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Diverse solutions satisfy electrical power demands
Generating electrical power at sea imposes challenges on prime mover, alternator and system designers. Electrical power demands on ships were traditionally met by auxiliary diesel gensets running on marine diesel oil. Higher fuel prices and advances in fuel treatment and injection systems undermined the viability of such sets and ...
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Consolidation ? the way forward?
The role of class is again under intense scrutiny, particularly in Europe, where pressure for ever-higher standards of shipping is the result of the Erika sinking. Casualties and financial problems aside, Class faces major challenges as it attempts to make greater use of risk-based methodologies in the establishment and implementation ...
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Pivotal debate
The latest Motor Ship Propulsion Conference in Amsterdam was attended by over 200 people and touched on some controversial subjects. Germanischer Lloyd?s Hans Jacob Gatjens chaired the conference and introduced speakers giving papers ranging from engine problems to podded propulsion systems, as well as impending emissions legislation. Opening the conference ...
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Gas used to power ferry
A low Nox emmission, gas powered car/passenger ferry looks as though it could be the first of many such vessels in Norway. The first roro/passenger ferry in the world to be powered by LNG entered service with Norwegian domestic operator More og Romsdal Fylkesbatar (MRF) in January. The vessel`s hull ...
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Yards seize Windows of opportunity
Computer-aided design, engineering and manufacturing systems have become an integral part of shipbuilding operations worldwide over the past decade. Investment in CAD/CAE/CAM technology has now spread to the smaller shipyards, or those yards in areas where technological sophistication has not tended to be a priority, in order for them to ...
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Benefits brought on the wind
A project led by Danish consulting naval architects Pelmatic Knud E Hansen could breathe new life into the wind ship concept. In the right circumstances - wind-assisted commercial vessels could be significantly more fuel efficient, and produce less pollution than mechanically driven ships. This are the findings of the Phase ...
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Bulker loss reopens debate
The 69,120 dwt Leader L which broke up and sank in under one minute with the loss of 18 of its 31 crew, has reopened the debate about structural failures of bulkers. While there are reports of the vessel striking an underwater object some time earlier, those in the industry ...
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RINa clears itself
RINa`s report into the loss of Erika concludes that the class society has "substantially complied with the applicable rules, guidelines and procedures." It says the loss of the vessel was caused by the mishandling of an initial crack in the hull below the waterline leading to progressive structural failure and ...
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Koreans close orderbook
As shipowners try to place newbuilding orders ahead of expected price rises, Daewoo and Hyundai have closed their books, as their current backlogs will keep the yards busy to 2003. Both yards say that 2003 is too far ahead to quote for newbuildings. Daewoo has over 80 merchant vessels (totalling ...
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Growth prediction
Rolls-Royce is looking to its newly enlarged marine systems division to drive group growth as prospects in its core civil aerospace markets slow. Marine division managing director Bob Sunerton said that following its £500 million acquisition late last year of British defence group Vickers and its Ulstein marine divisions, Rolls? ...
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HHI wins order for big container ships
German container ship specialist Hapag-Lloyd has gone to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea for four 7,200 TEU post-panamax vessels. The first of the ships will be delivered in the third quarter of next year. This latest newbuilding programme by Hapag-Lloyd follows hard on the heels of orders for a ...
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Contship goes for newbuildings
Known until now purely as a charterer of container ships, Contship Containerlines has dipped its toe into the newbuildings market for the first time with an order for three 4,115 TEU container ships at Daewoo in Korea. Low prices in Korea are thought to have encouraged the line to order ...
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Fincantieri set to build more passenger ships
Carnival, the cruise ship operator, has awarded Fincantieri?s Monfalcone yard an order for a single 110,00g cruise ship, and has instructed the yard to lengthen two similar vessels it already has on order there. Under the $600 million deal, the Monfalcone yard will build a lengthened version of the Carnival ...
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French order for fast ferry builder
Emeraude Lines in France has awarded the Fjellstrand shipyard in Norway a contract for a single example of its well-known JumboCat design. The 60m fast ferry is the first newbuilding contract awarded to the Fjellstrand yard since the Kvaerner group sold it. Its only other work, won before the yard ...
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Fosen to build Hurtigruten ferry
Fosen Mekaniske Verksteder is to build a new ropax ferry for operator Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap. The newbuilding is scheduled for delivery in early 2002, and will replace an existing Hurtigruten ferry vessel, Harald Jarl; which is now more than 40 years old. One notable feature of the new vessel is ...
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Ingalls wins more cruise orders
SeaAmerica has formalised its plan to build a pair of 1,000 passenger cruise ships for operation in US waters, and has agreed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton Ship Systems. Detailed design of the 42,000gt newbuildings will be a joint effort between Ingalls, and SeaAmerica, ...
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Aker Yards in Finland, which specialises in passenger vessels, has won another much needed order in the form of a new car ferry for Sea France.
The order for the 185m long vessel also includes an option for a second ship. With a breadth of 28m, the newbuilding will be the largest in the Sea France fleet to be assigned to the Dover-Calais cross channel route. It is due to be delivered in September of next ...
