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    Norwegians go for Wärtsilä dual fuel

    2001-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Wärtsilä has won the contract to supply dual fuel engines to the two offshore supply vessels which Statoil said earlier this year would run on liquefied natural gas (see The Motor Ship, September 2001). The vessels, which Statoil is chartering from Eidesvik and Simon M?nkster Shipping, will each have a ...

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    Kappel prop built

    2001-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Stone Manganese is due to finish manufacturing the first full-scale Kappel propeller as we go to press. The 5m-plus diameter propeller is due to be fitted to a Dampskibsselskabet Norden product/chemical tanker. Norden says it is yet to decide which particular tanker, but confirms it will most likely be fitted ...

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    MTU signs gas turbine accord

    2001-12-01T00:00:00Z

    MTU Friedrichshafen has agreed to package and distribute Vericor Power Systems TF40 and TF50 aeroderivative marine gas turbines. The deal involves Vericor tapping into MTU?s worldwide distribution network, with MTU attaining a wider product range to offer its customers, particularly those looking for combined diesel and gas turbine power systems. ...

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    RR Trent 30 launch

    2001-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Rolls-Royce plans a formal launch of its Marine Trent 30 gas turbine early next year. The company says it will be able to deliver the Marine Trent 30, with a power rating of 36MW, from late 2003. The engine is a derivative of the Trent 800, which has clocked up ...

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    RR Trent 30 launch

    2001-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Rolls-Royce plans a formal launch of its Marine Trent 30 gas turbine early next year. The company says it will be able to deliver the Marine Trent 30, with a power rating of 36MW, from late 2003. The engine is a derivative of the Trent 800, which has clocked up ...

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    The Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference 2002

    2001-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The 24th annual Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference, set for April 10-11, 2002 in Copenhagen, is rapidly taking shape as the meeting place for technical people concerned with the design, building, operation and maintenance of ships and their propulsion systems. Topics to be covered include key aspects of main diesel ...

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    Energol upgrades

    2001-12-01T00:00:00Z

    BP Marine says it has improved two of its two-stroke engine lubrication oils. It has upgraded its Energol CLO 50M 70BN cylinder lubricant and its Energol OE-HT 30 system oil. The new lubricants replace the existing grades. BP says the formulation of its upgraded system oil accounts for the requirements ...

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    Guarded optimism

    2001-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Australia?s shipbuilders hope to chart smoother seas next year after weathering a year of turbulent waters. The past year has been marked by redundancies at major yards and reduced profits, as the global downturn in demand for fast ferries caused big gaps in the order books for builders on both ...

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    LSE-powered ship delivered

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The first ship with a Mitsubishi UE LSE engine has been delivered to its owner. Pacific International Lines of Singapore took delivery of the 6UEC52LSE-powered 1,098 TEU feeder container ship Kota Hakim from Japanese yard Shin Kochi Jyuko on September 26. The 10,230kW engine, manufactured at the Nagasaki factory of ...

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    MAN tests upgrade

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    MAN B&W is testing an upgraded version of its 480mm bore medium-speed engine. A spokesman for the company confirmed that the prototype model is undergoing long-cycle endurance tests in Augsburg, Germany. He says the improved version includes "decisive design changes". The Motor Ship understands these include strengthened pumps and cam ...

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    Queen won?t smoke

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    All four of the diesel engines on Cunard Line?s Queen Mary 2 will have smokeless common-rail fuel injection technology fitted. With the remainder of the ship?s power coming from two gas turbines, the ship should be able to operate without emitting visible smoke at all times. Wärtsilä plans to ship ...

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    New Deere

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    John Deere is planning to launch a new commercial marine engine. It hopes to have the 220kW seawater-aftercooled engine, labelled as the 6068 FFM, in commercial production next year.

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    Stretchy ceramic

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Japanese researchers have developed a superplastic ceramic that will stretch to over 10 times its original length before breaking, reports the journal Nature. It is possible such a material could be used to help improve engine performance. The ceramic consists of zirconium and aluminium oxides and magnesium aluminate. It has ...

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    Water treatment aid

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Unitor has launched a software package to help engineers manage the treatment of boiler and engine cooling water. Unitor Electronic Rapid Response is a CD-based package in which water treatment test results are recorded and analysed. It provides instant feedback when results fall outside pre-defined criteria.

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    Tunnel fin equals less ballast

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    A 30,000 dwt chemical tanker under construction at the Japanese shipyard of Shin Kurushima will be installed with a ?tunnel fin? when it is delivered to local shipping company Iino Kaiun Kaisha at the end of 2002. The fin, which is shaped like a semi-elliptical long tunnel fitted on the ...

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    Green win for Wärtsilä

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Wärtsilä?s first environmental report was ranked the joint best separate environmental report in 2001 in a competition held in Finland annually to judge the environmental and social responsibility of Finnish companies reporting. The report, written in English, covers Wärtsilä?s research and development activities and factory operations and their environmental impacts. ...

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    Fast ferry order

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Rodriquez has secured a contract for an 83m Aquastrada-design monohull fast ferry. The Sicilian-based shipbuilder confirms it is "well underway on construction" of the aluminium- hulled ship at its Pietra Ligure shipyard in north-west Italy. The fast ferry is scheduled for delivery to an undisclosed owner in Autumn 2002. It ...

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    Plugging the gap in maintenance

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Lloyd?s Register has alerted ship owners to the problem of neglecting plugs on fuel delivery systems. In the worst cases, the neglect can result in machinery space fires. The classification society says that the loosening of threaded plugs has resulted in fuel spraying onto hot surfaces, such as an exhaust ...

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    Alerting owners to the sound of safe evacuation

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The independent trials of what is a major advantage in passenger ship safety were completed at Ardossan in Scotland last week. Caledonian MacBrayne allowed one of its ferries to be used for the trials, which were conducted under the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency and University of Strathclyde supervision. The ...

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    Daedong Shipbuilding is reborn with STX help

    2001-11-01T00:00:00Z

    STX Corporation has expanded into the shipbuilding business with an equity injection of $77 million into Daedong Shipbuilding. STX, formerly called Ssangyong Heavy Industries, is a licensed builder of MAN B&W, SEMT Pielstick, Niigata Engineering and Hanshin Diesel marine engines. Daedong Shipbuilding had been under court management since 1997. During ...