All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1098
-
News
High speed sea routes hasten EU transport
Some 18 months after announcing they were collaborating on a significant project, Rolls-Royce and Izar revealed at the SMM exhibition last month the nature of their plans in the shape of a new European high speed cargo vessel (EHSCV). Spurred by the European Union?s Marco Polo programme and its promise ...
-
News
SES powers up for electrical revolution
Scandinavian Electric Systems has noticed an increasing demand for diesel-electric propulsion solutions, which has encouraged the company to significantly increase investment in design, testing and packaging resources. Frithjof Hustig, SES?s technical director explains: "The new thing with SES is that we are offering total system packages including the main switchboard, ...
-
News
Low-speed engine data
Two-stroke engine options may be limited to the ranges of three manufacturers, but as the power matrix for all engines over 800mm bore opposite partially demonstrates, there is still a multiple of choices - both of models and engine speed ? in virtually every power bracket between 2,560 and 80,080kW ...
-
News
Daewoo looks at gas for gas
Korean yard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has presented an extensive study, in partnership with the influential Gaztransport & Technigaz of France, which concludes that gas turbine propulsion systems for LNG carriers have an advantage over steam turbine based systems in terms of increased cargo volume, which leads to "a ...
-
News
Double hulls ? the way forward for bulkers?
Mention the word ?bulk carrier? and most of us conjure up images of rust-buckets which, all too often, are run by non-compliant owners and operators working on minimalist budgets with little or no regard for the safety of seafarers or the environment. Terminal operators who are motivated by economic greed ...
-
News
Doubling up proves of benefit beyond safety
Two is sounder than one. That was the philosophy behind the introduction of mandatory requirements for double skins on oil tankers and the same theory underlies arguments for legislation demanding double skins on bulk carriers. Yet the two-for-one call on bulk carriers is not purely one of safety.The only clear ...
-
News
First UT 737 enters service
With the recent delivery of the Normand Flower from Norwegian shipyard S?viknes Verft, Rolls-Royce Marine has seen the first example of its completely new UT 737 design enter service. The 4,100 dwt vessel, described as one of the world?s most advanced multipurpose offshore vessels, features a DP-3 classification and includes ...
-
News
Keeping the Straits safe
The Straits of Malacca is one of the world?s busiest waterways. Not surprisingly, therefore, the issue of navigational safety through the Straits remains a hot topic. A major subject of discussion today is just who should pay to ensure that it remains a safe passage for the 60,000 ships that ...
-
News
Keeping up with the Joneses
Times are changing. For the American shipbuilding industry the 1980s were rough. Despite the Cold War defence spending of the Reagan years, many famous names went to the wall. But for those that survived the US shipping industry is now in a replacement phase so pickings are currently good for ...
-
News
Hjaltland opens island lifeline
This month sees the introduction of a new passenger and freight roro ferry operator on three Scottish "lifeline" routes, and with it three new ships. With the takeover, from October 1, of P&O Scottish Ferries? Aberdeen to Orkney and Shetland routes came the need for ships, and operator NorthLink opted ...
-
News
Small ships give UK grounds for optimism
Commercial life is never easy for a shipyard, but at least some can take a bit of comfort from their niche. Ship owners naturally go to Korea, Japan or China for the big tonnage. In Germany, many yards know they have a good chance to keep the order book alive, ...
-
News
Next generation SMGT
There have been a number of driving forces behind the development of the Super Marine Gas Turbine (SMGT) ? a primary one being protecting the environment. This has seen a major effort by the Japanese developers of the SMGT in trying to reduce emissions from ships by developing a thermally ...
-
News
Near-zero emissions at today?s prices
RINA believes that outstanding performance from the point of safety and environmental protection are today, and will be for several years to come, the two main goals of the innovation in ship science. The Italian classification society says that this has particular relevance for passenger ships for because the number ...
-
News
Houston of the East
In a bid to turn Singapore into a byword for technical expertise on a par with oil production centres like Houston or Aberdeen, Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) is establishing a Centre of Excellence for Technology.Choo Chiau Beng, chairman and chief executive officer of Keppel O&M, says: "With some ...
-
News
New dock planned to support oil refineries
Much coverage has been given of the potential for Vietnam to follow China?s recent advance and mount a competitive challenge to the established Asian shipbuilding nations. However Nguyen Quoc Anh, director of the business and international department at Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), believes the coverage has been overstated and ...
-
News
Cylinder oil feed rate optimisation
Our industry is sometimes known to be slow to accept change and cautious in the implementation of new concepts and practices. There is nothing wrong with this approach in a mature industry, however, sometimes factors such as new regulations, true step-out technology advances and striving for economic advantage, can outweigh ...
-
News
Keeping the crewing top spot
The Philippine Maritime Industry Cluster has outlined an action plan aimed at maintaining the global competitiveness of the country?s seafarers as well as it shipping and marine businesses.The Cluster comprises the Philippine Inter-Island Shipping Association, the Filipino Shipowners Association and the Philippine Seafarers Promotion Council. Its action plan, published in ...
-
News
Container vessel fleet still growing
Germany has the biggest and most modern container vessel fleet in the world. The latest additions to this fleet include both the world?s largest container vessels, starting with Hapag Lloyd?s 7,500 TEU Hamburg Express, and medium-size vessels of around 2,500 TEU ? the so-called Midis. German shipyards still have the ...
-
News
Ringed propellers set for comeback
For more or less a century the propeller has been a much-studied and highly-developed feature of modern ship design. So while it is perhaps surprising to find attempts to reinvent this particular wheel, there are aspects of performance which still tempt engineers looking to make improvements.One benefit which has lured ...
-
News
Orion receives double skin handy size bulker
Earlier this month Orion Schiffahrts took delivery of the second of six 31,880 dwt handy size bulkers from Hakodate Dockyard on Japan?s northern island of Hokkaido. The delivery of Patriarch follows the delivery of the first ship Patriot in April. The ships are particularly noteworthy for their double hulls, a ...
