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Grinding and squeezing
Generally we are finding 2003 to be rather difficult," says Magnus Ringner, managing director of Götaverken Cityvarvet. He explains that this is primarily because demand has been slow all year so far (as was also the case for the last few months of 2002) and as a result competition has ...
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Changing defence requirements demand new ship types
Not so long ago, every surface warship was a mono-hull, propellers were the only choice for propulsors and prime movers were diesel or turbine direct drive engines. Now we have a multiplicity of hull form concepts, a wide range of propulsors such as water jets, Voith Schneider and podded ...
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Austal offers IRV vessel
World-wide security concers create niche market for new ship typeThe heightened emphasis on security around the world?s ports and shipping lanes has motivated Austal Ships to design a high-speed Incident Response Vessel (IRV) that can be configured to match a range of patrol, rescue and reconnaissance mission profiles.The platform for ...
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From oars to reactors
Naval warfare has always benefited from advances in technology going right back through history when oars were the prime propulsors, to today?s propulsion plants such as gas turbines and nuclear reactors. Recently, the commercial sector has led the way in technological advances with the application of electric propulsion largely due ...
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German navy launches SWATH research vessel
In August, the German Navy launched its new research and test vessel at the ThyssenKrupp shipyard of Nordseewerke in Emden. Named Planet, the vessel?s hull shape makes use of the SWATH technology (small waterplane area twin hull) developed by the yard. Delivery of the newbuilding is scheduled for the summer ...
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Austal wins Aussie naval patrol boat contract
High speed shipbuilder Austal Ships is basking in the glow of one of Australia?s most sought after defence contracts, the Royal Australian Navy?s (RAN) contract to supply twelve 56 m aluminium patrol boats. Austal will build the aluminium hulled Armidale class patrol boats while its partner in the project, Defence ...
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Passenger ship shake-up
There are more rules and regulations governing passenger ships due to come into force during the next three years than ever before. "More importantly, some of these rules are risk-based rules, not prescriptive any more," says Markku Kanerva, marketing manager at Deltamarin. Simulation and optimisation tools have been developed to ...
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Crane swop shop
The demands that deepwater operations place on deck-mounted cranes has forced manufacturers to offer a wider choice of cranes. Arne Riple, vice president of sales and marketing at TTS Marine told The Motor Ship; "The owners that we work with in these instances are quite particular regarding their crane specifications. ...
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Post-Panamax surge
The growth in containership orders and sizes of vessels appears to be relentless. There has been a flood of orders this year for new vessels, including vessels of over 8,000 TEU and Germanischer Lloyd (GL) alone claims to have 44 large container carriers of this size waiting classification. Dr. Hans ...
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Focus on bulkers Legislation points the finger at bulk carriers
Now that all the commotion has died down over tankers the focus is again on bulk carriers. The IMO and IACS are bringing in new regulations for implementation such as water ingress alarms in cargo holds and forward spaces. Later on there are likely to be regulations requiring double side ...
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Sea Transport Solutions wins Tanzanian contract
Queensland based ship design and consulting company, Sea Transport Solutions (STS) will design a ?virtually uncapsizeable? vessel for Tanzanian Shipping company, Speke Shipping. The ro-ro passenger quadruple-screwed catamaran will carry 800 passengers and 400 tonnes of roro cargo from Mwanza to Bukoba on Lake Victoria.The 61 metre long and 19 ...
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A fresh look at ship operation manuals
Ship operating manuals have been around for many years in one form or another and to varying degrees of usefulness to the people on board, whether as a collection of ?crib-notes? at the crew hand-over or as a series of professionally produced manuals.The reasons behind producing such manuals have always ...
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Double the fleet
China Ocean Shipping (Group), the mainland's largest maritime company, plans to more than double its fleet from the current 550 ships by 2020, and has started sounding out the financial market in its first steps to raise cash for new building plans. The firm is trying to decide if it ...
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Star performance
Star Cruises Ltd. has ordered the construction of two cruise ships for a total investment of HK$6.16 billion to boost revenue and operating efficiency. The first ship will be ready for delivery in the third quarter of 2005, and the second will be ready in the second quarter of 2006, ...
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Ship of state
The Indian government has set October 20 as the last date for the submission of financial bids for the privatization of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), said a source close to the process."The government late last week sent letters to all companies participating in the SCI privatization," said the source. ...
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Four container ships
South Korea's Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. said it has received four container ship orders from Germany's Rudolf Schepers Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co.Hanjin said it will provide four vessels capable of transporting 3,400 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, each to the German firm through March 31, 2007.
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Attractive contract price
Golar LNG Ltd. has confirmed it has signed a newbuilding contract with the Korean shipbuilder DSME for one 145,000 m3 LNG newbuilding for delivery in 2005. Included in the contract is an option for up to two more newbuildings with delivery in 2006/2007.John Fredriksen said: "The strong market recovery in ...
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Go electric
Tsuneishi Corporation in Japan has decided to install electric deck machines on TESS 58 bulk carrier. By doing so, maritime pollution as a result of oil leakage will be sharply diminished and the reduction in maintenance schedules will save running cost. Deck machines such as cranes now used on bulk ...
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. orders Ultra Voyager
Building on the popularity and success of its Voyager-class ships, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today ordered an even larger cruise ship - the Ultra Voyager - for delivery in May 2006. Destined for the Royal Caribbean International fleet, the new ship will be built at Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland, continuing ...
