All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1118
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Small ships give UK grounds for optimism
Commercial life is never easy for a shipyard, but at least some can take a bit of comfort from their niche. Ship owners naturally go to Korea, Japan or China for the big tonnage. In Germany, many yards know they have a good chance to keep the order book alive, ...
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Next generation SMGT
There have been a number of driving forces behind the development of the Super Marine Gas Turbine (SMGT) ? a primary one being protecting the environment. This has seen a major effort by the Japanese developers of the SMGT in trying to reduce emissions from ships by developing a thermally ...
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Near-zero emissions at today?s prices
RINA believes that outstanding performance from the point of safety and environmental protection are today, and will be for several years to come, the two main goals of the innovation in ship science. The Italian classification society says that this has particular relevance for passenger ships for because the number ...
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Houston of the East
In a bid to turn Singapore into a byword for technical expertise on a par with oil production centres like Houston or Aberdeen, Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) is establishing a Centre of Excellence for Technology.Choo Chiau Beng, chairman and chief executive officer of Keppel O&M, says: "With some ...
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New dock planned to support oil refineries
Much coverage has been given of the potential for Vietnam to follow China?s recent advance and mount a competitive challenge to the established Asian shipbuilding nations. However Nguyen Quoc Anh, director of the business and international department at Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), believes the coverage has been overstated and ...
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Cylinder oil feed rate optimisation
Our industry is sometimes known to be slow to accept change and cautious in the implementation of new concepts and practices. There is nothing wrong with this approach in a mature industry, however, sometimes factors such as new regulations, true step-out technology advances and striving for economic advantage, can outweigh ...
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Keeping the crewing top spot
The Philippine Maritime Industry Cluster has outlined an action plan aimed at maintaining the global competitiveness of the country?s seafarers as well as it shipping and marine businesses.The Cluster comprises the Philippine Inter-Island Shipping Association, the Filipino Shipowners Association and the Philippine Seafarers Promotion Council. Its action plan, published in ...
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Container vessel fleet still growing
Germany has the biggest and most modern container vessel fleet in the world. The latest additions to this fleet include both the world?s largest container vessels, starting with Hapag Lloyd?s 7,500 TEU Hamburg Express, and medium-size vessels of around 2,500 TEU ? the so-called Midis. German shipyards still have the ...
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Ringed propellers set for comeback
For more or less a century the propeller has been a much-studied and highly-developed feature of modern ship design. So while it is perhaps surprising to find attempts to reinvent this particular wheel, there are aspects of performance which still tempt engineers looking to make improvements.One benefit which has lured ...
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Orion receives double skin handy size bulker
Earlier this month Orion Schiffahrts took delivery of the second of six 31,880 dwt handy size bulkers from Hakodate Dockyard on Japan?s northern island of Hokkaido. The delivery of Patriarch follows the delivery of the first ship Patriot in April. The ships are particularly noteworthy for their double hulls, a ...
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Hamburg?s shipping scene is bright
Herbert von Nitzsch, ceo of Blohm+Voss, said at an SMM press meeting earlier this year: "SMM is taking place this year in a completely different economic environment from two years ago. While 2000 was still a year of very high growth we are now undoubtedly faced with some very adverse ...
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Carriers to boost UK shipbuilders
The UK shipbuilding industry, or what remains of it, is heavily dependant on defence contracts for its survival. The forthcoming future aircraft carrier (CVF) programme will be crucial in this respect and essential to ensuring the long-term survival of the industry. The projected contract will involve the construction of two ...
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The birth of a transatlantic giant
The keel laying of Cunard Line?s Queen Mary 2 (QM2) at the French shipyard of Chantiers de l?Atlantique on July 4 represented a landmark in the history of passenger-ship building. This newbuilding, costing £540 million ($788 million), will be the largest, longest, tallest, widest, and most expensive passenger ship ever ...
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Big box ships are NO Laughing matter
Lua Cheng Eng, former chairman of Singapore-based shipping company Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), has pretty much seen it all. Over his nearly 33 years in NOL and shipping, he has witnessed the advent of containerisation, the rise and fall of the ultra large crude carriers, and the amazing technological shipboard ...
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Polish-built Med vessels get makeover for Baltic
The recent purchase of two ropax ferries by DFDS Tor Line from Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa ? the company formed by ARP, the Polish Restructuring Agency, to take over the assets of the bankrupt Stocznia Szczecinska ? has given both companies a boost. The new management at the Polish yard raised ...
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Brilliance has six appeal
Six may not sound like a lot. But there are six cabins on Royal Caribbean?s latest ship Brilliance of the Seas from which the revenue goes straight to the operator?s financial bottom line. Six cabins that, therefore, do represent a lot.Add up the revenue from these six cabins over the ...
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More agility and speed for Agile
Having undergone a major refit in mid 2001, the cable ship Agile now has the accumulated miles to enable an accurate assessment of its improved operational performance. The principal objectives of the refit were to increase transit speed and change the manoeuvring characteristics during cable laying operations."The ship?s handling characteristics ...
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TEMPERA Tanker double act
The Yokosuka shipyard of Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Japan has handed over the first of two double acting tankers to Finland?s Fortum Oil and Gas. The 106,200 dwt Aframax tanker, delivered at the end of August and called Tempera, features a stern form designed to break ice, an extended double ...
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What next after QM2?
Many might have thought the departure of John McNeece from McNeece, the London headquartered design practice, would have left the company rudderless and in a state of flux. However, that is far from true and the company?s joint managing directors, Mark Hilferty and Erol Aziz, have already secured two important ...
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Y-shaped support web for unsinkability
Earlier this year the Waterhuizen shipyard in Groningen, the Netherlands, delivered a gas tanker with a collision resistant hull to which the hull designer attaches the bold adjective unsinkable. The ship, for Dutch owner Chemgas, is the first of two vessels built to the concept. It is designed to carry ...
