All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1113
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International law in jeopardy from EU
There are countless arguments against the EUs unilateral action to bring forward the internationally agreed phase-out dates of single hull tankers. Intertanko, the representative body for independent tanker owners, has heard them all. But one seems to raise its ire more than others."The flouting of international law is a major ...
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Reducing VOC emissions during cargo loading
Norway has undertaken to reduce its VOC emissions to a maximum of 195,000t by 2010. This corresponds to a reduction of 37 per cent from 1990 levels. It has done so under its European Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution obligations. VOC emissions react with bright sunlight to create ground-level ...
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Russian bunker tanker upgrade
St Petersburg bunker company ECO Phoenix Holding is boosting its ability to deliver marine fuel to customers throughout the year with the introduction into service in March of an ice class double-hull tanker. The purchase represents the first stage of a programme to upgrade the ECO Phoenix fleet both in ...
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Germans builds Iranian feeders
Six 2,478 TEU feeder boxships ordered by Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) will be equipped with MacGregor hatch covers with a partial box design offering improved construction, maintenance, and operational characteristics. The Tehran-based owner has ordered the MTW 2500 type containerships from Norway's Aker Kvaerner Yards group, which ...
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Buckling up for more robust ships
Three major incidents in three years have woken the industry up to the fact that post-Marpol, buckling is a far more critical design strength factor than pre-Marpol. Erika, Prestige and to a lesser extent Castor have demonstrated that current minimum buckling criteria for decks, bottoms and girders only take strength ...
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VOCstop and low smoking oil barrels
Recent reports from CRUCOSGA and the National Academy of Science estimate that 0.2% of a crude oil tanker's cargo is lost through vapour emissions. Over the course of a year the total loss is estimated at more than 6 million tons. Much of the loss is a result of crew ...
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Izar dredgers head for Asia
Two sister ships, ordered by Belgium dredger operator Jan de Nul, were launched earlier this year at Izar's Sestao shipyard. Named Filippo Brunelleschi and Francis Beaufort, the vessels are trailing suction hopper dredgers, each with an 11,300m3 hopper capacity, designed and built to perform a number of operations. These include ...
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Machinery on tripartite meeting agenda
The second tripartite meeting of Intertanko, Intercargo and the International Chamber of Shipping will have the robustness of machinery on the agenda. The meeting, scheduled for Seoul on September 29-30, will address some of the questions raised by the three organisations' members over the maintenance and reliability of machinery. Questions ...
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Distraction of technology
Report says computers are a "recipe for disaster" when used in restricted watersIt is the IT age and computers are supposed to solve our every need. Yet the grounding of a vessel in restricted waters off western Scotland has led to the ship?s owner having all computers removed from the ...
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Economiser design change
A fire on a roro passenger ferry has caused the Marine Accident Investigation Branch of the UK government?s Department of Transport to suggest designing economiser systems with separate drain valves so that the system can be totally emptied for maintenance.The fire started after oil that had escaped from a thermal ...
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Unfamiliarity breeds danger
The collision of an oil-rig support vessel equipped with azimuthing propulsion units with an oil-rig has highlighted the problems that can occur when an Officer-on-Watch is unfamiliar with different types of propulsion and steering systems.The bridge watchkeeper in attempting to increase his ship?s distance from the nearest rig turned the ...
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Research to explore resistance of double hulls
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Current issues and compromises
Designers of roro ferries are faced with a choice of maximising lane metres or minimising risk of damage to the sideshell through contact with harbour walls. Designs to maximise lane metres have flat sides above the fenders; those minimising risk of damage to the sideshell have sides above the fenders ...
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Waste water without worries
With regulations getting tougher and pressure from environmental groups increasing it is inevitable that cruise ship owners will have to adopt new technologies in dealing with wastewater.Conformance to IMO / USCG historic standards for treated sewage (black water) is not sufficient to meet the expectations of those responsible for regulating ...
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X-cellent sea-keeping
The X-Craft is a demonstrator, which will be used to prove technologies for use in the US Navy?s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The prime contract was awarded to The Titan Corporation (NYSE: TTN) with detailed design by Nigel Gee and Associates Ltd, which recently became part of BMT in the ...
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SARS hits Star
Severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, has spread from southern China to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Singapore and as far away as Canada. It has killed over 100 people and infected thousands. Asian cruise line Star Cruises has been affected. In early April, two of its crew on SuperStar ...
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Hainan rail link launched
China?s first-ever rail ferry service was launched in January with the introduction of Yue Hai Tie I Hao. The rail ferry was purpose built to link the mainland railway terminal at Zhanjiang, in Guangdong Province, and Haikou, the provincial capital of Hainan Island. The 14,381g newbuilding, designed by Maric (Marine ...
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EU phase-out
European Councillors have agreed on proposals for an accelerated phase-out of single-hull tankers. The proposals will enter into force immediately upon the European Parliament issuing approval, expected within months. "I expect this new regulation to enter into force very quickly," says Loyola de Palacio, vice president for transport and energy ...
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State-of-the-art drive technology guarantees efficient land reclamation
Like huge vacuum cleaners, trailer suction hopper dredgers suction-up the sand from the sea bed and empty it into their containers which can hold about 20,000m3. The ship, which with its freight weighs about 30,000t, steams to the area where the new land is to be reclaimed and ejects the ...
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Navigation goes down the integration route
Navi-Radar 3000, a PC-based radar display system with advanced ARPA and chart facilities and extended integration capabilities has been launched by Transas. These integration capabilities include the ability to exchange data with Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS or ECS, Navi-Fisher 3000 and Navi-Conning 3000. All three systems can be installed on a ...
