All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1130
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Keeping hatch covers watertight
Water ingress from whatever cause is one of the main reasons of damage to cargoes onboard ships and occasionally, in extreme cases, can lead to the foundering of a vessel as highlighted in a number of recent bulk carrier casualties. The cause is often seawater entering cargo spaces through leaky ...
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Cosalt updates its flotation range
A new range of constant-wear survival clothing is available from Cosalt Safety and Protection. The company says its Aquarius, Gemini and Cormorant flotation garments use improved materials that offer easier movement together and better protection against the elements. The suits combine an outer and inner material with a middle layer ...
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Cordless flashlight for tight spots
Tracer Products has introduced a cordless, rechargeable UV/blue leak detection flashlight called the Titan Stinger. It is designed to locate refrigerant and fluid leaks in tight engine compartments. The unit is 19cm long and weighs 247g. It has a polymer housing with a non-slip grip and uses a xenon gas-filled ...
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Seaworx to convert seismic ships
Seaworx, part of the Wijsmuller group in the Netherlands, has acquired three seismic survey vessels from Western Geco in the US. The vessels in question are the Western Orient, Western Polaris and Western Aleutian. One is to be converted for use in the cable-laying sector, a second vessel will be ...
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Strategic offers free confirmed delivery
Strategic Software has developed a confirmed delivery Internet e-mail service which, its says, allows users to take advantage of cheap e-mail messaging. The company says it is already providing the service, free-of-charge, to over 600 shipping companies. The service is being offered as a free upgrade to all Strategic and ...
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Compact lifeboat
Dutch boatbuilder Mulder & Rijke claims that, at 9.5m long, its new PELB95/150 is the world?s shortest, most compact 150-seat lifeboat. The lifeboat uses alternate rows of elevated seats. It features a 21kW Bukh diesel and is designed for cruise ship use. It achieved speeds in excess of 6kts on ...
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Furuno looks to navigation and communication
Furuno will feature the world premiere for voyage data recorder model VR-5000 and automatic identification system model AS-100. Also, the satellite compass model SC-60/120, which provides accurate and steady satellite based heading information for shipborne equipment, will be shown. An upgraded Voyager integrated bridge system ? now with engine monitoring ...
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Lips marks a first in prop and fin combination
Low fuel consumption has always been a high priority for ship owners, but demands for low propeller-induced pressure pulses and noise level may even be more important in many applications. However, maximum propeller efficiency and minimum hull pressure forces and noise level are somewhat conflicting demands. The Finnmarken is a ...
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Transas to upgrade US Coast Guard PISCES
Transas is to co-operate with Precision Planning and Simulation of the United States, on the enhancement of the US Coast Guard Potential Incident Simulation and Control Evaluation System (PISCES). PISCES was developed and commissioned by Transas for the US Coast Guard in 1998 and is currently used for exercises at ...
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Safer ships through changing dues
Ernst Vossnack has further developed his design for a chemical tanker (The Motor Ship, April 2001), which may prove cheaper to build than conventional chemical tankers and, he says, will offer operational advantages, a longer life and, last but not least, will enhance safety. However, its increased gross tonnage is ...
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Hyundai HI, heavyweight world champion
As the world?s largest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) started life building two 260,000 dwt VLCCs back in 1972 along with its dry-dock at Ulsan. In 1984, just ten years after HHI delivered its first VLCC, the company surpassed the 10 million dwt mark in ship production and, ever since ...
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Stretchy ceramic
Japanese researchers have developed a superplastic ceramic that will stretch to over 10 times its original length before breaking, reports the journal Nature. It is possible such a material could be used to help improve engine performance. The ceramic consists of zirconium and aluminium oxides and magnesium aluminate. It has ...
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HHI grabs half dozen LNG carriers
Towards the end of June, HHI was reported to have secured a six LNG carrier newbuildings order worth over $1bn. Two ships were contracted by Fredriksen-controlled Golar LNG of Norway and four from African interests. All six carriers are Moss-type with a 137,000m3 capacity. At present, Hyundai has a total ...
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High-Tech LNG carriers
Samsung is working on a LNG carrier design fitted with two podded propulsion units. Not much is known about the technical aspects of this design but presumably it would involve the use of diesel- rather than steam-powered gensets. This could enable the vessels to realise fuel savings of some 40%. ...
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KMSS wins Canadian Navy contract
The Canadian Navy has awarded Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) a $1.75m contract to supply 63 navigational part task trainers to Naval Reserve and regular force units across Canada. The contract will provide field deployable simulators to give ship officers the ability to undertake self study in ship handling and ...
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Modular probes store calibrations
The range of hand-held units for measuring marine coating thickness from Fischer Instrumentation is for applications where surfaces may be rough or not easily accessible or for large or heavy objects that cannot be moved. The units use a range of modular probes which store their calibrations and can measure ...
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The incredible bulk
Bulk carrier design rarely warrants more than a passing mention. The ships are often seen as little more than strengthened barges with engines. And clichés like "sausage factory", are commonly used to describe the production line of yards building them. But nobody could level such accusations at Gypsum Transportation?s new ...
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The incredible bulk
Bulk carrier design rarely warrants more than a passing mention. The ships are often seen as little more than strengthened barges with engines. And clichés such as "sausage factory" are commonly used to describe the production line of yards building them. But nobody could level such accusations at Gypsum Transportation?s ...
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Brattvaag?s tide
With its heavy reliance on the offshore business, Norway?s shipbuilding industry has been particularly successful in this niche market. The latest delivery took place at Brattvaag Skipsverft when the yard handed over hull no. 77, a multipurpose offshore supply vessel with additional fire-fighting functions, to Consensus Fjord KS. Named Carline ...
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Bollinger upgrades Port Fourchon
Bollinger?s repair and conversion shipyard at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, can now accommodate ships, rigs and boats with drafts to 27ft (8.23m), thanks to completion of dredging from the sea buoys in the Gulf to Bollinger?s Fourchon 350ft (106.68m) slip, which has also been deepened. Walter ...
