Latest News – Page 559
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NewsThere's no turning a cargo ship into a battle ship
The sophistication of onboard anti-piracy technology is increasing but the design and operation of cargo vessels remains a challenge to its deployment, writes Wendy Laursen.
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NewsGermans stay afloat with offshore repair
Offshore vessel conversions top the news at Germany’s two biggest repair yards at the start of the year while some other facilities also went into 2013 with useful conversion and overhaul work in hand, Tom Todd reports.
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NewsSurface drive principles applied to large ships
In recent years, surface drives have been applied almost solely to small, fast, specialist boats, but, as Dag Pike recounts, the concept is being revisited for large vessel propulsion.
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NewsInland waterway tanker produces ‘up to 90% less NOx’
Volvo Penta of Sweden reports that its propulsion and genset engines are used onboard the ‘MTS Duandra’, described as the first semi-hybrid inland waterway tanker.
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NewsShipbuilding in 2012
Shipbuilding did not enjoy the best of years in 2012. Although on the surface things seem satisfactory, with many yards reporting that production is still high and order books are full, the realisation that far less healthy times are just around the corner.
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NewsFuel saving and low emissions are priorities across the board
All sectors of the maritime market are concentrating on cutting costs and regulatory compliance, and even markets such as naval vessels, largely coming outside MARPOL jurisdiction, are showing a desire to be environmentally responsible.
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NewsComposites make for propeller efficiency
A composite propeller for smaller ships has been launched by UK-based Axiom Propellers. The Axiom propeller’s composite construction is design primarily to save fuel and increase efficiency, through its light weight and optimised blade profile.
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‘World’s First’ electric car ferry
Norwegian shipyard, Fjellstrand, shipping company, Norled, and engineering giant, Siemens, have developed what they call the ‘World’s First’ completely electric car ferry.
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NewsWaste heat recovery uses 'supercritical CO2'
GE Marine has announced an agreement with US company Echogen Power Systems to supply Echogen’s heat-to-power system for use on commercial and military marine vessels.
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NewsNew IHC Merwede ‘Packhorse’
IHC Merwede has extended its product range with the introduction of a new series of IHC Packhorse offshore support vessels at an official launch event in Singapore, organised by IHC Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of IHC Merwede.
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NewsEU funded study for LNG vessels
The European Union is supporting a new study aimed at rectifying potential barriers to the construction and operation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled vessels with €1.2 million from the TEN-T Programme.
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NewsFirst Capesize bulker EEDI for Chinese MAN B&W powered ship
MAN Diesel and Turbo says that its customer, Chinese shipowner Centrans (Tianjing) Ocean Shipping, has received EEDI compliance certificates for two 180,000dwt bulkcarrier newbuildings, each powered by a single 6S70MC-C8.2 main engine.
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NewsOnboard engine training book updated by ISF
The International Shipping Federation (ISF) has relaunched its onboard training record book for engine cadets, in line with the latest STCW 2010 requirements.
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NewsLatest North Sea IMR ship is named
Ulstein of Norway, and joint owners Subsea 7 and Eidesvik Offshore, unveiled and named the inspection maintenance and repair (IMR) ship ‘Seven Viking’ on 30 January.
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NewsDamen launches new PSV for Norway
Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has launched the ‘World Diamond’, the first of a series of six fully equipped Platform Supply Vessels for Norwegian offshore company, World Wide Supply (WWS).
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NewsABB wins Star Cruises service contract
Global power and automation technology group, ABB, has won a long term service contract from Hong Kong based cruise company, Star Cruises, to supply preventive maintenance of all ABB equipment onboard the ‘SuperStar Virgo’ for the next five years.
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NewsWärtsilä reports stable 2012
Global power solutions company, Wärtsilä, has reported a stable end to 2012 in its recently published ‘financial statements bulletin for December 2012’.
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NewsViking Grace – venue for Gas Fuelled Ships
Mercator Media’s venue for the fourth Gas Fuelled Ships Conference (11 to 12 September 2013) is a fitting one – the world’s largest passenger cruise vessel fuelled by LNG, the ‘Viking Grace’.
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NewsHurtigruten overhaul hat-trick for BREDO
German repair yard Bremerhavener Dockbetrieb (BREDO) has bagged routine repair and overhaul contracts on a trio of Norwegian ferries to prepare them for the coming season, Tom Todd reports.
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NewsSpurs Marine ownership change
Donald Govan, owner of US based line and net cutter manufacturer, Spurs Marine Manufacturing Inc, announced he has sold the company to two of its key managers.
