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Shaft alignment science
Bureau Veritas is drawing on past experience to offer a shaft alignment service to large-vessel owners. The service comes outside the normal scope of class. It has already been utilised on newbuildings for Hellespont, Hapag Lloyd, CMA CGM, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company and Kristen Navigation. The service has been re-launched ...
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Drew to distribute Draeger range throughout North America
Drew Marine, a Division of Ashland Speciality Chemical, and Draeger Safety have announced an agreement naming Drew Marine as distributor for Draeger?s range of self-contained breathing apparatus and gas detection equipment throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, The range includes electronic gas detection measuring and monitoring instruments, self-contained breathing ...
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Drew to distribute Draeger range throughout North America
Drew Marine, a Division of Ashland Speciality Chemical, and Draeger Safety have announced an agreement naming Drew Marine as distributor for Draeger?s range of self-contained breathing apparatus and gas detection equipment throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, The range includes electronic gas detection measuring and monitoring instruments, self-contained breathing ...
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Hyundai?s first Himsen engines
Hyundai Heavy Industries has initiated full-scale production of its first ever own-designed engine. The result of a ten-year $31m R&D programme, the first batch of the new compact class of medium-speed Himsen H21/32 diesel gensets is expected to roll off the production line by the end of this month (September). ...
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Healy really cuts it
Although the US Coast Guard cutter Healy was placed "In Commission, Active" on August 21, 2000, details of its capabilities were not fully appreciated outside the USA until a recent visit to Dover. The icebreaker was on its way north to complete its first scientific mission to explore the Arctic?s ...
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CNG carrier: pipe dream or reality?
A number of oil majors are seriously considering a new technology for the carriage of compressed natural gas (CNG) in coiled pipes onboard ship. Enron, BG International, Chevron, Conoco, Exxon Mobil, Shell and Marathon have all contributed to developments to date. Now the company behind a preliminary study into the ...
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Improved tool design causes a stir
Friction Stir Welding (FSW) has come a long way since its invention in 1991. The Welding Institute (TWI), the inventor and patent holder for the process, based in Cambridge, UK is currently working on industry projects to improve tool efficiency to allow even higher welding speeds in aluminium alloys. Original ...
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Niches suit nicely
When the subject of shipbuilding in Asia is discussed, Japan, Korea and a rising China are usually the focus of attention given the sheer volume of tonnage they produce as well as their stranglehold on the production of big ships. Little Singapore doesn?t compete on those terms, but over the ...
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Saving our ships
The past year has seen Singapore salvors undertake some unusual jobs, including the salvage of two chemical tankers laden with the hazardous cargo phenol. The more recent of the two involved Endah Lestari, which listed about two nautical miles off Pasir Gudang, Malaysia. Kasel Salvage got the contract to do ...
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Still making headway
Rough seas are battering the Singapore shipping industry as it sails against the forces of poor trading conditions in both main and feeder trades. It?s no secret that both the transpacific and the Asia/Europe trades have taken a beating over the past ten months, and Singapore shipping lines have not ...
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Complete with shaft generator
APL?s newest addition, APL Holland, comes equipped with a cost-saving feature - the shaft generator. This 2,100kW generator can fully supply the electricity needs of this gearless fully cellular containership while it is steaming, if it is not carrying any reefer containers, says Michael KW Ngai, vice president of newbuildings ...
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Repair yards remain confident
Competition from the Middle East and China has intensified leading to a further drop in turnover for Singapore?s ship repair sector. Yet the nation?s shipyards continue to win significant repair and conversion contracts; on the basis of their ability to deliver quality results in a timely fashion, according to the ...
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High-tech cranes
The multi-purpose Jurong Port - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) ? can now offer alternative container handling services to the Port of Singapore Authority(PSA)?s four container terminals. Jurong Port?s motto "We?re smaller. We?re different", describes its confidence. The port took delivery of the first of two 40t ...
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Step two is expansion
After China?s slow but steady progress towards becoming a world player in the shipbuilding industry, is the prospect of Vietnam following in China?s footsteps a realistic one? Seemingly coming from nowhere, Vietnam has made giant strides during the past five years in establishing the basis for a modern and viable ...
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Foreign owners drive growth
Although price levels in the Philippines shiprepair industry are somewhat lower than Singapore, they are slightly higher than mainland China. This means Philippine yards can be competitive on projects where the steelwork is less than 50t and is dispersed over the vessel. Two foreign companies dominate the Philippines shipbuilding and ...
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Productivity matters
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) of the Philippines is upgrading its operations in the midst of a regional downturn. The group, which is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange, recently announced plans to upgrade operations at flagship subsidiary Manila International Container Terminal (MICT). Last year, total ICTSI group container ...
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Consolidation and co-operation
Indonesian shipbuilding is mainly concentrated on the island of Java and has always played a vitally important part in the local economy where sea communications are essential to local trade. Although a small player in world terms, the local shipbuilding industry is capable of providing a full range of facilities ...
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Ruston for Navy
Vosper Thornycroft has placed an order with MAN B&W Diesel, Ruston for the supply of six 12RK270 main engines with gearboxes and ancillary equipment. The shipbuilder will install the machinery on three offshore patrol vessels it is building for the UK Royal Navy. Each vessel?s propulsion chain will consist of ...
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PTP invests
The Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) is preparing to embark on the RM3 billion ($790 million) second phase of its expansion. PTP is now awaiting approval from the relevant authorities to build six more berths and is due to start work by early next year. The second phase, involving ...
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Community building
Of all the industry?s in the world this is the one that can benefit most from e-commerce," proclaims Gil Patrick, chairman of Setfair. He shares the view of his compatriots at ShipServ and iShipExchange, that the proliferation of faxes involved in paper-based purchasing, the global nature of shipping and its ...
