Vessels & Shipyards – Page 69
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NewsTo err is... all too human
Some reported incidents of ‘DP technology failure’ are actually down to human error.
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NewsBig ship, but a delicate balance
Bringing different capabilities together isn’t a question of just piling everything you can onto one ship, even if that ship is as big as the 215.9m Petrofac JSD 6000.
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NewsDP training can’t stand still
There are divergent forces at the heart of the DP certification: on one side is the need for capable and experienced operators, while on the other side there is a surge of new vessels with DP positions to fill.
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NewsIndia looks for answers at home
A very sophisticated offshore support training facility has been built, housed not in a high end OEM R&D installation, but in a not-for-profit facility in Mumbai, India. By Stevie Knight
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NewsProduction shift for Australian aluminium ferry technology
A new lightweight passenger-vehicle ferry to an established Australian design has been built in the Philippines for service in French Polynesia is described by David Tinsley.
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NewsBunker barge uses electric propulsion
With ever-tighter emissions limits in port areas, there are pressures on vessels operating mostly within harbor confines, like tugs and bunker barges, to be as clean as possible; Dag Pike describes an electric Belgian bunker barge.
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NewsGerman yards stay active on a wide front
German repair yards went into the New Year with a varied and interesting spread of work, but, as Tom Todd writes, it is the smaller facilities which are again drawing most of the attention.
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NewsProduct tanker built to high specification for European coastal trade
Damen Shipyards’ ‘series production’ philosophy, which has proved so successful in the workboat, tug and patrol craft markets, is successfully transferring to coastal and short sea shipping as demand grows for high-quality and cost-effective smaller tonnage built to meet the latest environmental standards.
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NewsPolar code close to implementation
Dag Pike looks at the increasing focus on Arctic shipping which has led to the IMO implementing a new code of safety to ensure safe ships and navigation in polar waters
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NewsNew tool for harmonised IACS rules aids designers
Classification society ClassNK has release a new version of its PrimeShip-Hull ship design support software, said to be the first such product that fully supports the IACS Common Structural Rules (harmonized CSR) for oil tankers and bulk carriers.
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NewsOffshore refit for Damen Shipdock Amsterdam, and Damen expands in Sharjah
Ship repair and conversion yard Shipdock Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received a contract to carry out a propulsion upgrade of the 3D Seismic Vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’.
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NewsQuantifying coating effectiveness for fuel savings
The Hull Roughness Analyzer instrument from Dutch company TQC is reported to have been nominated for the Corrosion Innovation of the Year Award 2014, in connection with the NACE even in the USA in March this year.
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NewsCorrosion repair system fights underwater pitting
Subsea Industries of Belgium, known for its Ecoshield coating system, has introduced Ecofix, a product for filling and building up a corroded and pitted steel surface to its original form prior to recoating with Ecoshield.
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NewsOman Drydock Company upbeat for the future
The Oman Drydock Company (ODC), one of the Middle East’s newest and biggest shipyards, says it had its strongest year of trading in 2013.
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News4,000 ships repaired at ASRY
Bahrain-based ASRY says that it recently repaired its 4,000th ship, a landmark achieved after 36 years of operation.
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NewsLNG-fuelled catamaran pushes frontiers in ferry powering
Incat’s fastest ferry yet, the LNG-fuelled gas turbine-powered ‘Francisco’ has successfully entered service with Buquebus in South America: David Tinsley reports on the ship and its fuel arrangements.
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NewsYards stay busy as production switches bite
According to Tom Todd, both large and small yards in Germany are reaping the benefits of diversification and streamlined production, and have attracted some significant newbuild orders despite some still-unresolved failures along the way.
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NewsLargest icebreaker construction now underway
Work has begun in Russia on a new nuclear-powered icebreaker, considerably larger and more powerful than any existing vessel, while a smaller Russian icebreaker soon to be completed in Finland, offers a novel approach to clearing wide channels, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsSwitch to propellers from waterjets pays dividends
Dag Pike describes a conversion to the propulsion system of a US ferry that resulted in improved performance – and a Workboat Environmental award.
