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MHI to build first electronically controlled engine
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will build its first electronically controlled diesel engine for a large pure car carrier (PCC) ordered by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) to be constructed at Toyohashi Shipbuilding. This latest model, called 8UEC60LSII-Eco, boasts reduced NOx emission by about 15% and less smoke and soot. A special ...
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Mipo shortens shipbuilding period by 70 days
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has achieved a 70 day reduction in the construction of the first 46,000DWT product carrier in a 12 ship series order from BP Shipping. Named British Tenacity, the tanker is 183 metres long, 32.2 metres wide, has a depth of 18.8 metres and a service speed of ...
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Korean and Polish shipbuilders clinch new orders
Primorsk Shipping Corporation signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for two ice-classed 166,000DWT Suezmax tankers for delivery in 2007. Ship particulars are 285 metres long, 50 metres wide and a draught of 15 metres. These tankers will be built at HHI?s facilities in Ulsan and will be first vessels ...
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First BAE systems naval ships due to be launched
BAE Systems Naval Ships is preparing for the launch of the first of its Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) vessels from the Govan shipyard in Glasgow on 9 April. This will be the 750th ship to be launched from Govan.The ship, to be known as RFA Mounts Bay, is the first ...
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NewsNew low-speed diesel from MAN B&W
Introducing the new S65ME-C two-stroke diesel engine to its already extensive range, Ole Gr?ne, the two-stroke sales and marketing vice president at MAN B&W Diesel A/S, stated,"We examined the market and received advice from Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan, that there is an increasing need for more dedicated engines for ...
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Tsakos orders LNG from IZAR
Athens-based Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the Spanish shipbuilder Izar for the construction of one 145,000 cubic metre LNG tanker for delivery in July 2007. The LOI also provides for an option for an additional vessel for delivery later that year. These new ...
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NewsWärtsilä to supply first Sulzer RT-fle
Cross section of the Sulzer RT-flex50Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to supply the first Sulzer RT-flex50 low-speed marine diesel engines. These engines are the latest in the Sulzer RT-flex engine series which, with their electronically-controlled common-rail systems, are claimed to be the most advanced low-speed engines for ship propulsion ...
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Gebab orders six boxships
Gebab in Germany ordered six 4,550TEU container ships at a total cost of $350 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding (DSME) and Daewoo Mangalia in Romania. The Korean yard will build the first two and the Mangalia yard the other four. Ship particulars are 261m lon, 32.2m wide and a depth of ...
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ABS delegation of authority expanded in Greece
ABS has signed a new agreement with the Greek Shipping Ministry expanding its authority to perform statutory certifications on their behalf. This expanded agreement includes survey and certification services for passenger vessels, including ships engaged exclusively in domestic voyages such as island ferries under the Hellenic flag, as well as ...
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Austal takes off with another flying dolphin
Austal Ships of Australia today announced a contract to build an 85 metre ropax ferry for Greek operator Hellas Flying Dolphins (HFD). The catamaran is the fifth fast ferry HFD has ordered from Austal Ships, demonstrating ongoing confidence in Austal?s capabilities.HFD is Greece?s largest domestic ferry operator, transporting approximately 7 ...
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Mayflower stretches her sea legs
Some 400 years after its namesake took the pilgrims to New England, the Mayflower Resolution sets sail from the south of England having undergone its final stages of completion before entering service .The Mayflower Resolution berthed at the Duchy Wharf in Falmouth Harbour, UK at 22:30 hours on Tuesday 10th ...
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Bigger and better
Evolution rather than revolution in the communications sector.T here are a number of trends appearing that are having an effect on the communications sector, says Ghani Behloul, maritime marketing director for France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications. "The shipping industry is getting more and more professional and vessels are getting bigger ...
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Alternatives to A ? and additions to Fleet
Inmarsat?s emphasis on new services and technologiesChris Insall, product manager for Inmarsat?s maritime division says that the analogue mobile satcoms system, Inmarsat A, is a very old system, but owners do not appear to be concerned that the service gets terminated at the end of 2007. "It is not something ...
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Slow on the uptake
Despite the considerable benefits of electronic chart display and information systems, take up by the industry has been unhurriedThere can be no question about the advantages that an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) offers the navigator. "However, broad acceptance of ECDIS on SOLAS vessels is still far from ...
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Integrated bridge systems come of age
Integrated bridge systems help reduce the stress on the officer of the watch, along with the possible human error responsible for many accidents.Safe navigation is the universal objective of all those engaged in sea transportation but, despite best efforts, accidents continue to occur all too often in the shape of ...
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GALILEO - update
Less than two years after the project?s launch and six months after the setting up of the Galileo joint undertaking (GJU), the European Commision (EC) reports that the development phase, which extends from 2002 to 2005, is progressing as planned.Galileo is the first civil global satellite navigation programme and will ...
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Growing awareness of DP
The dynamic positioning (DP) market is diverse and systems are being fitted to a wider range of vessels from small survey vessels to large cruise ships.DP automatically controls a ship?s heading and station keeping (either a fixed or moving target) while minimising thruster activity and has considerably expanded the options ...
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VDR made simple
Apart from recording less data items and a reduced final recording medium, there are few major differences between "simplified" Voyage Data Recorders and "full" Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs). Simplified VDRs, however, are intended to be less expensive, easier to fit but still offer the same level of functionality. So, what ...
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Improved data use with second generation VDR
The requirements for all existing ships to carry a VDR will be endorsed by the next IMO meeting in May 2004. Existing ships will be allowed to have a floating capsule (albeit with EPIRB and Hydrostatic release) and will be exempted from some requirements concerning items to be recorded. The ...
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BAUT excels with new VS propeller
Voith Water Tractor demonstrates the capability of the new Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) blades with increased bollard pull for the same input power.With the commissioning of the Voith Water Tractor Baut owned by the Norwegian towage company Bukser og Berging (B&B), the improved characteristics of the new Voith Schneider Propeller ...
