All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1150
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Baby smooth
The polymer commonly used in the making of teats for baby bottles lies at the heart of Jotun?s latest launch.As environmental awareness has grown, so have restrictions on a number of different substances. One compound that is on the way out is the use of TBT in hull coatings. Should ...
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DNV and AVL co-operation
Engine and emissions specialist AVL is to co-operate with DNV in the field of power generation and marine propulsion systems. The aim is to combine the engine experience of AVL with the ship hull and machinery expertise of DNV to provide support to shipyards and shipowners. Areas of co-operation will ...
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Lifejacket approval withdrawn
There has been a wholesale withdrawl of type-approval for the Italian-made Canepa & Campi Artica lifejackets used during the sinking of the fast ferry Sleipner, which resulted in the loss of 19 lives. The lifejackets, which were originally tested and type-approved by RINA in 1997, failed in operation.Based on the ...
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Amsterdam bound
This year?s Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference takes place in Amsterdam on March 29 and 30.This year?s Marine Propulsion Conference will examine the key issues affecting marine propulsion today, with presentations from all sides of the industry, ensuring that the two-day meeting will be of great value to anyone involved ...
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T Series from Amot
The new T Series temperature sensor range from Amot Controls comprises thermocouples, RTDs and transmitters. The sensors are designed for use on diesel and gas engines, compressors and turbines.The T Series manifold connection for `on-engine` installations provides a complete rail and connector system to suit any engine, says the company. ...
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Aker Finnyards to build ferry
Aker Finnyards and the G A Ferries in Greece have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the construction of a ropax ferry which is intended for use on shorter international routes and Greek domestic routes.The new vessel, to be delivered in spring 2001, will be 150m in length with ...
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Portable AIS Pilot Case
Saab Celsius TransponderTech has developed a portable AIS Pilot Case which, it says, is watertight to 10m and incorporates the company`s R3 AIS transponder.The unit keeps track of the vessel and all other AIS-transponder equipped ships, calculates ETA, continuously broadcasts ship`s position, Speed, COG, GPS accuracy and sends and receives ...
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Equasis agreement signed
A database called Equasis that contains safety-related information on the world?s merchant fleet will be accessible on the Internet from May. So far and the European Commission, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Singapore are signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding, while the US Coast Guard and Japan have expressed ...
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Union agreement
Management at Malta Drydocks signed a new four year collective agreement with the General Worker?s Union on January 12, 2000."This agreement will ensure continued labour stability at the shipyard, and provide for increased efficiency and cost savings," said the yard.A new seven-member board of directors has also been appointed. It ...
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Piping modules added
Fern Computer Consultancy has announced new modules for its piping design and analysis software, CADWorx and Caesar II.The piping instrumentation diagram application CADWorx/P&ID Version 3.1 will have features that have been requested by its customers, says Fern, including the facility for automatic instrument loops.The company`s 3D piping models, 2D drawings ...
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ABS calls for tougher standards
Following the preliminary report about the loss of Erika, ABS has proposed a range of measures to tighten scrutiny of ageing vessels. "It is quite clear that Erikasank as a result of structural failure," says ABS chairman and CEO, Frank Iarossi.He comments: "Substandard ships continue in service because there are ...
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Sulzer RTA98C cracks repaired
Wartsila NSD is undertaking repairs and modifications to the first eight RTA96C engines following the discovery of cracks in the A frames. These first engines are fitted in container ships in service with P&O Nedlloyd, Hanjin Shipping and NOL. To rectify the problems, Wartsila NSD has redesigned the stiffeners inside ...
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UKHO charts to change to WGS 84 Datum
The UK Hydrographic Office is to transfer 310 Admiralty charts of Great Britain to a horizontal datum compatible with World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) Datum. The transfer of the remaining charts of the British Isles will follow. The move will allow GPS users to plot positions on Admiralty charts ...
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Noname Article 682
The capesize, 146,019 dwt Golden Union bulk carrier Cape Providence has undergone permanent repairs at Nantong Ocean Ship Engineering.The 1987-built bulker, laden with ore, was steaming across the Indian Ocean almost 2,000 miles from the nearest major land mass when frames collapsed on the starboard side of hold no 3 ...
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Noname Article 630
The world?s largest trailing suction hopper dredger, Jan de Nul?s Vasco da Gama, built at German shipyard Thyssen Nordseewerke, and is about to start work.With a capacity of 33,000m3; - equivalent to 58,000 dwt ? Vasco da Gama has a hopper approximately 40 per cent larger and carrying capacity approximately ...
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Cygnus 2 upgraded
The Cygnus 2 thickness gauge, which uses a multiple echo technique for taking measurements through coatings, has been upgraded. Features can now be selected via a menu-driven list with options including probe frequency, imperial/metric switching and displaying velocity of sound through the material. Selecting the correct operating frequency for the ...
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Eff2 motors replace Eff3
Ingersoll-Rand has announced that its coolant-flooded, rotary screw air compressors between 4-90kW are now using Eff2 or better electric motors which, it says, provides an average 20 per cent saving in energy loss over Eff3 efficiency motors.The EC hopes that Eff3 motors, currently accounting for around 70 per cent of ...
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PRS revises slamming rules
Following research that showed that bow slamming in moderate sea states can be as damaging as those in bad weather, Polish classification society, Polski Rejestr Statkow (PRS), has revised its rules. The horizontal forces caused by the bow driving into the wave crests are larger in moderate seas than vertical ...
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Slow progress on yard sales
Kvaerner has sold two more of its smaller yards and confirmed it will retain a stake in Masa-Yards to help secure a sale. "We have to get the best value for shareholders and if retaining a small minority holding will get a deal together, then so be it," says a ...
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Turbines power on
Having scored a couple of noteworthy successes, turbine manufacturers are keeping up the momentum. Gas turbines compare favourably against diesel engines on weight, size, power and NOx/SOx emissions ? where they suffer is in fuel consumption, especially at part load. It was the fuel consumption problem that prompted the US ...
