All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1166
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Fire resistant windows
Glass supplier A C Yule has teamed up with Lomas Systems to supply the marine and offshore industry with TempaFlam fire resistant safety glass. The product is a modified tempered safety glass which, in addition to its fire resistant qualities, also complies with the specification for impact performance requirements for ...
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Green light for FastShip
FastShip Inc looks a step nearer to realising its goals with the announcement that it has signed a letter of intent with the USA’s National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (Nassco) for the construction of the first four high-speed cargo vessels for its trans-Atlantic fleet. The San Diego-based yard has a ...
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Slow Sulzer for fast vessels
The latest design for a low-speed engine aimed at smaller, but relatively fast, ships has led to wide consultation. Wartsila NSD has added the RTA60C to its low-speed engine range. The 60cm bore engine comes in five to eight cylinder version spanning the range 8,250 —18,800kW (11,200 — 25,800 ...
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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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Seaborne freight expanding
Operators of both ropax vessels and freight roros are opting for newbuildings which carry more freight, and offer faster passage and turnround times. Within Europe pressure is growing to move more freight from the roads into sea transport. Also, freight roro operators are increasingly moving towards offering customers a ...
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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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Diverless pollutant recovery
Polrec, a joint development by marine salvor Smit Tak and pumping specialists Frank Mohn Flatoy, is designed to recover oils, chemicals and other pollutants from wrecks at shallow and deep water locations. The system uses the Frank Mohn Remote Operated Offloading System (ROLS). The ROLS descends to the wreck, where ...
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Orskov takes half of Danyard
Orskov Christensens Staalskibsvaerft is to rent nearly half of the Danyard site in Frederikshavn. The agreement will come into force on December 1, once Danyard has delivered its final Stolt Nielsen newbuilding. The move will mark the beginning of radical change for Orskov, which has recently completed two major offshore ...
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>Overcapacity continues
The shipbuilding market will continue to suffer from overcapacity and subsidies will remain in one form or another, concludes a Norwegian report, The Future of North European Shipbuilding. The report argues that low entry barriers and high exit costs lead to overcapacity. It also believes that the shipbuilding industry is ...
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Paving the way to consolidation
Paving the way to consolidation An increasing number of shipowners and operators are forging new partnerships. With the international shipping industry taking care of more than five billion tonnes of the world’s seaborne transportation needs - a figure which is expected to grow by 100-200 million tonnes per annum ...
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Davit combines power and gravity
Umoe Schat-Harding has launched the UNIC rolling pivot davit for cruise vessels. The system stows boats in the same way as powered telescopic davits, but does away with the need for large power packs, says the company. It is based on a trolley running in a travelling beam which stows ...
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Global colour matching
Sigma Marine has opened a chain of coating colour matching centres around the world. Called Color Network they are equipped with computer-based colour identification systems which can match samples and recommend the appropriate formulation for individual vessels, says the company. Three Sigma coatings are available via the system: Sigma CM, ...
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OECD tackles capacity
The OECD has agreed a common basis for calculating shipbuilding capacity with shipbuilding associations from the EU, Japan and Korea. Shipbuilding associations in OECD countries will now send questionnaires to yards requesting information on dock sizes, crane capacity and throughput — both current and that planned in four to five ...
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Just burning gas
Emissions control in Norwegian waters has lead to the introduction of gas engines. In a joint building venture the German yard of Kroger Werft and the Norwegian yard of Langsten Slip are building a gas-powered ferry with the primary aim of markedly reducing emissions. This, comments Langstens, is an entirely ...
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Debunking bunkers
If shipowners want the cheapest fuel possible they have to accept that it may be of variable quality. Residual fuels are not going to get any better. The oil majors point out that residual fuel is a product blended to meet ISO standards — but the reality is that ...
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Mistral breezes onto European cruise scene
Further demonstrating the current enthusiasm of Greek shipping companies for the cruise market, Piraeus-based Festival Cruises took delivery of its newly-built 47,900g flagship, Mistral, from the Saint-Nazaire Chantiers de l`Atlantique yard on June 26 - ahead of schedule. The vessel - which will actually be owned by Auxiliaire Maritime J31 ...
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Tanker fleet boost
As part of its Spirit for 21 management programme, Japan’s K Line has decided to build a double-hulled VLCC and has placed an order at Japanese yard Imabari Shipbuilding Co. The vessel represents K Line’s second VLCC, the first one being under construction at Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The 300,000 dwt ...
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Bangemann confronts Koreans
The EU’s industrial affairs commissioner, Martin Bangemann, has told the Korean Government that the EU will not allow its shipyards to be killed by unfair competition. He contrasted the contraction of capacity in European yards with the Korean increases and said their industry was surviving by low pricing. The ...
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Yards fall back on traditional expertise
Although several shipyards in South America are acquiring new skills, economic conditions and the lack of a clear shipbuilding strategy make further progress uncertain. Well known for their expertise with small ships such as fishing vessels, yards in countries such as Chile, Brazil and elsewhere in South America are now ...
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Further SCC orders for STN Atlas
STN Atlas Marine Electronics has received orders for eight Ship Control Centres (SCCs) which integrate and automate basic navigation, communication and ship operation for centralised bridge management.The orders cover systems for three 65,000g container vessels being built by Samsung and a further two for chemical tankers under construction at Hanjin ...
