All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1071
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Wartsila wins icebreaking order
Wärtsilä Corporation has received an order for four engines for installation on the first Sakhalin icebreaker to be built in Finland by Kvaerner Masa-Yards (KMY). The vessel will be equipped with three 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 38 main engines in diesel electric drive and an additional 6-cylinder Wärtsilä 20 engine to power ...
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Polish shipbuilder wins DVMP boxship order
The Far-Eastern Sea Shipping Line (DVMP) and the Polish shipyard Szczecinska Nowa Stocznia in Szczecin signed a contract for the building of two 1,730 TEU container ships. The contract has an option for one sister ship. The new building pair is scheduled for delivery during 2007 while the third optional ...
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Korean and Polish shipbuilders clinch new orders
Primorsk Shipping Corporation signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for two ice-classed 166,000DWT Suezmax tankers for delivery in 2007. Ship particulars are 285 metres long, 50 metres wide and a draught of 15 metres. These tankers will be built at HHI?s facilities in Ulsan and will be first vessels ...
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MHI to build first electronically controlled engine
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will build its first electronically controlled diesel engine for a large pure car carrier (PCC) ordered by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) to be constructed at Toyohashi Shipbuilding. This latest model, called 8UEC60LSII-Eco, boasts reduced NOx emission by about 15% and less smoke and soot. A special ...
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First BAE systems naval ships due to be launched
BAE Systems Naval Ships is preparing for the launch of the first of its Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) vessels from the Govan shipyard in Glasgow on 9 April. This will be the 750th ship to be launched from Govan.The ship, to be known as RFA Mounts Bay, is the first ...
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Mipo shortens shipbuilding period by 70 days
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has achieved a 70 day reduction in the construction of the first 46,000DWT product carrier in a 12 ship series order from BP Shipping. Named British Tenacity, the tanker is 183 metres long, 32.2 metres wide, has a depth of 18.8 metres and a service speed of ...
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NewsNew low-speed diesel from MAN B&W
Introducing the new S65ME-C two-stroke diesel engine to its already extensive range, Ole Gr?ne, the two-stroke sales and marketing vice president at MAN B&W Diesel A/S, stated,"We examined the market and received advice from Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan, that there is an increasing need for more dedicated engines for ...
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Tsakos orders LNG from IZAR
Athens-based Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the Spanish shipbuilder Izar for the construction of one 145,000 cubic metre LNG tanker for delivery in July 2007. The LOI also provides for an option for an additional vessel for delivery later that year. These new ...
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NewsWärtsilä to supply first Sulzer RT-fle
Cross section of the Sulzer RT-flex50Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to supply the first Sulzer RT-flex50 low-speed marine diesel engines. These engines are the latest in the Sulzer RT-flex engine series which, with their electronically-controlled common-rail systems, are claimed to be the most advanced low-speed engines for ship propulsion ...
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Gebab orders six boxships
Gebab in Germany ordered six 4,550TEU container ships at a total cost of $350 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding (DSME) and Daewoo Mangalia in Romania. The Korean yard will build the first two and the Mangalia yard the other four. Ship particulars are 261m lon, 32.2m wide and a depth of ...
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Austal takes off with another flying dolphin
Austal Ships of Australia today announced a contract to build an 85 metre ropax ferry for Greek operator Hellas Flying Dolphins (HFD). The catamaran is the fifth fast ferry HFD has ordered from Austal Ships, demonstrating ongoing confidence in Austal?s capabilities.HFD is Greece?s largest domestic ferry operator, transporting approximately 7 ...
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ABS delegation of authority expanded in Greece
ABS has signed a new agreement with the Greek Shipping Ministry expanding its authority to perform statutory certifications on their behalf. This expanded agreement includes survey and certification services for passenger vessels, including ships engaged exclusively in domestic voyages such as island ferries under the Hellenic flag, as well as ...
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Slow on the uptake
Despite the considerable benefits of electronic chart display and information systems, take up by the industry has been unhurriedThere can be no question about the advantages that an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) offers the navigator. "However, broad acceptance of ECDIS on SOLAS vessels is still far from ...
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VDR made simple
Apart from recording less data items and a reduced final recording medium, there are few major differences between "simplified" Voyage Data Recorders and "full" Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs). Simplified VDRs, however, are intended to be less expensive, easier to fit but still offer the same level of functionality. So, what ...
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Mayflower stretches her sea legs
Some 400 years after its namesake took the pilgrims to New England, the Mayflower Resolution sets sail from the south of England having undergone its final stages of completion before entering service .The Mayflower Resolution berthed at the Duchy Wharf in Falmouth Harbour, UK at 22:30 hours on Tuesday 10th ...
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GALILEO - update
Less than two years after the project?s launch and six months after the setting up of the Galileo joint undertaking (GJU), the European Commision (EC) reports that the development phase, which extends from 2002 to 2005, is progressing as planned.Galileo is the first civil global satellite navigation programme and will ...
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Improved data use with second generation VDR
The requirements for all existing ships to carry a VDR will be endorsed by the next IMO meeting in May 2004. Existing ships will be allowed to have a floating capsule (albeit with EPIRB and Hydrostatic release) and will be exempted from some requirements concerning items to be recorded. The ...
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Water contamination in oil
All modern engine lubricants are designed to remain stable in the presence of small amounts of water. However, it is inevitable that at some time water contamination will adversely affect the operating performance of the lubricant. In extreme cases this may even result in complete failure of the engine.Water contamination ...
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Fincantieri to build world's largest Ropax
Fincantieri and Finnlines, the Finnish shipping company, have signed a contract to build three 42,000 gt, 9,200 dwt ropax ferries at a total cost of 300 million Euro ($377 million). Furthermore, the companies have agreed an option for two more sister ships. The acquisition of the newbuildings will be financed ...
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Meyer delivers Brittanny ferry early
Shipbuilder of many Ropax ferries during the 60s and 70s with the last being Silja Europa in 1993, Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, is back in the international ferry business with the completion of the new RoRo-cruise ferry Pont-Aven. The 41,000gt newbuilding, built at a cost of $150 million, was ...
