All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1131
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Union agreement
Management at Malta Drydocks signed a new four year collective agreement with the General Worker?s Union on January 12, 2000."This agreement will ensure continued labour stability at the shipyard, and provide for increased efficiency and cost savings," said the yard.A new seven-member board of directors has also been appointed. It ...
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Piping modules added
Fern Computer Consultancy has announced new modules for its piping design and analysis software, CADWorx and Caesar II.The piping instrumentation diagram application CADWorx/P&ID Version 3.1 will have features that have been requested by its customers, says Fern, including the facility for automatic instrument loops.The company`s 3D piping models, 2D drawings ...
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ABS calls for tougher standards
Following the preliminary report about the loss of Erika, ABS has proposed a range of measures to tighten scrutiny of ageing vessels. "It is quite clear that Erikasank as a result of structural failure," says ABS chairman and CEO, Frank Iarossi.He comments: "Substandard ships continue in service because there are ...
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Sulzer RTA98C cracks repaired
Wartsila NSD is undertaking repairs and modifications to the first eight RTA96C engines following the discovery of cracks in the A frames. These first engines are fitted in container ships in service with P&O Nedlloyd, Hanjin Shipping and NOL. To rectify the problems, Wartsila NSD has redesigned the stiffeners inside ...
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UKHO charts to change to WGS 84 Datum
The UK Hydrographic Office is to transfer 310 Admiralty charts of Great Britain to a horizontal datum compatible with World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) Datum. The transfer of the remaining charts of the British Isles will follow. The move will allow GPS users to plot positions on Admiralty charts ...
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Noname Article 682
The capesize, 146,019 dwt Golden Union bulk carrier Cape Providence has undergone permanent repairs at Nantong Ocean Ship Engineering.The 1987-built bulker, laden with ore, was steaming across the Indian Ocean almost 2,000 miles from the nearest major land mass when frames collapsed on the starboard side of hold no 3 ...
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Noname Article 630
The world?s largest trailing suction hopper dredger, Jan de Nul?s Vasco da Gama, built at German shipyard Thyssen Nordseewerke, and is about to start work.With a capacity of 33,000m3; - equivalent to 58,000 dwt ? Vasco da Gama has a hopper approximately 40 per cent larger and carrying capacity approximately ...
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Cygnus 2 upgraded
The Cygnus 2 thickness gauge, which uses a multiple echo technique for taking measurements through coatings, has been upgraded. Features can now be selected via a menu-driven list with options including probe frequency, imperial/metric switching and displaying velocity of sound through the material. Selecting the correct operating frequency for the ...
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Eff2 motors replace Eff3
Ingersoll-Rand has announced that its coolant-flooded, rotary screw air compressors between 4-90kW are now using Eff2 or better electric motors which, it says, provides an average 20 per cent saving in energy loss over Eff3 efficiency motors.The EC hopes that Eff3 motors, currently accounting for around 70 per cent of ...
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PRS revises slamming rules
Following research that showed that bow slamming in moderate sea states can be as damaging as those in bad weather, Polish classification society, Polski Rejestr Statkow (PRS), has revised its rules. The horizontal forces caused by the bow driving into the wave crests are larger in moderate seas than vertical ...
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Slow progress on yard sales
Kvaerner has sold two more of its smaller yards and confirmed it will retain a stake in Masa-Yards to help secure a sale. "We have to get the best value for shareholders and if retaining a small minority holding will get a deal together, then so be it," says a ...
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Turbines power on
Having scored a couple of noteworthy successes, turbine manufacturers are keeping up the momentum. Gas turbines compare favourably against diesel engines on weight, size, power and NOx/SOx emissions ? where they suffer is in fuel consumption, especially at part load. It was the fuel consumption problem that prompted the US ...
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Year-end orders
Korean yards took the vast majority of the orders placed in December to finish the year ahead of Japan. Its yards took orders for 66 vessels totalling 3.7 million gross against 16 export orders in Japanese yards totalling 667,650g. This brings the total to 227 ships (12.7 million gross) ordered ...
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ICO is re-financed
@body:ICO Global Communications, the UK company set up in 1995 to develop a global mobile satellite communications system (previously known as Inmarsat P), has been bailed out of bankruptcy by an injection of $550 million. The US Bankruptcy Court has granted final approval to the deal put together by Mr ...
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Free re-flagging from IRI
International Registries is offering free transfer for ships joining the Marshall Islands registry until the end of June, and has also reduced its tonnage tax. For new entrants there will be no registration, documentation or mortgage recording fees. Marine inspections or investigations and international participation fees are also waived until ...
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First underwater seal repair
Belgian underwater repair specialist Hydrex has carried out the first underwater repair to a lip-type sterntube seal. Having successfully developed techniques for underwater repairs to face-type seals, the company has been testing a variety of methods for repairing lip seals over the past year. The first order came in November ...
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Ingersoll-Rand expands range
Ingersoll-Rand has added models, from 15 to 22kW, to its SSR range of small rotary screw compressors. They are self-contained electric motor driven, single-stage units. Each model comes with an acoustic enclosure which reduces noise to 73dBA or less, says the company. Controls include on-line/off-line, timed auto start/stop and an ...
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Erika loss raises questions
While the debate still rages over the loss of the 1975-built Maltese-flagged tanker Erika, its classification Society Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) has confirmed that conditions of class were imposed following a survey in Augusta on November 24. Despite imposing the restriction, it restored the vessel?s full 37,283 dwt from the ...
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Fighting engine room fires
Finland`s Marioff Oy says it is gearing up for unprecedented demand for its tailor-made Hi-Fog water mist fire protection system. This follows the highlighting of engine room fires by The Salvage Association as one of the largest single causes of ship casualties, and the recommendations of the IMO`s Maritime Safety ...
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DNV puts register on-line
DNV has made its register of ships freely available on-line through its homepage http://www.dnv.com/registerofvessels. Users can search for vessels using the name (or part of name), former names, IMO registration number, or by the owner or manager?s name. Having selected the required vessel the system displays the principal particulars and ...
