All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1124
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Koreans close orderbook
As shipowners try to place newbuilding orders ahead of expected price rises, Daewoo and Hyundai have closed their books, as their current backlogs will keep the yards busy to 2003. Both yards say that 2003 is too far ahead to quote for newbuildings. Daewoo has over 80 merchant vessels (totalling ...
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RINa clears itself
RINa`s report into the loss of Erika concludes that the class society has "substantially complied with the applicable rules, guidelines and procedures." It says the loss of the vessel was caused by the mishandling of an initial crack in the hull below the waterline leading to progressive structural failure and ...
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CIMAC plot problems
Almost 80% of failures in Sulzer engines are of hot components, while the equivalent figure for MAN B&W is over 45%. These figures come from an analysis of the database set up by the CIMAC Users Working Group and were shown at the recent Motor Ship Propulsion Conference. Details are ...
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Choice of operation method
Berendsen has introduced a new 3/8 BSP monoblock hydraulic directional control valve designed for flows up to 50 litres/min and pressures up to 350 bar. The valves can be operated by lever, solenoid, cable, pneumatic pilot or hydraulic pilot. Up to six functions can be housed in one valve block ...
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Compact control centre
Radio Holland Marine and SAIT Marine have developed a compact bridge console. Called Triple Sea, the companies say it provides unobstructed lookout, internal and external communications, systems monitoring, speed and course control and navigational information. The unit is designed for vessels with limited space available on the bridge such as ...
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Machinery failure CD-ROM
Richards Technical Services (RTS) says its database of shipboard machinery failures is compiled from thousands of incidents covering the full spectrum of marine machinery. It includes 15 fields of information, which for reasons of confidentiality do not include the name of the ship or the operator, but include type of ...
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Bulker loss reopens debate
The 69,120 dwt Leader L which broke up and sank in under one minute with the loss of 18 of its 31 crew, has reopened the debate about structural failures of bulkers. While there are reports of the vessel striking an underwater object some time earlier, those in the industry ...
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French order for fast ferry builder
Emeraude Lines in France has awarded the Fjellstrand shipyard in Norway a contract for a single example of its well-known JumboCat design. The 60m fast ferry is the first newbuilding contract awarded to the Fjellstrand yard since the Kvaerner group sold it. Its only other work, won before the yard ...
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Fincantieri set to build more passenger ships
Carnival, the cruise ship operator, has awarded Fincantieri?s Monfalcone yard an order for a single 110,00g cruise ship, and has instructed the yard to lengthen two similar vessels it already has on order there. Under the $600 million deal, the Monfalcone yard will build a lengthened version of the Carnival ...
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Fosen to build Hurtigruten ferry
Fosen Mekaniske Verksteder is to build a new ropax ferry for operator Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap. The newbuilding is scheduled for delivery in early 2002, and will replace an existing Hurtigruten ferry vessel, Harald Jarl; which is now more than 40 years old. One notable feature of the new vessel is ...
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Broadgate launches latest VDR
UK-based Broadgate Ltd, who pioneered the development of voyage data recorders, is introducing an entirely new model, the VER3000. The unit is fully compliant with current and planned regulations, including the proposed revisions to SOLAS Chapter V, incorporating IMO Performance Standard A.861(20) and IEC Technical Standard 61996, and EU Council ...
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Harder competition brings harder times
Two years ago, the Spanish orderbook looked very healthy, but the situation is a lot less rosey today. In early 1998 Spanish shipbuilders were boasting a collective orderbook at a 15-year high, with 147 vessels on order, totalling 1,209,948cgt. Excluding 51 fishing vessels, always the mainstay of the Spanish orderbook, ...
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Raytheon joins Naru on the bridge
Raytheon Marine has signed an agreement to integrate components of its bridge system into Samsung?s Naru 2000 ECDIS-based navigation system. Raytheon products to be integrated include the Standard 20 gyro compass, the Pathfinder/ST Mk2 radar and the NautoPilot 2000. The gyro compass is a self-adjusting serial heading transmission system. The ...
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Veripos extends Brazilian DGPS
Veripos has extended its Brazilian Inmarsat Differential GPS service for offshore use with the introduction of a complementary HF service via a new reference station at Sao Tome. The company says this provides users with enhanced options and reliability, as well as increased resistance to sunspot activity. The station will ...
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Three ship block booking
Amsterdam repair yard Shipdock has won a three ship block booking from Norway?s Jo Tankers. The first ship, the 7,918 dwt chemical carrier Jo Hegg, arrives at the yard in May for general repairs and tank blasting work and will be followed by Jo Ask and Jo Eik. Shipdock won ...
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HHI wins order for big container ships
German container ship specialist Hapag-Lloyd has gone to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea for four 7,200 TEU post-panamax vessels. The first of the ships will be delivered in the third quarter of next year. This latest newbuilding programme by Hapag-Lloyd follows hard on the heels of orders for a ...
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Benefits brought on the wind
A project led by Danish consulting naval architects Pelmatic Knud E Hansen could breathe new life into the wind ship concept. In the right circumstances - wind-assisted commercial vessels could be significantly more fuel efficient, and produce less pollution than mechanically driven ships. This are the findings of the Phase ...
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Raising drives awareness
A free voucher which entitles the bearer to one free place on the MV500 course at Alstom?s ALSPA Academy in Rugby is included with every ALSPA MV500 inverter, the company?s AC variable-speed drive. The MV500 comes in four frame sizes and with power ratings from 0.25 to 15kW. The one-day ...
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Portable Deso from STN Atlas
STN Atlas Marine Electronics has extended its range of survey echosounders with the introduction of the Deso 300, a portable unit designed for operation aboard small survey vessels and inflatable watercraft. The unit offers operating frequencies of 210, 200, 40 and 33kHz. It features sealed keypad controls, integral recorder, digitiser ...
