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Repeat order for Gdynia
Israeli shipowner Ray Shipping has ordered a second 6,260 unit, 20,600 gt pure car carrier at Poland?s Gdynia shipyard. Scheduled for delivery in 2001, the newbuilding will be equipped with a Sulzer 7RTA62U main engine.
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Sloppy mess faces owners
Ship operators are increasingly seen as a prime target for tough environmental regulations, especially in the USA. One particular challenge is the demand to segregate out hazardous wastes. Unfortunately such actions depend on the definition of hazardous waste, and this is impacting on operations, especially those of cruise ships. While ...
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HHI expands orderbook
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea has won a five-ship order from Bernard Schulte in Germany for 2,500 TEU container ships. Due to be delivered between early 2001 and June 2002, the newbuildings will be chartered to P&O Nedlloyd. Five more ships are the subject of options in the contract. ...
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EU reconsiders yard subsidies
In November EU industry ministers have to decide whether shipyard aid should stop at the end of 2000. The production subsidies will stop unless the current legislation is changed. Ahead of the meeting the EU is gathering information on the funding of shipyards world-wide and especially in Korea. If there ...
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Freight duo enter North Sea service
The first of a pair of 20,000 gross roro freight ferries was delivered in July to Bore by Aker Finnyard. Both Norsky and sistership Norstream, to be delivered in October, are being chartered from Finnish owner Oy Rettig ab Bore by P&O North Sea Ferries for service on its Zeebrugge ...
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Dual treatment programme
The Drewplex AT dual-treatment program for treating boiler water has been formulated to eliminate heat-reducing scale and deposits caused by excessively hard feedwater, says Drew Marine. Synthetic polymers have been added to the traditional formulation so serve as a reserve agent to reinforce the phosphate program. When there are more ...
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Duplex DPS for ROV
The Marine and Offshore Division of Alstom Drives & Controls (previously known at Cegelec Projects) has won a contract to supply its duplex dynamic positioning system to a remote operated vehicle (ROV) support vessel. To be built at Yantai Raffles yard, China for US owner Tidewater Marine Inc, the 74.5m ...
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Managing design
The Tribon M1 software recently launched by Kockums Computer Systems allows management and supervisors to have full control of design development. Tribon M1 Design Manager allows the co-ordination of design tasks within and between different design disciplines, the review of progress by compartment, system, and area, or by an individual ...
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UK yard delivers largest Tricat
The UK yard of FBM Marine has delivered its largest ever Tricat fast ferry to Greek owner Agapitos Lines. The 53m Sea Speed 1 is an elongated version of FBM?s well-proven TriCat 45, the first of which was built in 1995. Last year FBM built a TriCat 45, Athina 2004 ...
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Package gives a good deal
Nine months after the genset engine made its debut, the propulsion version of the L27/38 has been launched by MAN B&W Alpha. At the same time the company has introduced a dedicated range of modular gearboxes and a new engine/gearbox monitoring system. At about 2MW, the 6L27/38 with its gearbox ...
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Cosco contracts shared by KHI
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) in Japan plans to share an order for seven post-panamax container ships from China Ocean Shipping Company (Cosco) with Natong Shipyard in China, the joint venture between KHI and Cosco. Under the terms of the seven-ship deal, which also includes an option for three more vessels, ...
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Collision ships to Germany
Cruise ship Norwegian Dream and container vessel Ever Decent have both docked in Germany following their widely publicised collision in the English Channel. After emergency repairs were carried out at Dover by A&P, Norwegian Dream proceeded to Lloyd Werft where the damaged bow is being cut away and replaced with ...
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Rolls-Royce clinch FastShip deal
Rolls-Royce has reached a $1 billion agreement to supply 25 marine Trent gas turbines to FastShip for propulsion of the operator?s high speed container ships. Rated at 47.5MW (64,580 bhp), the turbines will be used in simple cycle, giving fuel consumption of 204 g/kWh and service speeds up to 40 ...
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Sensors check weld quality
The latest range of quartz sensors from Kistler Instrument monitor consistent high quality in spot welding applications. The sensors are used in monitoring the electrod force, and the force profile during welding. This type of measurement requires several thousand amps, and quartz sensors are suitable because the results will not ...
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Syncrolift wins Panama canal contract
Syncrolift has been awarded a $1.2 million contract from The Panama Canal Commission to study the feasibility of using its Syncrolift technology to assist in moving ships through the Panama Canal. The study will look at using a Syncrolift to transfer ocean-going ships between Lake Gatun, at an elevation of ...
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Orskov wins cable layer conversion
Orskov Christensens Staalskibvaerft will convert the 9,975g former Scandline roro-passenger ferry Heimdal into a cable layer for new owner Tele Danmark International Marine. The vessel arrives at Orskov?s Frederikshavn yard on September 2 and is due for redelivery on March 1, 2000. On completion the ship will be used for ...
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KHZ buys from KMI
Keppel Hitachi Zosen (KHZ) has agreed to purchase the shiprepair, shipbuilding and marine related activities of Keppel Marine Industries for S$166.9 million ($98.9 million). The deal covers KMI?s interests in shipbuilder and repairer Keppel Singmarine Dockyard (100 per cent), afloat repairer Eagle Engineering (100 per cent), Keppel UAE-Investment (100 per ...
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Dalian breaks into VLCC market
China?s Dalian New Shipyard has won an order from National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) to build five 300,000 dwt VLCCs. The order marks the first occasion that Dalian New Shipyard (or any other Chinese yard) has built VLCCs, and provides continued evidence of the growing technological sophistication of Chinese shipbuilders. ...
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Brazilian offshore upgrades
Astromaritima Navegacao, the largest Brazilian offshore vessel owner, is investing $4.5 million in upgrading three of its 55m OSVs. A third engine and second bow thruster unit will be installed on two of the vessels, increasing overall power to 3,205kW (4,300 bhp). The third vessel will be stretched by 9m ...
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Bahamas yard to open January
A new shiprepair yard will commence operations in the Bahamas in January 2000. A 35,000tl, 280 x 35.5m floating dock is already en route to the islands, and a newbuilding order for a second, larger unit will be placed shortly. The new yard, a 60/40 partnership between the Grand Bahamas ...
