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Low-speed engine data
Two-stroke engine options may be limited to the ranges of three manufacturers, but as the power matrix for all engines over 800mm bore opposite partially demonstrates, there is still a multiple of choices - both of models and engine speed ? in virtually every power bracket between 2,560 and 80,080kW ...
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Container vessel fleet still growing
Germany has the biggest and most modern container vessel fleet in the world. The latest additions to this fleet include both the world?s largest container vessels, starting with Hapag Lloyd?s 7,500 TEU Hamburg Express, and medium-size vessels of around 2,500 TEU ? the so-called Midis. German shipyards still have the ...
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Orion receives double skin handy size bulker
Earlier this month Orion Schiffahrts took delivery of the second of six 31,880 dwt handy size bulkers from Hakodate Dockyard on Japan?s northern island of Hokkaido. The delivery of Patriarch follows the delivery of the first ship Patriot in April. The ships are particularly noteworthy for their double hulls, a ...
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Hamburg?s shipping scene is bright
Herbert von Nitzsch, ceo of Blohm+Voss, said at an SMM press meeting earlier this year: "SMM is taking place this year in a completely different economic environment from two years ago. While 2000 was still a year of very high growth we are now undoubtedly faced with some very adverse ...
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Hjaltland opens island lifeline
This month sees the introduction of a new passenger and freight roro ferry operator on three Scottish "lifeline" routes, and with it three new ships. With the takeover, from October 1, of P&O Scottish Ferries? Aberdeen to Orkney and Shetland routes came the need for ships, and operator NorthLink opted ...
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Small ships give UK grounds for optimism
Commercial life is never easy for a shipyard, but at least some can take a bit of comfort from their niche. Ship owners naturally go to Korea, Japan or China for the big tonnage. In Germany, many yards know they have a good chance to keep the order book alive, ...
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Polish-built Med vessels get makeover for Baltic
The recent purchase of two ropax ferries by DFDS Tor Line from Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa ? the company formed by ARP, the Polish Restructuring Agency, to take over the assets of the bankrupt Stocznia Szczecinska ? has given both companies a boost. The new management at the Polish yard raised ...
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TEMPERA Tanker double act
The Yokosuka shipyard of Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Japan has handed over the first of two double acting tankers to Finland?s Fortum Oil and Gas. The 106,200 dwt Aframax tanker, delivered at the end of August and called Tempera, features a stern form designed to break ice, an extended double ...
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Keeping up with the Joneses
Times are changing. For the American shipbuilding industry the 1980s were rough. Despite the Cold War defence spending of the Reagan years, many famous names went to the wall. But for those that survived the US shipping industry is now in a replacement phase so pickings are currently good for ...
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What next after QM2?
Many might have thought the departure of John McNeece from McNeece, the London headquartered design practice, would have left the company rudderless and in a state of flux. However, that is far from true and the company?s joint managing directors, Mark Hilferty and Erol Aziz, have already secured two important ...
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Brilliance has six appeal
Six may not sound like a lot. But there are six cabins on Royal Caribbean?s latest ship Brilliance of the Seas from which the revenue goes straight to the operator?s financial bottom line. Six cabins that, therefore, do represent a lot.Add up the revenue from these six cabins over the ...
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Cylinder oil feed rate optimisation
Our industry is sometimes known to be slow to accept change and cautious in the implementation of new concepts and practices. There is nothing wrong with this approach in a mature industry, however, sometimes factors such as new regulations, true step-out technology advances and striving for economic advantage, can outweigh ...
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New dock planned to support oil refineries
Much coverage has been given of the potential for Vietnam to follow China?s recent advance and mount a competitive challenge to the established Asian shipbuilding nations. However Nguyen Quoc Anh, director of the business and international department at Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), believes the coverage has been overstated and ...
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Big box ships are NO Laughing matter
Lua Cheng Eng, former chairman of Singapore-based shipping company Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), has pretty much seen it all. Over his nearly 33 years in NOL and shipping, he has witnessed the advent of containerisation, the rise and fall of the ultra large crude carriers, and the amazing technological shipboard ...
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Keeping the Straits safe
The Straits of Malacca is one of the world?s busiest waterways. Not surprisingly, therefore, the issue of navigational safety through the Straits remains a hot topic. A major subject of discussion today is just who should pay to ensure that it remains a safe passage for the 60,000 ships that ...
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Houston of the East
In a bid to turn Singapore into a byword for technical expertise on a par with oil production centres like Houston or Aberdeen, Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) is establishing a Centre of Excellence for Technology.Choo Chiau Beng, chairman and chief executive officer of Keppel O&M, says: "With some ...
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Keeping the crewing top spot
The Philippine Maritime Industry Cluster has outlined an action plan aimed at maintaining the global competitiveness of the country?s seafarers as well as it shipping and marine businesses.The Cluster comprises the Philippine Inter-Island Shipping Association, the Filipino Shipowners Association and the Philippine Seafarers Promotion Council. Its action plan, published in ...
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More agility and speed for Agile
Having undergone a major refit in mid 2001, the cable ship Agile now has the accumulated miles to enable an accurate assessment of its improved operational performance. The principal objectives of the refit were to increase transit speed and change the manoeuvring characteristics during cable laying operations."The ship?s handling characteristics ...
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Near-zero emissions at today?s prices
RINA believes that outstanding performance from the point of safety and environmental protection are today, and will be for several years to come, the two main goals of the innovation in ship science. The Italian classification society says that this has particular relevance for passenger ships for because the number ...
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Next generation SMGT
There have been a number of driving forces behind the development of the Super Marine Gas Turbine (SMGT) ? a primary one being protecting the environment. This has seen a major effort by the Japanese developers of the SMGT in trying to reduce emissions from ships by developing a thermally ...
