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Clipper Viking is the first of a pair of 12,500m3 gas tankers featuring an innovative nitrogen generation plant. Based on a 15,000m3 design developed by German shipyard Meyer Werft towards the end…

Low-speed Following the enlargement of MAN B&W`s Alpha Diesel factory at Fredrikshaven, the first large bore two-stroke produced in the Danish plant has been delivered to the German yard of Jos Meyer.…

Fortunes are mixed for both French shipowners and especially for its shipbuilders. After a fall in 1995, the French fleet has slowly recovered and has been static at 210 vessels grossing 4.2…

Transmission In designing the twin input/single output reduction gearboxes for the cruise ship Blue Sea,Valmet Power Transmission paid special attention to noise reduction. The transmissions will couple four 5,280kW Wartsila 8L38 engines…

An Indonesian/German joint venture has seen the delivery of the first in a series of five fast passenger ferries built to enhance Indonesia`s island transportation network. In 1995 the Indonesian state-owned line…

THICKNESS TESTING The latest through-coating multiple echo ultrasonic thickness gauge from Cygnus Instruments has a lightweight and environmentally sealed IP65 case with a backlit liquid crystal display which can be viewed in…

Knut Andresen, Technical Director for Brunvoll A/S explains the need for and the measures to reduce noise from tunnel thrusters. With increasing environmental pressures and restrictions on anchoring at some of the…

GAS MONITORING The EX-PLUS personal combustible gas detector from TQ Environmental meets the requirements of the new Solas ll Part D Regulation 59, in which portable combustible gas detectors are mandatory aboard…

Revised lub oil formulations appear to have tackled problems of black paint. The problem of so-called black paint and sludge in medium-speed engines caused by fuel contamination of the lub oils seemed…

SAFETY DBC Marine Safety Systems has introduced a mini-slide system to work in conjunction with its IBAs (reversible inflatable platforms) and liferafts. The mini-slide has been designed to meet the USCG and…