All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1077
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Damen creates a ?short,fat monster?
Since introducing its first azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug, the ASD 3110 Citta Della Spezia back in 1993, the Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has built almost 100 compact ASD tugs in various design sizes such as the 2509, 2810, 3110, 3111 and 3211. All these are multi-purpose ASD tugs ...
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Samsung delivers world's largest container ship
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries has delivered the world's largest container ship to a Canadian shipping company. Christened CSCL Asia, the 8,500 TEU ship is 334 metres long, 42.8 metres wide and has a service speed of 25 knots.
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MOL's vessels and US terminals ISPS certified
MOL (America) Inc confirma that all of the company's containerships calling at North American ports and all of MOL's own terminals are in compliance with IMO?s International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) and have been certified accordingly.The US Coast Guard will use ISPS Certification to enforce the US ...
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Korea Line orders a capesize bulker
Korea Line has ordered a 176,000DWT bulk carrier from a Japanese shipbuilder. The newbuilding, costing $51 million, will be delivered during the first quarter in 2006.
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New crane for A&P Falmouth
A&P Falmouth has a new 60 tonne crane which will service Nos. 3 & 4 drydocks in the yard. The new Bailey crane effectively doubles the lifting capacity, replacing the 30 tonne No. 18 crane which was dismantled in April.
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Daewoo clinches orders worth $800 million
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has clinched orders for six vessels, including four LNG carriers, worth a combined $800 million. The orders include three 150,000 cubic metre LNG carriers for Teekay Shipping of Canada and one 146,000 cubic metre gas carrier for Sovcomflot from Russia.The LNG carriers for Teekay ...
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New heights for common rail
A 70-ton four-stroke marine diesel engine resting majestically amid the Austrian Alps is not something one sees everyday. MAN B&W Deisel recently went to the trouble of transporting the 32/40CR to the Hotel Gut Brandhof in Saalfelden in order to introduce the new medium-speed marine diesel engine and, in particular, ...
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Scania marine engine gets EMS
Designed to provide high performance, low operating costs and low exhaust emissions, the DI12M EMS is Scania?s latest 12-litre marine engine equipped with the Scania EMS engine management system. Intended for use in vessels such as ferries, rescue and combat craft, and vessels for transporting wind turbine blades, the DI12 ...
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Kongsberg Maritime launches new simulation software
Kongsberg Maritime of Norway has raised the standards of ship simulation,with the launch of Polaris 4.4.0, the latest version of its groundbreaking Polaris bridge simulation architecture. The fully scaleable Polaris 4.4.0 software forms the basis of either PC based desktop simulation systems or multi-channel full mission simulators based on real-life ...
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Orient Steamship gets handymax
The Hong Kong based Orient Steamship is expanding its fleet of large dry cargo ships with a $29 million deal for a 55,000DWT bulk carrier. Sources said the firm tied up the ship under a resale agreement with Jiangsu Ocean Shipping (Josco) which had ordered the vessel last year from ...
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Daewoo wins TeeKay LNG trio
Teekay Shipping Corporation based in Nassau, Bahamas, has placed an order with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea to construct three LNG carriers, representing a total contract price of approximately $510 million.These 151,700 cub metre newbuildings will be chartered by TeeKay to Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas, a ...
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Two more capesize bulkers for Waigaoqiao shipyard
Two Hong Kong owners have placed newbuilding orders worth $70 million with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard for a pair of Capesize bulk carriers. The contracts have been placed by Wah Kwong Shipping, owned by shipowner George Chao, and Cape Asia, a pool of seven Hong Kong and Taiwanese shipowners, including Wah ...
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Secure and safe
Though the prime cause of the accident was the vessel?s grounding, the tragic capsize of the 28,100 DWT bulk carrier Rocknes off Bergen in January this year, with the loss of a number of lives, highlighted once again the dangers inherent in poor cargo stowage arrangements. More recently in April, ...
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Secure and safe
Though the prime cause of the accident was the vessel?s grounding, the tragic capsize of the 28,100 DWT bulk carrier Rocknes off Bergen in January this year, with the loss of a number of lives, highlighted once again the dangers inherent in poor cargo stowage arrangements. More recently in April, ...
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Nothing much to report
July the first has arrived and gone without the mass ship detentions predicted. However, a number of people that The Motor Ship has spoken to are surprised. "Where have all the ships gone," asks Andy Mitchell manager of Lloyd?s Register?s marine management systems? "They don?t seem to be where there ...
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The hinge pin of success
In response to last month?s feature focusing on Bill Wen Change Huang?s design for an ultra-large hinged container ship, The Motor Ship received this letter from Joseph P Fischer,President of Bay Engineering, Wisconsin, USA, pointing to the connector pins as the concept?s potential.Dear Sir, With regard to the hinged ship ...
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The Importance of getting into training
Training underscores all aspects of safe and efficient operation of ships. However, today the requirement for effective and regular training is greater than ever. Not only have vessels and their equipment become ever more complex, crew numbers have been cut to the bone and there is a never ending increase ...
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The importance of getting into training
Training underscores all aspects of safe and efficient operation of ships. However, today the requirement for effective and regular training is greater than ever. Not only have vessels and their equipment become ever more complex, crew numbers have been cut to the bone and there is a never ending increase ...
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Hyundai Samho gets weather wise
Hyundai Samho Shipyard in South Korea has established an automatic weather observation system (AWS) to improve production efficiency through providing detailed weather information. This will enable the Mokpo-based shipbuilder to cope better with the vagaries of weather conditions and improve outdoor works such as coating and sea-trials.
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Korea fights to retain top spot in shipbuilding
South Korean shipyards continue to dominate the world shipbuilding industry and, despite signs that other Asian countries, China in particular, are challenging Korea?s supremacy, they are confident of retaining their supremacy for another twenty years. This will be achieved by means of continued drive towards efficiency, automation and high-tech investment.StrategyKorea ...