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Controlling emissions
The marine sector is only now starting to come into line with other industries in adopting controls on diesel engine emissions.Considering the scale and efficiency with which it effects a vast interchange of raw materials and goods, the shipping industry`s contribution to atmospheric pollution on a freight tonne-mile basis is ...
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Croatian contract
The double hulled tanker will meet IMO 2 type specifications. There will six pairs of tanks formed by a single corrugated longitudinal bulkhead. This will give the ship a capacity of 43,150m3. The cargo tanks will be coated with phenolic epoxy paints.
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Japan makes comeback
Japan`s performance was a marked increase on the three orders secured in January and five in February, butstill leaves the annual total at 129 vessels (6.5 million gross against 263 (115 million gross) for the previous financial year.Figures from Lloyds` Register indicate that at the end of 1998, Korea`s orderbook ...
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Lub manufacturers face up to new challenges
The lub oil business is in transition. The market is ever more competitive, and more powerful engines are testing lub performance to the limit.Lub oil manufacturers agree they are operating in an increasingly competitive market. Most anticipate that consolidation and rationalisation within the oil majors as a whole - and ...
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Kvaerner cashes out
To restore profitability to the group Kvaerner has decided on draconian measures.Using a flat and unemotional tone Kjell Almskog, president and ceo of Kvaerner, has transformed Europe`s shipbuilding industry and underlined its inherent weaknesses. Although shipbuilding is the largest single sector within Kvaerner the group has decided to divest itself ...
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Bonanza Express: fast and flexible
A 96m dedicated ro-pax fast ferry, built by Australia`s Incat has entered service for Spain`s Lineas Fred Olsen SA.Discussions between Australian yard Incat and the Spanish ferry operator Lineas Fred Olsen have been ongoing for years, but it was not until the introduction of Incat`s 96m class of fast wavepiercing ...
