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  • Speakers at last year’s Gas Fuelled Ships Conference
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    Gas Fuelled Ships Conference 2012 – Call for papers

    02/04/2012

    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.

  • The Atlantic Kempinski Hotel, venue for the 34th Motorship Propulsion & Emissions conference
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    Shipowners need to be in possession of the facts to face up to the 2015 challenge

    01/04/2012

    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 ...

  • The Brotherhood turbo-generator system destined for the tanker ‘British Venture’
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    Tankers pioneer waste heat recovery

    01/04/2012

    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.

  • Ice class vessels are operating in dangerous and environmentally-sensitive areas so comprehensive rules are essential (Germanischer Lloyd)
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    Ice research aims to cut uncertainty in design and operation

    01/04/2012

    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.

  • Graphic of MAN’s second-generation EGR system (shown in orange) integrated with its host engine
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    Emission deadlines concentrate minds

    01/04/2012

    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.

  • From Eco Marine Power of Japan - the Medaka ferry design
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    Ferries lead, tugs may follow

    01/04/2012

    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.

  • A small, remote-controlled, four-rotor helicopter is able to carry out overall surveys within cargo holds
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    Remote controlled helicopter to inspect cargo holds

    01/04/2012

    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

    01/04/2012

    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 ...

  • Jesper Aagesen of LR: “LNG is certainly one of the fuels of the future but it is not yet THE fuel of the future”
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    Outlook positive for LNG even when the charterer pays

    01/04/2012

    Wendy Laursen says that LNG’s CO2 performance may be debatable, but it will improve EEDI values and take shipowners beyond compliance.

  • Water tanker designed by Solar Sailor: the company believes that in 50 years time all bulkers and tankers will have wings
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    Putting solar technology into the hybrid mix

    01/04/2012

    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.

  • The final meeting of Hercules-B project partners, at the MAN Diesel House in Copenhagen
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    Productive outcome from Pan-European engine research project

    01/04/2012

    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.

  • B+V Repair’s first big offshore job since 2009
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    German yards eye offshore but pallet remains broad

    01/04/2012

    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.

  • Model tests for the BB Green monohull commuter ferry were carried out at SSPA in Sweden
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    Ferry uses electric power and air support

    01/04/2012

    Development is well underway with a pioneering fast electric air-supported commuter ferry that can operate on battery power alone, writes Dag Pike.

  • The Rolls-Royce MT30 on test
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    Gas turbines – poised for renewed interest?

    01/04/2012

    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.

  • 'Costa Concordia' will have undoubted ramifications for marine insurance
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    2012 looks bleak for insurance industry

    31/03/2012

    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?

    31/03/2012

    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 ...

  • ‘Star Stratos’ in drydock at Falmouth for maintenance
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    Busy time for A&P’s UK drydocks

    31/03/2012

    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.

  • No signs of wear or deformation were visible on the cut-out turbocharger's journal bearings after four months of operation.
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    Field test success for cut-out procedure

    31/03/2012

    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

    31/03/2012

    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.

  • ‘Zenith’ in Gibdock’s No1 drydock
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    Back-to-back cruise dockings for Gibdock

    31/03/2012

    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.