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A MELO pump
New main-engine lube oil pump.Allweiler AG has introduced a new main-engine lube oil pump. Allmarine MELO (Main-Engine Lube Oil) as it is called, is said to be an exceptionally efficient, robust, and reliable volute centrifugal pump that combines the benefits of low maintenance and high availability.The centrifugal pump was intended ...
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Progressing pump technology
Progressive engine room pump design delivers through-life benefits to shipowners.One way in which Hamworthy KSE recently demonstrated its commitment to innovation is with the introduction of the spacer-coupled C2G engine room pump which, the company says, also enables it to deliver customer benefits and remain competitive. Now the C2G range, ...
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AC Drives in marine service
The all-electric ship is making progress.In both naval and commercial operations, the drive towards the all-electric ship, quite literally, is taking place on the back of advances in high-power semiconductors, and Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP) systems. The UK?s Type 45 for the Royal Navy will feature induction motor drives, ...
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Barge extraordinaire
The sophisticated Ro-Ro/docking barge Terra Marique enters service.Built in the Ukraine for a road haulage company, with 99% of the finance coming from the British Government, the Terra Marique is indeed a unique vessel. Described by its builder, Dutch specialist Damen, as a Ro-Ro/docking barge, the 80m long unit was ...
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Meeting a power demand
Producing the world?s most powerful FPSO turbine .The on-board electrical power demands of floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) have risen substantially over recent years as bigger ships are built to facilitate higher volumes of production. Specialist engineering company Peter Brotherhood Ltd has manufactured a power generation system that ...
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A new ?European Propulsion Platform?
At the recent Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference, Martin Bloem, Managing Director of the Holland Marine Equipment association, emphasised the importance of innovation, the environment and cooperation in the region, and even the prospect of a European Propulsion Platform."It was a good decision to organise this conference in Amsterdam. Holland ...
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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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ice breaking tug for sakhalin project
The Norwegian naval architect firm Multi Maritime, designer of highly specialised icebreakers, has, with Rieber Shipping AS and shipbuilder Aker Langsten, developed a new icebreaking tug design. The Aker Langsten newbuilding is to be delivered mid 2006 to Rieber Shipping which has, with the Russian oil tanker operator, Primorsk Shipping, ...
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Hinged containership design concept
Is the hinge the answer for the ultra large container ship?Although not a new idea, the concept of building a ship as two or more independent ship sections joined together by means of a hinge has never been fully explored or tried out. This is largely because the technology has ...
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Kongsberg Maritime helps Airbus fly
Kongsberg Maritime has installed the automation systems for the new roro vessel Ville de Bordeaux, built at Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing, China, which is operated by a joint venture company consisting of the ship owners Louis Dreyfus (France) and Leif Hoegh (Norway). The vessel will carry parts for the A380, ...
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Hansa orders another pair from STX
German shipping company Hansa Treuhand has exercised options with the Korean shipbuilder STX for two more 3,500TEU boxships for delivery in September and October 2007. To be named HS Bach and HS Chopin, these vessels will measure 246.8 metres long, 32.2 metres wide, a depth of 19.3 metres and have ...
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Cosco to order VLCC octet
China?s largest shipping company, China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco), plans to spend $700 million in ordering eight very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from Asian shipyards. Cosco?s president and chief executive, Wei Jiafu, said that the new ships are needed to meet the rapidly rising demand from China?s booming industry and ...
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RAN to give Aussie shipbuilders a boost
The Australian Government has announced the timetable for naval shipbuilding projects in what will prove to be the country?s largest ever naval construction worth $5.7 billion.The idea of selecting a preferred naval ship-builder has been dropped and the government says it will ask for competitive tenders to build ?air warfare? ...
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Austal progresses in LCS project
Austal is one step from a construction contract for the United States Navy?s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project after the US Department of Defence announced today that it has awarded a $78.8 million final design contract to prime contractor Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company which is teamed with ...
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GL?s ?cool chain? gets industry support
Some 65 representatives from 35 of the world?s leading companies engaged in perishable cargo logistics welcomed the new ?Cool Chain Quality Indicator? (CCQI) standard at its first public presentation in Billund, Denmark on 24 May. The occasion was the 2004 annual meeting of the Cool Chain Association (CCA). CCQIs, which ...
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Quality growth at RINA
Italian classification and certification body RINA has recorded a very positive 2003 financial year. Consolidated group revenue was up by 2% compared to 2002, while earnings before interest and tax showed an increase of 34%. Overall group revenue topped $115 million, with a strong improvement in revenue in the certification ...
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World shipping summit focuses on the china factor
Beijing will be the venue for a top level shipping summit in July bringing together leading maritime industry companies and government and trade bodies to discuss the impact China is having on world trading patterns. China?s largest shipping group, Cosco, has joined forces with internationally renowned, London based maritime consultancy ...
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ASL shipyard secures big newbuilding contracts
ASL Shipyard in Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASL Marine Holdings, has secured additional contracts worth a total of $58.6 million for the construction of 31 new vessels and floating structures. These new contracts are for the building and delivery of the vessels for ASL Energy, Svitzer Wijsmuller Group, ...
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Double side skin no longer mandated for bulk carriers
As a result of the recent debate under Item 5 at the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 78), the industry finally has an agreement which removes the mandated requirement for bulk carriers with a length of over 150 metres to be built according to an approved double side skin design. ...
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EC starts consultations on further maritime safety initiatives
The European Commission's plans to put forward another package of maritime safety proposals bringing together all the loose ends from the political debates initiated by the Erika and Prestige accidents have hitherto been known as the ?Erika III package?. A preliminary outline of the EC?s ?Maritime safety package 2004? (as ...
