Opinion – Page 14
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NewsStatus, certification and training of ships’ electrical engineers
John Grace, managing partner of US company Electrical Engineering Consulting Group (E2CG) looks at how the status and training of marine electrical engineers has not kept pace with the advance of complex onboard electronic equipment.
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NewsIce navigation encourages new technologies
It is a very rare occurrence these days when a new sea route opens up; now the traditional trading rotesm plus the later additions of the Suez and Panama Canals are being supplemented by the Arctic. Dag Pike considers the implications.
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NewsFew signs of optimism in hull and machinery insurance
After another gloomy year for marine insurers, will 2013 be a pivotal year for underwriters? Will the market turn up? The signs are not encouraging, writes Denzil Stuart.
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NewsBoxship blues
As large chunks of the shipping industry batten down the hatches to ride out the deepening economic storm, one of the hardest hit sectors is container shipping, with more than 300 idle, equating to about 550,000TEU, at the time of writing, according to statistics from Lloyd’s List Intelligence, writes Denzil ...
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News‘Green’ additive or lethal pollutant?
The UK media has recently run a number of stories about a ‘mystery’ marine pollutant that was supposedly responsible for the deaths of a large number of seabirds on the English south coast.
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NewsSo who says dual fuel is the latest trend?
Looking through ''The Motor Ship'' for February 1963, it came as something of a surprise to see a reference to a dual fuel marine engine – running on both diesel and liquefied petroleum gas.
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NewsShipbuilding in 2012
Shipbuilding did not enjoy the best of years in 2012. Although on the surface things seem satisfactory, with many yards reporting that production is still high and order books are full, the realisation that far less healthy times are just around the corner.
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NewsBest wishes for 2013 from The Motorship
The team at The Motorship look forward to a happy and prosperous 2013, and send our good wishes to all subscribers and advertisers, and thank all our supporters and sponsors, online, in print and at our conferences, for their help in 2012.
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NewsEngine pressures, operator problems, paints, the environment – and dual fuel
In December 1962, ‘The Motor Ship’ was in contemplative mood. Writers and correspondents alike, had put their minds to thinking about developments in the industry, several of which have a familiar sound today.
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NewsWoes for shipowners and shipbuilders
The Motor Ship, January 1963, opened with a message from the UK Minister of Transport, the Rt Hon Ernest Marples. That reflects two facts: in those times this journal existed to promote the UK shipbuilding and marine engineering industry as well as the superiority of Diesel power over steam; and ...
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NewsFuel savings and European unity
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 at ways to cut fuel bills.
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NewsAutomation, large bores and short strokes
One thing we often remark upon in this part of the magazine is the way that nothing seems to be new – ideas that are regarded as novel today are often closely related to those being considered 50 years or more ago.
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NewsRussian government encourages domestic recovery
The Russian government is considering creating conditions for the recovery of its marine engineering industry, in the form of support for domestic manufacturers of and attracting foreign investors to establish production in Russia, says Eugene Gerden.
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NewsSMM takes an optimistic stance in difficult times
Henrik Segercrantz attended the SMM organisers’ traditional pre-event briefing, to find out how the biannual event, normally the largest in the shipbuilding calendar, was faring while shipping is seen as a contracting industry.
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NewsDiesel continues to gain ground over steam
It is interesting to note that, even as comparatively recently as 50 years ago, there was still a widely and strongly held opinion that Diesel engines were unsuitable for passenger ships, on account of greater noise and vibration than steam turbines.
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NewsJapan takes the lead in shipbuilding
The Motor Ship’s July and August 1962 issues – no such laziness as combined issues then – featured, in July, a focus on passenger shipping, followed by some pioneering concepts in August.
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NewsAdvanced propulsion from 1962
Large bore engines continued to dominate the pages of The Motor Ship. In the June 1962 issue, engine designs from B&W, MAN (then separate companies of course), Sulzer, Fiat and Götaverken, all for tanker propulsion, were discussed.
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NewsThe bigger they are the harder they fall
In the shipping industry, size matters, says Dag Pike: it was the VLCCs and the bulk carriers that started off the expansion in ship size and they only stopped when they reached the half-million tonne size.
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NewsDanish shipowners question wisdom of BWMS
Although the Danish Shipowners Association supports the IMO Ballast Water Convention, Denmark, like several other major shipowning states, has yet to ratify it, in the light of several serious concerns about practical aspects.
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NewsGermans invest in four new research ships
The German Government is to invest nearly €850 million over the next eight years in four new state-of-the-art research vessels, writes Tom Todd.
