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NewsMatching cylinder oil to the ship
Castrol Marine believes that the way forward for cylinder oils is to match the base number to the individual ship, the fuel, the engine and the operating profile rather than using the same lubricant across the fleet.
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NewsLow feed rates for minimal wear
ExxonMobil’s Mobilgard 560 VS was found to have minimised wear and deposits in a container ship’s main engine, despite operating under conditions that included running at very low cylinder oil feed rates.
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NewsUniversal lubricants make sense, says Total
At the recent ''Motorship'' Propulsion and Emissions Conference in Copenhagen, Total Lubmarine’s Serge Dal Farra described the thinking behind the company’s Talusia Universal cylinder oil.
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NewsA short-lived shipbuilding revolution
June 1963 saw The Motor Ship devote a considerable proportion of its space to the opening of Gotaverken’s new shipyard at Arendal, Sweden.
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NewsHow long is it OK for people to keep dying?
There are a lot of seafarers who are wary of lifeboats, writes Wendy Laursen: IMO is taking action, but there are traps for shipowners as they act on the new regulations
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NewsNew technologies improve safety risks
New equipment is coming to market to tackle fire, flood and dangerous gas risks, writes Wendy Laursen
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NewsGame changer at top end of the heavy load market
David Tinsley describes the largest heavy lift ship of its type yet built, the ‘Dockwise Vanguard’, recently delivered from Hyundai’s Ulsan yard in South Korea.
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NewsFast cat can become semi-submersible
Dag Pike looks at a new concept in fast catamarans, one that can transform itself into a semi-submersible work platform.
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NewsGerman newbuilding shows its mettle
It has been an eventful time in newbuilding since ‘The Motorship’ last looked at Germany; the situation remains dire, but much is happening and the sector is still very much alive, versatile and flexible as well as fighting a technologically-fit corner, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsHealing an artificial divide
If there’s an illogicality to the relationship between support vessel owners and charterers that’s preventing cost saving and environmental mitigation investment, its because the charterers stand to gain while the owners are usually the ones forking out the cash.
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NewsMaking progress, crabwise
A very novel looking support and emergency oil spill response boat is soon to come out of Arctech’s Helsinki facility. The ARC100, is a peculiar looking beast but it has some very interesting characteristics.
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NewsDirect current connections
The Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) ‘Dina Star’ is the first vessel to take up an innovative DC (direct current) electrical system rather than the more traditional AC (alternating current) type.
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NewsAn industry ‘sleeping at the wheel’?
There’s been a recent steep rise in the number of LNG powered vessels, mainly for North Sea use, and some predict that the chicken and egg ‘invest or wait for bunkering’ issue is on the verge of cracking open.
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NewsA bright future
When Frank de Lange of Damen says the company’s latest PSV 3300 CD “has been designed to stand out,” he means it: the first in the series, the ‘World Diamond’ – due to be delivered in June - was almost the recipient of a luminescent paint coating.
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NewsBroad shoulders and thoughtful design
The MO1, Mainprize Offshore’s new vessel, is the first of a pair of support craft being built at the Buckie Shipyard; Bob Mainprize says it has benefited from “a lot of hard thinking” as well as one or two design changes along the way.
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NewsRussian commercial shipbuilding faces serious crisis
In spite of concerted support and increased funding by the state, the Russian shipbuilding industry is plunging into serious crisis, writes Eugene Gerden.
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NewsEfficiency drives two-stroke developments
Slow steaming, fuel sulphur limits and desires to cut fuel costs and ship weight all provide challenges for two-stroke designers, builders and lubricant suppliers.
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NewsGas detector can be calibrated onboard
Martek Marine has released a MED-certified portable gas detector that can be recalibrated onboard, providing tamperproof certification to meet the relevant regulations.
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NewsBiofouling regulations on the table
IMO seems reticent to legislate on biofouling and its influence on hull performance, explains Wendy Laursen.
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NewsVEKA and DEEN Shipping LNG venture
Inland shipping companies, VEKA Group and DEEN Shipping, have joined forces and combined experiences in a bid to develop the small scale LNG market under the name VEKA DEEN LNG.
