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Feeders ? the vital link in the container transport system.
German ship owners like Schiffko?s CV1100 PLUS feeder design.With all the hype about post-Panamax and ultra-large containerships, it is easy to overlook the vital role played by the smaller boxships up to 3,000TEU. These work horses of the container transport system, know as feeder ships, will become even more essential ...
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Hinged containership design concept
Is the hinge the answer for the ultra large container ship?Although not a new idea, the concept of building a ship as two or more independent ship sections joined together by means of a hinge has never been fully explored or tried out. This is largely because the technology has ...
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The other side of the coin.
Emulsion offered as an alternative to injection .MAN B&W has tested direct water injection but has opted to go down the emulsified fuel route to reduce emissions. "Of course we see, as expected, the NOx reductions with water injection. But we see the fuel increase in connection with nearly all ...
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Lean and clean marine gas engines launched
Rolls-Royce?s two new lean, clean and mean marine gas engines provide a power range from 1MW to 8.5MWDesigned and manufactured at Rolls-Royce?s Bergen facility in Norway, the K and B series of gas fuelled engines were recently introduced to the marine market in order to meet the increasingly tough low ...
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ice breaking tug for sakhalin project
The Norwegian naval architect firm Multi Maritime, designer of highly specialised icebreakers, has, with Rieber Shipping AS and shipbuilder Aker Langsten, developed a new icebreaking tug design. The Aker Langsten newbuilding is to be delivered mid 2006 to Rieber Shipping which has, with the Russian oil tanker operator, Primorsk Shipping, ...
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Material benefits
Using Nimalike in the production and reconditioning of two-stroke components provides outstanding product properties.It is 7:30 in the morning in the assembly shop at the Märkisches Werk in Halver (MWH) and a lift-truck places a wooden box full of used two-stroke exhaust valve spindles in front of the inspecting technicians. ...
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Battling barnacles
Pipework anti-fouling system can also help stop unwanted mussel growth.Barnacle and mussel fouling is becoming a bigger problem around the world. "This is one of the unforeseen consequences of having cleaner seawater ? they actually breed more vigorously in cleaner seawater," says Richard Woolley, publicity manager for Cathelco, which specialises ...
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Barge extraordinaire
The sophisticated Ro-Ro/docking barge Terra Marique enters service.Built in the Ukraine for a road haulage company, with 99% of the finance coming from the British Government, the Terra Marique is indeed a unique vessel. Described by its builder, Dutch specialist Damen, as a Ro-Ro/docking barge, the 80m long unit was ...
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Based on an article submitted by Bill Wen Chang Huang, Taiwan
Wärtsilä is ready for steam injection, particularly when energy prices rise.Since the end of the EU-funded STID (STeam Injected Diesel engine) project to develop and test a new combined diesel and steam process, which finished last year, Wärtsilä has been working in-house to evaluate whether the means can be found ...
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AC Drives in marine service
The all-electric ship is making progress.In both naval and commercial operations, the drive towards the all-electric ship, quite literally, is taking place on the back of advances in high-power semiconductors, and Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP) systems. The UK?s Type 45 for the Royal Navy will feature induction motor drives, ...
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Power constraints for the 10,000+TEU boxship.
Propulsion power plant dilemma for ultra large container ships .Container transportation volume has been growing at an average annual rate of 9 % in the past fifteen years, making it the fastest growing sector of marine transportation. What is driving this growth is the shifting of wage-intensive manufacturing away from ...
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Cosco to order VLCC octet
China?s largest shipping company, China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco), plans to spend $700 million in ordering eight very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from Asian shipyards. Cosco?s president and chief executive, Wei Jiafu, said that the new ships are needed to meet the rapidly rising demand from China?s booming industry and ...
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Austal progresses in LCS project
Austal is one step from a construction contract for the United States Navy?s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project after the US Department of Defence announced today that it has awarded a $78.8 million final design contract to prime contractor Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company which is teamed with ...
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RAN to give Aussie shipbuilders a boost
The Australian Government has announced the timetable for naval shipbuilding projects in what will prove to be the country?s largest ever naval construction worth $5.7 billion.The idea of selecting a preferred naval ship-builder has been dropped and the government says it will ask for competitive tenders to build ?air warfare? ...
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Hansa orders another pair from STX
German shipping company Hansa Treuhand has exercised options with the Korean shipbuilder STX for two more 3,500TEU boxships for delivery in September and October 2007. To be named HS Bach and HS Chopin, these vessels will measure 246.8 metres long, 32.2 metres wide, a depth of 19.3 metres and have ...
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Kongsberg Maritime helps Airbus fly
Kongsberg Maritime has installed the automation systems for the new roro vessel Ville de Bordeaux, built at Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing, China, which is operated by a joint venture company consisting of the ship owners Louis Dreyfus (France) and Leif Hoegh (Norway). The vessel will carry parts for the A380, ...
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Volharding secures healthy orderbook
Following a recent intake of newbuilding orders valued at $273 million, the Dutch shipbuilder Volharding Shipyards has sufficient work to keep most of its yards busy until mid 2006. In addition, Volharding, which is the second largest shipbuilding group in the Netherlands operating multiple shipbuilding facilities, will soon be entering ...
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Quality growth at RINA
Italian classification and certification body RINA has recorded a very positive 2003 financial year. Consolidated group revenue was up by 2% compared to 2002, while earnings before interest and tax showed an increase of 34%. Overall group revenue topped $115 million, with a strong improvement in revenue in the certification ...
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Westfalia Service ? one global contact
Westfalia Separator has recently upgraded its after sales service for its marine separation equipment by linking all its service engineers through the company?s SAP computer system based in Germany. The system collects service information from all Westfalia engineers worldwide to provide every engineer in the network with real time information, ...
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EC starts consultations on further maritime safety initiatives
The European Commission's plans to put forward another package of maritime safety proposals bringing together all the loose ends from the political debates initiated by the Erika and Prestige accidents have hitherto been known as the ?Erika III package?. A preliminary outline of the EC?s ?Maritime safety package 2004? (as ...
