Latest News – Page 1109
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More good news for Kvaerner yards
Hard on the heels of Kvaerner’s announcement that it will sell its Kvaerner Govan shipyard in the UK to Marconi Electronic Systems, there has been more good news for Kvaerner yards in Germany and in the US. The Anglo-Norwegian engineering and construction group has welcomed the agreement of the ...
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A P Moller seals Sea-Land deal
A P Moller Group and CSX Corporation have announced that they have reached a much anticipated agreement for A P Moller-Maersk Line to acquire Sea-Land Service Inc’s international liner business, a deal which includes vessels, containers, related container terminals, and certain lease obligations from CSX. The agreed purchase price ...
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Canada seeks to revitalise yards
Key organisations within the shipping and shipbuilding industries in Canada have banded together to produce what they have called a Joint Strategy Paper the aim of which is the revitalisation of the shipbuilding industry in Canada. The alliance of shipyard executives and union leaders also included the Shipbuilding Association ...
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Ferry fire prompts recommendations
Initial findings by the team investigating the engine room fire on board the Norwegian passenger ferry Prinsesse Ragnhild have prompted The Swedish Club to issue new recommendations to its members. The recommendations have been made in line with the information-sharing objectives of the Club’s engine room fire prevention programme, an ...
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New commission seeks change
The International Commission on the Regulation of Shipping, a new body that will seek to reform the rules governing the shipping industry, has been launched by the ITF. The three-man commission is headed by the former Australian minister Peter Morris who chaired two parliamentary enquiries into shipping. After the ...
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IMO consider ship scrapping
MEPC 44 will look at the issue of ship scrapping in March 2000 with the aim of developing safety and environmental measures, and safeguards for ship dismantlers. The proposal from Norway follows DNV’s damming report on ship dismantling at India’s Alang Beach (The Motor Ship, March 1999). Already considering ...
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Guangzhou wins Swedish order
Guangzhou Shipyard International in China achieved a major breakthrough in July when Gotland Rederi AB of Sweden awarded it an order for a pair of high-speed ro-pax vessels. A total of four ships could eventually be built by the Chinese yard, raising the value of the order to around SKr2.0 ...
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Star Cruises enters the big league
Further evidence of the buoyant level of orders for cruise ship newbuildings has been provided by a decision on the part of Star Cruises in Singapore to sign a Letter of Intent with German shipyard Meyer Werft for two large cruise ships. At 316m in length the newbuildings are the ...
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SSW returns to newbuilding
SSW Fahr und Spezialschiffbau in Germany (the former Schichau Seebeckwerft, which was part of the bankrupt Bremer Vulkan concern) has won its first order for newbuildings for more than two years, having been awarded a contract to build a pair of innovative freight/passenger ferries for TT Line. The 36,000gt newbuildings ...
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Nigerian LNG carriers go East
Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea is rumoured to have won an order for a pair of 137,000m3 Moss-type LNG carriers for Nigeria LNG (comprising Shell, Nigeria National Petroleum, Elf and Agip).
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Facing up to pressure
Thordon Bearings has introduced a mechanical face seal under the trade name SeaLion. The face seal system avoids contact (and associated wear) with the tailshaft liner seen with lip seal arrangements. To minimise wear, the contact faces are a carbon-graphite design that can operate with either seawater or with the ...
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Cavitation curtailed
Water jet manufacturer MJP has introduced new outlet nozzle and inlet duct geometry which it says significantly improves the cavitation performance of its waterjets. This allows the rating of the waterjets to be increased, leading to an increase in vessel speed of several knots, says the company. There are ...
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Friction restriction
Fuel economy savings of between five and seven per cent are said to be obtainable from using Energy Release anti-friction oil additive. The product can be mixed with any lubricating or hydraulic oil and contains spherical organic molecules that are said to be permanently inserted in the metal surface. ...
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Cruising Combi
Research by Vickers Ulstein has indicated that its combi-thrusters could be used in cruise ships. In addition to its bow thruster role, the unit, available in ratings up to 2,000kW (2,680 bhp), can be used as a get-you-home drive or as slow-speed propulsion. Initial trials using hull lines of ...
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MacGregor signs $2 million roro ramp deal
MacGregor`s roro ship division is supplying stern quarter ramp/doors to a new pair of Grimaldi deep sea roros, having already installed the same access outfits on an earlier three sister ships. Two more 25,000 dwt multipurpose roro freight carriers for Grimaldi Line from Fincantieri`s Palermo yard have also been specified ...
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Drill ships get protected
The Cathelco antifouling and corrosion suppression system has been installed on West Navion II and its sister ship, both 96,000 dwt drill ships built for Statoil Norge by the Puerto Real shipyard in Cadiz. The system for the forward section will protect four seachests serving the main engine cooling system ...
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Halon replacement
By December 2002 the decommissioning of halon fire suppression systems must start for all but essential use. So L&G Marine has launched a halon replacement system for engine compartments on workboats. Called LG 259 it is a fixed C02 fire fighting package which comes in 2kg, 5kg and 9kg sizes ...
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Canadian tanker gets Rise
The rubber insert sleeves expanding (Rise) system for the sealing of multiple pipe and cable bulkhead transits has been used for the fire safe and smoke-tight ducting of cables through all the bulkheads and decks on board the new Canadian tanker Kometik. With an overall length of 271.8m the 120,536 ...
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New orders for Solar Solve
Solar Solve Marine has won two orders for its anti-glare screens and roller blinds together worth over £20,000 ($31,572). Five Solasafe screens were installed on the bridge windows of Ben-My-Chree, a 12,600gt ro-pax ferry for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. The order comprised four Casslite roller blinds in ...
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Regulatory regime guide published by IACS
A general guide to current safety and pollution prevention requirements for ships, and the thinking behind their development, has been published by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). The 28-page guide, Ship Safety and Pollution Prevention: The Regulatory Regime, looks at hazards to and represented by ships at sea, ...
