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Life after duty-free
Passenger ferry operators in the EU are counting the cost in lost revenue following the demise of duty free sales in the middle of last year. Across the European Union, ferry companies are reporting in some cases dramatically reduced on board spend per passenger since the abolition of the duty ...
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Independents ?outlawed?
The IMO may have handed engine manufacturers a virtual monopoly on spare parts and reconditioning. Shipowners with engines complying to the IMO?s NOx code may find their sources of spare parts and services severely restricted, as the rules may effectively outlaw parts and services from independent suppliers. The legislation requires ...
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Medium-speed slows
Developments on the medium-speed side have concentrated on further emission reductions. The need to modify products to meet the IMO?s NOx limit and the pre-certification process has kept the medium-speed engine manufacturers busy over the last year or so. Emission reduction remains the centrepiece of many R&D efforts, so new ...
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Sale of the Century ? extended
As the year ends, Kvaerner has failed to meet its deadline for disposing of its 13 yards and has only sold three (Leirvik, Kleven and Govan). A spokesman for the company says that negotiations are underway with interested parties for all the remaining yards and that the two Fjellstrans yards ...
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NCL to buy a ship every year
An independent Norwegian Cruise Line will order one ship per year says Geir Aune, president and ceo of NCL Holdings ASA. Speaking in a press conference he said that the company?s bid for a $510 million loan facility was oversubscribed and the funds would be channelled into new fleet financing. ...
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Liberia looses seat at IMO
Liberia, Algeria and Poland have been voted off the 32-state IMO Council for 2000 - 2001 to be replaced by the Bahamas, Malta and Morocco. As Liberia?s register is the second largest in the world with more than 1,600 ships - 12 per cent of the merchant fleet above 300gt ...
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Keppel Hitachi Zosen makes 132 redundant
Following the S$167 million ($99 million) cash purchase of Keppel Marine Industries? marine-related businesses by Keppel Hitachi Zosen, the group has made 132 if its 3,314 workers redundant. The redundancies are spread across three yards: Keppel Shipyard (Pte); Hitachi Zosen Singapore; and Keppel Singmarine Dockyard and will reduce costs by ...
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New cruise for HAL
Holland America Line (HAL), part of Carnival Corporation, has signed an agreement with Italian shipyard Fincantieri for the construction of two new 84,000g cruise vessels which are expected to enter service in the autumn of 2002 and summer of 2003, respectively. The agreement also includes options for up to three ...
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RCCL returns to Meyer Werft...
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd has signed a letter of intent with Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, to build the third and fourth Vantage-class vessels for Royal Caribbean International. The total price for the two ships is approximately $800 million, and the contract includes an option for two more ships. ...
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...and Aida turns to Aker
As anticipated, Aida Cruises, in which P&O Cruises now has a 51 per cent stake, has agreed an order with Aker MTW in Germany for cruise ship newbuildings in the form of a pair of 1,600-passenger, 200m long vessels. The German newbuildings are due to be delivered in the first ...
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Two Kvaerner ferries for Sri Lanka
Kvaerner Fjelltrand in Singapore has been awarded two new orders for its well known 40m FlyingCat passenger catamaran ferry by the State Treasury Department in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Valued at close to $11 million, the two vessels are scheduled for delivery in April of this year. They will be operated ...
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Powering to new heights
MAN B&W has orders for 20 of its K98 engines for container ship propulsion, half of which are 12-cylinder units - which at 68.6MW (93,270 bhp) will be the world?s most powerful diesel. Hyundai Merchant Marine and Costamare have both ordered five 12-cylinder engines for 6,400TEU and 6,200TEU vessels respectively. ...
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Fuel-saving tips
Cargill International has recorded fuel savings of up to 10.25 per cent following the retrofitting of Sistemar CLT propellers to its panamax bulkers Powhatan and Paiute. The savings were calculated from March 1998 against sisterships Peoria and Pequot which retain conventional propellers. Powhatan and Paiute consume 27.5 t/day of fuel ...
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Cats get new injectors
Caterpillar has extended the use of its hydraulic electronic unit injectors (HEUI) to the 3400 and 3200 series engines. The system uses a hydraulic intensifier that magnifies the force of the high pressure hydraulic as it acts on the fuel and gives full injection pressure down to 40 per cent ...
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Low cost HFO filter
Finn-filter has introduced an automatic back flushing HFO unit capable of handling up to 200 lit/min of hot fuel. The unit can be fitted to either the hot or cold side of the booster unit and will filter down to 10 microns on the cold side or between 15-34 microns ...
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Water separator
The RCI fuel purifier is said to remove 99 per cent of water from MDO without the need for a full centrifuge system. Inside the purifier the chamber has a central vertical divider and the fuel is made to spin as it enters. Spinning the fuel allows up to 98 ...
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Baudouin adds to range
Baudouin has added the 6R123 engine to its range ? a slightly smaller version of its 6R124. The straight-six 123 is based on a Mack truck engine, has a swept volume of 11.1 litres (123mm x 156mm) and a continuous rating of 260kW (350 bhp) at 1,800 rev/min. It has ...
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Pumps have no grease
Termomeccanica has introduced a range axially split centrifugal and in-line pumps which do not require oil or grease lubrication. Both designs use the pumped fluid as a lubricating medium and to give hydraulic support to the impeller. The centrifugal pumps come with a capacity up to 4,000 m3/hr and use ...
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Bottom up robot
NKK is developing a welding robot that can weld on a ship`s bottom shell plate from underneath the bottom of the ship while in dry dock. The company says it has devised a way to prevent the welding metal from dripping by using a copper shoe under the welding pool, ...
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Fluid contamination monitor
An in-line sensor which monitors the level of contamination in hydraulic fluid has been introduced by Arma Supplies. The company has designed and built two flushing rigs which it says can flush from 1 lit/min up to 450 lit/min and detect contaminates as small as three microns. The sensor, once ...
