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Nothing much to report
July the first has arrived and gone without the mass ship detentions predicted. However, a number of people that The Motor Ship has spoken to are surprised. "Where have all the ships gone," asks Andy Mitchell manager of Lloyd?s Register?s marine management systems? "They don?t seem to be where there ...
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Making the choice and counting the cost options
When it comes to training, particularly for ISPS certification, there are two routes ? get help or go it alone. Most companies have opted to go down the ?get help? route but one company, Rederij K+T Holland CV of Delfzijl in Holland, opted to put its certification in the hands ...
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Demonstrating compliance
Few people appear to have embraced the International Ship and Port Facilities Security (ISPS) Code with a positive attitude, says UK-based Datatrac Ltd. It suggests that the levels of frustration felt by the marine industry to comply with the code will be insignificant compared with problems enforcing the code. It ...
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Boxing clever
Shiploc has previously been used in law enforcement applications where about 4,000 fishing vessels are equipped with the satellite communication system for vessel monitoring. The original application, anti-piracy, was of interest for ships sailing in the Malacca Straits and Indonesian region . This was also the origin of the contract ...
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Protecting us from evil
The threat of attacks against ships and harbours has led to the development of Cerberus - a new diver detection sonar, by UK based QinetiQ. The attack on the destroyer USS Cole in Yemen in October 2000 revealed a range of threats, not only from small explosives-laden speedboats, but also ...
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State-of-the-art large two-stroke engines
There are only three manufacturers that spring to mind when talking about large two-stroke engines: MAN B&W, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Wärtsilä. The most successful company is MAN B&W with a record result of engines delivered and on order. At the beginning of this year the company recorded about 8,000 ...
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The Information exchange
Indicative of the research, development work and general progress of technology and related issues, The MotorShip was inundated with proposals for papers ahead of this year?s Marine Propulsion Conference. Such was the interest in presenting a paper at the 26th annual event that the number of papers accepted was raised ...
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The importance of getting into training
Training underscores all aspects of safe and efficient operation of ships. However, today the requirement for effective and regular training is greater than ever. Not only have vessels and their equipment become ever more complex, crew numbers have been cut to the bone and there is a never ending increase ...
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In all reality
In the marine industry, the use of engine room machinery, navigation and bridge operation simulators is well established and provides a range of training options from standalone desktop PC based systems, through computer based training (CBT), to 3D virtual reality modelling of the engine room and machinery. Engine room simulators, ...
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Secure and safe
Though the prime cause of the accident was the vessel?s grounding, the tragic capsize of the 28,100 DWT bulk carrier Rocknes off Bergen in January this year, with the loss of a number of lives, highlighted once again the dangers inherent in poor cargo stowage arrangements. More recently in April, ...
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Preparation and expertise
The closing weeks of last year saw the completion of two demanding ocean towage and heavy transportation assignments by Rotterdam-based Fairmount Marine. The company completed its project management contract for the delivery of Shell?s Bonga ? the world?s largest FPSO ? from the UK to Nigeria. Two weeks later, a ...
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Videotel warns of gas tanker crew shortages
Videotel, the London-based training company, has produced three new distance-learning courses for specialised training on oil tankers, liquefied gas carriers and chemical tankers to follow on from its existing tanker familiarisation course. Liquefied gas tankers are a fast-expanding sector of the maritime business but the sector requires competent seafarers with ...
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FESCO orders box ship quartet
Vladivostok-based Far-Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) has signed contracts with Chinese shipbuilder Jinling Shipyard to construct four 1,080TEU containerships. Deliveries are scheduled for March, September, November and December 2006. These newbuildings will be the fastest in the Russian company?s fleet with a service speed of 19.6 knots and will serve their ...
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Shanghai and Chengxi merge
Shanghai Shipyard and Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangsu, China, merged recently to form a combined newbuilding and ship repair company called Shanghai Chengxi Shipyard. Shanghai Shipyard has an annual shipbuilding capacity of 200,000DWT and a ship repair turnover of value of $24 million while Chengxi Shipyard focuses mainly on ship repair. ...
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Hyundai Samho gets weather wise
Hyundai Samho Shipyard in South Korea has established an automatic weather observation system (AWS) to improve production efficiency through providing detailed weather information. This will enable the Mokpo-based shipbuilder to cope better with the vagaries of weather conditions and improve outdoor works such as coating and sea-trials.
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Order revival for a contracting industry
While traditional newbuild markets for Dutch yards become weaker, there is optimisim that financial incentives will throw a vital lifeline to new orders.Dutch shipyards have shown considerable resolve in being able to compete with other European yards despite an often lower subsidy level. With less government aid, they were forced ...
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Remontowa diversifies
Remontowa has recently purchased a 200 ton capacity floating crane. REM-220 was built in the Flender Werft yard and comes with its own propulsion system in that form of two Schottel propulsors and a tubular rudder, which ensures excellent manoeuvring characteristics in shipyard?s canals. The maximum speed of the crane ...
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A&P ready for ISPS
The A&P Group has announced that all its facilities are now certificated under the ISPS Code, which was introduced to bring shiprepair and shipbuilding yards up to the same level of certified security as ports and terminals. Facilities include shipyards at Wallsend, Hebburn, Aberdeen, Teesside, Chatham Dover, Ramsgate, Southampton, Falmouth ...
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IACS Joint Bulker Project proposes common rules
Common rules for bulk carriers have taken another step forward as the IACS Joint Bulker Project (JBP) team have made a series of presentations to shipowners, seeking industry input to the rules.The JBP is made up of BV, CCS, ClassNK, GL, KR, RINA and RS. The aim of JBP is ...
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Cape Africa gets lightened
Over the weekend, salvors have begun the long and expensive operation to get the damaged 150,000 DWT Capesize bulker Cape Africa repaired and on her way again. The Klaveness owned 46,996 gt trans-shipment vessel Bandar began removing the iron ore cargo from the Cape Africa, which has been anchored in ...
