All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1175
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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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Combi carrier design woos owners
Combination carriers have been out of fashion for much of the 1990s. A recent design aims to change this. Norwegian shipbroker, O-J Libaek & Partners, a company with over 40 experience in the combination carrier field, believes that the time is now right for a revival of the combination ...
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DHI ferry breakthrough
Korean yards are starting to make their presence felt in the international passenger/car ferry newbuilding market. Last month Samsung secured an order for two passenger/car ferries for Greece`s Minoan Lines. Now Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) has won a contract to build a 1,410 dwt roro ferry for another Greek owner, ...
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Boosting size and speed
In their efforts to reduce transit times and attract more passengers, operators are looking to bigger, faster ferries. Incat`s latest high-speed vehicle-carrying ferry boasts the ability to carry its own weight, 800t, in freight. The 96m Devil Cat catamaran Incat 050 accommodates a broad mix of light and heavy ...
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Cruise boost for Chantiers de l`Atlantique
New tonnage orders for the cruise industry continue with French yard Chantiers de l`Atlantique securing a construction contract from operator Radisson Seven Seas France. Ordered is a 46,000t newbuilding scheduled to be delivered in early 2001. According to the yard, the vessel has been designed for the luxury end ...
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IMO approves vector-raster chart combination
The IMO has decided to allow the use of both official raster and vector charts in ecdis navigation systems. This means that an ecdis will meet the IMO`s chart carriage requirement whether it is operating with an official vector ENC or an official RNC, but with certain conditions. Official raster ...
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Trouble lies ahead
The year 2000 problem represents a critical business risk with well documented problems evident already and warnings of worse to come. An IMO/US Coast Guard report on the year 2000 threat in the maritime/ports sector, submitted to the United Nations in December last year states: "There is general acceptance ...
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IMO acts on bulker safety
The IMO`s Marine Safety Committee will undertake a formal safety assessment study of bulk carriers in order to aid future decision making and has referred several issues to a sub-committee on Stability and Load Lines. While the IMO adopted Solas chapter XII aimed at preventing losses of bulkers by improving ...
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Syncrolift for Abu Dhabi
Details of the Syncrolift shiplift system that will form the heart of the new Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding (ADSB) yard have been released. The new lift will measure 120 x 25m and operate with 34 x 325t hoists. The platform will be rated at a maximum net lifting capacity of ...
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Sulzer RTA68T-B orders
Wartsila NSD has secured the first order for its low-speed RTA68T-B engines from the Polish shipyard Stocznia Gdynia. The two six-cylinder engines will be installed in a duo of 78,500m3 LPG carriers for Bergesen DY AS. Each 68cm bore engine has a stroke of 2.72m and will produce 17,640kW ...
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MAN B&W monitors pressure
MAN B&W`s PMI System is a portable computerised tool which can be used for performance evaluation of the company`s two-stroke diesel engines. The system measures the cylinder pressure via a piezo-electric transducer located on the cylinder`s indicator cock. After taking the measurements, the values are stored and the transducer ...
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P&O books Oriana
P&O Cruises` flagship Oriana will undergo a two and a half week refit at A&P`s Southampton yard commencing April 14. It is the second scheduled refit for the 1995-built vessel. The programme to be carried out by A&P includes standard drydock work with sea valve maintenance, thruster inspection ...
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Solas solutions
Operators have several ways to meet IMO`s latest Solas requirement for venting cargo tanks. Incidents like the rupture of an over-pressurised tank in a VLCC caused IMO to look again at the regulations concerning cargo tank venting. During the review the Australians highlighted an incident where a pressure/vacuum valve (pv ...
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MEPC study pollution solutions
The IMO`s MEPC has agreed to a wide ranging study into emissions from merchant vessels - but what is it likely to find? At the Kyoto Summit, a number of countries agreed to cut emissions of greenhouse gasses - for instance the EU will reduce its CO2 output by 8 ...
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Pressure made simple
Kistler has introduced the Engine Peak Meter II, Type 2515A - a simplified version of its hand-held unit that can be used on diesel engines running up to 2,000 rev/min. The unit measures up to 36 complete pressure cycles to calculate the maximum, minimum, mean and standard deviation of the ...
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Mixed fortunes prevail at US shipyards
Naval and Jones Act vessels continue to be the mainstay of US yards The National Shipbuilding and Shipyard Conversion Act of 1993 provided the much-needed stimulus for the USA`s re-emergence onto the commercial newbuilding scene. The Act saw the expansion of the Title XI Federal Ship Financing Programme beyond US ...
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First SSP order for Siemens/Schottel
The Siemens/Schottle consortium has secured the first order for its SSP azimuthing podded drive. The SSP uses a permanently excited magnet motor that does not require air cooling and is said to be up to 40 per cent smaller than other podded drive systems. With a propeller at either ...
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Samsung`s international fast ferry debut
Greece`s Minoan Lines has signed a contract with Korean yard Samsung Heavy Industries for two fast 28,000g passenger/car ferries. The cost of each vessel is approximately $75 million, and the contract includes options for a further two ferries. The order is a long-awaited breakthrough for SHI into the international ...
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Owners cut costs to weather downturn
With the world GDP growing at only 2 per cent during 1998, the container ship industry is under constant pressure to reduce costs and improve efficiency. No part of shipping is so directly connected with world trade as container shipping, says Hans Payer, member of the executive board of Germanischer ...
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Danish government contract
Busy times continue at Australian fast ferry builder Austal Ships. The yard has secured an export order for an 86m vehicle/passenger catamaran for bareboat charter to Danish government-owned BornholmsTrafikken. The charter will be for three years, and after that period the Danish government can either purchase the vessel or extend ...
