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IMO is ?a fox guarding the chickens?
Geenpeace, which has had its International Maritime Organization observer status taken away, has called IMO a "fox guarding chickens". Marking the first anniversary of the Prestige oil spillage it says IMO has done little to prevent a similar occurrence. To prevent oil spills new regulations are needed to force both ...
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NewsEC allows Spanish yard subsidies
Spanish yards can offer subsidiesThe European Commission has allowed Spain to subsidise its shipbuilding industry " to offset the effects of unfair competition" from South Korea. Spain can pay subsidies of up to 6 % of a ship's contract value for the construction of container ships, product and chemical tankers ...
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NewsQM2 replacement gangway gave way
French prosecutors investigating the collapse of a gangway on the Queen Mary 2 found that it was a last-minute replacement. Fifteen people died in the accident when the liner was in dry dock in the French port of Saint Nazaire on Sunday. The vessel had finished its sea trials and ...
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NewsNew ballast treatment system
NYK confirmed some positive research and development results in the purification system it has been trying to establish for ballast water (patent applied for). Since last summer, a "Cavitation method" (a phenomenon of rapidly occurring effervescence due to a sudden fluctuations in pressure) for this purification system has been explored ...
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HHI successfully applied furan resin for propeller casting
The Engine & Machinery Division of Hyundai Heavy Industries has successfully applied furan resin process to large propeller casting. Furan resin, a modern foundry technology used as a binding agent for casting, is produced from condensation polymerization of furfural alcohol, urea and formaldehyde. The division expects the application ...
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STX in South Korea has signed a co-operation agreement with Consilium
The agreement is for STX to develop and manufacture a complete set of VDR by its own technology while Consilium supplies essential parts for the VDR products. According to the agreement, STX will be in charge of designing, testing, selling, installing and on-board commissioning as well as providing after-sales service. ...
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NewsOne a year
Control room of the latest cruise shipThe delivery of MS Mariner of the Seas recently took place at Kvaerner Masa-Yards' Turku shipyard is the fifth cruise ship in the Voyager-class series for Royal Caribbean Cruises. The first four ships, Voyager of the Seas, Explorer of the Seas, Adventure of the ...
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NewsFuel cell engined yacht
A fuel cell from MTU Friedrichshafen is used as a propulsion system for a yacht. The propulsion unit is called CoolCell ?a fuel cell that functions at 65°C, almost 600°C cooler than MTU?s hot fuel cell. It provides electrical energy for the on-board power supply as well as the propulsion ...
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Anti-fouling ?green? paint
Daewoo Shipbuilding and International Paint Korea, announced that they have successfully completed the development and initial tests of a special, environment-friendly and poison-free marine paint that has proved effective in preventing barnacles from attaching to underwater areas. As a user-friendly paint, this system has the advantage in that it can ...
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Death in the shipyard
A filipino trainee was killed and four other workers seriously injured in an explosion on a tanker under construction at the Nakatani Zosen shipyard in western Japan.The blast occurred around 8.30 am local time on the 4 November when welders were working on the 499-tonne chemical tanker Enshu-maru moored in ...
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NewsGSI launches bigger capacity product carrier
Guangzhou Shipyard International has launched a fourth 38,000DWT product carrier ordered from Emerald Shipping in Italy. China State Shipbuilding Co said that the ship has 1,500m3 more cargo hold capacity compared with traditional product carriers and is suitable for European routes because the ship?s size is small but with large ...
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NewsMOL to adopt double hull fuel tanks for VLCC
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines in Japan announced plans to equip its next generation of very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with double-hull fuel tanks to reduce the risk of fuel leakage. MOL plans to introduce the technology on four VLCCs slated for launching in 2005, and continue adopting on newly built tankers ...
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Lloyd?s Register type approves first water ingress detector equipment
Lloyd?s Register has issued its first type approval certificate for water ingress detection equipment following the International Association of Classification Societies? (IACS) adoption of a unified interpretation of the International Maritime Organization?s (IMO) Performance Standards for Water Level Detectors on Bulk Carriers. The installation of water ingress detection equipment onboard ...
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Turks order innovative generation tankers
Azimuth propulsion and unusual design features could set the standards for a new generation of chemical tankersTwo 15,000dwt oil products and chemical tankers have been ordered by the Turkish shipowner K.S. Tankers and incorporate a number of unusual design features which could set the standards for the new generation of ...
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Tightening safety
Initiatives to overcome problems caused by defective lifesaving and fire safety equipmentAustralia?s port state control body, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has joined the push for expanded and improved International Maritime Organisation (IMO) guidelines for the servicing and maintenance of lifeboats, launching appliances and on-load release gear.Concern about the ...
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Seeing the light
Opening shipbuilder?s eyes to the benefits of safety systemsQuite a lot has happened since The Motor Ship?s last visit to the Sound Alert technology ? particularly significant is the American Council for the Blind (ACB) announcement ? which could force all passenger ships to fit the technology, if they want ...
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Friend or Foe?
[The IMO] urges Contracting Governments to take, as a matter of high priority, any action needed at national level to give effect to implementing and beginning the long-range identification of shipsIMO Conference Resolution 10, dated 12 December 2002In this era of enhanced security awareness, the capability to identify ships at ...
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Controlling the ballast water stowaways
International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments is set for adoption in 2004.The IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its 49th session in July 2003, agreed a finalized draft of the proposed International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and ...
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More power but fewer ferries
High speed diesels fight back as demand for speed wanesInternational competition is extremely tough in the high-speed marine diesel sector as it is in most sectors of the market. Under such conditions, a manufacturer will only survive if he can offer environmental engineering with a guarantee for the future and ...
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Trials and tribulations of the marine diesel -A look back at the history of diesel ships
With two installations in very different vessels in separate locations in Europe, the year 1903 marked the beginning of the success story of the diesel marine propulsion engine. In France, the bargePetit Pierre was equipped with a small diesel engine for operation on the Rhine-Marne canal while in Russia, the ...
