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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

On our recent visit to Norway’s West Coast offshore shipbuilders, we inspected the Ulstein SX120 ship ‘Oceanic Sirius’, second of a pair of large, high-specification seismic vessels.

29th February 2012

X-Bow proves effective on seismic survey ships

29th February 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A joint venture between a Russian shipyard and a major European marine manufacturer hopes to take advantage of the development of shipping in the Arctic region during the next few years, as…

29th February 2012

Ship machinery and system production in Russia

29th February 2012

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Martin Lucas, managing director, Kittiwake, asks how shipowners will know the true level of pollution from their vessel exhausts, as the stricter sulphur limits in emission control areas are now less than…

29th February 2012

Establishing true emission levels for ECA compliance

29th February 2012

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Klüber Lubrication’s Dirk Fabry describes the development of a readily biodegradable, non-toxic gear oil, undertaken by Klüber Lubrication with SIMRIT and Merkel Freudenberg.

29th February 2012

An eco-friendly alternative gear oil

29th February 2012

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Some things may sound too good to be true, and many are – but some have been proven to work, such as the Promas integrated propeller and rudder from Rolls-Royce.

29th February 2012

Short payback claimed for integrated propulsion solution

29th February 2012

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

‘Rem Fortress’ is a new PSV delivered in the last quarter of 2011 by Kleven Maritime. She is sister to ‘Rem Commander’, delivered earlier in the year. Both ships were ordered in…

29th February 2012

Second of two ‘green’ PSVs from Kleven

29th February 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Dag Pike looks at the variety of systems which combine control of several onboard systems in a fully-integrated fashion.

29th February 2012

Integrated control – the ‘whole ship’ system

29th February 2012

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

With mounting commercial and environmental pressure on the shipping industry to reduce emissions and fuel consumption, it’s encouraging to see that an increasing number of shipowners are ordering more efficient vessels.

29th February 2012

New ‘green’ Handysize contract signed

29th February 2012

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

In a rare reversal of fortunes for the UK shipbuilding industry, Ferguson Shipbuilders in Port Glasgow, Scotland has been selected to build the world’s first two sea-going ro-ro diesel electric hybrid ferries.

29th February 2012

Environmentally-sound hybrid ferries to be built on the Clyde

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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A 300,000 dwt crude oil tanker has made 15 years with very little wear on its cargo tanks, thanks to the durability of an epoxy shield.

29th February 2012

Better than good after fifteen years

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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

GEA Westfalia says that its newly-launched ultraviolet radiation system for the treatment of ballast water, the BallastMaster ultraV, has received type approval in accordance with IMO guidelines and regulations.

29th February 2012

Type approval for GEA ballast system

29th February 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Det Norske Veritas is establishing a new group structure; following the recent transfer of the majority shareholding in KEMA, it aims to merge some activities to strengthen its industry position.

29th February 2012

DNV restructures following KEMA takeover

29th February 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

Part of the problem seems to be there is some distrust between governmental bodies and the shipping industry. It’s flared up again with a UK Energy and Climate Change Committee report accusing…

29th February 2012

Distrust and disbelief over carbon

29th February 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

To be clear, even the move to 0.5% low sulphur fuel in 2020 or 25 requires a step change, as it means a switch over to distillates, rather than just cleaner fuel…

29th February 2012

A market economy

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REGULATION

REGULATION

“There are many who feel a growing unease about the fact that the EU’s new draft Sulphur Directive is going a lot further than the IMO’s Marpol Annex VI ruling”, says David…

29th February 2012

Cutting off the leg you stand on

29th February 2012

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Stadt of Norway reports that its patented Stadt Stascho no-loss drive system has gained a foothold in Korea with the country’s largest shipbuilder, Samsung, offering the system for its LNG-powered passenger ship…

29th February 2012

No-loss electric propulsion selected for gas-fuelled ships

29th February 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US Gulf llightering support services provider AET says that following the entry into service of its first purpose-built LSV in October 2011, it will take delivery of two similar newbuildings in April…

29th February 2012

New lightering support ships near completion

29th February 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wendy Laursen points out that there is still a lot of work to be done by manufacturers, operators and hydrographers before ECDIS can really be claimed to improve the safety of shipping

28th February 2012

Operators wary of ECDIS risks

28th February 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kelvin Hughes claims its ice navigation radar installed in a MantaDigital radar matches or exceeds the performance of special-purpose ice navigation radars at much lower cost. Raytheon Anschütz has released a new…

28th February 2012

Navigation news in brief

28th February 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Dag Pike says little has changed in relieving watchkeeper fatigue in 100 years of navigation, but the situation is improving as bridge watch alarms become mandatory.

28th February 2012

Addressing the human fatigue question

28th February 2012