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NewsMOL to adopt double hull fuel tanks for VLCC
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines in Japan announced plans to equip its next generation of very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with double-hull fuel tanks to reduce the risk of fuel leakage. MOL plans to introduce the technology on four VLCCs slated for launching in 2005, and continue adopting on newly built tankers ...
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Lloyd?s Register type approves first water ingress detector equipment
Lloyd?s Register has issued its first type approval certificate for water ingress detection equipment following the International Association of Classification Societies? (IACS) adoption of a unified interpretation of the International Maritime Organization?s (IMO) Performance Standards for Water Level Detectors on Bulk Carriers. The installation of water ingress detection equipment onboard ...
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Turks order innovative generation tankers
Azimuth propulsion and unusual design features could set the standards for a new generation of chemical tankersTwo 15,000dwt oil products and chemical tankers have been ordered by the Turkish shipowner K.S. Tankers and incorporate a number of unusual design features which could set the standards for the new generation of ...
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Tightening safety
Initiatives to overcome problems caused by defective lifesaving and fire safety equipmentAustralia?s port state control body, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has joined the push for expanded and improved International Maritime Organisation (IMO) guidelines for the servicing and maintenance of lifeboats, launching appliances and on-load release gear.Concern about the ...
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Seeing the light
Opening shipbuilder?s eyes to the benefits of safety systemsQuite a lot has happened since The Motor Ship?s last visit to the Sound Alert technology ? particularly significant is the American Council for the Blind (ACB) announcement ? which could force all passenger ships to fit the technology, if they want ...
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Friend or Foe?
[The IMO] urges Contracting Governments to take, as a matter of high priority, any action needed at national level to give effect to implementing and beginning the long-range identification of shipsIMO Conference Resolution 10, dated 12 December 2002In this era of enhanced security awareness, the capability to identify ships at ...
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Controlling the ballast water stowaways
International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments is set for adoption in 2004.The IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its 49th session in July 2003, agreed a finalized draft of the proposed International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and ...
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More power but fewer ferries
High speed diesels fight back as demand for speed wanesInternational competition is extremely tough in the high-speed marine diesel sector as it is in most sectors of the market. Under such conditions, a manufacturer will only survive if he can offer environmental engineering with a guarantee for the future and ...
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Trials and tribulations of the marine diesel -A look back at the history of diesel ships
With two installations in very different vessels in separate locations in Europe, the year 1903 marked the beginning of the success story of the diesel marine propulsion engine. In France, the bargePetit Pierre was equipped with a small diesel engine for operation on the Rhine-Marne canal while in Russia, the ...
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1,000 issues on
A personal reflection of The Motor Ship, past and near present, from former naval architect, John BarnesWhen I joined the staff of The Motor Ship at the beginning of 1971 it was already well established as the world?s leading marine technical journal.With the journal publishing its 1000th issue, it is ...
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The evolution of the motor ship
A lasting interest in diesel engines for large ships inspired AP Chalkley to found The Motor Ship some 83 years ago. The brief now includes many other aspects of marine technology, though the original mission to champion new innovations has endured. As a result, the publication?s 1,000 issues to date ...
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Making pods predictable
Since The Motor Ship reported on the first cruise ship installation of MetalSCAN on the Voyager of the Seas last year, things have come a long way. Barry Taylor, GasTOPS? marketing manager says: "We have had great success from our first installation in November 2000, to more than 100 installations ...
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CNG engine system ? the power plant of the future
Near development offers higher thermal efficiency and reduced emissions from natural gas energy source.In a unique research project, the Japanese ?Ship and Ocean Foundation? (SOF), has, since 1998, been developing an engine that utilizes reformed fuel from compressed natural gas (CNG) and an accompanying system for increasing thermal efficiency. Using ...
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NewsKorea nets 382 ships
Korean shipbuilders have clinched 382 ships amounting to 13.19 million CGT for the first nine months this year, up 234.40% compared with the same period last year. Korea Shipbuilders? Association KSA) said that the figure is the highest ever for newbuilding orders, surpassing the previous record of 10.4 million CGT ...
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NewsSkaugen completes Chinese newbuilding programme
I.M. Skaugen ASA, Oslo (IMSK), will take delivery of its sixth vessel in the newbuilding programme. Named Norgas Napa , the vessel was built by the Hudong - Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group in Shanghai, China. The successful completion of the newbuilding program combined with the new alliance with A.P. M?ller - ...
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New standards to ensure safer and more efficient operations by ships? crews
A new global system of competence standards to ensure that ships? crews from different nations, different cultures and different training institutes all have a common, acceptable level of knowledge, skills and attitudes is currently being developed.Standards for ships and organisations have been the focus of class societies for a long ...
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NewsSTX nets six ships
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea clinched four container ships and two product carriers from European ship owners representing a total contract price of $190 million. EF Shipping in Greece and the German ship owner Reederei Bernhard Schulte each have ordered two 2,600TEU container ships. Measuring 210 metres long, 30.1 metres ...
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KR enhancing cooperation with other classification society
Korean Register of Shipping (KR) is enhancing cooperation with other classification societies in Asia, particularly CCS (China Classification Society). This involves cooperation in technology, sharing of inspectors, future research projects and joint seminars. In addition, KR held separate meetings with IRS (Indonesia Classification Society) and VR (Vietnam Classification Society) and ...
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NewsRosy outlook for shipbuilders
On 23 October top executives from some 60 shipbuilding companies, including those from major shipyards in Japan, Europe, China, Korea and the United States, gathered in Osaka, Japan, to hold the 12th JECKU Top Executive Meeting hosted by the Japanese delegation.At the 11th JECKU meeting held last autumn in Korea, ...
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NewsEC gets tough
The European Commission has taken the penultimate step before making a formal complaint to the Court of Justice by issuing a warning to Italy, Portugal, Austria, Luxembourg, Greece and Finland that they have failed to implement EU legislation on marine equipment. The Commission says that it has decided to send ...
