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There are countless arguments against the EUs unilateral action to bring forward the internationally agreed phase-out dates of single hull tankers. Intertanko, the representative body for independent tanker owners, has heard them…

Three major incidents in three years have woken the industry up to the fact that post-Marpol, buckling is a far more critical design strength factor than pre-Marpol. Erika, Prestige and to a…

The second tripartite meeting of Intertanko, Intercargo and the International Chamber of Shipping will have the robustness of machinery on the agenda. The meeting, scheduled for Seoul on September 29-30, will address…

Norway has undertaken to reduce its VOC emissions to a maximum of 195,000t by 2010. This corresponds to a reduction of 37 per cent from 1990 levels. It has done so under…

St Petersburg bunker company ECO Phoenix Holding is boosting its ability to deliver marine fuel to customers throughout the year with the introduction into service in March of an ice class double-hull…

Two sister ships, ordered by Belgium dredger operator Jan de Nul, were launched earlier this year at Izar's Sestao shipyard. Named Filippo Brunelleschi and Francis Beaufort, the vessels are trailing suction hopper…

Earlier this year the German shipyard of Flensburg laid the keel for the first unit in a new five-ship series of roro ferries ordered by the Danish ferry operator DFDS. The lead…

This year marks a remarkable double event in the Norwegian offshore industry with the delivery of the world's first two gas-driven cargo carrying ships. These platform supply vessels, ordered by the shipping…

Six 2,478 TEU feeder boxships ordered by Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) will be equipped with MacGregor hatch covers with a partial box design offering improved construction, maintenance, and operational…

Mitsui O.S.K. lines (MOL) plans to build car carriers on which the fuel tanks are protected by the double hull. It is incorporating the design feature in 12 new ships, planned for…

Goltens has launched a new range of crankshaft repair tools that it says can slash repair time by 50 per cent. The tools, which can be used for insitu crankshaft repairs on…

Report says computers are a "recipe for disaster" when used in restricted watersIt is the IT age and computers are supposed to solve our every need. Yet the grounding of a vessel…

A fire on a roro passenger ferry has caused the Marine Accident Investigation Branch of the UK government?s Department of Transport to suggest designing economiser systems with separate drain valves so that…

The collision of an oil-rig support vessel equipped with azimuthing propulsion units with an oil-rig has highlighted the problems that can occur when an Officer-on-Watch is unfamiliar with different types of propulsion…

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Designers of roro ferries are faced with a choice of maximising lane metres or minimising risk of damage to the sideshell through contact with harbour walls. Designs to maximise lane metres have…

Severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, has spread from southern China to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Singapore and as far away as Canada. It has killed over 100 people and infected…

In February this year the Italian shipbuilder T. Mariotti delivered the 754 passenger cruiseship Seven Seas Voyager to Radisson Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC). It is the world?s second all balcony-suite vessel, following…

The design of the car carrier, other than in terms of sheer size, has altered very little in recent decades but all this has changed with the latest pure car truck carrier…

European Councillors have agreed on proposals for an accelerated phase-out of single-hull tankers. The proposals will enter into force immediately upon the European Parliament issuing approval, expected within months. "I expect this…

Douglas McGowan bought the paddle steamer Waverley from Caledonian MacBrayne in Scotland for the princely sum of £1. He is now retired from Waverley Excursions, but works on a voluntary basis as…