All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1141
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Thruster challenge for Portland
The latest addition to United States Lines fleet of cruise ships, the 17-year old Patriot (formerly Nieuw Amsterdam), has completed a major refit at Portland Shipyard, has been re-flagged by the US Coast Guard, and entered service in Hawaii in December. Perhaps the most interesting and technically challenging aspect of ...
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Certificates for sale
A set of four basic STCW certificates and a seaman`s book for can be bought for $75 on the streets of a major seafarer supplying country. A researcher for Cardiff University`s Seafarers International Research Centre actually purchased the items. What is even more shocking says the centre`s director, Professor Tony ...
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Carnival Spirit has first `smokeless` diesel
When Carnival Spirit emerges from Kvaerner Masa-Yards in late spring 2001it will be powered by the cruise industry`s first "smokeless" diesel engines, says Wrtsil. At first only two of the ship`s six Wartsila 9L46D units will be modified with the new EnviroEngines technology. EnviroEngines use common rail fuel injection, giving ...
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Brazilian yard wins FPSO conversion
The Brazilian subsidiary of Keppel FELS Limited, FELS Setal SA, has signed a Letter of Intent with Halliburton Productos Ltd for the conversion of the tanker Stena Concordia into a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility. Mr Tong Chong Heong, managing director of Keppel FELS said winning the contract ...
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Cylindrical cooler for high boost
To cope with higher boost pressures on medium-speed engines up to 14.7MW, Honeywell Serck has introduced a cylindrical design of charge air cooler. The cylindrical design gives better mechanical integrity than a box, permits better air manifolding and is easier to package, says the company. It is a shell and ...
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Bibby Line orders first LGP ship from Korea
Bibby Line`s latest fully refrigerated LPG tanker features technically advanced cargo refrigeration plant, and is to be built in Korea. Having been involved in LPG shipping since the late 60`s, and in that time having owned just about every size and type of gas ship, Bibby Line`s fleet is now ...
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Spain bets on rise in tanker demand
Spain`s state-owned shipbuilder is staking its future on rising world demand for modern gas and oil tankers and its ability to find benefits in marrying naval and civil shipbuilding technologies. Izar - pronounced "ithar" and meaning "to hoist" in Spanish - was created late last year with the acquisition by ...
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Berge Danuta takes new heat exchangers to sea
Bergesen has taken delivery of the first of a pair of gas carriers fitted with a reliquefaction plant utilising plate-type heat exchangers. With an established reputation for a high quality, well-maintained fleet of vessels, and experienced sea-going and shore-based staff, Bergesen is well known for `quality tonnage`, and for technical ...
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ASRYMAR signs deal with China Shipping
ASRYMAR has been appointed exclusive UK agents for the China Shipping (Europe) Holding Company, representing its six yards in China. China Shipping (Europe) Holding is part of China Industries Company (CIC) which forms part of the China Shipping Group, the second largest ship owner in China. Peter Thornton, Sales & ...
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Second apartment ship ordered
ResidenSea has placed a NOK2.5 billion ($287 million) order with Norway`s Fosen Mek Verksteder for a second apartment cruise ship. Delivery is planned for the end of 2003. At 50,000GT it is slightly larger than the first ship, The World, which is scheduled for delivery at the end of the ...
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AHI completes dry-dock
Arab Heavy Industries (AHI) says its new dry-dock was completed and became operational in November. Measuring 175m by 32m, the dry-dock has an extra wide enabling it to accommodate a wide range of vessels of up to 30,000dwt. AHI says the new dry-dock will be complemented by two dock cranes ...
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Millennium gremlins strike again
An electric motor operating a Mermaid pod on Celebrity Cruises` Millennium has suffered a breakage in a pole connection. Repairs were affected as soon as the rupture was discovered meaning no voyages were cancelled. However the work hasn`t fully cured the problem leaving Celebrity with an under-performing ship whose attainable ...
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Sulzer secures RTA84T orders
Defects in the bedplates of some Sulzer RTA84 engines has not prevented owners placing new orders for the power unit. Last year 24 orders were placed for the 84T (for installation in VLCCs and ULCCs to be built in China, Japan and Korea) and will bring the total to 78 ...
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MAN B&W receive 500th 32/40 order
Recently MAN B&W has taken the 500th order for a 32/40 engine taking the total output for the range to almost two million kW. The L32/40 was launched in September 1992 with the vee versions added two years later taking the maximum output to 8,640kW (11,580 bhp).
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Seeds of potential in pods
Podded propulsion has proven itself and is winning converts. When the chairman and chief executive officer of the world?s largest cruise operator, Carnival?s Micky Arison, says that all its future newbuildings will have podded propulsion ? that is a big vote of confidence. Festival and Radisson have joined the pod ...
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Fast monohulls enter Greek ferry market
With renewal of the Greek domestic ferry fleet gaining momentum, monohull fast ferries join multihulls on the list of newbuilding orders. If anybody in the Greek ferry business has been dozing, they may have got a rude awakening last month when Maritime Company of Lesvos (NEL) put its new Corsaire ...
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Owner takes diesel-electric option
Rami Jokela, area sales manager of ABB Marine, explains the process behind the selection of diesel-electric propulsion for the chemical tanker Turchese. The 12,000 dwt, 13,800m3 capacity chemical tanker Turchese, delivered to Finbeta Spa from the Ancona yard of Mario Morini earlier this year, has been equipped with a diesel ...
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Bearings in tailspin
Aurora?s untimely return to Southampton put tailshaft bearings in the headlines again. The tailshaft bearing problems causing Aurora to abandon its maiden voyage is the latest in a series of high profile failures. Twin propeller vessels have figured highly in the casualty list, and while Aurora has whitemetal bearings, others ...
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VOC-compliant topcoat
A VOC-compliant polyurethane topcoat has been launched by Jotun Paints. Called Jotathane, the two-coat, high-solids gloss formulation, which is durable over most epoxy systems in aggressive atmospheres, has good flexibility and is resistant to water, solvents, abrasion and a wide variety of chemicals, says the company. The product is available ...
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Zamacona wins ropax ship
Against intense competition from Norwegian yards, Astilleros Zamacona in Spain has won an order to build a small ropax ferry for the Norwegian company Bergen Nordhordland Rutelag. Better known for building fishing vessels, tugs and some smaller passenger vessels, the Zamacona yard won the order on price, offering to build ...
