jacobsen, senior two-stroke research engineer at MAN Diesel & Turbo in Copenhagen looks at how the latest propulsion technology can reduce carbon emissions, resulting in a favourable EEDI rating, for tankers in the 7,000dwt to 10,000dwt size range.
