All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1164
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SuperFast ferry order extended
MacGregor cargo access/transfer equipment has been specified for six SuperFast ferries ordered by Attica Enterprises from HDW. Each shipset being supplied by the company`s roro division comprises: two stern ramps, bow equipment on two levels, hoistable car decks, hoistable tilting ramp, ramp covers, provisions lift, four bunker/pilot doors, two passenger ...
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Electronic equipment giants merge
EuroMarine Electronics was created in July by the merger of SAIT-RadioHolland and STN Atlas. Their respective marine activities cover the development, marketing, production, assembling, sale and servicing of maritime electronics, power and drive systems, electric equipment, survey equipment, automation, navigation and communication systems. The new company will employ 2,500 people ...
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Mar-In fuels Eagle engines
Mar-In Controls, manufacturer of feeder booster modules and viscosity control systems, has two of its systems aboard each of Royal Caribbean’s Project Eagle cruise ships, one for each engine room. Mar-In says its modules supply a stable inlet pressure and can work out cheaper, as it specifies feeder pump capacities ...
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New dock for Unithai
Unithai is soon to sign a contract for a newbuild floating dock for its yard at Laem Chabang. The 33 x 200m dock will be built in China. Though it will be a very large handymax dock, the yard`s Derick Soares advises that it should be able to hold some ...
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DHI scoops ferry deal
Daewoo Heavy Industries is continuing to secure itself a foothold in the luxury passenger newbuilding field by winning a contract to build two fast cruise ferries for a European operator. Moby Lines, which is part of Italy’s Onorato Group, has placed an order for two newbuildings capable of carrying up ...
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Space saving cruise tender
Safety equipment supplier Umoe Schat-Harding has launched a compact tender for smaller cruise ships. The CTL1200 cruise tender has a capacity of 100 persons when used as a tender, or 150 when used as a lifeboat. It is 12m long and 4.5m wide. It has the same dimensions as a ...
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Study shows crew incompetence
A study covering 4,500 ships leaving Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia has found that many had incompetent crews. The study, undertaken by the Seafarers International Research Centre at Cardiff University, is further proof that the industry is headed for a crisis as a result of the lack of skilled manpower. ...
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Green credentials have potential
Over the next few years shipowners could find themselves having to contend with a patchwork of environmental legislation. Shipowners are accustomed to their existing fleet escaping the vast majority of new legislation — but things are changing. Sweden’s environmentally differentiated port and fairway schemes affect all vessels, not just ...
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Satellite system cuts costs
A low-cost internet-based satellite e-mail system called Sat.400 has been introduced by Station 12 which is said to cut communication costs by up to 30 per cent. The system selects whether to transmit at five bits per character, when using the telex alphabet, or eight bit for non-Latin scripts like ...
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Cossack Pioneer leaves Dubai Drydocks
Woodside Energy’s 150,000 dwt FPSO Cossack Pioneer sailed on June 28 following a major upgrade at Dubai Drydocks. The 140-day programme prepared by the yard involved over one million man-hours of yard labour. Although technically classed as an upgrade, the project turned out to be more extensive than the ...
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IMO consider ship scrapping
MEPC 44 will look at the issue of ship scrapping in March 2000 with the aim of developing safety and environmental measures, and safeguards for ship dismantlers. The proposal from Norway follows DNV’s damming report on ship dismantling at India’s Alang Beach (The Motor Ship, March 1999). Already considering ...
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Iridium satellite network complete
The completion of the Iridium network enables global telephone calls to be placed and received on a hand-held phone with an integral antenna, says O’Gara Satellite Networks. The Iridium system is made up of 66 low-orbit satellites 485 miles above the earth - as opposed to the geo-stationary Inmarsat system ...
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Checklists reduced coating damge
After finding that incorrect use by the shipowner was usually the reason for claims of damage to tank coating, German shipbuilder Aker MTW Werft is issuing checklists to purchasers of its chemical tankers. "Modern tanker coatings are highly complex and cargo-specific," says Ed Jansen, principal surveyor with Antwerp-based Expertisebureau ...
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New commission seeks change
The International Commission on the Regulation of Shipping, a new body that will seek to reform the rules governing the shipping industry, has been launched by the ITF. The three-man commission is headed by the former Australian minister Peter Morris who chaired two parliamentary enquiries into shipping. After the ...
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Castrol in cyberspace
Castrol has introduced an Internet based raft of services for shipowners in the form of its Marine Lubricants Information Network (Marlin) and Fluid Management system. Marlin users can review their oil consumption spend by vessel and will be notified by e-mail when their fleet information is updated (such as ...
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...and Carnival exercises option
Following in the wake of Princess Cruises’ new order, Carnival Cruise Lines has announced that it has decided to exercise its option to build another 84,000g cruise ship at Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard. The vessel will be named Carnival Pride and will be a sister ship to Carnival Spirit ...
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Owners enter calmer waters
The second register, the Asian crisis, and domestic shipping reforms have provided benefits and challenges for Korean owners. At the end of last year, the Korean Shipowners Association’s members owned and operated a total of 377 vessels, with the aggregate tonnage of 16,682,135 dwt. The three largest fleets are ...
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Cable ship conversions to Tyne
Cable & Wireless Global Marine has issued a letter of intent to Cammell Laird for the conversion of two roro ferries into cable laying and maintenance ships. The contract is valued at approximately £19 million ($29.5 million) and represents Cammell Laird’s largest cable ship conversion project to date. The two ...
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Buy now - earn later
With most sectors of the shipping industry in crisis, Drewry Shipping Consultants argue that secondhand vessels bought now could prove to be bargains. Its analysis of market potential through to 2003 shows that the best returns could come from panamax and handymax bulk carriers but that most bulk carriers and ...
