All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1142
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Yards seize Windows of opportunity
Computer-aided design, engineering and manufacturing systems have become an integral part of shipbuilding operations worldwide over the past decade. Investment in CAD/CAE/CAM technology has now spread to the smaller shipyards, or those yards in areas where technological sophistication has not tended to be a priority, in order for them to ...
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Vessel management programme
Unitor has launched a programme for vessel safety management. Called Unitor Safety Service, it is a complete package capable of monitoring, maintaining and managing safety equipment onboard vessels, says the company. Through a centralised database, Unitor will monitor each vessel`s safety needs, maintain onboard safety equipment and manage the vessel`s ...
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Ruston increases power range
Ruston has introduced a 280mm bore engine range with outputs up to 9MW (12,230 bhp) at 1,000 rev/min. This compares with a continuous fast ferry rating of 7,080kW (9,625 bhp) for the existing 20RK270. Designed to provide an alternative to gas turbines for fast ferries of 120m and above, the ...
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Motion sensor for heli-decks
The new version of the TSS Deck Motion Monitor has been chosen for shared use on three icebreakers to be operated out of Norway by Hayvard. The units will monitor movement of the icebreakers` helicopter landing decks. The system was installed aboard Tor Viking in January and it can be ...
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Growth prediction
Rolls-Royce is looking to its newly enlarged marine systems division to drive group growth as prospects in its core civil aerospace markets slow. Marine division managing director Bob Sunerton said that following its £500 million acquisition late last year of British defence group Vickers and its Ulstein marine divisions, Rolls? ...
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Tribon solves name game
Kockums Computer Systems, has announced that it is changing its name to Tribon Solutions.The move follows a change in ownership last summer as a result of which it is now owned by a Swedish pension fund. As well as reflecting the different ownership arrangements, the new name underlines the connection ...
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NAPA software optimises fuel
Marine software developer Onboard-Napa has added Onboard-Napa Power to its management applications. The software is designed to help the user to plan voyages so that the port of destination is reached on time at the lowest possible cost, says the company. The application is designed for planning routes and schedules ...
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Keppel redelivers FSO
Keppel Shipyard has completed the conversion of the 87,811 dwt tanker MT Metsovon into floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit Yetagun FSO for repeat customer Single Buoy Moorings (SBM) Production. The vessel will be operated by SBM Production and leased to Premier Petroleum Myanmar for 15 years uninterrupted deployment off ...
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Gas used to power ferry
A low Nox emmission, gas powered car/passenger ferry looks as though it could be the first of many such vessels in Norway. The first roro/passenger ferry in the world to be powered by LNG entered service with Norwegian domestic operator More og Romsdal Fylkesbatar (MRF) in January. The vessel`s hull ...
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MaK extends rebuild
MaK is to set up a European certified rebuild centre in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, to be operated by Bolier. The centre will rebuild items like turbochargers, cylinder heads, piston crowns, air coolers, fuel injection equipment and governors. Rebuilt parts will conform to original standards, be labelled "MaK certified rebuild products", ...
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Raytheon distribute satphones
Marine electronics company Raytheon has signed an agreement with Thrane & Thrane to add the Inmarsat Mini-M maritime telephone system to its High Seas range which includes the ?B, ?C, MF/HF, VHF and GSM products. The Mini-M unit offers telephone, fax, data transfer and e-mail. Contact: Elizabeth Reed Fax: +1 ...
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Diverse solutions satisfy electrical power demands
Generating electrical power at sea imposes challenges on prime mover, alternator and system designers. Electrical power demands on ships were traditionally met by auxiliary diesel gensets running on marine diesel oil. Higher fuel prices and advances in fuel treatment and injection systems undermined the viability of such sets and ...
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Deltamarin opens US office
Finnish engineering and consultancy firm Deltamarin has opened an office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in order to develop the market for safety, after sales and conversion work in the cruise ship sector. Typical services offered by Deltamarin include total safety assessments, passenger evacuation simulations and engineering for conversions and upgrades ...
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Fire resistant decoration
MicaMarine?s LSM21 has been approved by the MCA as a laminate-on-laminate decorative material. The company says it is fire resistant, vandal and graffiti resistant, easy to maintain and clean and will not need to be changed for up to ten years. LSM21 is constructed from a woven and non-woven glass ...
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Pivotal debate
The latest Motor Ship Propulsion Conference in Amsterdam was attended by over 200 people and touched on some controversial subjects. Germanischer Lloyd?s Hans Jacob Gatjens chaired the conference and introduced speakers giving papers ranging from engine problems to podded propulsion systems, as well as impending emissions legislation. Opening the conference ...
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Marine signs Skanti deal
Skanti and Marconi Marine have agreed a new sole UK distribution agreement for Skanti communication products, replacing former Scanti distributor Nera Satellite Services. Contact: Jorgen Mikkelsen Fax: +45 4474 8401.
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On-board stability data gathering
Crescent Vision Interactive has launched Stability Text Pro, an application designed to help naval architects manage and assess stability test (incline experiment) data. The program can be used onboard vessels during stability tests to generate an estimate of the lightship weight and centre of gravity before concluding the stability test, ...
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Homogenisers cut sludge and NOx
Thames Petroleum is supplying three SIT homogenisers for installation onboard the 32,520 dwt general cargo vessel Canelo Arrow. One will be sited ahead of the purifiers to reduce sludge output, a second processes the fuel immediately before the engines, to improve combustion, and the last will treat the lub oil. ...
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Cube for oil
TEC has launched the Lubetainer for the transportation and storage of lube oils, waxes and other non-hazardous liquids. It uses the company?s `cube` technology which gives the unit an additional 40 per cent carrying capacity over a traditional round tank, says TEC. The intermodal unit uses standard twistlocks and dimensions ...
