All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 508
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NewsClass approval for PureSOx scrubbers
Alfa Laval has secured the first class approvals from Lloyds Register for its PureSOx scrubber system installed onboard the DFDS Petunia and Primula Seaways.
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Korean Register authorised in Canada
Korean Register (KR) has been authorised to perform statutory services – including conducting surveys and audits as well as issuing certificates – on behalf of the Canadian government.
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NewsMPR certified for in-situ propeller repair
Netherlands-based Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR) is now DNV GL-certified to carry out in-situ welding for propeller repair, making it the only company certified to do so.
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Marine fuel shows improvement in 2015
The quality of marine fuel has risen in early 2015 according to early results revealed by the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA).
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BIO-UV partners with Choice Ballast Solutions
French ballast water treatment manufacturer BIO-UV has partnered with US-based Choice Ballast Solutions for engineering and installation of its BIO-SEA systems for US shipowners.
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NewsBattery powered ferries report
The first large passenger ferry to rely entirely on battery power begins operations this year, but it’s not the only passenger vessel to have included energy storage in the power mix, writes Bill Thomson in The Motorship''s February issue, out now.
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NewsWärtsilä gensets for five Chinese ships
Wärtsilä is to provide a total of 20 generating sets for five 14,500 teu container vessels under construction at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group yard for China Ocean Shipping Group (COSCO).
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NewsWärtsilä DF engines for Shell LNG bunker vessel
Wärtsilä is to supply DF dual-fuel engines for a specialised LNG bunker vessel being built by STX Offshore and Shipbuilding Company for Shell.
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NewsTechnip upgrade at DSR
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) has secured a new contract from Technip, for dry-docking, upgrade and operational modification to the deepwater rigid pipe S-lay and heavy lift vessel, ‘Global 1200.’
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ClassNK software integrates common structural rules
ClassNK has updates its ship design support software PrimeShip-Hull (HCSR), making it the first computer programme to reflect IACS’ Common Structural Rules (CSR) adopted in December 2014.
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NewsBorkum bags first pure LNG barge
A Dutch yard will build what is being described as the world’s first pure LNG driven port and inland barge for German owners, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsLindenau tackles canal accident ship
Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel has completed unexpected bow repairs to the British offshore dive support ship ''Red7 Alliance'' after a collision with a lock gate on the Kiel Canal, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsVroon receives first of six Ulstein PSVs
Netherlands-based shipowner Vroon Offshore Services has taken delivery of ‘VOS Pace’, the first of six PX121-type platform supply vessels designed by Ulstein.
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NewsBeyond the X-Bow
A couple of new offshore support designs demonstrate that there’s more to style and efficiency than the inverted bow, writes Stevie Knight in the February issue of The Motorship.
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NewsWärtsilä pollution prevention for ‘QM2’
Cunard’s cruise ship, ‘Queen Mary 2’, is being fitted with a Wärtsilä advanced wastewater treatment system that will enable it to fully comply with the IMO’s pollution prevention requirements.
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Work to 2020 sulphur deadline, ICS urges
The shipping and bunker refining industries should not rely on a postponement to the IMO’s global 0.5% cap on sulphur in fuel, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has said.
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NewsForeship hull form for Finnish ecoship
Naval architect and marine engineers Foreship have worked with Finnish ship owner Meriaura Group on hull optimization for its two new ‘EcoCaster’ cargo carriers, which are expected to almost halve fuel consumption compared to dry cargo carriers of a similar size and class.
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DESMI BWTS accepted by US Coast Guard
Denmark-based DESMI Ocean Guard’s ballast water treatment system (BWTS) using ultraviolet light, RayClean, has been granted AMS acceptance by the US Coast Guard (USCG).
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NewsWave generator for Marin concept basin
Dutch research institute Marin is to install a Bosch Rexroth wave generator at its new concept testing basin in August.
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Corrosion resistant steel approval
ClassNK has issued approval for Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation’s newly developed corrosion resistant steel (NSGP-2) for use on the upper deck and/or inner bottom of crude oil tanker cargo oil tanks (COT).
