All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1146
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Maintenance data via the net
Mincom has updated its electronic maintenance documentation system LinkOne to version 4.0. The publishing, viewing and distribution system allows users to consult electronic manuals on screen to carry out repairs, order new parts or conduct maintenance procedures.Version 4.0 allows integration with many existing data formats and provides the ability to ...
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Cylinder liners NOx marked
MAN B&W has added cylinder liners to the list of NOx-effecting items on its MC engines. In effect this means that operators will only be able to purchase replacement liners from the company, or one of its licensees that can show it has manufactured the liner to the original specification.Independent ...
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GE cruises on
GE Marine has secured an order for four LM2500 gas turbines from Fincantieri as part of the power system for a series of cruise ships for Holland America Line. Each 84,000g vessel will have one 25MW (33,512 bhp) gas turbine along with three 16ZA40 and two 12ZA40 diesel engines.All the ...
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Cruise ships order systems
Autronica has won five contracts to deliver its new fire safety management system for several cruise ships and cruise ferries. Called AutroSafe, the system comprises a fire detection system combined with a colour-graphic indication and control system.Linked, these two systems are able to detect all types of fires, indicate the ...
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On-line corrosion protection
A new web site designed to help engineers and maintenance professionals find solutions to problems in vessel mothballing, industrial lay-ups or corrosion prevention is available at: www.protec-inc.com.The site shows the evolution of industrial, military and marine mothballing as well as the cocooning techniques for ship mothballing, including the temporary lay-up ...
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Development continues as sales pick up
Recently the market for waterjets has undergone something of a depression. The uncertainty in the ferry market caused by the abolition of duty-free sales, and the recovery lag following the economic downturn in the Asian economies, combined to depress sales of waterjets last year. Hans Yansson, marketing director for Kamewa, ...
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Pricing talks continue
Talks between the EU and Korean representatives over the issue of newbuilding prices ended without agreement. However, negotiations are continuing by telephone and there is some hope of an agreement in the near future. Any agreement is likely to be in the basis of pricing principals rather than a yard?s ...
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Lifejacket confusion
The Canepa & Campi Artica lifejackets, which had type approval withdrawn following the sinking of the fast ferry Sleipner, have been given the all-clear by RINa?s laboratory. Witnessed by the Italian government, BV and the UK?s MCA, the re-testing included the unfamiliar persons donning tests (introduced after the initial approval) ...
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Princess confirms MHI orders
Princess Cruises, the subsidiary of P&O, has confirmed that it has awarded a contract to build two 113,000g cruise ships to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan (see Cruise).The newbuildings, which should be delivered in July 2003 and May 2004 are not only the first ships the company has ordered ...
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RCCL confirms two more Eagles
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has signed a letter of intent for two more Eagle class cruise ships from Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Finland (see Cruise).These ships would be the fourth and fifth in the series of 142,000g, 3,114-passenger ships, the first of which was Voyager of the Seas, delivered by the yard ...
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Confidence confirmed by further orders
Cruise companies confirm their confidence in the future by continuing to expand their operations, particularly in the Caribbean.According to figures compiled by G P Wild (International) for the last quarter of 1999, the main growth area for cruise ship berth capacity continues to be the East and West Caribbean. This ...
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Crystal Cruises commits to third ship
Crystal Cruises has announced its intention to build a third cruise ship, similar in character and size to its two existing ships, the 48,621g, 950 passenger Crystal Harmony, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan in 1990, and the 51,044g, 975 passenger Crystal Symphony, built by Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Finland in 1995."We ...
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Celsius sells Gotaverken
Sweden?s Celsius group has sold its wholly-owned Gothenburg repair yard Gotaverken Cityvarvet to the Damen Shipyards Group. "The sale is consistent with Celsius? policy for strategic consolidation," a company statement advised, "and as result Gotaverken Cityvarvet gains a financially solid owner with a long term investment perspective." Celsius? other commercial ...
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Fast cat gets protected
An impressed current cathodic protection system from BAC Corrosion Control is to be used to provide long-term corrosion protection for the 86m gas turbine powered aluminium hulled catamaran Austal Auto Express 86, constructed by Austal Ships and destined for service in the Baltic. Although the vessel will have a maximum ...
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Cadiz wins conversion
AESA repair yard Astilleros de Cadiz has started converting the 7,000 dwt supply vessel Viking Lady into a cable layer for Norwegian owner Eidesvik & Co.The vessel is being lengthened from 92.4m to 105.6m loa by the addition of a midbody section. A new accommodation block will be fitted and ...
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New bulb at Dorbyl
Container vessel MSC Giovanna went into Dorbyl?s Durban yard for damage repairs following a collision with bulk carrier Decurion off Cape Town in January.The container vessel suffered severe damage to the bulbous bow. A significant section of the bulb has been cropped almost all the way back to the collision ...
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Berendsen launches range
Berendsen says it supplies its new range of Lynx hydraulic power units with valves mounted and tested, the unit painted, mountings designed-in, lifting eyes provided and, optionally, the motor wired to a starter isolator.Noise levels have been reduced to 75dba by making the tank stiffer and submerging the pump, says ...
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HVS repairs crane barge
Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard (HVS) has repaired the 9,322 dwt crane barge Hoang Sa for Vietnamese-Russian joint-venture company Vietsovpetro.Work included cargo crane overhaul, approximately 400t of steel renewals, hull blasting and coating and the overhaul of electric motors. Repairs were contracted to take 75 days, including 20 days in drydock.This was HVS?s ...
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MAN B&W stops smoking now
Operators wanting ?smokeless? medium-speed diesel engines, can have them now, says MAN B&W. Its 48/60IS and 58/64IS (Invisible Smoke) engines uses 15% water mixed into the fuel to reduce smoke emissions to below the visibility limit across the load range.The system has been tested by two cruise ships for slow ...
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Countries must back IMO says O?Neal
In opening MEPC 44 IMO secretary General William O?Neil said the IMO should be regarded as the only forum for setting safety and pollution prevention standards on international shipping. He said regional or unilateral standards which go beyond those imposed by the IMO and apply to foreign flagged vessels are ...
