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Gas Fuelled Ships Conference 2012 – Call for papers
The call for papers has been announced for Mercator Media’s third Gas Fuelled Ships Conference this year, being held from 12-14 September in Bergen, Norway.
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Shipowners need to be in possession of the facts to face up to the 2015 challenge
Hamburg is the place to be on 23-24 May 2012 when the Motorship Propulsion & Emissions conference returns to the lavish surroundings of the Atlantic Kempinski Hotel. With a speaker list including several notable shipowners, plus some prominent names from regulatory organisations, it''s an event that no shipowner can afford ...
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Tankers pioneer waste heat recovery
The phrase ‘nothing is new’ seems to crop up regularly in this feature, where we look back through our archives to the copy of The Motor Ship dated exactly 50 years ago.
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Ice research aims to cut uncertainty in design and operation
Wendy Laursen explains that ice design is a case of brute force, but not ignorance, as classification societies turn research into safety for ships operating in the Arctic.
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Emission deadlines concentrate minds
While facing increasingly competitive and often volatile market conditions, ship operators have the added challenge of finding cost-effective solutions to all-pervasive environmental controls; David Tinsley looks at some of the options.
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Ferries lead, tugs may follow
Wendy Laursen outlines how commuter ferries with innovative power systems provide a testing ground for systems that could bring clean power to other vessel types, notably harbour tugs, thanks to battery technology.
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Remote controlled helicopter to inspect cargo holds
Italian classification society RINA is currently nearing completion of a three-year, EU co-funded R&D project on marine inspection robotic assistant systems (MINOAS). The project includes the development of a small, remote-controlled, four-rotor helicopter which is able to carry out overall surveys within the cargo holds of ships by taking photographs ...
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BV focuses on container ship springing
Bureau Veritas has introduced a new family of additional class notations, WhiSp, that give special attention to whipping and springing of container ships. Since the vessel’s natural frequency decreases with size and the wave encounter frequency increases with speed, large and fast container ships run the risk of encountering resonant ...
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Outlook positive for LNG even when the charterer pays
Wendy Laursen says that LNG’s CO2 performance may be debatable, but it will improve EEDI values and take shipowners beyond compliance.
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Putting solar technology into the hybrid mix
Wendy Laursen reminds us that there are solar-collecting sails on the horizon but it may be some time before they make their way into the emissions reduction plans of most shipowners.
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Productive outcome from Pan-European engine research project
As the third phase (Hercules C) of the European engine research project gets the go-ahead, David Tinsley reports on the work undertaken so far.
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German yards eye offshore but pallet remains broad
Eyes may be sharply focussed on offshore in German yards but the repair and conversion pallet remains as wide and flexible as ever – and has to be if even small work is to be won against stiff competition all round, writes Tom Todd.
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Ferry uses electric power and air support
Development is well underway with a pioneering fast electric air-supported commuter ferry that can operate on battery power alone, writes Dag Pike.
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Gas turbines – poised for renewed interest?
The two major manufacturers of marine gas turbines – Rolls-Royce and GE Marine - look forward to a resurgence in interest in the face of stricter emissions regulations and the growing acceptability of gaseous fuels.
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2012 looks bleak for insurance industry
Prospects for shipping operations in 2012 are bleak, to say the least, and the outlook for marine insurers is also dismal, reports Denzil Stuart.
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Engine power … did you know that?
The first oceangoing, diesel-powered ship in the world, the m.v. Selandia, began her maiden voyage from Copenhagen to Bangkok in 1912, powered by two B&W 4-stroke main engines. She stopped off in London where Winston Churchill was one of the visitors. In honour of the Sealandia’s achievement a century ...
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Busy time for A&P’s UK drydocks
A&P Falmouth in the UK reports that it has been kept busy with a number of major repair and conversion jobs since the beginning of the year.
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Field test success for cut-out procedure
MAN Diesel and Turbo has field tested the cut out of a TCA type turbocharger for improved slow steaming performance and concluded that the marginal fouling and oil leakages that occurred were not critical.
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Engineers meet deadline fixing bearing problem
Shanghai-headquartered Mariso demonstrated a quick response to owner’s needs when its repair team discovered a bearing problem during routine maintenance on a TC VTR 714 type turbocharger.
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Back-to-back cruise dockings for Gibdock
Back-to-back cruise ship projects at Gibdock’s No. 1 dock have seen the return of the 37,773gt, 1,575-passenger capacity ''Thomson Destiny'' for its fourth visit since a first refit in Gibraltar in 2006.