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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finnish headquartered cargo equipment specialist, Cargotec, has secured a large order for ro-ro cargo access equipment for four 45,000dwt container ro-ro vessels for Italian shipping company Ignazio Messina.

1st November 2012

Cargotec secures ro-ro equipment orders

1st November 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A series of six 5,000m3 next-generation LPG tankers is nearing completion in China for Hartmann Reederei – the second German owner to expand its fleet of gas tankers in recent months, writes…

1st November 2012

New German LPG series nears completion

1st November 2012

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Some of Germany’s smaller repair facilities have reported interesting and varied activity of late, demonstrating again how important they remain for the sector in general and for local economies in particular. Tom…

1st November 2012

Smaller German yard work points up economic clout

1st November 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bandwidth is becoming irrelevant despite the huge amount of data being made available to condition based monitoring systems, writes Wendy Laursen.

1st November 2012

CBM systems are getting smaller and smarter

1st November 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wendy Laursen explains how analysis of fault calls reveals how crew become desensitised to equipment alarms and how electrical equipment in particular is emerging as a problem.

1st November 2012

Important diagnostic calls lost on desensitised crew

1st November 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

There are many possible tiers of monitoring and control to facilitate cylinder oil feed rate optimisation, and the financial gains can be significant, writes Wendy Laursen.

1st November 2012

Mix of tools required for cylinder oil optimisation

1st November 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Marine sensors are continually being refined and upgraded to support the consistent and efficient management of essential marine machinery, says Mike Powers, product marketing director for Gems Sensors and Controls.

1st November 2012

A new wave of technology

1st November 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

Henrik Segercrantz looks at how one classification society is helping shipowners meet energy efficiency targets and save fuel costs.

1st November 2012

Market and regulators call for action, says GL

1st November 2012

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has announced a new high-speed propulsion engine based on its 3516 platform, but optimised to deliver clean-burn combustion along with an up to 15% power increase in its…

1st November 2012

New high-speed propulsion and gas-fuelled genset engines added to Cat high-speed range

1st November 2012

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The offshore industry in the Americas seems to have a growing demand for a new type of offshore support vessel, the fast supply boat. A size smaller, and lighter, than the conventional…

1st November 2012

Cummins powers the new offshore breed

1st November 2012

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

Experts and users alike gathered in Bergen, Norway, recently for The Motorship’s third, and biggest, gas fuelled ships conference, and enjoyed three days – and one night - of discussion and site…

1st November 2012

Biggest and best gas ships conference yet

1st November 2012

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

In 1962, fuel economy and general ship efficiency was rather less of an issue than it is today. Nonetheless, ship owners and designers wanting to save a bit of cash were looking…

1st November 2012

Fuel savings and European unity

1st November 2012

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Classification society Bureau Veritas has published guidance on conversion of ships into surface offshore units and redeployment of surface offshore units.

31st October 2012

BV issues offshore conversion guidance

31st October 2012

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

UK yard Cammell Laird has declared an aim to grow across the marine and renewables sectors, following a strong trade in the first half of 2012.

31st October 2012

Cammell Laird goes for growth

31st October 2012

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

US paints supplier PPG Industries says that its PSX One advanced marine coating, introduced last year, is protecting what is known as “the world’s greatest naval ship”, the ‘USS Iowa’, which has…

31st October 2012

Coating helps revive historic ship

31st October 2012

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Engine repairer Wetering of Rotterdam says that it has carried out one of its most challenging projects ever, in terms of complexity, engine size and component size.

31st October 2012

Crankshaft replaced right on schedule

31st October 2012

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Dutch propeller repairer MPR says it has completed a near-impossible repair on a propeller for a naval client.

31st October 2012

Navy propeller poses challenge

31st October 2012

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

EPG Shipyard of Gdynia, Poland has been contracted by Hays Ships of Aberdeen, UK, to carry out modification and repair on one of its geophysical survey ships.

31st October 2012

Polish yard upgrades survey ship

31st October 2012

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

UK-based electro-mechanical engineering specialist Houghton International recently completed its largest project on behalf of an unnamed international provider of offshore contract services.

31st October 2012

Repair to large thruster motor

31st October 2012

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Gibdock says that it has completed work on its first offshore platform project in almost 15 years, as well as its first PCTC job for a long time.

31st October 2012

Semi-sub project completed in Gibraltar

31st October 2012