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Video-based first aid course
The Maritime Medical Emergencies Joint Venture has released a video-based first aid training course called Onboard First Aid: Immediate Actions. Parts one and two of the three-tape set feature medical professionals portraying shipboard personnel as they demonstrate the immediate actions required for stabilising the condition of an ill or injured ...
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A day in the life of a surveyor
The whole system of class surveys has in recent years come under scrutiny as a result of a number of high profile incidents. This has fuelled controversy about the role and responsibilities of class societies. In particular, attention has focused on the quality and comprehensiveness of surveys carried out by ...
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Volvo?s Cushyfloat
Volvo Penta has specified Trelleborg?s high-thrust (FIT) Cushyfloat engine mounts as standard fittings for its D12 range of diesel engines. Trelleborg has developed a high thrust version of its Cushyfloat mount and four will be fitted per engine.
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Schottel celebrates
Schottel has received a repeat order from Swedish shipowner Rederi AB Donsotank to supply a second unit of its Siemens Schottel Propulsor (SSP) podded propulsion system. The order is worth around $5m and the twin propeller SSP 7 (5.1MW) will be fitted to a new chemical products tanker being built ...
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MHI starts UEC-LSE
Mitsubishi Heavy Engineering (MHI) recently delivered the first marine version of its UEC-LSE series two-stroke diesel engine. It was manufactured at the Nagasaki factory of Kobe Diesel. The delivery was the first of four 10,230 kW 6UEC52LSE engines ordered for installation in a four-ship series of 1,100 TEU boxships being ...
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Superconductor wiring
American Superconductor has built and demonstrated its first 3,680kW (5,000hp) high temperature superconductor (HTS) electric motor. The HTS motor is designed to reduce manufacturing costs by up to 40% and is as little as half the size and weight of a conventional electric motor, says American Superconductor. The HTS wiring ...
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Namura develops NCF
Namura Shipbuilding in Japan recently unveiled its new energy saving development in ship propulsion, the Namura flow control fin (NCF). It claims this can save between 2-5% of energy. The company has developed NCF devices for five of its standardised ship designs. The device consists of a slender pair of ...
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Croatians rebuild Onassis? Christina
Croatian-shipyard Viktor Lenac has completed a virtual rebuild of Aristotle Onassis? former private yacht Christina O. It has replaced 600t of steel and 12t of aluminium on the 1943-built vessel. It has also carried out 140t of pipe replacement and 85km of electrical cable laying in a contract placed with ...
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Incat converts 050 for US Army
Incat Australia?s newly commissioned dry dock has made its debut with groundbreaking work to refit Incat 050 as a Theatre Logistics Vessel for the US Military. Formerly known as Top Cat, the November 1998-launched vessel has already proven itself at sea with a 100% reliability rating for the three times ...
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Oil price prompts FPSO rise
The sustained high price of oil has prompted upbeat attitudes from oil companies towards offshore oil production, as marginal fields become more viable. In response to this, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has predicted a boom in oil construction facilities in the next five years. This could, in turn, trigger a ...
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New Panamax tanker design from HZC
Hitachi Zosen (HZC) has unveiled a new Panamax tanker design. It enables a cargo of 510,000 bbls to be crammed into 12 tanks. The 70,000 dwt double hull tanker is 219m long and has a maximum Panamax beam of 32.2m. The new design achieves flexible cargo handling through double valve ...
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MES e-intelligent water tank
The Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES) has delivered an unusual ?newbuilding? in the shape of an environment-intelligent water test tank. This state-of-the-art tank was delivered to Japan?s Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI). The tank recreates a virtual reality scenario involving the three elements of wave, current and ...
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Rolling from the Stones
JJ Sietas Schiffswerft has delivered its first self-discharging bulk carriers. The 28,000 dwt Stones and Kvitnes were handed over to German company Mibau, which extracts and transports aggregate for building purposes. The flexibility of the newbuildings, which can operate independently from port handling equipment, is achieved by use of a ...
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Double joy for Izar
Izar has won two newbuilding contracts. One, from Belgian company Exmar Offshore, calls for the construction of a 900,000 bbls FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) unit. The other, from Chilean company Ultragas Internacional, involves building a double hulled 22,700m3 oil product chemical tanker. The FPSO has a huge storage ...
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United States looks to gas power
Natural gas propulsion could soon take-off in the US. The San Francisco Bay Water Transit Authority has launched an environmental impact study into the operation of fast ferries on the bay, which includes evaluation of alternative fuels and alternative propulsion. And next month, the US Maritime Administration will commence a ...
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Solar Sailor close to HK contract
Solar energy ship designer Advanced Technology Watercraft (ATW) is close to signing a contract with a Hong Kong ferry operator for two of its innovative solar and wind powered ferries.
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Berge Danuta takes new heat exchangers to sea
Bergesen has taken delivery of the first of a pair of gas carriers fitted with a reliquefaction plant utilising plate-type heat exchangers. With an established reputation for a high quality, well-maintained fleet of vessels, and experienced sea-going and shore-based staff, Bergesen is well known for `quality tonnage`, and for technical ...
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Striving for higher separation efficiency
The main aim of centrifugal separators is to remove fuel contaminants - notably water, catalyst fines, abrasive grit and sodium from seawater - which can cause excessive wear when burned in the engine. Judgements on the suitability of a fuel treatment system should not therefore be based on the amount ...
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Bibby Line orders first LGP ship from Korea
Bibby Line`s latest fully refrigerated LPG tanker features technically advanced cargo refrigeration plant, and is to be built in Korea. Having been involved in LPG shipping since the late 60`s, and in that time having owned just about every size and type of gas ship, Bibby Line`s fleet is now ...
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Keeping in touch
P&O Cruises` passengers need no longer abandon their mobile phones on the quayside. A new ship-borne mobile phone system, Cruise Connect, from British Telecom Aeronautical and Maritime (BT A&M) - recently acquired by Stratos Global - will allow P&O Cruise passengers to use their mobile phones on board ship exactly ...
