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The debut of the global personal phone
The heart of a GMPCS is a dual-mode handset, similar to a mobile phone, which uses dedicated satellites when out of range of landbased cellular sites, but can be switched to a landbased network when within range. In either mode, a small antenna is attached to the handset. The user ...
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Fastship about to set sail?
Capable of transiting the Atlantic in four days, and of providing what transportation and logistics companies call a seven-day, door-to-door ?time definiteÕ delivery service between the US Mid-West and central Europe, FastShip is designed to open up new markets for seaborne transportation services.In so doing, FastShip will, claim its proponents, ...
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Wartsila introduces the Sulzer Zzz
The medium-speed market has long been influenced by five major marques Š Wartsila, MAN B&W, MaK, Sulzer and Pielstick. Of these arguably MaK is the odd one out, since MAN B&W has a majority share in Pielstick ,and Wartsila and New Sulzer Diesel are part of the same company.Yet there ...
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Japan Feature
Japanese shipowners have had some tough decisions to make in the wake of financial crisis in the area.JapanÕs merchant fleet stands at 2,021 vessels (around 67 million dwt) with 70 per cent of vessels being under ten years old. In 1997 the 12 oceangoing shipping companies listed on the Tokyo ...
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Tailored training leads to satisfaction
Co-ordinating the training requirements of P&O CruisesÕ and Princess CruisesÕ entire fleet services personnel is no easy task. William Salmon, training co-ordinator for both, has a budget of £1 million ($1.64 million) to provide training for over 2,000 deck, electro-technical, engineering, and medical officers each year.The addition of such ships ...
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Propulsion in the new Millenium
A well researched and rounded programme, with contributions from all sides of the industry, guarantees a valuable meeting for delegates from the ship-owning community, shipbuilders and designers, and equipment and service suppliers. Anyone who has a direct involvement with marine propulsion systems should seriously consider attending our conference to be ...
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Swedish ferry is fast and green
Constructed by French shipyard Alstom Leroux Naval at a cost of some FF230 million ($39.82 million), the 112m Corsaire 11500 ferry Gotland was handed over to its owner, Rederi AB Gotland, in mid-February.The vessel will carry up to 700 passengers and 140 cars between Visby on the south east coast ...
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Disaster brings redundancy
The tanker Exxon Valdez will long be remembered for its grounding in Alaska, and the consequences continue to flow from that incident. In the case of Atlantic Richfield it meant moving not only to a double hull construction but also to fully redundant propulsion.Under the US OPA 90 Act three ...
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Chevron`s latest VLCC sets sail
Chevron has taken delivery of the first of a new class of four VLCCs with a number of interesting features. The four VLCCs, which were contracted at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, are part of Chevron`s replacement strategy for some of the older tonnage in its fleet of ...
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OECD to include China
The aim of the meeting is to avoid a subsidy war, says the OECD, but the EUÕs Industry Council is unwilling to sign an agreement which excludes the USA. Norway has already increased its subsidy level from seven to nine per cent, and it is possible that the deadline ...
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Shipbreakers under scrutiny
At Alang, 35,000 people dismantle 200 ships along a 10km beach and the report highlights predictions of increased scrapping of 25 year-old tankers. The class society says waste with no commercial value is burnt on the site or dumped (asbestos into the sea and oil deposits on the beach). ...
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Disney blunder
During The Motor ShipÕs visit to Fincantieri last March the company said that delivery was scheduled for December 1998. More recently the company has given the delivery as this month. However, it now says that delivery will be in the spring, which could possibly be April or May. The ...
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North Sea ferry giants
The vessels, which will be built to LR class, will have a service speed of 22 knots and will reduce the normal crossing time between the UK and The Netherlands by two and a half hours. The first ship is scheduled for delivery in April 2001 and will be ...
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Cruise option exercised
Like its sistership, the latest 85,000g vessel will feature gas turbines mounted in azimuthing pods under the hull. As a result of the reduced space required for the propulsion pods, additional space will be dedicated to public areas and activity centres. The Vantage class vessels will include many of ...
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Super-large drillship
The 23,000g vessel will have main dimensions including a length of 114m, a beam of 78m and a depth of 106m. It will be equipped with a dynamic positioning system, and will be capable of drilling depths down to 10,000m. HHI plans to adopt an offshore platform production process ...
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A trio of cats
Kvaerner Fjellstrand has already delivered a JumboCat 50 to Amco last year. The latest 60m catamaran on order for the Egyptian owner will carry 450 passengers, and 50 cars and two buses at a service speed of 40 knots.
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Chamber changes for MAN B&W
On the cylinder cover side the fuel valves have been moved slightly towards the centre. These changes mean the maximum piston crown temperature drops from 509 degC to 421 degC and the average falls from 499 degC to 409 degC. The new combustion chamber, including a piston cleaning ring, ...
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Hanshin adds slow four-stroke
Pmax is 142 bar with a BMEP of 21 bar, and a maximum piston speed of 6.36 m/sec. During testing the fuel consumption was measured at 185 g/kWh, and the company says the engine will conform to the IMOÕs NOx code. The inlet and exhaust valves are hydraulically opened ...
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Westfalia issues warning
It says it cannot recommend the installation a homogeniser in front of a centrifuge separator because any impurities or solids ?would be milled and cannot be removed any longer by the centrifugal separator.Ó The only place it recommends installing a homogeniser is in front of the injection system. If ...
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Flexible gear for multipurpose Vessels
A grain/bale capacity of 22,000m3 is provided in three holds with removable tweendecks, allowing the ships to be configured as box-shaped double-hulled single-deckers. Container capacity is around 1,000 TEU. Each hold will have a MacGregor high-stowing Foldtite hatch cover set whose end-folding panel-pair is operated by external hydraulic cylinders, ...
