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Lean and clean marine gas engines launched
Rolls-Royce?s two new lean, clean and mean marine gas engines provide a power range from 1MW to 8.5MWDesigned and manufactured at Rolls-Royce?s Bergen facility in Norway, the K and B series of gas fuelled engines were recently introduced to the marine market in order to meet the increasingly tough low ...
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Optimising reliability
In ensuring optimum lifetime reliability of a medium-speed diesel engine the user must be aware of certain key factors, not least the importance of the supplier/user relationship .To achieve an acceptable level of reliability throughout the lifetime of a typical medium-speed engine, a satisfactory exchange of information between the supplier ...
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Material benefits
Using Nimalike in the production and reconditioning of two-stroke components provides outstanding product properties.It is 7:30 in the morning in the assembly shop at the Märkisches Werk in Halver (MWH) and a lift-truck places a wooden box full of used two-stroke exhaust valve spindles in front of the inspecting technicians. ...
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Feeders ? the vital link in the container transport system.
German ship owners like Schiffko?s CV1100 PLUS feeder design.With all the hype about post-Panamax and ultra-large containerships, it is easy to overlook the vital role played by the smaller boxships up to 3,000TEU. These work horses of the container transport system, know as feeder ships, will become even more essential ...
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Growing the ships and the fleet
New orders for ever-larger containerships look set to elevate Seaspan?s global position.Director of Vancouver-based Seaspan Container Lines (SCL), Graham Porter, says "Among the main limiting factors in building container ships over 10,000 TEU is the thickness of the steel plate and the existing welding techniques."He speaks with some authority, having ...
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Power constraints for the 10,000+TEU boxship.
Propulsion power plant dilemma for ultra large container ships .Container transportation volume has been growing at an average annual rate of 9 % in the past fifteen years, making it the fastest growing sector of marine transportation. What is driving this growth is the shifting of wage-intensive manufacturing away from ...
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The staple diet of German shipyards
Thyssen Krupp yards build GEBAB quarter.In the face of intense competition from Far Eastern shipbuilders, it comes as a surprise that German shipyards are still able to win orders for feeder container ships. The explanation of this phenomenon lies in a mixture of customer loyalty, good quality products, generous tax ...
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Based on an article submitted by Bill Wen Chang Huang, Taiwan
Wärtsilä is ready for steam injection, particularly when energy prices rise.Since the end of the EU-funded STID (STeam Injected Diesel engine) project to develop and test a new combined diesel and steam process, which finished last year, Wärtsilä has been working in-house to evaluate whether the means can be found ...
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The other side of the coin.
Emulsion offered as an alternative to injection .MAN B&W has tested direct water injection but has opted to go down the emulsified fuel route to reduce emissions. "Of course we see, as expected, the NOx reductions with water injection. But we see the fuel increase in connection with nearly all ...
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Setting the standard
Alfa Laval?s standardised test method ? a new five micron standard based on separation performance ? can enable buyers of fuel treatment systems to truly compare the different separators available.Based on a reproducible test method approved by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Alfa Laval?s Separation Performance Standard is now becoming a ...
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Battling barnacles
Pipework anti-fouling system can also help stop unwanted mussel growth.Barnacle and mussel fouling is becoming a bigger problem around the world. "This is one of the unforeseen consequences of having cleaner seawater ? they actually breed more vigorously in cleaner seawater," says Richard Woolley, publicity manager for Cathelco, which specialises ...
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A MELO pump
New main-engine lube oil pump.Allweiler AG has introduced a new main-engine lube oil pump. Allmarine MELO (Main-Engine Lube Oil) as it is called, is said to be an exceptionally efficient, robust, and reliable volute centrifugal pump that combines the benefits of low maintenance and high availability.The centrifugal pump was intended ...
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Progressing pump technology
Progressive engine room pump design delivers through-life benefits to shipowners.One way in which Hamworthy KSE recently demonstrated its commitment to innovation is with the introduction of the spacer-coupled C2G engine room pump which, the company says, also enables it to deliver customer benefits and remain competitive. Now the C2G range, ...
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AC Drives in marine service
The all-electric ship is making progress.In both naval and commercial operations, the drive towards the all-electric ship, quite literally, is taking place on the back of advances in high-power semiconductors, and Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP) systems. The UK?s Type 45 for the Royal Navy will feature induction motor drives, ...
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Barge extraordinaire
The sophisticated Ro-Ro/docking barge Terra Marique enters service.Built in the Ukraine for a road haulage company, with 99% of the finance coming from the British Government, the Terra Marique is indeed a unique vessel. Described by its builder, Dutch specialist Damen, as a Ro-Ro/docking barge, the 80m long unit was ...
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Meeting a power demand
Producing the world?s most powerful FPSO turbine .The on-board electrical power demands of floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) have risen substantially over recent years as bigger ships are built to facilitate higher volumes of production. Specialist engineering company Peter Brotherhood Ltd has manufactured a power generation system that ...
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A new ?European Propulsion Platform?
At the recent Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference, Martin Bloem, Managing Director of the Holland Marine Equipment association, emphasised the importance of innovation, the environment and cooperation in the region, and even the prospect of a European Propulsion Platform."It was a good decision to organise this conference in Amsterdam. Holland ...
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ice breaking tug for sakhalin project
The Norwegian naval architect firm Multi Maritime, designer of highly specialised icebreakers, has, with Rieber Shipping AS and shipbuilder Aker Langsten, developed a new icebreaking tug design. The Aker Langsten newbuilding is to be delivered mid 2006 to Rieber Shipping which has, with the Russian oil tanker operator, Primorsk Shipping, ...
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Hinged containership design concept
Is the hinge the answer for the ultra large container ship?Although not a new idea, the concept of building a ship as two or more independent ship sections joined together by means of a hinge has never been fully explored or tried out. This is largely because the technology has ...
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Kongsberg Maritime helps Airbus fly
Kongsberg Maritime has installed the automation systems for the new roro vessel Ville de Bordeaux, built at Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing, China, which is operated by a joint venture company consisting of the ship owners Louis Dreyfus (France) and Leif Hoegh (Norway). The vessel will carry parts for the A380, ...
