Ships & Yards – Page 69
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NewsGerman yard spirits rise as business picks up
Welcome newbuilding orders, impressive completions and some positive corporate moves against a background of improving markets have revived spirits this autumn in German shipyards, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsMultraship rescues coaster holed by fishing vessel
Towage and salvage specialist Multraship successfully brought the 1,258 dwt, St Vincent & Grenadine-flag general cargo vessel ‘Janina’ to safety after it was holed by a fishing vessel while at anchor at Buitenbanken, near Rotterdam.
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NewsFloating training aid for tug operation
At first sight a 7.8m vessel seems ridiculously small to be featured in a magazine concerned with ocean-going vessels. But the BRAtt is a serious craft, with a serious purpose – even though most of us would dearly like one to play with.
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NewsTug designers meet the special demands of LNG shipping
The LNG transportation market puts new demands on the tug and towage industry; Jack Gaston reports on how tug design is evolving to meet these specialist needs.
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NewsProtective suit for use in hazardous abrasive blasting
A blast suit meeting international standards for use in wet and dry abrasive blasting operations and which also offers heat protection has been launched by UK company Hodge Clemco.
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New forging press for large ship parts
Kobe Steel in western Japan has completed the construction of a new 10,000 tonne forging press line at its Takasago Works in Hyogo Prefecture.
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News100 years for shipyard lighting specialist
Chalmit, originally founded in the UK on Clydeside in 1910, is celebrating 100 years in business.
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NewsEngine company launches SCR for inland waters
Volvo Penta, together with Swedish emission control specialist STT Emtec, is introducing an effective solution to greatly reduce NOx emissions from high speed marine diesel engines.
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NewsThe greening of fast cats - a new wave of catamarans
The Tasmanian fast ferry shipbuilder Incat recently introduced its Ecoship 130 concept design which is billed as the new wave of lightweight fuel efficient fast ships able to carry large numbers of commercial vehicles of all types at lower operational costs.
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News‘Seychelles Paradise’ – a coastal oil/LNG tanker designed with ‘green’ credentials
Dieter Kühne, managing director of the Lindenau Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik in Kiel, Germany, describes how the yard has applied large-ship ecological principles to a small coastal tanker, featuring double hull, redundant propulsion, low emissions and high efficiency.
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NewsHitzler completes first of three river icebreakers
Germany’s small Hitzler Schiffswerft has completed ''Kietz'', the first of three special inland icebreakers worth a total of €15.3 million for service with local waterways authorities in east and west Germany, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsInnovative ferry ro-ro helps Sietas on new course
One of Germany’s oldest private shipyards, J.J.Sietas, has completed its first ro-pax newbuilding, the small, 75.1m, state-of-the-art, double-end ferry Uthlande, and with it entered a specialist sector still competitive for some European shipbuilders, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsComposite water taxi fleet enters service
Dutch yard Damen is best-known for its policy of standardising designs and using common parts as much as possible throughout the range, but recently the Damen group has embarked on what it describes as “a truly unique project” - an unusual composite vessel.
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NewsHitzler completes first of three river icebreakers
Germany’s small Hitzler Schiffswerft has completed Kietz, the first of three special inland icebreakers worth a total of €15.3 million for service with local waterways authorities in east and west Germany, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsInnovative ferry ro-ro helps Sietas on new course
One of Germany’s oldest private shipyards, J.J.Sietas, has completed its first ro-pax newbuilding, the small, 75.1m, state-of-the-art, double-end ferry Uthlande, and with it entered a specialist sector still competitive for some European shipbuilders, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsThe greening of the fast cats Ecoship 130 - the new wave of green fast catamarans
The Tasmanian fast ferry shipbuilder Incat recently introduced its Ecoship 130 concept design which is billed as the new wave of lightweight fuel efficient fast ships able to carry large numbers of commercial vehicles of all types at lower operational costs.
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NewsThe future of the ultra large container ship
In the early 1970s, the biggest ship was about 2,000 TEU, compared to 14,000 TEU today. Is this development going to continue or will it be curbed by global warming and the carbon footprint? What are the factors deciding how big a container ship can be?
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NewsProspects good as late orders buck up in Germany
Welcome last-minute orders appear to have secured at least the immediate future of several of Germany’s most threatened big shipyards - those still building merchant ships that is.
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NewsAirmax prototype demonstrator gets airborne
The 15m long ship prototype Stena Airmax was named today in Gothenburg and is part of a project in which an ‘air cushion’ is being tested to investigate to what extent it reduces the friction between the hull and the water.
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NewsDiesel electric trend growing for offshore vessels
Leading offshore shipping companies are increasingly turning to diesel electric propulsion systems as an efficient means of meeting the performance requirements for modern platform supply vessels.
