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Solas solutions
Operators have several ways to meet IMO`s latest Solas requirement for venting cargo tanks. Incidents like the rupture of an over-pressurised tank in a VLCC caused IMO to look again at the regulations concerning cargo tank venting. During the review the Australians highlighted an incident where a pressure/vacuum valve (pv ...
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Owners cut costs to weather downturn
With the world GDP growing at only 2 per cent during 1998, the container ship industry is under constant pressure to reduce costs and improve efficiency. No part of shipping is so directly connected with world trade as container shipping, says Hans Payer, member of the executive board of Germanischer ...
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MEPC study pollution solutions
The IMO`s MEPC has agreed to a wide ranging study into emissions from merchant vessels - but what is it likely to find? At the Kyoto Summit, a number of countries agreed to cut emissions of greenhouse gasses - for instance the EU will reduce its CO2 output by 8 ...
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Are TBT alternatives as good?
IMO has approved a draft Assembly resolution including a deadline of 2008 for the complete prohibition of organotins acting as biocides in antifouling. Tributyltin (TBT) is one of the most effective organotin compounds used extensively in antifouling paint in recent years, but it has subsequently been proved that this compound, ...
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Aratere boosts inter-island service
Aratere is a flexible rail/vehicle ferry fitted with the first example of a special mooring system developed in New Zealand. Launched on September 8, 1998 at the newly privatised H J Barreras Shipyard in Vigo in Spain, Aratere was ordered as a replacement for a 24-year old pure rail ferry, ...
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IMF clears Korea
The IMF has assured the Danish Ministry of Economic Affairs that money made available to Korea has not been used to subsidise shipbuilding. In March, the IMF`s Nordic-Baltic office was asked if the assistance for Korea had lead to shipbuilding subsidies. In May, June, and August, Denmark asked the ...
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Certificate alert
PSC in Cyprus has found 28 forged and two genuine certificates it believes have been issued following the presentation of forgeries. Capt Andreas Constantinou, Cyprus` senior surveyor, says suspicion was aroused by a 20 year-old master and a chief engineer both of which presented Honduran papers and were unable to ...
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EU heralds type approval scheme
Class societies BV and LR have been given notified body status to issue the EU`s new type-approval certification on marine equipment. Their status covers the following categories: life-saving appliances; marine pollution prevention; and fire protection. BV can also approve navigation equipment but neither class society can approve radio communication equipment ...
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Samsung`s international fast ferry debut
Greece`s Minoan Lines has signed a contract with Korean yard Samsung Heavy Industries for two fast 28,000g passenger/car ferries. The cost of each vessel is approximately $75 million, and the contract includes options for a further two ferries. The order is a long-awaited breakthrough for SHI into the international ...
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Danish government contract
Busy times continue at Australian fast ferry builder Austal Ships. The yard has secured an export order for an 86m vehicle/passenger catamaran for bareboat charter to Danish government-owned BornholmsTrafikken. The charter will be for three years, and after that period the Danish government can either purchase the vessel or extend ...
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A trio of boxships
The smallest of the South Korean yards, Hanjin Heavy Industries, has won an order for three post-panamax container ships for Mediterranean Shipping Company. The yard will build the 4,050 TEU capacity vessels at a cost of $40 million each, some $14 million lower than the cost per unit of two ...
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First SSP order for Siemens/Schottel
The Siemens/Schottle consortium has secured the first order for its SSP azimuthing podded drive. The SSP uses a permanently excited magnet motor that does not require air cooling and is said to be up to 40 per cent smaller than other podded drive systems. With a propeller at either ...
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Bigger packages from Alpha
MAN B&W`s Alpha Diesel has picked up its first order for a complete propulsion package for a 50cm bore low-speed engine. The 7S50MC-C VBS complete with a CPP and controls is destined for JO Tankers` chemical tanker under construction at Kvaerner Floro in Norway. The engine`s nominal rating ...
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Pressure made simple
Kistler has introduced the Engine Peak Meter II, Type 2515A - a simplified version of its hand-held unit that can be used on diesel engines running up to 2,000 rev/min. The unit measures up to 36 complete pressure cycles to calculate the maximum, minimum, mean and standard deviation of the ...
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Container lock meets OSHA rule
The MacGregor-Conver Unilock twistlock combines the functions of the W20 semi-automatic twistlock and the AFC-1 automatic fixing cone in a single unit, says the company. It has been developed to meet the latest OSHA rule requirements.The Unilock is a universal locking device which can be used at both the accessible ...
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Monitoring cleaning operations
A tank cleaning monitoring system is being introduced by Saab Marine Electronics and Scanjet. Called WashTrac the system is fitted to the Scanjet tank cleaning machine and communicates with the Saab TankRadar gauge situated on the tank. A workstation displays the operating status of the cleaning machines, stop/start alarms, operation ...
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Analysis system upgraded
The Doctor system from Icon Research has been revised to allow the user to take engine readings and see calculated results without having to use a PC, says the company. The instrument displays a plot of pressure versus angle as well as giving tabulated results for multiple cylinders including Pmax, ...
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Machinery risks analysed
French Classification Society, Bureau Veritas, has launched VeriStar Machinery, a risk-based classification system which covers main machinery, safety and pollution prevention items, plus other areas of ship`s equipment and facilities. It integrates with the ISM Code to demonstrate compliance for planned maintenance systems, says BV. The risk analysis part ...
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Liquid cargo handling simulators
Transas has introduced two types of liquid cargo handling simulator: one for oil tanker operations and the other for operators on LPG vessels. Main features include the layout of the tanks, pipelines, valves and cargo handling machinery; cargo handling control arrangement, cargo monitoring system, alarms and logging system, and cargo ...
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Dock opens at Batangas
Philippines yard Keppel Batangas put its new graving dock into operation recently with the docking of locally owned passenger cargo vessel Super Ferry 8. The new drydock measures 200 x 38m with 7m draft and is capable of handling handy-sized bulk carriers up to 40,000 dwt. It is ...
