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Partial filling of membrane type tanks
Membrane LNG tankers can handle offshore cargo transfers and partial filling operations without any drastic changes to their design, according to a study conducted by Bureau Veritas (BV) and Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT).The findings were disclosed by Wong Kin Hoong, chief executive of Bureau Veritas Singapore, when he spoke at ...
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New gas market
Don?t hold your breath, but? There is a body of opinion within the industry that believes the transportation of carbon dioxide (CO2) represents a growth market. If this view is correct, the CO2 market could provide opportunities for shipowners, shipyards and specialist equipment manufacturers alike."[Because of the]? reduction of CO2 ...
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Hydrate plants for stranded gas fields
Japan?s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has awarded Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) a development grant to assist it in the construction of a 600kg/day output natural gas hydrate continuous production plant.The demonstrator plant is being built to verify the effectiveness of a high-speed natural gas hydrate ...
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Ship-shaped units set to intervene in North Sea
Subsea oil wells need regular maintenance to operate efficiently. In the past, divers carried out much of this work. More recently the task has been performed from semi-submersible platforms. Attention has now turned to the potential use of ship-shaped well intervention vessels, which are self-propelled and able to carry out ...
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First UT 737 enters service
With the recent delivery of the Normand Flower from Norwegian shipyard S?viknes Verft, Rolls-Royce Marine has seen the first example of its completely new UT 737 design enter service. The 4,100 dwt vessel, described as one of the world?s most advanced multipurpose offshore vessels, features a DP-3 classification and includes ...
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High speed sea routes hasten EU transport
Some 18 months after announcing they were collaborating on a significant project, Rolls-Royce and Izar revealed at the SMM exhibition last month the nature of their plans in the shape of a new European high speed cargo vessel (EHSCV). Spurred by the European Union?s Marco Polo programme and its promise ...
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SES powers up for electrical revolution
Scandinavian Electric Systems has noticed an increasing demand for diesel-electric propulsion solutions, which has encouraged the company to significantly increase investment in design, testing and packaging resources. Frithjof Hustig, SES?s technical director explains: "The new thing with SES is that we are offering total system packages including the main switchboard, ...
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Low-speed engine data
Two-stroke engine options may be limited to the ranges of three manufacturers, but as the power matrix for all engines over 800mm bore opposite partially demonstrates, there is still a multiple of choices - both of models and engine speed ? in virtually every power bracket between 2,560 and 80,080kW ...
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Container vessel fleet still growing
Germany has the biggest and most modern container vessel fleet in the world. The latest additions to this fleet include both the world?s largest container vessels, starting with Hapag Lloyd?s 7,500 TEU Hamburg Express, and medium-size vessels of around 2,500 TEU ? the so-called Midis. German shipyards still have the ...
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Orion receives double skin handy size bulker
Earlier this month Orion Schiffahrts took delivery of the second of six 31,880 dwt handy size bulkers from Hakodate Dockyard on Japan?s northern island of Hokkaido. The delivery of Patriarch follows the delivery of the first ship Patriot in April. The ships are particularly noteworthy for their double hulls, a ...
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Hamburg?s shipping scene is bright
Herbert von Nitzsch, ceo of Blohm+Voss, said at an SMM press meeting earlier this year: "SMM is taking place this year in a completely different economic environment from two years ago. While 2000 was still a year of very high growth we are now undoubtedly faced with some very adverse ...
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Hjaltland opens island lifeline
This month sees the introduction of a new passenger and freight roro ferry operator on three Scottish "lifeline" routes, and with it three new ships. With the takeover, from October 1, of P&O Scottish Ferries? Aberdeen to Orkney and Shetland routes came the need for ships, and operator NorthLink opted ...
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Small ships give UK grounds for optimism
Commercial life is never easy for a shipyard, but at least some can take a bit of comfort from their niche. Ship owners naturally go to Korea, Japan or China for the big tonnage. In Germany, many yards know they have a good chance to keep the order book alive, ...
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Polish-built Med vessels get makeover for Baltic
The recent purchase of two ropax ferries by DFDS Tor Line from Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa ? the company formed by ARP, the Polish Restructuring Agency, to take over the assets of the bankrupt Stocznia Szczecinska ? has given both companies a boost. The new management at the Polish yard raised ...
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TEMPERA Tanker double act
The Yokosuka shipyard of Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Japan has handed over the first of two double acting tankers to Finland?s Fortum Oil and Gas. The 106,200 dwt Aframax tanker, delivered at the end of August and called Tempera, features a stern form designed to break ice, an extended double ...
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Keeping up with the Joneses
Times are changing. For the American shipbuilding industry the 1980s were rough. Despite the Cold War defence spending of the Reagan years, many famous names went to the wall. But for those that survived the US shipping industry is now in a replacement phase so pickings are currently good for ...
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What next after QM2?
Many might have thought the departure of John McNeece from McNeece, the London headquartered design practice, would have left the company rudderless and in a state of flux. However, that is far from true and the company?s joint managing directors, Mark Hilferty and Erol Aziz, have already secured two important ...
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Brilliance has six appeal
Six may not sound like a lot. But there are six cabins on Royal Caribbean?s latest ship Brilliance of the Seas from which the revenue goes straight to the operator?s financial bottom line. Six cabins that, therefore, do represent a lot.Add up the revenue from these six cabins over the ...
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Cylinder oil feed rate optimisation
Our industry is sometimes known to be slow to accept change and cautious in the implementation of new concepts and practices. There is nothing wrong with this approach in a mature industry, however, sometimes factors such as new regulations, true step-out technology advances and striving for economic advantage, can outweigh ...
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New dock planned to support oil refineries
Much coverage has been given of the potential for Vietnam to follow China?s recent advance and mount a competitive challenge to the established Asian shipbuilding nations. However Nguyen Quoc Anh, director of the business and international department at Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), believes the coverage has been overstated and ...
