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Anti-fouling ?green? paint
Daewoo Shipbuilding and International Paint Korea, announced that they have successfully completed the development and initial tests of a special, environment-friendly and poison-free marine paint that has proved effective in preventing barnacles from attaching to underwater areas. As a user-friendly paint, this system has the advantage in that it can ...
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STX in South Korea has signed a co-operation agreement with Consilium
The agreement is for STX to develop and manufacture a complete set of VDR by its own technology while Consilium supplies essential parts for the VDR products. According to the agreement, STX will be in charge of designing, testing, selling, installing and on-board commissioning as well as providing after-sales service. ...
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Death in the shipyard
A filipino trainee was killed and four other workers seriously injured in an explosion on a tanker under construction at the Nakatani Zosen shipyard in western Japan.The blast occurred around 8.30 am local time on the 4 November when welders were working on the 499-tonne chemical tanker Enshu-maru moored in ...
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NewsGSI launches bigger capacity product carrier
Guangzhou Shipyard International has launched a fourth 38,000DWT product carrier ordered from Emerald Shipping in Italy. China State Shipbuilding Co said that the ship has 1,500m3 more cargo hold capacity compared with traditional product carriers and is suitable for European routes because the ship?s size is small but with large ...
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Lloyd?s Register type approves first water ingress detector equipment
Lloyd?s Register has issued its first type approval certificate for water ingress detection equipment following the International Association of Classification Societies? (IACS) adoption of a unified interpretation of the International Maritime Organization?s (IMO) Performance Standards for Water Level Detectors on Bulk Carriers. The installation of water ingress detection equipment onboard ...
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NewsMOL to adopt double hull fuel tanks for VLCC
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines in Japan announced plans to equip its next generation of very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with double-hull fuel tanks to reduce the risk of fuel leakage. MOL plans to introduce the technology on four VLCCs slated for launching in 2005, and continue adopting on newly built tankers ...
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Tightening safety
Initiatives to overcome problems caused by defective lifesaving and fire safety equipmentAustralia?s port state control body, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has joined the push for expanded and improved International Maritime Organisation (IMO) guidelines for the servicing and maintenance of lifeboats, launching appliances and on-load release gear.Concern about the ...
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Making pods predictable
Since The Motor Ship reported on the first cruise ship installation of MetalSCAN on the Voyager of the Seas last year, things have come a long way. Barry Taylor, GasTOPS? marketing manager says: "We have had great success from our first installation in November 2000, to more than 100 installations ...
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Seeing the light
Opening shipbuilder?s eyes to the benefits of safety systemsQuite a lot has happened since The Motor Ship?s last visit to the Sound Alert technology ? particularly significant is the American Council for the Blind (ACB) announcement ? which could force all passenger ships to fit the technology, if they want ...
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Turks order innovative generation tankers
Azimuth propulsion and unusual design features could set the standards for a new generation of chemical tankersTwo 15,000dwt oil products and chemical tankers have been ordered by the Turkish shipowner K.S. Tankers and incorporate a number of unusual design features which could set the standards for the new generation of ...
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Friend or Foe?
[The IMO] urges Contracting Governments to take, as a matter of high priority, any action needed at national level to give effect to implementing and beginning the long-range identification of shipsIMO Conference Resolution 10, dated 12 December 2002In this era of enhanced security awareness, the capability to identify ships at ...
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More power but fewer ferries
High speed diesels fight back as demand for speed wanesInternational competition is extremely tough in the high-speed marine diesel sector as it is in most sectors of the market. Under such conditions, a manufacturer will only survive if he can offer environmental engineering with a guarantee for the future and ...
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The evolution of the motor ship
A lasting interest in diesel engines for large ships inspired AP Chalkley to found The Motor Ship some 83 years ago. The brief now includes many other aspects of marine technology, though the original mission to champion new innovations has endured. As a result, the publication?s 1,000 issues to date ...
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CNG engine system ? the power plant of the future
Near development offers higher thermal efficiency and reduced emissions from natural gas energy source.In a unique research project, the Japanese ?Ship and Ocean Foundation? (SOF), has, since 1998, been developing an engine that utilizes reformed fuel from compressed natural gas (CNG) and an accompanying system for increasing thermal efficiency. Using ...
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Controlling the ballast water stowaways
International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments is set for adoption in 2004.The IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its 49th session in July 2003, agreed a finalized draft of the proposed International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and ...
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Trials and tribulations of the marine diesel -A look back at the history of diesel ships
With two installations in very different vessels in separate locations in Europe, the year 1903 marked the beginning of the success story of the diesel marine propulsion engine. In France, the bargePetit Pierre was equipped with a small diesel engine for operation on the Rhine-Marne canal while in Russia, the ...
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1,000 issues on
A personal reflection of The Motor Ship, past and near present, from former naval architect, John BarnesWhen I joined the staff of The Motor Ship at the beginning of 1971 it was already well established as the world?s leading marine technical journal.With the journal publishing its 1000th issue, it is ...
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NewsSkaugen completes Chinese newbuilding programme
I.M. Skaugen ASA, Oslo (IMSK), will take delivery of its sixth vessel in the newbuilding programme. Named Norgas Napa , the vessel was built by the Hudong - Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group in Shanghai, China. The successful completion of the newbuilding program combined with the new alliance with A.P. M?ller - ...
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NewsKorea nets 382 ships
Korean shipbuilders have clinched 382 ships amounting to 13.19 million CGT for the first nine months this year, up 234.40% compared with the same period last year. Korea Shipbuilders? Association KSA) said that the figure is the highest ever for newbuilding orders, surpassing the previous record of 10.4 million CGT ...
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NewsSTX nets six ships
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea clinched four container ships and two product carriers from European ship owners representing a total contract price of $190 million. EF Shipping in Greece and the German ship owner Reederei Bernhard Schulte each have ordered two 2,600TEU container ships. Measuring 210 metres long, 30.1 metres ...
