All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1096
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Two new shipyards ? different concepts
Completely new shipyards are rare, but two yards that stand out are the Kvaerner Philadelphia yard in the US andYantai Raffles in China.While the Philadelphia yard has been designed primarily to build containerships, the Chinese yard has been designed to be flexible to accommodate a wide variety of vessels including ...
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Channel cruiser with elbow room
Brittany Ferries? new flagship, Mont St Michel, entered service on the Portsmouth-Caen route in December last year and is claimed to be the largest cruise ferry to have been purpose-built for operations on the Channel. The 35,600g vessel represents an investment of $128 million and brings with it new levels ...
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Oz builder considers trimarans
Austal ships chairman John Rothwell has pledged a vigilant pursuit of technological advancements to ensure the company?s "leading role" in delivering premium levels of passenger comfort.Speaking about long term prospects for the company amid the current "soft market for large fast ferries", Rothwell said passenger comfort would always remain a ...
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Wagenborg acquires Chinese newbuilding
In November last year, the Dutch shipping company Wagenborg purchased a geared open hatch multi-purpose cargo vessel on the stocks from the Chinese shipbuilder Mawei Shipyard. The nearly completed 17,000 dwt newbuilding had been ordered some time ago by an unspecified European owner as hull number 436-2 and will be ...
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Double sides and raised bow in ?07
Just occasionally a meeting takes place where coincidental events that are making news headlines elsewhere focus the minds of the delegates more strongly on the agenda than they ordinarily would be, resulting in the passing of tough resolutions.The recent meeting of the IMO?s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) was one such ...
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Our picks of the year
Here at The Motor Ship we above all take pleasure in writing about the ships which make the most innovative use of new designs and technologies. Over the course of a year there are dozens of noteworthy new ships taking to the seas, and it would be a shame if, ...
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Hydrodynamic interactions
Rolls-Royce is studying the complex hydrodynamic interactions between hull, propeller and rudder from several different angles. The accuracy of numerical methods is being improved progressively, and these are expected to contribute more and more to the design progress over the next few years.An important hydrodynamics research area is the verifying ...
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Zuiderdam launches HAL?s smokeless era
The lead ship in Holland America Line?s (HAL) new five-cruiseship ?Vista class? Panamax series, the Zuiderdam, sailed on its maiden voyage, a seven-day Caribbean cruise from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on December 14.Although broadly based on the earlier Rotterdam/Amsterdam series, the Vista design differs in many respects. It has been stretched ...
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FINNMARKEN Twin Efficiency Rudder installation
While a number of this year?s selection of notable ships are included principally for their pioneering use of podded propulsion, this revolutionary drive is not the only method shipowners and equipment manufacturers are pursuing to try and improve and increase operational efficiency.OVDS, for example, opted to install two Efficiency Rudders ...
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HMS ECHO Podded first for Royal Navy
As the first Royal Navy (RN) vessel to be fitted with integrated propulsion and Azipod propulsors, HMS Echo represents a radical departure for the normally conservative minded decision makers at the UK?s Ministry of Defence and the Admiralty. Having successfully completed its sea trials, the 3,470t multi-purpose hydrographic and oceanographic ...
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EAGLE VIRGINIA Speed log for efficient lightering
American Eagle Tankers? Eagle Virginia, is believed to be the first VLCC to be equipped with a Dual Axis Doppler Speed Log, according to the company?s chief executive officer Joseph Kwok.The Doppler speed log is designed to improve the ship?s manoeuvrability especially at lower speeds. It enables the captain to ...
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Timeline to disaster
Eight days after leaving Riga, Latvia, bound for Singapore with a cargo of nearly 77,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil, Prestige hit trouble off Cape Finisterre in heavy seas. Six days later the ship was on the sea bed, having been refused a port of refuge and defying all the ...
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LA SUPERBA Second generation cruise ferry
The 50,400g La Superba, delivered in March by Italian shipbuilder Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, is the first in a new two-ship series of what its Italian owner Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) describes as "second generation cruise ferries". It is built to be even more like a cruise ship than previous cruise ...
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Croatia on a high with recent deliveries
Croatian shipbuilders have built up a healthy backlog of orders since the end of the Balkan conflict. The four main players ? 3 Maj, Brodosplit, Trogir and Uljanik ? have been particularly successful in the handymax oil tanker market, including products and chemical carriers. It is this specific ship type ...
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No smoke from the OK Coral
Alaskan air quality is set to survive a potential smoke stack choking later this year when Princess Cruises? latest luxury liner Coral Princess, delivered from France?s Chantiers de l?Atlantique last month, arrives in the state in May. The ship, like Holland America Line?s Zuiderdam (see elsewhere in this issue), features ...
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Efficient engine temperature control
Improved automation will this year enhance performance of key system for controlling seawater cooling pumps.Central engine cooling systems can be a source of wasted energy. The pumps must be designed to pump high volumes of water when water and air temperatures are high to remove the heat generated in the ...
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LNG RIVERS First Korean export of a LNG carrier
LNG carriers have probably been the biggest boom category in shipbuilding over the past year as demand for gas increases in line with power utilities switch to cleaner forms of energy production. European yards are now bidding for business in the sector, but their inattention to it when cruise business ...
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BECRUX State-of-the-art livestock carrier
One of the world?s largest custom built livestock carriers, Becrux, is fulfilling a design brief for delivering high volumes of livestock in first class condition despite a rocky start to its service life. The 176.7m nine-deck dual-purpose vessel, which was delivered to owner Siba Ships of Italy in May, found ...
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Semi-submersible with redundant DP and azimuthing pods
China?s Guangzhou Shipyard International has finally completed Tai An Kou, the first of two 18,000 dwt semi-submersible heavy lift ships it was contracted to build by Chinese company Cosco Guangzhou. It is the first vessel of this type to feature fully redundant class 2 dynamic positioning (DP) and azimuthing podded ...
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A new future for azimuthing thrusters
In terms of column inches in the trade press, azimuth thrusters have been somewhat overshadowed by their azimuthing electric podded cousins of late. Yet in the past few years the azimuth thruster has made some big strides into a wide section of the marine market.The Ulstein Aquamaster Azipull thruster opens ...
