All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1134

  • News

    Finnish shipyards invest in IT

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Both Kvaerner Masa-Yards and Aker Finnyards have embarked on substantial information technology investments. Masa-Yards has acquired a 3D CAD system for basic ship design from the Spanish supplier Sener Ingeneria y Sistemas. Its Foran 50 software will be tailored to meet the customer? demands and once in place, it will ...

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    Finnish shipyards invest in IT

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Both Kvaerner Masa-Yards and Aker Finnyards have embarked on substantial information technology investments. Masa-Yards has acquired a 3D CAD system for basic ship design from the Spanish supplier Sener Ingeneria y Sistemas. Its Foran 50 software will be tailored to meet the customer? demands and once in place, it will ...

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    Mini-mesh fibreglass floor grating

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Fibreglass Grating says its new Grid Walk Mini-Mesh reinforced plastic grating has one quarter the opening of regular 33x33mm square mesh, which prevents objects as small as 12mm from falling through, and complies with the European 15mm ball falling test requirement. Because of the close spacing of the bearing bars, ...

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    Mini-mesh fibreglass floor grating

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Fibreglass Grating says its new Grid Walk Mini-Mesh reinforced plastic grating has one quarter the opening of regular 33x33mm square mesh, which prevents objects as small as 12mm from falling through, and complies with the European 15mm ball falling test requirement. Because of the close spacing of the bearing bars, ...

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    Fein makes a soft start

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Fein Industrial Power Tools has introduced two new angle grinders. The WSG 20 and WSB 20 feature controlled soft start and self start protection to prevent accidental restarting following power supply interruptions. The rear handle is designed to adjust to four different positions and the wheel guard can be turned ...

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    Fein makes a soft start

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Fein Industrial Power Tools has introduced two new angle grinders. The WSG 20 and WSB 20 feature controlled soft start and self start protection to prevent accidental restarting following power supply interruptions. The rear handle is designed to adjust to four different positions and the wheel guard can be turned ...

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    Hospital ship enters service

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    It is rare for any country to build a hospital ship in wartime, let alone peacetime. But Izar?s Gijon Shipyard in northern Spain has handed over just such a ship. The 5,000g hospital cum rescue vessel, Esperanza del Mar, was delivered to the Spanish maritime social institute (Instituto Social de ...

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    Hospital ship enters service

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    It is rare for any country to build a hospital ship in wartime, let alone peacetime. But Izar?s Gijon Shipyard in northern Spain has handed over just such a ship. The 5,000g hospital cum rescue vessel, Esperanza del Mar, was delivered to the Spanish maritime social institute (Instituto Social de ...

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    IHI/KHI end talks

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have called off a planned merger of their shipbuilding operations. The companies will continue to cooperate however, in an operational alliance with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding.

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    IHI/KHI end talks

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have called off a planned merger of their shipbuilding operations. The companies will continue to cooperate however, in an operational alliance with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding.

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    e-solution is more than a dot.com

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The dust is settling on the dot.com era after a number of high profile collapses. Many now realise that you cannot sit between a shipowner and his supplier and collect a premium without offering something in return. Ship chandlery is not the same as delivering books for example. Delivering pyrotechnics ...

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    e-solution is more than a dot.com

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The dust is settling on the dot.com era after a number of high profile collapses. Many now realise that you cannot sit between a shipowner and his supplier and collect a premium without offering something in return. Ship chandlery is not the same as delivering books for example. Delivering pyrotechnics ...

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    Mitsui Zosen launches ship design software

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen) has launched NeoShip, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation system. The company, a subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES), says it is Japan?s first commercial ship design software package. NeoShip, which is on sale at a price of around $47,000, is designed to operate on ...

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    Mitsui Zosen launches ship design software

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen) has launched NeoShip, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation system. The company, a subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES), says it is Japan?s first commercial ship design software package. NeoShip, which is on sale at a price of around $47,000, is designed to operate on ...

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    MAN to restructure four-stroke department

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The MAN Group has announced it is to restructure the department producing four-stroke engines in its Diesel Engine division. In the Group?s interim results, covering the first six months of 2001, it says the department will not realise the increase in earnings the group had projected. It says earnings in ...

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    MAN to restructure four-stroke department

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The MAN Group is to restructure the department producing four-stroke engines in its Diesel Engine division. In the Group?s interim results, covering the first six months of 2001, it says the department will not realise the increase in earnings the group had projected. It says earnings in the two-stroke division ...

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    Quick decision

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The Committee of EU Shipbuilders Association has called on the EU to make a quick decision in relation to its shipbuilding policy and in particular its stance on countering alleged unfair practices by South Korea. It says the uncertainty is detrimental to business and a decision is needed so that ...

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    Quick decision

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The Committee of EU Shipbuilders Association has called on the EU to make a quick decision in relation to its shipbuilding policy and in particular its stance on countering alleged unfair practices by South Korea. It says the uncertainty is detrimental to business and a decision is needed so European ...

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    Devon yard gets custom-designed portable units

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Electrical accessory company Garo UK has designed portable electrical distribution units for Appledore Shipbuilders. The shipbuilder is currently constructing two new survey vessels for the Royal Navy. The suitcase-type portable units house eight, 110V socket outlets, eight double pole MCBs, a 32A power socket inlet and an emergency lighting socket. ...

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    Devon yard gets custom-designed portable units

    2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Electrical accessory company Garo UK has designed portable electrical distribution units for Appledore Shipbuilders. The shipbuilder is currently constructing two new survey vessels for the Royal Navy. The suitcase-type portable units house eight, 110V socket outlets, eight double pole MCBs, a 32A power socket inlet and an emergency lighting socket. ...