All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1108
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RR Trent 30 launch
Rolls-Royce plans a formal launch of its Marine Trent 30 gas turbine early next year. The company says it will be able to deliver the Marine Trent 30, with a power rating of 36MW, from late 2003. The engine is a derivative of the Trent 800, which has clocked up ...
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RR Trent 30 launch
Rolls-Royce plans a formal launch of its Marine Trent 30 gas turbine early next year. The company says it will be able to deliver the Marine Trent 30, with a power rating of 36MW, from late 2003. The engine is a derivative of the Trent 800, which has clocked up ...
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Shell orders Nucleus 3 ship sets
Kelvin Hughes is to supply Shell International Trading and Shipping Company with six ship sets of its new Nucleus 3 radar. Each set consists of two Nucleus 3 6000 radars, a Nucleus 3 6000 ECDIS, Nucleus 3 5000 ATA display and a Radar Interswitch unit. The sets are for a ...
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Powerful RK280 hits the market
The Ruston arm of the MAN B&W group generated a lot of interest when it launched its latest engine series at Europort 2001. Named RK280, it is claimed to be the most powerful 1,000 rev/min diesel engine in the world. The design incorporates the extensive field experience gained with the ...
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The Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference 2002
The 24th annual Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference, set for April 10-11, 2002 in Copenhagen, is rapidly taking shape as the meeting place for technical people concerned with the design, building, operation and maintenance of ships and their propulsion systems. Topics to be covered include key aspects of main diesel ...
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MeCA releases MTML Version 1.5
The Maritime eCommerce Association has released version 1.5 of the Marine Trading Mark-Up Language (MTML), the electronic data exchange standard for the marine procurement sector. The company says that this release addresses a number of functional issues relating to ease of use of the standard and adds to the existing ...
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Toward 100,000 hour bearing life
ExxonMobil has taken two steps to better address the lubrication needs of turbochargers. It has reformulated its premium synthetic turbocharger lubricant, Mobil SHC 600 Series, and it is advocating the use of a separate lube system. A 1,000 hour TOST test of the new formulation SHC 600, generated 1/10 the ...
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Upgrade for seismic vessel
The French companies Compagnie Générale de Géophysique (CGG) and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) have decided to carry out a major upgrade of their seismic research vessel CGG Mistral. The conversion includes upgrading to 10 streamers and adding two new engine rooms with complete shaft lines and propellers in sponsons added ...
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Tilbury repair
A&P Shipcare says it has opened a new, 24-hour repair facility at Tilbury in the UK. The new repair facility has a workshop where engine and mechanical overhauls, steelwork, pipework renewals and electrical repairs and installations can be carried out. Riding squads and procurement of spares are also offered by ...
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Queen won?t smoke
All four of the diesel engines on Cunard Line?s Queen Mary 2 will have smokeless common-rail fuel injection technology fitted. With the remainder of the ship?s power coming from two gas turbines, the ship should be able to operate without emitting visible smoke at all times. Wärtsilä plans to ship ...
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Most powerful VLCC quartet
SHI has received a $308 million order from SK Shipping, the domestic tanker and bulk carrier owner, to build four VLCCs. The contract includes an option for a fifth vessel. The Malacca-Max vessels will be powered by 28,700kW engines to give a service speed of 16 knots. The engines will ...
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Spectacular phenomenon
Growth has propelled South Korea to the top of the world?s shipbuilding league. Its ship builders are currently responsible for building 43% of new ship capacity on order at yards worldwide. This clearly demonstrates just how far South Korea has come. Especially in the context that until the 1960s the ...
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Specialisation pays
Dutch shipbuilders have had a few excellent years with a record intake of orders in 1999 and 2000 with a value of f2.2 million ($920,000) and nearly f4.5m respectively. As expected after last year?s bonanza, new orders are now more difficult to obtain. This is not only due to the ...
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Roll over
Torm Alexandra, which rolled on the quay while discharging containers at Monrovia, is currently being salvaged by a team from Smit Tak and Wijsmuller. The 4,160 dwt ship developed a severe list to port during discharge. The first stage of the operation involved pollution prevention through containment of a small ...
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Second Taiwanese port order for Transas
Transas Marine Pacific, in co-operation with its Taiwanese agent, Seven Seas Electronic, has received an order for another vessel traffic service (VTS) system in Taiwan, following the company?s installation of a Navi-Traffic system in the Port of Keelung in 1997. The system is for Ho-Ping, a private port on the ...
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New MF/HF SSB unit from Sailor
Sailor has announced the introduction of its System 4000 150W MF/HF SSB radio for marine use. It features integrated digital selective calling and is targeted at fishing vessels. The system consists of a control unit, a transceiver unit and an antenna unit, which is designed for outdoor installation. It operates ...
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So many wrecks
The Netherlands must provide adequate access to Belgium?s largest port, Antwerp, according to a long-standing arrangement between the two countries. To this end, the Dutch government has undertaken to give larger ships access to the port of Antwerp by deepening the navigation channel on the river Scheldt. By the time ...
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MAN tests upgrade
MAN B&W is testing an upgraded version of its 480mm bore medium-speed engine. A spokesman for the company confirmed that the prototype model is undergoing long-cycle endurance tests in Augsburg, Germany. He says the improved version includes "decisive design changes". The Motor Ship understands these include strengthened pumps and cam ...
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Marcas launches web site
The Marine Contracting Association (Marcas), the marine purchasing association, has launched a web site and extended its membership to BP Shipping, Lasco Shipping and Marenostrum. Marcas says this moves it closer to its target of 500 vessels by the end of 2001. The web site can be found at www.marcas.org. ...
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Strategic launches new vessel operations system
Shipbroking systems supplier, Strategic Software, has launched VesselOps 1.0, an integrated vessel operations and voyage management system. The system was developed in co-operation with the Armada Group, the panamax bulk carrier owner and operator, who developed the Armada Shipping System in the 1980s. An integration module to standard finance and ...
