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Two horse chase
Increasingly the future for Spain as an international shipbuilding nation depends on the future of two groups, AESA and Boluda. Although there are shipbuilders in Spain other than AESA and Boluda, either their impact is limited, or they are focused more towards smaller ships and localised industries. Boluda ...
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In-service experience
Lauritzen Kosan Tankers is pleased with the in-service performance of two T-type LPG carriers, delivered by Hyundai in September and October last year. The pair of 5,750m3 capacity LPG carriers, Tessa Kosan and Tenna Kosen, are semi-pressurised and fully refrigerated vessels, with two independent holds. Designed for worldwide trading, they ...
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Deck machinery advances
In addition to improvements to the design existing types of deck gear, there are now alternatives to traditional mooring winch and rope arrangements Modern deck gear is more compact and has improved electric and hydraulic drives. One example of this is the new generation of frequency-controlled electric anchoring and mooring ...
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Hitchhiking organisms
Mandatory regulations are on their way to combat the problem of the transportation of marine organisms in ships’ ballast water. For the past ten years the IMO, via its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), has been working towards a mandatory regulatory framework to resolve the problem of the migration ...
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Small movements - big impact
Royal Caribbean’s engine problems created a major headache for MAN B&W’s medium-speed operation. For the first two or three years all went well. The MAN B&W 12V48/60 engines aboard Grandeur and Enchantment of the Seas performed well - then things started to go wrong. In February The Motor Ship broke ...
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Small draught, large payload
A dredger recently delivered to the Belgian DEME group has some surprising features. The 13,7003 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger, Lange Wapper, which was delivered to its owner, the Belgian DEME group, in May this year, represents a significant step forward in dredger design. The installation of sophisticated shipboard control ...
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Enthusiastic response to UK tonnage tax
Shipping organisations in the UK have responded enthusiastically to proposals outlined in August by UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in his White Paper Charting a New Course to introduce a tonnage tax regime for UK shipping. The decision to accept the recommendations of an independent enquiry on the subject ...
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Daewoo yard set to be spun off
As this issue of The Motor Ship was due to go to press, it became clear that creditors of Daewoo, the debt-laden South Korean chaebol, had agreed a plan for the break-up of the conglomerate. Under the plan, approved in mid-August, large parts of the Korean concern - including ...
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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 ...
