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MOL leads the way with aerodynamic PCTC
The design of the car carrier, other than in terms of sheer size, has altered very little in recent decades but all this has changed with the latest pure car truck carrier (PCTC) recently delivered to the Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL). In an evolutionary step to improve efficiency ...
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EU phase-out
European Councillors have agreed on proposals for an accelerated phase-out of single-hull tankers. The proposals will enter into force immediately upon the European Parliament issuing approval, expected within months. "I expect this new regulation to enter into force very quickly," says Loyola de Palacio, vice president for transport and energy ...
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State-of-the-art drive technology guarantees efficient land reclamation
Like huge vacuum cleaners, trailer suction hopper dredgers suction-up the sand from the sea bed and empty it into their containers which can hold about 20,000m3. The ship, which with its freight weighs about 30,000t, steams to the area where the new land is to be reclaimed and ejects the ...
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An unconventional docking challenge
Douglas McGowan bought the paddle steamer Waverley from Caledonian MacBrayne in Scotland for the princely sum of £1. He is now retired from Waverley Excursions, but works on a voluntary basis as project communications manager. Waverley is currently alongside at George Prior Engineering at Great Yarmouth in the UK. The ...
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Navigation goes down the integration route
Navi-Radar 3000, a PC-based radar display system with advanced ARPA and chart facilities and extended integration capabilities has been launched by Transas. These integration capabilities include the ability to exchange data with Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS or ECS, Navi-Fisher 3000 and Navi-Conning 3000. All three systems can be installed on a ...
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X-cellent sea-keeping
The X-Craft is a demonstrator, which will be used to prove technologies for use in the US Navy?s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The prime contract was awarded to The Titan Corporation (NYSE: TTN) with detailed design by Nigel Gee and Associates Ltd, which recently became part of BMT in the ...
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Comms move closer to the one-stop-shop
The maritime industry has become more and more demanding when it comes to high volume telephony, data, e-mail and internet communications. This, coupled with a demand to reduce prices has seen a number of players in the market merging in recent years to offer a one-stop shop.Xantic, a previous joining ...
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Evolution for P&O cross-Channel ferries
The Channel Tunnel was supposed to kill it. But in the years since the Channel Tunnel opened, trade on the short-sea crossing from Dover in the UK to Calais in France has boomed. While roro demand out of Dover and other Kent ports to Ostend, Zeebrugge and Boulogne, etc. has ...
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Meeting challenges
Korean shipbuilders are faced with a number of problems as the industry in their country matures. Traditionally they have competed against Japan largely on a price basis. Now they need to look over their shoulders at China on price. Talk has now turned to productivity and quality of product, the ...
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Investments to up productivity
The quest is on at Korean shipyards to make most productive use of drydock space. Song Deuk Lee, director of the international cooperation office at the Korea Shipbuilders? Association, reckons Korean shipbuilders? productivity is rising but is still about 10% below that of Japanese shipbuilders. Drydock turnover in Korea is ...
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Responding to demand upswings
It was not so long ago that talk was of when and not if a box ship with a capacity greater than 10,000 TEU would be built. That talk has subsided in recent years. World trade took a downturn as the 21st century rolled in and ships half that size ...
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Breaking ground
Develop design. Begin domestic marketing. Sell first ships. Build reputation. Commence exports. Increase complexity. Prepare for next market. Repeat cycle. This is the basic pattern that Korean shipbuilding has followed since its modern era took off. Now the shipbuilders are at the stage where they are ready for their next ...
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Adapting to new demands
Hyundai Heavy Industries and HSD Engine are adapting to the demands of building larger two-stroke models and electronic-controlled engines. HSD Engine, created by the consolidation of the engine divisions of Doosan (formerly Hanjung), Samsung and Daewoo, has recently won orders for seven MAN B&W 12K98MC-C engines, whose unit output of ...
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Upping levels of customer service
Engine companies are developing training packages as products evolve and the recruitment environment changes. They have for some time offered formal classroom-based product training. However the new packages and facilities take their customer service to new levels.Wärtsilä, for example, has recently established the Wärtsilä Land and Sea Academy (WLSA) in ...
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Appealing to the young generation
Encouraging youngsters from developed countries to embark on a career at sea is a problem many shipping companies say they suffer from. They argue that in developed countries going to sea and getting their hands dirty is simply not as attractive a career proposition for school leavers as it was ...
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Alliance to construct new aircraft carriers
A tripartite alliance involving BAE Systems, Thales UK and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will be responsible for building two new aircraft carriers in a £2.7 billion ($4.3 billion) future carrier programme for the Royal Navy. This follows an announcement in January by Britain?s Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff ...
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Birka?s bigger Baltic
The Mariehamn-based Birka Line, which operates the 1986-built 22,712g Birka Princess cruise/ ferry ship, placed an order late last year with the Finnish shipbuilding yard of Aker Finnyards for the construction of a new vessel. The 33,000g 1,800 passenger ship will cost about $167 million and is slated for delivery ...
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Cruise ferries keep getting bigger
Just when one ferry company claims it is building, or has just put into service, the world?s largest cruise ferry, along comes another operator announcing it is building an even bigger ship. This game of one upmanship reached new heights when Norwegian ferry operator Color Line recently placed an order ...
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Not all offshore
Singapore?s marine industry enjoyed a good run last year driven by strong demand from the offshore sector. The outlook for this sector remains good even though overall marine demand is expected to taper off slightly.According to the Economic Development Board, Singapore?s marine industry grew by 16 per cent in output ...
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Dover to install QuaySailor
Dover Harbour Board is evaluating the installation of an automated mooring system at two new ferry berths it is building in its Eastern Docks. The UK port has commissioned Mooring Systems, the New Zealand-based developer of the automated QuaySailor vacuum mooring design, to produce working drawings for an initial installation. ...
