All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1127
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Princess confirms MHI orders
Princess Cruises, the subsidiary of P&O, has confirmed that it has awarded a contract to build two 113,000g cruise ships to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan (see Cruise).The newbuildings, which should be delivered in July 2003 and May 2004 are not only the first ships the company has ordered ...
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RCCL confirms two more Eagles
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has signed a letter of intent for two more Eagle class cruise ships from Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Finland (see Cruise).These ships would be the fourth and fifth in the series of 142,000g, 3,114-passenger ships, the first of which was Voyager of the Seas, delivered by the yard ...
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Confidence confirmed by further orders
Cruise companies confirm their confidence in the future by continuing to expand their operations, particularly in the Caribbean.According to figures compiled by G P Wild (International) for the last quarter of 1999, the main growth area for cruise ship berth capacity continues to be the East and West Caribbean. This ...
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Crystal Cruises commits to third ship
Crystal Cruises has announced its intention to build a third cruise ship, similar in character and size to its two existing ships, the 48,621g, 950 passenger Crystal Harmony, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan in 1990, and the 51,044g, 975 passenger Crystal Symphony, built by Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Finland in 1995."We ...
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Celsius sells Gotaverken
Sweden?s Celsius group has sold its wholly-owned Gothenburg repair yard Gotaverken Cityvarvet to the Damen Shipyards Group. "The sale is consistent with Celsius? policy for strategic consolidation," a company statement advised, "and as result Gotaverken Cityvarvet gains a financially solid owner with a long term investment perspective." Celsius? other commercial ...
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Fast cat gets protected
An impressed current cathodic protection system from BAC Corrosion Control is to be used to provide long-term corrosion protection for the 86m gas turbine powered aluminium hulled catamaran Austal Auto Express 86, constructed by Austal Ships and destined for service in the Baltic. Although the vessel will have a maximum ...
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Cadiz wins conversion
AESA repair yard Astilleros de Cadiz has started converting the 7,000 dwt supply vessel Viking Lady into a cable layer for Norwegian owner Eidesvik & Co.The vessel is being lengthened from 92.4m to 105.6m loa by the addition of a midbody section. A new accommodation block will be fitted and ...
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New bulb at Dorbyl
Container vessel MSC Giovanna went into Dorbyl?s Durban yard for damage repairs following a collision with bulk carrier Decurion off Cape Town in January.The container vessel suffered severe damage to the bulbous bow. A significant section of the bulb has been cropped almost all the way back to the collision ...
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Berendsen launches range
Berendsen says it supplies its new range of Lynx hydraulic power units with valves mounted and tested, the unit painted, mountings designed-in, lifting eyes provided and, optionally, the motor wired to a starter isolator.Noise levels have been reduced to 75dba by making the tank stiffer and submerging the pump, says ...
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HVS repairs crane barge
Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard (HVS) has repaired the 9,322 dwt crane barge Hoang Sa for Vietnamese-Russian joint-venture company Vietsovpetro.Work included cargo crane overhaul, approximately 400t of steel renewals, hull blasting and coating and the overhaul of electric motors. Repairs were contracted to take 75 days, including 20 days in drydock.This was HVS?s ...
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MAN B&W stops smoking now
Operators wanting ?smokeless? medium-speed diesel engines, can have them now, says MAN B&W. Its 48/60IS and 58/64IS (Invisible Smoke) engines uses 15% water mixed into the fuel to reduce smoke emissions to below the visibility limit across the load range.The system has been tested by two cruise ships for slow ...
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Countries must back IMO says O?Neal
In opening MEPC 44 IMO secretary General William O?Neil said the IMO should be regarded as the only forum for setting safety and pollution prevention standards on international shipping. He said regional or unilateral standards which go beyond those imposed by the IMO and apply to foreign flagged vessels are ...
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Asian inspections increase
Tokyo MOU members have agreed to increase inspections on ships calling at their ports from 50% to 75%. The 17 members include Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. Also approved was a new qualitative criteria for members and ...
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North Sea to be SOx control area
The North Sea has joined The Baltic in being designated a SOx Emission Control Area. Once MARPOL annex VI has entered into force, ships in these waters will have to use fuel with a sulphur content of 1.5% or lower. Work continued on the phasing out of organotin based anti-fouling ...
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Anti-collision system
Consilium Selesmar says its new NavBat ATA radar complies fully with the new SOLAS Chapter V carriage requirements for ships of 3,000g and above. The unit features modular architecture and comes with a choice of either S or X frequency band transceivers (both up-mast and down-mast), 406 or 204mm (16 ...
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Another Kvaerner yard wins orders
Struggling German shipyard Kvaerner Warnow Werft has been awarded an order for a pair of 2,524 TEU container ships based on its CV2500 design.Due to be delivered in the first half of 2001, the newbuildings are the first ships ordered at Kvaerner Warnow Werft for more than 12 months.Still part ...
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Korea wins another Japanese order
Japanese shipyards received another blow at the end of February when Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) chose to order a series of five 6,200 TEU post-panamax container ships from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) rather than a Japanese yard.NYK says the first of the new ships will begin entering service in September ...
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Crunch time for Harland & Wolff
The announcement on March 10 that Chantiers de l?Atlantique had received a letter of intent from Carnival for the Queen Mary 2 contract dealt a severe blow to Harland & Wolff?s yard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the only other remaining yard in contention for the contract. The day before the ...
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MAN buys Alstom Engines
German engineering conglomerate MAN (parent company of MAN B&W) has bought Alstom Engines which comprises the UK-based manufacturers Ruston, Paxman and Mirrlees Blackstone. In general the UK-produced range fits well between the small marine engines made by MAN Nutzfahrzeugh and the larger units from MAN B&W.However, overlaps occur with Mirrlees ...
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American fast ferry gets Alstom system
Alstom Regulateurs Europa has supplied a range of equipment for a new 41m fast ferry to be built by Derecktor Shipyards for Nantucket/Woods Hole Steamship Authority. The maximum speed of the vessel will be 36 knots with a full load of 300 passengers. The company has designed a system for ...
