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Wartsila introduces the Sulzer Zzz
The medium-speed market has long been influenced by five major marques Š Wartsila, MAN B&W, MaK, Sulzer and Pielstick. Of these arguably MaK is the odd one out, since MAN B&W has a majority share in Pielstick ,and Wartsila and New Sulzer Diesel are part of the same company.Yet there ...
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Shell goes to Sembawang
Oil major Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (STASCo) has signed an evergreen alliance agreement with Sembawang Shipyard of Singapore. The agreement commits the scheduled refit and drydocking of the Shell fleet trading in the east to the Singaporean yard for the foreseeable future, reports Sembawang. It is the first ...
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MetFAX Marine gets new numbers
MetFAX Marine offers specialised forecasts for 16 inshore areas around the UK and six offshore areas, together with the Shipping Forecast, surface pressure charts and satellite images.
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Flexible gear for multipurpose Vessels
A grain/bale capacity of 22,000m3 is provided in three holds with removable tweendecks, allowing the ships to be configured as box-shaped double-hulled single-deckers. Container capacity is around 1,000 TEU. Each hold will have a MacGregor high-stowing Foldtite hatch cover set whose end-folding panel-pair is operated by external hydraulic cylinders, ...
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Programmable fins
The system is based on a lift control technique, which uses displacement transducers in the fin shaft to adapt automatically to variations in the local water stream direction. As a result, the fin produces peak lifts without operating in the cavitation zone, thereby prolonging system life, and reducing noise ...
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North Sea ferry giants
The vessels, which will be built to LR class, will have a service speed of 22 knots and will reduce the normal crossing time between the UK and The Netherlands by two and a half hours. The first ship is scheduled for delivery in April 2001 and will be ...
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Japan Feature
Japanese shipowners have had some tough decisions to make in the wake of financial crisis in the area.JapanÕs merchant fleet stands at 2,021 vessels (around 67 million dwt) with 70 per cent of vessels being under ten years old. In 1997 the 12 oceangoing shipping companies listed on the Tokyo ...
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Swedish ferry is fast and green
Constructed by French shipyard Alstom Leroux Naval at a cost of some FF230 million ($39.82 million), the 112m Corsaire 11500 ferry Gotland was handed over to its owner, Rederi AB Gotland, in mid-February.The vessel will carry up to 700 passengers and 140 cars between Visby on the south east coast ...
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Super-large drillship
The 23,000g vessel will have main dimensions including a length of 114m, a beam of 78m and a depth of 106m. It will be equipped with a dynamic positioning system, and will be capable of drilling depths down to 10,000m. HHI plans to adopt an offshore platform production process ...
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Upgradeable digital system
Shaft 50 will align shafts up to 10m long, Shaft 200 can handle shafts up to 25m and straightness to 75m, says Maintec. Shaft 50 comes with standard alignment programs for both horizontal mounted and vertical flange mounted machines, single serial cable set-up thermal offsets compensation, and Soft-check for ...
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The debut of the global personal phone
The heart of a GMPCS is a dual-mode handset, similar to a mobile phone, which uses dedicated satellites when out of range of landbased cellular sites, but can be switched to a landbased network when within range. In either mode, a small antenna is attached to the handset. The user ...
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Cruise option exercised
Like its sistership, the latest 85,000g vessel will feature gas turbines mounted in azimuthing pods under the hull. As a result of the reduced space required for the propulsion pods, additional space will be dedicated to public areas and activity centres. The Vantage class vessels will include many of ...
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Dual mode Inmarsat C/Mini-M unit
The unit also offers voice, fax, and data facilities in case of a -C distress alert. Thrane & Thrane says that the unit is ideal for maritime GMDSS installations, is CN114 approved and features up to 32kB message size transmission on the -C part and a Maritime Mini-M data ...
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OECD to include China
The aim of the meeting is to avoid a subsidy war, says the OECD, but the EUÕs Industry Council is unwilling to sign an agreement which excludes the USA. Norway has already increased its subsidy level from seven to nine per cent, and it is possible that the deadline ...
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Chevron`s latest VLCC sets sail
Chevron has taken delivery of the first of a new class of four VLCCs with a number of interesting features. The four VLCCs, which were contracted at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, are part of Chevron`s replacement strategy for some of the older tonnage in its fleet of ...
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A trio of cats
Kvaerner Fjellstrand has already delivered a JumboCat 50 to Amco last year. The latest 60m catamaran on order for the Egyptian owner will carry 450 passengers, and 50 cars and two buses at a service speed of 40 knots.
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Chamber changes for MAN B&W
On the cylinder cover side the fuel valves have been moved slightly towards the centre. These changes mean the maximum piston crown temperature drops from 509 degC to 421 degC and the average falls from 499 degC to 409 degC. The new combustion chamber, including a piston cleaning ring, ...
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BT launches global service
The full service which will offer world-wide Internet roaming is scheduled for completion by mid-1999, says BT. BT Internet Global will link the company`s Concert terrestrial network with its satellite land earth stations to offer marine connections via Inmarsat to BT`s -A, B-Sat, -M and Mini-M (Mobiq) terminals. ...
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Disaster brings redundancy
The tanker Exxon Valdez will long be remembered for its grounding in Alaska, and the consequences continue to flow from that incident. In the case of Atlantic Richfield it meant moving not only to a double hull construction but also to fully redundant propulsion.Under the US OPA 90 Act three ...
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Disney blunder
During The Motor ShipÕs visit to Fincantieri last March the company said that delivery was scheduled for December 1998. More recently the company has given the delivery as this month. However, it now says that delivery will be in the spring, which could possibly be April or May. The ...
