All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1111
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Furuno looks to navigation and communication
Furuno will feature the world premiere for voyage data recorder model VR-5000 and automatic identification system model AS-100. Also, the satellite compass model SC-60/120, which provides accurate and steady satellite based heading information for shipborne equipment, will be shown. An upgraded Voyager integrated bridge system ? now with engine monitoring ...
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Lips marks a first in prop and fin combination
Low fuel consumption has always been a high priority for ship owners, but demands for low propeller-induced pressure pulses and noise level may even be more important in many applications. However, maximum propeller efficiency and minimum hull pressure forces and noise level are somewhat conflicting demands. The Finnmarken is a ...
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Transas to upgrade US Coast Guard PISCES
Transas is to co-operate with Precision Planning and Simulation of the United States, on the enhancement of the US Coast Guard Potential Incident Simulation and Control Evaluation System (PISCES). PISCES was developed and commissioned by Transas for the US Coast Guard in 1998 and is currently used for exercises at ...
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Safer ships through changing dues
Ernst Vossnack has further developed his design for a chemical tanker (The Motor Ship, April 2001), which may prove cheaper to build than conventional chemical tankers and, he says, will offer operational advantages, a longer life and, last but not least, will enhance safety. However, its increased gross tonnage is ...
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Hyundai HI, heavyweight world champion
As the world?s largest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) started life building two 260,000 dwt VLCCs back in 1972 along with its dry-dock at Ulsan. In 1984, just ten years after HHI delivered its first VLCC, the company surpassed the 10 million dwt mark in ship production and, ever since ...
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Stretchy ceramic
Japanese researchers have developed a superplastic ceramic that will stretch to over 10 times its original length before breaking, reports the journal Nature. It is possible such a material could be used to help improve engine performance. The ceramic consists of zirconium and aluminium oxides and magnesium aluminate. It has ...
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HHI grabs half dozen LNG carriers
Towards the end of June, HHI was reported to have secured a six LNG carrier newbuildings order worth over $1bn. Two ships were contracted by Fredriksen-controlled Golar LNG of Norway and four from African interests. All six carriers are Moss-type with a 137,000m3 capacity. At present, Hyundai has a total ...
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High-Tech LNG carriers
Samsung is working on a LNG carrier design fitted with two podded propulsion units. Not much is known about the technical aspects of this design but presumably it would involve the use of diesel- rather than steam-powered gensets. This could enable the vessels to realise fuel savings of some 40%. ...
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KMSS wins Canadian Navy contract
The Canadian Navy has awarded Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) a $1.75m contract to supply 63 navigational part task trainers to Naval Reserve and regular force units across Canada. The contract will provide field deployable simulators to give ship officers the ability to undertake self study in ship handling and ...
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Modular probes store calibrations
The range of hand-held units for measuring marine coating thickness from Fischer Instrumentation is for applications where surfaces may be rough or not easily accessible or for large or heavy objects that cannot be moved. The units use a range of modular probes which store their calibrations and can measure ...
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The incredible bulk
Bulk carrier design rarely warrants more than a passing mention. The ships are often seen as little more than strengthened barges with engines. And clichés like "sausage factory", are commonly used to describe the production line of yards building them. But nobody could level such accusations at Gypsum Transportation?s new ...
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The incredible bulk
Bulk carrier design rarely warrants more than a passing mention. The ships are often seen as little more than strengthened barges with engines. And clichés such as "sausage factory" are commonly used to describe the production line of yards building them. But nobody could level such accusations at Gypsum Transportation?s ...
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Brattvaag?s tide
With its heavy reliance on the offshore business, Norway?s shipbuilding industry has been particularly successful in this niche market. The latest delivery took place at Brattvaag Skipsverft when the yard handed over hull no. 77, a multipurpose offshore supply vessel with additional fire-fighting functions, to Consensus Fjord KS. Named Carline ...
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Bollinger upgrades Port Fourchon
Bollinger?s repair and conversion shipyard at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, can now accommodate ships, rigs and boats with drafts to 27ft (8.23m), thanks to completion of dredging from the sea buoys in the Gulf to Bollinger?s Fourchon 350ft (106.68m) slip, which has also been deepened. Walter ...
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Bigger and more sophisticated
In the last four or five years the capacity of trailing suction hopper dredgers has increased tremendously, but dredger builders and operators in the Netherlands say that size is not all important, and highlight the need for highly manoeuvrable, accurately controlled vessels. They also highlight the growing demand for sophisticated ...
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Big boxship delivered
In September, SHI held a christening ceremony for a 6,200 TEU container vessel ordered by NYK of Japan. The boxship, which was named NYK Lodestar, is 300m long, 40m wide, has a service speed of 27.7 knots and is the largest built at the yard to date. The four remaining ...
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Keeping tabs on battery performance
Merlin?s Expert-501 battery monitor displays voltage, current (+/-), amp hours consumed, per cent remaining and time remaining until flat on its LCD display. The unit also shows historical information such as battery efficiency (to look for battery sulphation or cells going down), number of cycles, average depth of discharge, deepest ...
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Paint ban sealed
The IMO has finally decided to ban TBT antifoulings and, more importantly, decided on the barrier coat option, which will save owners having to go about getting all their existing TBT antifouling removed. Many will breathe a sigh of relief because removing 20 years of antifouling from the bottom of ...
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Tunnel fin equals less ballast
A 30,000 dwt chemical tanker under construction at the Japanese shipyard of Shin Kurushima will be installed with a ?tunnel fin? when it is delivered to local shipping company Iino Kaiun Kaisha at the end of 2002. The fin, which is shaped like a semi-elliptical long tunnel fitted on the ...
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Heerema?s Balder conversion
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) is well known for its crane vessels Balder, Hermod and Thialf, the latter having a lifting capacity of 14,000t. However, the market for lifting platforms is becoming smaller while the market for offshore installations in deep water is growing. Therefore, Heerema has decided to convert Balder ...
