All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1154
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Water-soluble plastic film for pipe purging
A water-soluble plastic film dam has been introduced by Huntingdon Fusion Techniques for pipe purging during welding. The dam, made from Argweld water-soluble film, allows a small volume of pipe either side of the weld joint to be isolated and filled with inert gas to reduce waiting time and save ...
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Two Kvaerner ferries for Sri Lanka
Kvaerner Fjelltrand in Singapore has been awarded two new orders for its well known 40m FlyingCat passenger catamaran ferry by the State Treasury Department in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Valued at close to $11 million, the two vessels are scheduled for delivery in April of this year. They will be operated ...
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Expansion at Viktor Lenac
Croatia?s Viktor Lenac has entered into an agreement to purchase another floating dock, increasing capacity at its yard in Rijeka. The aframax floating dock will be much larger than the yard?s two existing docks, taking it into new markets. The 60,000 tlc dock currently measures 246m over the blocks x ...
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KHZ cuts headcount
Keppel Hitachi Zosen Group (KHZ) has completed the purchase of Keppel Marine Industries marine related businesses for approximately S$167 million ($99.97 million), and is rationalising operations to remain competitive. Headcount has been cut across the group?s three Singapore yards, which will result in savings of about S$5 million ($3.1 million) ...
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New cruise for HAL
Holland America Line (HAL), part of Carnival Corporation, has signed an agreement with Italian shipyard Fincantieri for the construction of two new 84,000g cruise vessels which are expected to enter service in the autumn of 2002 and summer of 2003, respectively. The agreement also includes options for up to three ...
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Messaging costs reduced
Globe Wireless has introduced a The Globe Communications Centre that can send data files and e-mail messages to and from ships either by satellite or by a HF radio network. The system works out which transmission method is cheaper, although this can be overridden. Messages over 3kb are usually sent ...
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Low cost HFO filter
Finn-filter has introduced an automatic back flushing HFO unit capable of handling up to 200 lit/min of hot fuel. The unit can be fitted to either the hot or cold side of the booster unit and will filter down to 10 microns on the cold side or between 15-34 microns ...
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Offshore conversion
The UK?s Fleet Support Ltd (FSL) has won its first offshore conversion project. The 30,000dwt crude carrier Blue Star is being converted into a floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) for deployment offshore Brazil for Santa Fe Snyder Corporation. Marine work includes underwater hull cleaning and painting, preparing the vessel ...
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Fluid contamination monitor
An in-line sensor which monitors the level of contamination in hydraulic fluid has been introduced by Arma Supplies. The company has designed and built two flushing rigs which it says can flush from 1 lit/min up to 450 lit/min and detect contaminates as small as three microns. The sensor, once ...
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Sale of the Century ? extended
As the year ends, Kvaerner has failed to meet its deadline for disposing of its 13 yards and has only sold three (Leirvik, Kleven and Govan). A spokesman for the company says that negotiations are underway with interested parties for all the remaining yards and that the two Fjellstrans yards ...
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Celebrity takes grey water cleaner
Rochem Environmental is to install its FM-Module grey water cleaning system on two ships operated by Celebrity Cruises. Cruise ships Galaxy and Mercury are expected to be fitted with the system by March this year. It uses a membrane separation technique which, the company says, rejects bacteria, suspended solids and ...
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Cats get new injectors
Caterpillar has extended the use of its hydraulic electronic unit injectors (HEUI) to the 3400 and 3200 series engines. The system uses a hydraulic intensifier that magnifies the force of the high pressure hydraulic as it acts on the fuel and gives full injection pressure down to 40 per cent ...
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NCL to buy a ship every year
An independent Norwegian Cruise Line will order one ship per year says Geir Aune, president and ceo of NCL Holdings ASA. Speaking in a press conference he said that the company?s bid for a $510 million loan facility was oversubscribed and the funds would be channelled into new fleet financing. ...
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Bottom up robot
NKK is developing a welding robot that can weld on a ship`s bottom shell plate from underneath the bottom of the ship while in dry dock. The company says it has devised a way to prevent the welding metal from dripping by using a copper shoe under the welding pool, ...
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Range of predictive auto-pilots
R C Marine has introduced the ISAS CDP-4000 series of integrated steering control and autopilot systems. These combine the company`s ISAC CDP-3000 series and Coretec`s autopilot. The company says this system will result in reduced fuel and steering gear maintenance costs. Features include track keeping within a few meters, audio ...
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At-sea and in-harbour control
Although the Kelvin Hughes Manta integrated bridge system uses flat screen technology the company says it can also be fitted to standard consoles of commercial vessels where type approved displays would replace the flat screens. The bridge is designed to operate in two modes; `At Sea` and `Harbour`. While `At ...
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STN Atlas extends range
Radarpilot 1000 from STN Atlas is available with 304mm (12in) or 405mm (16in) displays and features a zoom function to enlarge the display of objects being observed. Its `clean sweep` feature eliminates interference from rain and crests of waves in rough seas, says the company. All settings, data and routes ...
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Astander privatised
Privatisation of the Astilleros Espanoles group repair yard Astander was finalised on November 16. The Santander yard has been sold to the Greek group Lavinia Italmar, which also owns the Astican yard in the Canary Islands. Local press reports indicate that the Greek owner will pay Ptas300 million ($1.8 million) ...
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All-reefer container vessels enter service
The largest capacity all-reefer container ships in the world have been delivered to Dole Fresh Fruit from HDW, Germany. Two examples of a new class of open top all-reefer container ship with a capacity of about 1,000 FEU containers, or 2,000 TEU, have been handed over to Dole Fresh Fruit ...
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All for the sake of efficiency
Establishing agreed performance standards may prevent manufacturers from making misleading claims. Proving that one machine is better than another has often been fraught with difficulties. Yet it has always been important in business to be seen to do precisely that. For some machines this is not a problem. Radars for ...
