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ASRYMAR signs deal with China Shipping
ASRYMAR has been appointed exclusive UK agents for the China Shipping (Europe) Holding Company, representing its six yards in China. China Shipping (Europe) Holding is part of China Industries Company (CIC) which forms part of the China Shipping Group, the second largest ship owner in China. Peter Thornton, Sales & ...
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Second apartment ship ordered
ResidenSea has placed a NOK2.5 billion ($287 million) order with Norway`s Fosen Mek Verksteder for a second apartment cruise ship. Delivery is planned for the end of 2003. At 50,000GT it is slightly larger than the first ship, The World, which is scheduled for delivery at the end of the ...
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AHI completes dry-dock
Arab Heavy Industries (AHI) says its new dry-dock was completed and became operational in November. Measuring 175m by 32m, the dry-dock has an extra wide enabling it to accommodate a wide range of vessels of up to 30,000dwt. AHI says the new dry-dock will be complemented by two dock cranes ...
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Millennium gremlins strike again
An electric motor operating a Mermaid pod on Celebrity Cruises` Millennium has suffered a breakage in a pole connection. Repairs were affected as soon as the rupture was discovered meaning no voyages were cancelled. However the work hasn`t fully cured the problem leaving Celebrity with an under-performing ship whose attainable ...
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Sulzer secures RTA84T orders
Defects in the bedplates of some Sulzer RTA84 engines has not prevented owners placing new orders for the power unit. Last year 24 orders were placed for the 84T (for installation in VLCCs and ULCCs to be built in China, Japan and Korea) and will bring the total to 78 ...
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MAN B&W receive 500th 32/40 order
Recently MAN B&W has taken the 500th order for a 32/40 engine taking the total output for the range to almost two million kW. The L32/40 was launched in September 1992 with the vee versions added two years later taking the maximum output to 8,640kW (11,580 bhp).
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Seeds of potential in pods
Podded propulsion has proven itself and is winning converts. When the chairman and chief executive officer of the world?s largest cruise operator, Carnival?s Micky Arison, says that all its future newbuildings will have podded propulsion ? that is a big vote of confidence. Festival and Radisson have joined the pod ...
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Fast monohulls enter Greek ferry market
With renewal of the Greek domestic ferry fleet gaining momentum, monohull fast ferries join multihulls on the list of newbuilding orders. If anybody in the Greek ferry business has been dozing, they may have got a rude awakening last month when Maritime Company of Lesvos (NEL) put its new Corsaire ...
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Owner takes diesel-electric option
Rami Jokela, area sales manager of ABB Marine, explains the process behind the selection of diesel-electric propulsion for the chemical tanker Turchese. The 12,000 dwt, 13,800m3 capacity chemical tanker Turchese, delivered to Finbeta Spa from the Ancona yard of Mario Morini earlier this year, has been equipped with a diesel ...
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Bearings in tailspin
Aurora?s untimely return to Southampton put tailshaft bearings in the headlines again. The tailshaft bearing problems causing Aurora to abandon its maiden voyage is the latest in a series of high profile failures. Twin propeller vessels have figured highly in the casualty list, and while Aurora has whitemetal bearings, others ...
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VOC-compliant topcoat
A VOC-compliant polyurethane topcoat has been launched by Jotun Paints. Called Jotathane, the two-coat, high-solids gloss formulation, which is durable over most epoxy systems in aggressive atmospheres, has good flexibility and is resistant to water, solvents, abrasion and a wide variety of chemicals, says the company. The product is available ...
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Zamacona wins ropax ship
Against intense competition from Norwegian yards, Astilleros Zamacona in Spain has won an order to build a small ropax ferry for the Norwegian company Bergen Nordhordland Rutelag. Better known for building fishing vessels, tugs and some smaller passenger vessels, the Zamacona yard won the order on price, offering to build ...
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Yards seize Windows of opportunity
Computer-aided design, engineering and manufacturing systems have become an integral part of shipbuilding operations worldwide over the past decade. Investment in CAD/CAE/CAM technology has now spread to the smaller shipyards, or those yards in areas where technological sophistication has not tended to be a priority, in order for them to ...
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Vessel management programme
Unitor has launched a programme for vessel safety management. Called Unitor Safety Service, it is a complete package capable of monitoring, maintaining and managing safety equipment onboard vessels, says the company. Through a centralised database, Unitor will monitor each vessel`s safety needs, maintain onboard safety equipment and manage the vessel`s ...
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Ruston increases power range
Ruston has introduced a 280mm bore engine range with outputs up to 9MW (12,230 bhp) at 1,000 rev/min. This compares with a continuous fast ferry rating of 7,080kW (9,625 bhp) for the existing 20RK270. Designed to provide an alternative to gas turbines for fast ferries of 120m and above, the ...
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Motion sensor for heli-decks
The new version of the TSS Deck Motion Monitor has been chosen for shared use on three icebreakers to be operated out of Norway by Hayvard. The units will monitor movement of the icebreakers` helicopter landing decks. The system was installed aboard Tor Viking in January and it can be ...
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Growth prediction
Rolls-Royce is looking to its newly enlarged marine systems division to drive group growth as prospects in its core civil aerospace markets slow. Marine division managing director Bob Sunerton said that following its £500 million acquisition late last year of British defence group Vickers and its Ulstein marine divisions, Rolls? ...
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Tribon solves name game
Kockums Computer Systems, has announced that it is changing its name to Tribon Solutions.The move follows a change in ownership last summer as a result of which it is now owned by a Swedish pension fund. As well as reflecting the different ownership arrangements, the new name underlines the connection ...
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NAPA software optimises fuel
Marine software developer Onboard-Napa has added Onboard-Napa Power to its management applications. The software is designed to help the user to plan voyages so that the port of destination is reached on time at the lowest possible cost, says the company. The application is designed for planning routes and schedules ...
