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Greek owners back RINA Hellenic committee
High profile Greek shipowners have backed a move by Italy-based classification society RINA to expand its presence in Greece. Nineteen representatives of the Hellenic shipping community have joined RINA?s newly-reformed Hellenic committee.Ugo Salerno, ceo of RINA, told the inaugural meeting on May 27 that this Committee will create a vital ...
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VTMD supplies ride control system for fast patrol boats
Leading ride control specialist VT Maritime Dynamics (VTMD), part of the UK support services and shipbuilding company VT Group, has won the contract to supply the stabilisation systems for the advanced Skjold-Class fast patrol boats being built for the Royal Norwegian Navy.The US-based company supplied and fitted the ride control ...
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Cape Africa repairs hit snag
Smit Salvage has temporarily abandoned attempts to fit the 65 tonne steel cofferdam over the hole in the damaged Capesize bulk carrier Cape Africa. The joint response committee, which is overseeing the salvage, said in a statement that the cofferdam was transferred from the barge Niord on Tuesday and held ...
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Wärtsilä's Chinese propeller company started production
The joint venture company set up by Wärtsilä and CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) in China to design, manufacture and deliver fixed pitch propeller (FPP) packages has officially started operating at the beginning of June 2004. The new company, called Wärtsilä-CME Zhenjiang Propeller Co. Ltd, is 55% owned by Wärtsilä ...
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IBIA welcomes Annex VI, but warns industry to prepare
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has welcomed the ratification of MARPOL Annex VI, but warns shipowners and bunker suppliers they need to act now if they are to meet with new low-sulphur requirements in bunker fuel. Shipowners and suppliers in North Europe will be particularly affected. Annex VI to ...
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Korea to maintain top spot until 2015
Korea is likely to remain the world?s leading shipbuilding country until at least 2015 with a 40% market share according to Ms. Hong Sung In, a research fellow of Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade. Hong said that Japan would take 30% of the market, China 20% and Europe ...
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Korean shipping companies to build 95 bulk carrier by 2016
Plans to build 95 bulk carriers by 2016 were revealed at a recent meeting between Korean Shipowners? Association and Korea Shipbuilders Association. The two associations discussed proposals to build dedicated vessels for Korea Electric Power Co and Posco. The shipowners? association asked shipbuilders to reserve berth space for the ...
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Shipowners battle for Shell LNG carrier order
Russia's largest shipper by tanker capacity, Sovcomflot, is competing with Korean and Japanese shipping companies for a $350 million order from Royal Dutch/Shell's Russian venture to ship liquefied natural gas.Sovcomflot is bidding with Nippon Yusen KK, Japan's largest shipping line, to build two LNG tankers to transport gas from Shell's ...
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GL rules and regulations update via e-mail
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has launched a topical new e-mail newsletter called ?GL-Infomail? to keep its customers up to date on new and revised regulations, interpretations and information about IMO, IACS and GL guidelines and rules.The service, which commences with immediate effect, has been introduced by GL in response to requests ...
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Damen creates a short fat monster
Since introducing its first azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug, the ASD 3110 Citta Della Spezia back in 1993, the Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has built almost 100 compact ASD tugs in various design sizes such as the 2509, 2810, 3110, 3111 and 3211. All these are multi-purpose ASD tugs ...
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Lean and clean marine gas engines launched
Rolls-Royce?s two new lean, clean and mean marine gas engines provide a power range from 1MW to 8.5MWDesigned and manufactured at Rolls-Royce?s Bergen facility in Norway, the K and B series of gas fuelled engines were recently introduced to the marine market in order to meet the increasingly tough low ...
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Optimising reliability
In ensuring optimum lifetime reliability of a medium-speed diesel engine the user must be aware of certain key factors, not least the importance of the supplier/user relationship .To achieve an acceptable level of reliability throughout the lifetime of a typical medium-speed engine, a satisfactory exchange of information between the supplier ...
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Material benefits
Using Nimalike in the production and reconditioning of two-stroke components provides outstanding product properties.It is 7:30 in the morning in the assembly shop at the Märkisches Werk in Halver (MWH) and a lift-truck places a wooden box full of used two-stroke exhaust valve spindles in front of the inspecting technicians. ...
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Feeders ? the vital link in the container transport system.
German ship owners like Schiffko?s CV1100 PLUS feeder design.With all the hype about post-Panamax and ultra-large containerships, it is easy to overlook the vital role played by the smaller boxships up to 3,000TEU. These work horses of the container transport system, know as feeder ships, will become even more essential ...
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Growing the ships and the fleet
New orders for ever-larger containerships look set to elevate Seaspan?s global position.Director of Vancouver-based Seaspan Container Lines (SCL), Graham Porter, says "Among the main limiting factors in building container ships over 10,000 TEU is the thickness of the steel plate and the existing welding techniques."He speaks with some authority, having ...
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Power constraints for the 10,000+TEU boxship.
Propulsion power plant dilemma for ultra large container ships .Container transportation volume has been growing at an average annual rate of 9 % in the past fifteen years, making it the fastest growing sector of marine transportation. What is driving this growth is the shifting of wage-intensive manufacturing away from ...
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The staple diet of German shipyards
Thyssen Krupp yards build GEBAB quarter.In the face of intense competition from Far Eastern shipbuilders, it comes as a surprise that German shipyards are still able to win orders for feeder container ships. The explanation of this phenomenon lies in a mixture of customer loyalty, good quality products, generous tax ...
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Based on an article submitted by Bill Wen Chang Huang, Taiwan
Wärtsilä is ready for steam injection, particularly when energy prices rise.Since the end of the EU-funded STID (STeam Injected Diesel engine) project to develop and test a new combined diesel and steam process, which finished last year, Wärtsilä has been working in-house to evaluate whether the means can be found ...
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The other side of the coin.
Emulsion offered as an alternative to injection .MAN B&W has tested direct water injection but has opted to go down the emulsified fuel route to reduce emissions. "Of course we see, as expected, the NOx reductions with water injection. But we see the fuel increase in connection with nearly all ...
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Setting the standard
Alfa Laval?s standardised test method ? a new five micron standard based on separation performance ? can enable buyers of fuel treatment systems to truly compare the different separators available.Based on a reproducible test method approved by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Alfa Laval?s Separation Performance Standard is now becoming a ...
