All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1100
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A fruity car carrier
Great American Lines Inc (GALI), pioneer of the two-way traffic concept on its transpacific service between the US and Japan based on cars and citrus fruit, has, earlier this year, received delivery of a 60,587g vehicles and refrigerated goods carrier. Named Sunbelt Spirit, the design of this newbuilding is based ...
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BV looks to FSA
Bureau Veritas is involved in a number of Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) studies that include the EC projects Nereus and Safety First for stability safety and fire safety of passenger roros respectively, a Safety at Speed project for design safety of high speed craft and an IACS PT/SSI assessment of ...
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CMA CGM bids to join box ship elite
A top five position is sought. The break has been made into the top ten. But Marseilles-based CMA CGM must still increase fleet capacity by more than 50%, without overstretching itself financially, if it is to overtake the strong players ahead of it and achieve an internal aim to be ...
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Thais after Vanessa
In a couple of months, chemical tanker operator Fouquet-Sacop takes delivery of the second of two 15,500 dwt ships from Portuguese shipbuilder Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (Vianayard). The vessel, called FS Thais, will like its sistership FS Vanessa, delivered earlier this year, transport petroleum-based products (such as crude, ...
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Hydrodynamics or pod integrity
That pods have suffered teething problems isn?t in dispute. What is causing the problems, though, and how to resolve them are still hotly debated.Juha Hanhinen, a hydrodynamics specialist at Finnish engineering and design consultancy Deltamarin and a participant in Optipod ? the EU backed project aiming to develop design guidelines ...
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Be seen to be green
Fitting environmentally friendly systems onboard ship comes at a cost and owners want to see some return for their investment, which is why class societies now offer environmental class notation.A number of class societies are offering different options, with all focusing on the cruise ship sector where image is extremely ...
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Securing a future
South Korea, like Japan, is continuing to invest in research and development to guarantee its long-term future. All the major shipbuilders on the South Korean peninsula have R&D projects underway recognising that production will have to switch to more technologically advanced ship types, much in the way that production in ...
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Pod mechanics move forward
Like a child growing up, the path to technical maturity isn?t always trouble-free. So in spite of its problems, it should always be remembered that podded propulsion technology remains in its infancy.Computer design and models can take theory so far. But there comes a stage with all new technology where ...
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Triton trials trimaran form
When it comes to high-speed commercial vessels, shipowners are spoilt for choice with a range of catamarans, air cushion craft, pentamarans and semi-displacement hulls either already in service or under consideration. Another hull form, in the shape of the trimaran, is now being put forward as a viable alternative to ...
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Podded first for Royal Navy
Sea trials are underway on the first Royal Navy vessel to feature integrated electric propulsion and podded propulsors. HMS Echo, a 3,470t survey ship, left Appledore Shipbuilders yard in Devon, UK in mid-July. It is scheduled for delivery to the UK?s naval force later this year.Finnish-company ABB supplied the ship ...
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Keeping it in the country
The growth of Korea into the world?s leading shipbuilding nation has not troubled Europe?s critical equipment manufacturers. Korea?s shipyards have largely bought their steel and other non-critical components locally while relying on the tried and trusted, largely European, base of suppliers for critical components. The Korean yards having derived much ...
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Schottel launches compact pod
Responding to a perceived market demand for electric drives with power ratings under 5 MW, the German propulsors manufacturer, Schottel, has launched a small compact pod-type drive. The drive, called the Schottel Electric Propulsor (SEP), has been under development over the past two years. It will be ready for delivery ...
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Ten a pen on cattle ship
Meeting demand to deliver high volumes of livestock in first class condition to long distance markets has been a guiding principle behind the design of Becrux ? one of the largest custom built livestock vessels ever built.The 176.7m Becrux, is operating on the Australia to Middle East trade. It sailed ...
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UECC seeks to end the burning of separated oil
Incinerators? days are numbered. So says Jeff Argent, environmental projects manager at Norwegian-headquartered roro operator United European Car Carriers (UECC).The pressures of environmental stewardship - to reduce air borne emissions - are likely to lead international regulators to outlaw the burning of waste oil produced during the treatment of bilge ...
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Picking up boxes
The government and the shipyard marketing departments may be anxious to connect the future of Korean shipbuilding with high value ships, but the reality of today is that much of the shipyards? capacity is taken up by fairly standard vessels ? container ships among them. Without these standard ships the ...
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Scandlines develops the Balticmax
The idea of shipping passengers, trailers and containers together in one hull is, on the face of it, an attractive idea for ferry operators as they seek to expand the flexibility of their vessels and maximise revenue. However, in the light of a number of tragic ferry casualties over the ...
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Class approach
The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) has extended its port state control pre-inspection service to ships scheduled to call at European ports.Relatively poor performance of KR-registered ships in USCG statistics for 1999 and 2000 led KR to introduce several measures for improvement. Last October, KR made a strong step to ...
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CODED comes of age
A number of Finnish companies are working together to produce vessel concepts that combine diesel-electric with diesel-mechanical machinery. Wärtsilä, the engine manufacturer, Kvaerner Masa-Yards, the shipbuilder, and ABB, the electrical systems developer, are among those companies studying alternative machinery solutions for fast ropax vessels under the joint Finnish shipbuilding research ...
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The superb La Superba
In late March this year, the Italian shipbuilder Nuovi Cantieri Apuania delivered one of the world?s largest and fastest luxury cruise ferries to domestic Italian ship operator Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV), part of the Grimaldi Group. The vessel, named La Superba, has a number of innovative solutions incorporated in its ...
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Izar promotes pentamaran
The pentamaran design first patented by Nigel Gee & Associates (NGA) six years ago looks like it might eventually get built. The backing of Spanish shipbuilder Izar has given the vessel?s British designer Nigel Gee optimism that a contract can be won. Gee?s optimism is such that he expects an ...
