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FPSOs are an evolving breed
FPSO design and construction has evolved over time to respond to the industry?s demands for safe and efficient facilities to operate in an ever more challenging environment. However, there is always room for improvement and opportunities to learn from experience in the design, construction and operations of FPSOs built to ...
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Farstad?s double P series newbuildings take shape
The Norwegian offshore operator Farstad Shipping earlier this year entered into a contract for two newbuildings from the Ulstein stable of designs. This consisted of one unit each of the newly developed UlsteinP105 and P106 series of offshore platform supply vessels ordered from Ulstein Verft. Both newbuildings are scheduled for ...
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Car ships go green
Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) operators are turning green. Not with envy, but through environmental management. As reported in last month?s issue of The Motor Ship, Mitsui OSK Lines is to have ships built which offer a reduced oil spill risk through the protected location of fuel oil tanks ...
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Russian bunker tanker upgrade
St Petersburg bunker company ECO Phoenix Holding is boosting its ability to deliver marine fuel to customers throughout the year with the introduction into service in March of an ice class double-hull tanker. The purchase represents the first stage of a programme to upgrade the ECO Phoenix fleet both in ...
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Tugs get smaller but pack a bigger punch
Just as there are horses for courses, so are there tugs for ports. Local conditions and specific situations require different solutions, which are reflected in the development of a range of tug types. Factors determining the choice of tug type include the kind of harbour and approaches, i.e. conventional ports, ...
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Rugged Australians for Norway?s worst
Image Marine, the Fremantle-based shipbuilder and part of the Austal Ships Group, has built its first vessels for the European market. This is particularly notable since Norway ? the destination of the vessels ? is a traditional home for fast ferry design, construction and operation. The two fast catamaran passenger-cargo ...
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Smooth, fast and vibe free
When The Motor Ship went out on the trials of Red Funnel?s new fast ferry Red Jet 4 it could not be anything but impressed. Fast ferries have come a long way since the early days and North West Bay?s latest was fast, smooth and virtually vibration free. The vessel ...
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FBM hopes to cut a SWATH through the opposition
There have been a number of high speed SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) designs in the past but now FBM Babcock Marine has unveiled what it describes as the FSPV ? a revolutionary new high speed passenger ferry which promises to deliver pioneering rough condition seakeeping capability, coupled with ...
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Dunkirkmax Green Cape launches new build era
A ship of firsts. The first ship from a new shipyard; the first example of a new environmental design; the first vessel of its size and type built in China; and the first to feature a new type of hatch cover. CSK Fortune, a 175, 526 dwt Tai Chong Cheang ...
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Tough market for medium-speed
The market for medium speed diesel engines has been particular tough and, if forecasts are to be believed, things are going to get a lot more difficult. This is likely to force engine manufacturers into cooperation agreements or partnerships to reduce development costs.Rolls Royce has already stated that it is ...
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Midnight Sun sees the light of day
Better late than never. The first commercial dry cargo ship to be built in the USA for over a decade has entered service; almost a year to the day after its initial scheduled delivery date. Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE)?s $150 million Midnight Sun departed the Port of Tacoma on ...
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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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NewsPotential hazard of low-pressure fuel systems
P&O Ferries has amended check procedures to low-pressure fuel systems following a fire on NorseaAn engine fire onboard P&O Ferries Norsea has prompted the UK government?s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) to warn of the potential dangers of low-pressure fuel systems. In a report into the incident, released today, the ...
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ECDIS for enhanced situational awareness
Sperry Marine has launched a new-generation electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS), designed to enhance situational awareness for bridge watch officers. Sperry says its new NAVI-ECDIS system includes an intuitive user interface and uncluttered screen format. It runs on software that incorporates pop-up windows that can be moved around ...
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Clamshell and seal for double wall fuel lines
Control and Measurement Company of the USA has developed a clamshell and seal arrangement for double wall fuel lines on ALCO and GE auxiliary diesel engines that it says provides the required protection and drain off that is required to meet SOLAS/IMO Resolution MSC.31(63). It is currently supplying the devices ...
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Tanker owner takes bandwidth for constant connectivity
Anders Utkilens Rederi is to equip its fleet with a high speed data communication solution that will link the ships permanently to the company?s corporate network. The company has signed a contract with Telenor Satellite Services that calls for the provision of the Sealink satellite service aboard its fleet of ...
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EU yards get subsidies for LNG carriers
The European Commission has extended the granting of state aids in the shipbuilding sector to LNG carriers. EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy explains: "Today's decision offers a temporary relief to European LNG shipyards which are facing serious difficulties, while Korea continues to price ships below cost. I trust the WTO ...
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NewsMassive cost overruns on US containerships
Construction of Manukai, pictured here at its launch earlier this year, is running $28 million over budget and is delayed by one monthCost overruns on Kvaerner Philadelphia shipyard?s three 2,890 TEU containerships will amount to a whopping $28 million (NOK200 million) per ship. The first ship, which Matson Navigation will ...
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NewsBiggest coupling ever for CRP drive on VLCC
Coupling for CRP drive is readied for shipment to JapanThe biggest torsional elastic coupling ever built is currently on its way from Austria to Japan. The coupling, which has an outer diameter of 2.8m, a weight of 36.3t and comprises more than 2,000 individual parts, is for a drive line ...
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IACS to prioritise common scantling rules
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) is to provide common classification rules for newbuilding scantlings as a matter of priority. The decision was made at the 47th meeting of the IACS Council on June 16, 2003. The Council agreed to consider first double side skin bulk carriers and tankers, ...
