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Rental scheme for shipping

Rental scheme for shipping

The US-flagged ships, which will be built at a cost of just over $400 million each, will have a length of 256m and will be able to carry 1,900 passengers.

Rental scheme for shipping

Rental scheme for shipping

Improvements were made in various passenger areas, including refurbishment of all public spaces and stateroom bathrooms on Amalfi, Portofino and Capri decks. The ship`s lobby was opened up vertically to create a…

Poor ignition quality leads to excessive ignition delay causing fouling of valves, pistons, and turbo-chargers, resulting in a steady deterioration of performance during a voyage. There is also a very real risk…

Keystone`s 40,006 dwt tanker Fredericksburg was at the yard for 26 days in January/February for drydocking, machinery and piping repairs, and tank segregation work. OSG`s 92,017 dwt tanker Ohio entered the yard…

The aim of the meeting is to avoid a subsidy war, says the OECD, but the EUÕs Industry Council is unwilling to sign an agreement which excludes the USA. Norway has already…

At Alang, 35,000 people dismantle 200 ships along a 10km beach and the report highlights predictions of increased scrapping of 25 year-old tankers. The class society says waste with no commercial value…

During The Motor ShipÕs visit to Fincantieri last March the company said that delivery was scheduled for December 1998. More recently the company has given the delivery as this month. However, it…

The vessels, which will be built to LR class, will have a service speed of 22 knots and will reduce the normal crossing time between the UK and The Netherlands by two…

Like its sistership, the latest 85,000g vessel will feature gas turbines mounted in azimuthing pods under the hull. As a result of the reduced space required for the propulsion pods, additional space…

Kvaerner Fjellstrand has already delivered a JumboCat 50 to Amco last year. The latest 60m catamaran on order for the Egyptian owner will carry 450 passengers, and 50 cars and two buses…

On the cylinder cover side the fuel valves have been moved slightly towards the centre. These changes mean the maximum piston crown temperature drops from 509 degC to 421 degC and the…

Pmax is 142 bar with a BMEP of 21 bar, and a maximum piston speed of 6.36 m/sec. During testing the fuel consumption was measured at 185 g/kWh, and the company says…

A grain/bale capacity of 22,000m3 is provided in three holds with removable tweendecks, allowing the ships to be configured as box-shaped double-hulled single-deckers. Container capacity is around 1,000 TEU. Each hold will…

The system is based on a lift control technique, which uses displacement transducers in the fin shaft to adapt automatically to variations in the local water stream direction. As a result, the…

Shaft 50 will align shafts up to 10m long, Shaft 200 can handle shafts up to 25m and straightness to 75m, says Maintec. Shaft 50 comes with standard alignment programs for both…

The majority of the windows covered are forward facing and above the bridge, so it is vital that reflections from the accommodation lights and the flashing lasers from the Horizon discodo not…