All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 740
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NewsPiracy comes under IMO spotlight
Within the context of International Maritime Organization’s World Maritime Day theme ‘Piracy: orchestrating the response’, a meeting took place on 28 February at IMO headquarters.
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New owner for UK shiprepairer
UK-based business A&P Group, which operates three ship repair, conversion and fabrication yards, has been acquired by a consortium including Atlantic & Peninsula Marine Services and private investors including the directors of Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders.
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NewsHatteland to provide Transas ECDIS hardware
Norwegian company Hatteland Display says it has been selected by Transas Marine as a supplier of dedicated hardware for the new generation Transas ECDIS system.
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Sulphur directive help from class
Lloyd’s Register''s FOBAS says that it can provides answers to shipowners’ key questions related to the ‘at berth’ requirements of EC Directive 2005/33/EC .
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NewsHarnessing the wind
Greenwave, a UK registered charity that exists to remind the shipping industry of its environmental obligations and to find practical, meaningful and affordable ways to meet them, has been looking at the concept of developing wind engines (article reproduced by kind permission of Lloyd''s Register).
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NewsNew Dover Strait ferry makes big impact
Last month the new ropax ferry ‘Spirit of Britain’ went into service on the P&O Ferries’ English Channel service and more than doubled the freight-carrying capacity of the vessel it replaced.
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NewsECDIS features information overlay
Transas says that its Navi-Sailor ECDIS is the first to feature compatibility with the UKHO’s AIO (Admiralty information overlay). The overlay includes all temporary and preliminary notices to mariners (T&P NMs) and provides navigationally significant information from UKHO’s ENC validation programme.
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ECDIS support offers ‘zero downtime’
Norwegian electronic navigation company Maris has launched a new product support service known as ‘Zero downtime ECDIS’, which is intended to ensure that electronic chart display information systems are available at all times.
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Fuel consumption benefits from antifouling system backed by money-back guarantee
Jotun Marine Coatings has launched Hull Performance Solutions (HPS), described as a new concept which guarantees significant reductions in fuel consumption by combining premium antifouling with monitoring tools.
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NewsSystem automates regulatory form-filling
The EU Flagship project has come up with yet another innovation, described as “the first intelligent regulatory search and automated form filling system” which its developers say could save nearly €9 million annually.
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NewsEGCSA wants no 'green wash' in 2010
The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) says the industry must follow the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s leadership in sulphur reduction policies.
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NewsTighter waste water standards lead to more plant orders
Hamworthy of the UK recently received its first order for wider demand Membrane BioReactor (MBR) waste water management technology from ferry operator DFDS.
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NewsThree simulators for ferry crew training
Kongsberg Maritime’s North America simulation arm has recently been awarded a contract by BC Ferries for the supply and installation of three Polaris ship bridge simulation systems for various sites in British Columbia, Canada.
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FleetBroadband from Stratos on Vega ships
Communications provider Stratos Global has been contracted to deploy Inmarsat FleetBroadband services on up to 16 commercial vessels for Hamburg-based Vega-Reederei.
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Korea targets green ships market
South Korea will spend 300 billion won ($266.1 million) over the next 10 years to develop technology for low carbon ‘green’ ships in a bid to reclaim its status as the world’s leading shipbuilding country from China.
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Japanese shipyards recovering
Ship orders for Japanese yards have more than tripled in January year on year and with gains of 218.5% averaged over 14 consecutive months to 1.5 million gross tons according to the Japan Ship Exporters Association.
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BMT to design Canadian JSS
BMT Fleet Technology of Ottawa, Ontario is to start work on a design for the Canadian Forces’ (CF) new joint support ship (JSS).
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NewsDNV classes T-0 heavy transport vessel
DNV has secured a contract to class the world’s largest semi-submersible heavy transportation vessel (SSHTV) of Dockwise in Netherlands from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea.
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NewsPlanned maintenance for bunker barge
UK-based company Marine Software has supplied its type approved MPM - Marine Planned Maintenance system to John H Whitaker Tankers, to be installed onboard the bunker barge ''Whithaven''.
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Services support for largest Australian oil and gas project
Wilhelmsen Ships Service says that it is providing a range of support services to the Gorgon project, Australia’s largest ever oil and gas project. Services include importation of dredgers and project cargo shipments.
