All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1107
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Ship of state
The Indian government has set October 20 as the last date for the submission of financial bids for the privatization of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), said a source close to the process."The government late last week sent letters to all companies participating in the SCI privatization," said the source. ...
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Star performance
Star Cruises Ltd. has ordered the construction of two cruise ships for a total investment of HK$6.16 billion to boost revenue and operating efficiency. The first ship will be ready for delivery in the third quarter of 2005, and the second will be ready in the second quarter of 2006, ...
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Go electric
Tsuneishi Corporation in Japan has decided to install electric deck machines on TESS 58 bulk carrier. By doing so, maritime pollution as a result of oil leakage will be sharply diminished and the reduction in maintenance schedules will save running cost. Deck machines such as cranes now used on bulk ...
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Double the fleet
China Ocean Shipping (Group), the mainland's largest maritime company, plans to more than double its fleet from the current 550 ships by 2020, and has started sounding out the financial market in its first steps to raise cash for new building plans. The firm is trying to decide if it ...
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Four container ships
South Korea's Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. said it has received four container ship orders from Germany's Rudolf Schepers Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co.Hanjin said it will provide four vessels capable of transporting 3,400 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, each to the German firm through March 31, 2007.
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Attractive contract price
Golar LNG Ltd. has confirmed it has signed a newbuilding contract with the Korean shipbuilder DSME for one 145,000 m3 LNG newbuilding for delivery in 2005. Included in the contract is an option for up to two more newbuildings with delivery in 2006/2007.John Fredriksen said: "The strong market recovery in ...
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. orders Ultra Voyager
Building on the popularity and success of its Voyager-class ships, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today ordered an even larger cruise ship - the Ultra Voyager - for delivery in May 2006. Destined for the Royal Caribbean International fleet, the new ship will be built at Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland, continuing ...
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New twist in Korea-EU WTO dispute
The long drawn-out dispute between South Korea and the EU has taken an interesting twist with Korea filing a counter complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming that subsidies provided by the European Union (EU) member nations to their shipyards amount to unfair trade practices banned under WTO rules. ...
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NewsPhiladelphia delivers first newbuilding
The MV Manukai made its way down the Delaware River and beneath the Delaware Memorial Bridge on Saturday, July 26th on its way out to the Atlantic Ocean for its sea trials.After an absence from shipbuilding of more than 30 years, Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard (KPSI), in the USA has delivered ...
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K Line?s newbuilding spree
K Line in Japan has ordered four 8,120 teu container ships from Japanese shipbuilder IHI Marine United and five 5,624 teu boxships from Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea. The latest newbuildings will replace existing chartered vessels at major routes when they are delivered from mid-2006 to early-2007. The larger ...
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Austal?s financial loss
The release of Austal Ship?s results for the 2002-2003 financial year revealed the tough times endured by the builder during the past year with the company posting a net loss of A$18.7 million.Austal management has vowed the company, which has A$320 million in orders for 2004 and 2005, will return ...
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NewsHeavy loads moved swiftly
Rolls-Royce MT30 under testThe Motor Ship does not normally report on naval vessels but this one is exceptional. Rolls-Royce has designs for a powerful new logistics ship ? offering record speeds for transporting high volumes of equipment and spares in support of rapid response forces. It may be find favour ...
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US sends polluted fleet to the UK
A fleet of 13 rusting US ships, heavily polluted with asbestos, oil and deadly PCBs, will embark on the 4,500-mile journey from America's east coast to the UK?s Hartlepool facilities in the next month amid warnings from salvage experts that they risk bringing an environmental disaster in their wake says ...
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Universal delivers Energy Star
Universal Shipbuilding in Japan delivered a 75,318DWT panamax bulk carrier, Energy Star, on September 2. The ship was ordered by Sun Lanes Shipping S. A. in Panama. The ship is 225m long, 32.2m wide and 19.15m deep with a draft of 13.841m. The 39,691GT vessel is powered by a MAN ...
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Alstom wins order for Carnival
Alstom has secured a contract to supply an ectrical package for "Carnival Liberty", the new vessel for Carnival Cruise Lines.The ocean-going cruise vessel will be built by Fincantieri at the Port of Monfalcone in the Gulf of Trieste, Italy. Carrying 3,500 passengers it will be used for year-round for worldwide ...
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Serenade sails the seas
Towards the end of July the latest unit in the four-ship Radiance class cruise vessels set sail from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg. Weighing in at 90,090t, the Serenade of the Seas is the third unit of the series to be delivered to Royal Caribbean International (RCI) by the German ...
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Virtually perfect
CAD/CAM systems have been around in the shipbuilding industry for quite a long time ? since the early 1960s. Per-Olof Nilsson, vice president of research for Tribon Solutions, told The Motor Ship that the first thing they did was produce control for flame cutters using paper tapes. However, things have ...
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The sky?s the limit
With growth rates of 8% per year being predicted, the current slump in cruise ship orders could only be short term ? but what direction is design heading in? When asked what would be next after Queen Mary 2, Gerry Ellis, director of new builds for Cunard Line, told The ...
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Skydex gives relief from G forces
Skydex gives relief from G forcesShock forces experienced by passengers and crew onboard fast ferries and other small vessels is an issue which is constantly being looked at by naval architects in an attempt to mitigate the worst of the effects on individuals. Apart from ship borne systems to dampen ...
