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Keppel redelivers FSO
Keppel Shipyard has completed the conversion of the 87,811 dwt tanker MT Metsovon into floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit Yetagun FSO for repeat customer Single Buoy Moorings (SBM) Production. The vessel will be operated by SBM Production and leased to Premier Petroleum Myanmar for 15 years uninterrupted deployment off ...
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Gas used to power ferry
A low Nox emmission, gas powered car/passenger ferry looks as though it could be the first of many such vessels in Norway. The first roro/passenger ferry in the world to be powered by LNG entered service with Norwegian domestic operator More og Romsdal Fylkesbatar (MRF) in January. The vessel`s hull ...
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MaK extends rebuild
MaK is to set up a European certified rebuild centre in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, to be operated by Bolier. The centre will rebuild items like turbochargers, cylinder heads, piston crowns, air coolers, fuel injection equipment and governors. Rebuilt parts will conform to original standards, be labelled "MaK certified rebuild products", ...
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Raytheon distribute satphones
Marine electronics company Raytheon has signed an agreement with Thrane & Thrane to add the Inmarsat Mini-M maritime telephone system to its High Seas range which includes the ?B, ?C, MF/HF, VHF and GSM products. The Mini-M unit offers telephone, fax, data transfer and e-mail. Contact: Elizabeth Reed Fax: +1 ...
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Diverse solutions satisfy electrical power demands
Generating electrical power at sea imposes challenges on prime mover, alternator and system designers. Electrical power demands on ships were traditionally met by auxiliary diesel gensets running on marine diesel oil. Higher fuel prices and advances in fuel treatment and injection systems undermined the viability of such sets and ...
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Deltamarin opens US office
Finnish engineering and consultancy firm Deltamarin has opened an office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in order to develop the market for safety, after sales and conversion work in the cruise ship sector. Typical services offered by Deltamarin include total safety assessments, passenger evacuation simulations and engineering for conversions and upgrades ...
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Fire resistant decoration
MicaMarine?s LSM21 has been approved by the MCA as a laminate-on-laminate decorative material. The company says it is fire resistant, vandal and graffiti resistant, easy to maintain and clean and will not need to be changed for up to ten years. LSM21 is constructed from a woven and non-woven glass ...
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Pivotal debate
The latest Motor Ship Propulsion Conference in Amsterdam was attended by over 200 people and touched on some controversial subjects. Germanischer Lloyd?s Hans Jacob Gatjens chaired the conference and introduced speakers giving papers ranging from engine problems to podded propulsion systems, as well as impending emissions legislation. Opening the conference ...
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Marine signs Skanti deal
Skanti and Marconi Marine have agreed a new sole UK distribution agreement for Skanti communication products, replacing former Scanti distributor Nera Satellite Services. Contact: Jorgen Mikkelsen Fax: +45 4474 8401.
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On-board stability data gathering
Crescent Vision Interactive has launched Stability Text Pro, an application designed to help naval architects manage and assess stability test (incline experiment) data. The program can be used onboard vessels during stability tests to generate an estimate of the lightship weight and centre of gravity before concluding the stability test, ...
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Homogenisers cut sludge and NOx
Thames Petroleum is supplying three SIT homogenisers for installation onboard the 32,520 dwt general cargo vessel Canelo Arrow. One will be sited ahead of the purifiers to reduce sludge output, a second processes the fuel immediately before the engines, to improve combustion, and the last will treat the lub oil. ...
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Cube for oil
TEC has launched the Lubetainer for the transportation and storage of lube oils, waxes and other non-hazardous liquids. It uses the company?s `cube` technology which gives the unit an additional 40 per cent carrying capacity over a traditional round tank, says TEC. The intermodal unit uses standard twistlocks and dimensions ...
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Ingalls wins more cruise orders
SeaAmerica has formalised its plan to build a pair of 1,000 passenger cruise ships for operation in US waters, and has agreed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton Ship Systems. Detailed design of the 42,000gt newbuildings will be a joint effort between Ingalls, and SeaAmerica, ...
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Cruise ship to Malta
The 34,250g cruise ship Crown Odyssey has been booked into Malta Drydocks for ten days of repair and refurbishment work starting April 25. This is the Maltese yard?s first cruise vessel project of the new Millennium. Factors in the yard?s selection included its proven track record in cruise ship repairs, ...
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Lubricant for crude oil washing machines
Hydrox 8EP is an emulsifiable lubricant designed by Vickers for use with crude oil washing machines. Where conventional oils are used gear box failure can occur if moisture from condensate contaminates the oil, says the compay. Hydrox 8EP absorbs moisture, forming an emulsion which continues to provide the required standard ...
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Contship goes for newbuildings
Known until now purely as a charterer of container ships, Contship Containerlines has dipped its toe into the newbuildings market for the first time with an order for three 4,115 TEU container ships at Daewoo in Korea. Low prices in Korea are thought to have encouraged the line to order ...
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MCA contract goes to Icom
Radio communication company, Icom (UK) has won the contract to supply approximately 3,000 IC M1 EuroV VHF hand-portable radio transceivers to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Last year, the company supplied the MCA`s vehicle fleet with 50 IC M59 Euro VHF mobile radio transceivers. The IC-M1 EuroV is set ...
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Consolidation ? the way forward?
The role of class is again under intense scrutiny, particularly in Europe, where pressure for ever-higher standards of shipping is the result of the Erika sinking. Casualties and financial problems aside, Class faces major challenges as it attempts to make greater use of risk-based methodologies in the establishment and implementation ...
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No consensus on liner marking
Neither Wartsila NSD or Mitsubishi are marking the cylinder liners on its NOx certified low-speed engines. This is in contrast to MAN B&W which marks cylinder liners on its MC engines as a NOx-affecting component. While MAN B&W?s low-speed side believes that cylinder liners have an effect on the NOx ...
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Coating and steel together
The Touchstone 3 is a combined ultrasonic and paint thickness gauge which can simultaneously measure and display the thickness of both steel and coatings using only the first back echo, says Class Instrumentation. This overcomes the problems associated with obtaining multiple echoes from pitted or heavily corroded reflecting surfaces, says ...
