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The Queen of the seas Queen Mary 2
Impressive! Beautiful! Magnifique! Those were some of the enthusiastic comments which were accorded to Queen Mary 2 when she made her first outing to sea to undergo trials back in September of last year. Some 20 months had elapsed after the start of steel cutting when the largest and, arguably, ...
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filla - Pocket-sized ferry for tough environment
Designed by Macduff Ship Design in Scotland and built in Poland by the Northern Shipyard (Stocznia Polnocna) in Gdansk, the small but purposeful ferry Filla entered into service in June on the two-hour inter island route from Lerwick to the Skerries operated by the Shetland Islands Council.With an overall length ...
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viking energy - Norwegian supply ships go gas powered
The Norwegian offshore industry achieved a remarkable double event in 2003 with the delivery of the world?s first two gas-driven cargo carrying ships. These platform supply vessels were ordered by the shipping companies Eidesvik AS and M?kster Shipping and are on a 10-year charter to Norway?s state-owned Statoil. Eidesvik took ...
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filipo brunelleschi - Sophisticated dredgers for Asia
A somewhat neglected ship type is the dredger, which is a pity since they are very high-tech with state-of-the-art equipment. A good example is Filippo Brunelleschi which, together with a sister ship named Francis Beaufort, was built at Izar?s Sestao yard in Northern Spain. These vessels are 11,300 m3 trailing ...
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yue hai tie i hao - Hainan rail link launched
China's first-ever rail ferry service was launched in January 2003 with the introduction of Yue Hai Tie I Hao, which was purpose built to link the mainland railway terminal at Zhanjiang, in Guangdong Province, and Haikou, the provincial capital of Hainan Island. The 14,381gt newbuilding, designed by Maric (Marine Design ...
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aukra - Aukra built Xanthia for AUR
The stainless steel tanker Xanthia was built for Norwegian owner Anders Utkilens Rederi (AUR) by compatriot shipbuilder Aker Aukra and was the eleventh vessel to be delivered by this yard for the Bergen-based owner. Ordered as part of UAR?s fleet renewal programme, the Xanthia was the fourth and last in ...
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csk fortune - Dunkirkmax launches new build era
Delivered in June, the 175,526 dwt Tai Chong Cheang Steamship-owned capesize bulk carrier CSK Fortune is a ship of many firsts. This Dunkirkmax was the first delivery from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) in Shanghai, the first delivery of Hong Kong naval architect Peter Cheng?s ?Green Cape? bulk carrier design, the ...
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tor magnolia - Ultimate RoRo newbuilding from
In September the Danish ferry operator DFDS Tor took delivery of the lead ship in five-ship series of their new roro 3900 design developed in co-operation with the German shipyard of Flensburger Schiffbau. Named Tor Magnolia, DFDS is operating this 199.8 metre long vessel on its AngloBridge freight route between ...
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coruisk - Double-ender for Calmac
Last year the West coast of Scotland coast saw the introduction of a new double-ended ropax ferry built in the UK yard of Appledore Shipbuilders for ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac). Named Coruisk, this sheltered waters double-ended ferry entered into service in August at a cost of £7.5 million and ...
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corageous ace - MOL leads the way with aerodynamic PCTC
Built at the Japanese yard of Minaminippon, the 57,500 gt pure car truck carrier (PCTC) Courageous Ace is the lead vessel based on a new design jointly developed by shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Universal Shipbuilding. It features a bow which is aerodynamically rounded and beveled by 38 ...
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seven seas mariner - Sailing the seven seas with Dolphin pods
Radisson Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) added to its fleet of five-star cruise ships with the delivery from the Italian shipbuilder T. Mariotti of the Seven Seas Voyager. This 754 passenger ship is only the world's second all balcony-suite vessel. More importantly, the 41,500 gt newbuilding will be unique as the ...
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Replacing the ageing LNG fleet
To accommodate the forecasted growth in LNG trade approximately 250 LNG carriers will be needed by 2010, according to UK based Drewry Shipping Consultants. What is more, at least 40-50 of those vessels will have to be ordered in the next few years.As Keith Bainbridge, director of LNG Shipping Solutions ...
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Honing series production -
At Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands, series production in the tug and workboat sector continues to be a primary focus. Dutch-based Damen Shipyards has vigorously pursued the principle of series production since it started trading in its present form in 1969. In recent years, production methods and scheduling, outsourcing of ...
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Extending coating lifetime
Many of the first double-hulled tankers built in the early 1990s are reaching the mid-point in their predicted service lifetimes. Consequently, the large coated areas in the ballast tanks will start to require serious attention in the near future. The present poor economic conditions in the tanker market preclude large-scale ...
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Rust problem? The answer lies in removing all of the salt
Few can have failed to observe how much more difficult it is to prevent rust problems from recurring once they have appeared on a steel surface. No matter how hard one tries with brushing or sand blasting, the rust often comes back at the same place shortly after treatment. Most ...
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Bollard pull ? the engine?s contribution
At next year?s ITS Conference in Miami, bollard pull will be the subject of a paper to be presented by John Noble, deputy chairman of The Salvage Association. Here, he provides a personal introduction to some of the issues surrounding this often controversial topic.Ask a tug operator what bollard pull ...
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Austal gets naval patrol boat contract
Austal Ships and its partner Defence Maritime Services were this week confirmed as the designer and builder and through-life support provider (DMS) of the Royal Australian Navy?s new fleet of Armidale Class patrol boats. This project involves the construction of twelve 56 metre naval patrol boats over a period of ...
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NYK orders innovative VLCC
Japanese shipping company NYK has decided to build a 300,000 DWT double-hull VLCC at IHI Marine United. This crude oil carrier will be 333m long and 60m wide with a delivery scheduled for December 2005.With this newbuilding, NYK has started to adopt a double-hull fuel tank from a viewpoint of ...
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NewsPioneering Rolls-Royce contract for tanker design
Rolls-Royce has entered into a contract with Bergen Tankers for delivery of design and equipment for a product tanker of the NVC 604 PT type. The contract was negotiated by Rolls-Royce?s merchant vessel design department, Nordvestconsult (NVC), in Aalesund, Norway.This vessel type has a large market potential, since new rules ...
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Japan believes newbuilding price to be further increased
Mr. Mototsugu Ito, chairman of the Shipbuilder's Association of Japan (SAJ), held his regular press conference and said that newbuilding price will be further increased.After reaching their lowest point, newbuilding prices have started to recover this year and the SAJ hopes that this trend will continue and that price levels ...
