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LR Qualship
Lloyd?s Register says vessels classed with it dominate the USCG?s Qualship register. Ships on the register benefit from less frequent USCG inspections. For example, ships carrying freight only require two-yearly inspections if listed on the register, whereas those not require an annual inspection.
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More Mitsui green action
Mitsui OSK Lines has set new environmental targets for its ships and operations. In September it released its second environmental report, stretching from April 2001 to March 2002. It states that MOL plans to sandblast 10 ships going to drydock and re-coat them with tin-free paint. Tin-based TBT anti-fouling paint ...
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Mitsui Zosen launches ship design software
Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen) has launched NeoShip, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation system. The company, a subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES), says it is Japan?s first commercial ship design software package. NeoShip, which is on sale at a price of around $47,000, is designed to operate on ...
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Speed freaks mix it up
FAST 2001, hosted by The Royal Institution of Naval Architects at Southampton University at the beginning of September, featured the usual mix of industry-based research and academic papers. The main emphasis of the conference was obviously speed at sea, whether this was in the form of catamarans, trimarans, or wing-in-ground ...
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Austal bags Venezuelan contract
Austal Ships has signed a contract with Venezuelan ferry operator Conferry to build an 86m high-speed roro passenger catamaran. According to Austal?s managing director, Bob McKinnon, the contract reflects a marked improvement in the fast ferry market. The vessel will operate at a speed of approximately 40 knots and will ...
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Alstom turbine order
Alstom has announced its third FPSO gas turbine order in two months. The French company will supply three gas turbines, worth over $6 million, to a shipyard in Singapore from its Lincoln, UK factory. The order is for two 6.75MW Tornado gas turbine generating sets and one 4.9MW Typhoon gas ...
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Dutch order mega floating crane
Rotterdam-based heavy lift operator, Bonn & Mees Drijvende Bokken, has recently started building a huge sheerlegs-type floating crane. Called Matador 3 it will have a maximum lifting capacity of over 1,400t using the main frame and 600t using the fly-jib. It is designed to lift 400t to a height of ...
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IHI/KHI end talks
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have called off a planned merger of their shipbuilding operations. The companies will continue to cooperate however, in an operational alliance with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding.
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Quick decision
The Committee of EU Shipbuilders Association has called on the EU to make a quick decision in relation to its shipbuilding policy and in particular its stance on countering alleged unfair practices by South Korea. It says the uncertainty is detrimental to business and a decision is needed so European ...
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NOx buster for MAN
MAN B&W has seen the first installation of a selective catalytic NOx reduction system on one of its 6S35MC diesels. The ship has now passed its test trials and begun reduced-emission operations. The SCR option for cutting NOx output on a two-stroke was achieved aboard the Navion Dania, a 7,500m3 ...
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Diesel fuel cell developed
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania claim to have developed a prototype fuel cell that is powered by diesel. The breakthrough would solve the problem of reforming a commonly available hydrocarbon fuel into hydrogen in order to run fuel cells. The prototype fuel cell runs directly on hydrocarbons. It does ...
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MAN to restructure four-stroke department
The MAN Group is to restructure the department producing four-stroke engines in its Diesel Engine division. In the Group?s interim results, covering the first six months of 2001, it says the department will not realise the increase in earnings the group had projected. It says earnings in the two-stroke division ...
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GE GTs for QM2
The gas turbine power element in the combined diesel and gas plant planned for Cunard?s superliner, Queen Mary 2, will be provided by GE. Two aeroderivative LM2500+ units will run in combination with four Wärtsilä 46 diesels to drive four pods, two fixed and two steerable. The order takes to ...
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UK troops with Wärtsilä power
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply diesel generating sets for two Bay class twin-screw diesel electric powered Alternative Landing Ships Logistic (ALSL) being built for the UK Navy. The four main diesel-generating sets in each ship will be powered by Wärtsilä 26s; each ship will have two 8L26 ...
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Conversion gets dual fuel engine
Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has installed a Wärtsilä dual fuel engine into a FPSO conversion it is doing for Bergesen Offshore. The shipyard installed the Wärtsilä 18V32DF engine into a converted VLCC Berge Hus. The vessel is scheduled to commence operation off west Africa early next year. The engine can ...
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New Irish Sea repair group
A number of former Cammell Laird directors have formed a new shiprepair organisation in the shadow of their old employer?s mothballed shipyard on Merseyside, UK. North Western Ship Repair is leasing two drydocks from the Mersey Docks & Harbour Company. The company is targeting ferry work, small-scale conversions and military ...
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French port commissions shiplift
The Port of Cherbourg in France has formally commissioned a new shiplift. It hopes this will enable it to win maintenance and repair work on high-speed craft. Dimensioned to accommodate catamarans, the shiplift is 90m by 32m and is also capable of handling a wide range of other craft. It ...
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FSL starts voyage repair
Portsmouth, UK-based Fleet Support Limited (FSL) has established a voyage repair service. It will initially target all vessels using ports in the south of England. Specific services offered include electrical, hydraulic and engine repairs; calibration; ultrasonic thickness measurements; pipework; rigging; joinery; steel and aluminium repairs.
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NKK and HZ merge
The Japanese organisations NKK and Hitachi Zosen are to merge their ship repair divisions. They will consolidate ship repair activities at NKK?s 4,000g capacity Tsurumi Works. And a new 180m x 35m x 11.5m dock will replace Hitachi?s 40,000g capacity repair dock at its Kanagawa Works, pending permission from the ...
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Devon yard gets custom-designed portable units
Electrical accessory company Garo UK has designed portable electrical distribution units for Appledore Shipbuilders. The shipbuilder is currently constructing two new survey vessels for the Royal Navy. The suitcase-type portable units house eight, 110V socket outlets, eight double pole MCBs, a 32A power socket inlet and an emergency lighting socket. ...
