Opinion – Page 16
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NewsNot a year of great engineering progress...
The January 1962 issue of The Motor Ship contained a vast array of reviews of the relative states of various activities in the previous 12 months.
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NewsNovel approach to vehicle transport
Recent retrospective looks at The Motor Ship of 50 years ago have tended to concentrate on the development of large-bore diesel engines, and the December 1961 issue is no exception.
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Log-on – Gas fuel, the unanswered questions
The overwhelming message from our recent Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Rotterdam was that LNG fuel is a viable option for ships under IMO Tier III and other strict emissions controls, but there are plenty of problems left to solve.
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Introducing nanotechnology to shipbuilding
Naval architect M. Rajeev of Axsys Technologies in India has contacted The Motorship with his ideas about nanotechnology in shipbuilding, a subject he says has fascinated him throughout his career.
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Norway gets it right
The Motorship has recently returned from a week-long trip to Norway’s west coast, on a press trip with colleagues from other maritime and energy publications.
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NewsBritish owners order ships overseas
The Motor Ship’s November 1961 issue carried the rather alarming news that British ships were being ordered from abroad, rather than owners patronising their domestic shipyards.
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NewsCaution remains in hull and machinery insurance
The year 2011 has seen the cost of nautical-related marine insurance claims return to former high levels, and new technology is doing nothing to reassure underwriters, as Denzil Stuart reports.
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Keep damaged ships afloat
Salvage companies and marine underwriters are keeping an eye on a new initiative that could prevent a damaged ship from sinking.
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Log on - Piracy at sea
The problem of Somali pirates is not going away; in fact it threatens to escalate.
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NewsTankers show the way forward
It was tankers that provided the headlines in the October 1961 issue of The Motor Ship. A glimpse of the future came from the fact that three separate contracts had been placed, all with Japanese builders, for large gas-carrying tankers.
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NewsFishing vessels show the way
In the 1960s and before, The Motor Ship had a sizeable staff, and with large numbers of ships built in Britain, and others visiting UK ports, it was not difficult to view ships and write about them.
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Fuel for the future
With the imminent Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Rotterdam, and the formal adoption of the EEDI and SEEMP by IMO’s MEPC, fuels and emissions are again in the spotlight.
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Shippers sceptical about EEDI measures
According to logistics organisation Shippers Voice, shipper groups believe that ‘green fuel taxes’ will not reduce emissions from ships; instead they will simply add a surcharge to the rates they charge customers.
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NewsGPS – good but vulnerable
GPS guides just about every vessel afloat, and although the technology is accurate and reliable, it is not infallible, argues Dag Pike.
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NewsSulzer turbochargers and early gas carriers
It is now such a common sight to see Wärtsilä low speed engines, as we now refer to the Sulzer-designed units, sporting ABB (and Napier) turbochargers that it is easily forgotten that Sulzer Bros of Winterthur formerly made turbochargers itself.
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NewsHigh casualty levels still cause concern
Despite lower activity levels in shipping, casualty statistics remain high. Denzil Stuart investigates.
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NewsLarge-bore engines are the flavour of 1961
The June 1961 issue of ''The Motor Ship'' was full of news of large-bore low-speed marine engines, which seemed to be causing an even bigger stir than dual-fuel (oil and LNG) engines are at present.
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Change gathers pace – at last
Looking through the archive collection of The Motor Ship in our offices, it was interesting to note that even as far back as the 1930s it was being forecast that the earth’s oil resources could run out in less than 20 years.
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NewsKeeping to schedule
Dag Pike looks at the need to maintain timetables, which can expose the disadvantages of operating slower ships, besides the well-known environmental benefits.
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NewsOil reserves running out - 1961 shock?
The May 1961 issue of The Motor Ship, on its comment page, questioned whether, with the growing popularity of the Diesel engine, the world’s oil reserves would be sufficient to meet demand.
