All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1140
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New Syncrolift for Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Ship Building has placed an order with Syncrolift for a 2,100t nominal lift capacity shiplift as part of its yard expansion plan. The additional facility will allow ADSB to compete with Dubai`s Jadaf contractors for regional repair work. The lift platform will measure 77m x 20m ...
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K98 starts to make mark
The first engine tested was one of ten seven-cylinder 98cm bore units, and will power a 4,800 TEU container ship for Hapag-Lloyd. MAN B&W says that the tests had been particularly successful, as had the component inspection. Also on order are five 10K98MC-C and the five 12K98MC-C ...
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Training software update
Maritime Education Sweden has issued version 2.0 of its Maritime Communications GMDSS training software to incorporate changes in IMO regulations. The software is used by deck officers as a preparation for GMDSS courses, and as a refresher afterwards. It is also used by training institutes as a complement to traditional ...
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Space saving unit
The latest Omnipure marine sewage treatment process module from Exceltec International Corporation, designed to treat black water effluent from 500 people has a footprint of only 762mm (30 ins) wide and 1,626 mm (64 ins) long. The 15MX process module is skid-mounted and utilised existing shipboard tanks. It has a ...
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A year in pancake time
With the market flat in all sectors companies in the tanker trade are looking much further ahead for an upturn. The picture painted by charterers and owners is bleak. There are no bright spots anywhere in the tanker trades, although some companies are slightly more optimistic than others. Although there ...
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Wärtsilä NSD order
Ody: Recently Wärtsilä NSD has secured orders for 25 Sulzer engines totalling 525MW, along with a host of medium-speed engines. The low-speed units include a 6RTA72 (16.4MW), two eight- and three seven-cylinder RTA62U (83MW), four 6RTA58T-B (51MW), eight 7RTA48T -B(166.4MW), and three 6RTA48T (24.5MW). In addition there is an order ...
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Will Norway win The World?
Having failed to reach an agreement with Nuovi Cantieri Apuania shipyard in Italy, Bahamas-based ResidenSea is believed to be close to concluding a deal with Fosen Mekaniske Verksted shipyard in Norway to build The World, the first of a new type of cruise ship with flats for rent. Fosen is ...
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Monitoring via modem
The Amot Hawk-I Marine pump control system uses a wireless modem to provide the safe monitoring of temperature, pressure, flow and level of all on board pumps, including those located in hazardous areas. The system can be used to sequence multiple pump systems, providing complete control and monitoring from the ...
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Medical procedures package
US company, Maritime Training Services, has produced a 53 min training video and an accompanying 60-page handbook entitled: Medical Emergencies: The Officers? Shipboard Guide. Designed to be used together, the video and handbook coaches the viewer in dealing with the most common medical procedures and emergencies encountered at sea. The ...
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Struggling yard wins order lifeline
Former East German shipyard Volkswerft Stralsund has won an order for a quartet of 2,900 TEU container ships, but has declined to name the ships? owner. Due to be delivered in 2001, the newbuildings provide much needed work for the yard, which is close to completing a pair of 2,500 ...
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Keeping up traditions
Currently around $7 billion of vessels are under construction or on order world-wide for Norwegian interests, including nearly a hundred ships and a number of mobile offshore platforms. The global Norwegian merchant fleet amounts to around 1,600 vessels and 52.5 million dwt, and covers a broad spectrum of ship types. ...
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Japanese yards set to restructure
Japanese shipbuilders say the problems they face because of continuing competition from Korea and China, and premature ordering from many shipowners in the past 12-18 months, are being compounded by the value of the Yen, and that spin-offs and mergers among the major yards are inevitable. Against this backdrop, the ...
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Repeat order for Gdynia
Israeli shipowner Ray Shipping has ordered a second 6,260 unit, 20,600 gt pure car carrier at Poland?s Gdynia shipyard. Scheduled for delivery in 2001, the newbuilding will be equipped with a Sulzer 7RTA62U main engine.
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Sloppy mess faces owners
Ship operators are increasingly seen as a prime target for tough environmental regulations, especially in the USA. One particular challenge is the demand to segregate out hazardous wastes. Unfortunately such actions depend on the definition of hazardous waste, and this is impacting on operations, especially those of cruise ships. While ...
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HHI expands orderbook
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea has won a five-ship order from Bernard Schulte in Germany for 2,500 TEU container ships. Due to be delivered between early 2001 and June 2002, the newbuildings will be chartered to P&O Nedlloyd. Five more ships are the subject of options in the contract. ...
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EU reconsiders yard subsidies
In November EU industry ministers have to decide whether shipyard aid should stop at the end of 2000. The production subsidies will stop unless the current legislation is changed. Ahead of the meeting the EU is gathering information on the funding of shipyards world-wide and especially in Korea. If there ...
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Freight duo enter North Sea service
The first of a pair of 20,000 gross roro freight ferries was delivered in July to Bore by Aker Finnyard. Both Norsky and sistership Norstream, to be delivered in October, are being chartered from Finnish owner Oy Rettig ab Bore by P&O North Sea Ferries for service on its Zeebrugge ...
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Dual treatment programme
The Drewplex AT dual-treatment program for treating boiler water has been formulated to eliminate heat-reducing scale and deposits caused by excessively hard feedwater, says Drew Marine. Synthetic polymers have been added to the traditional formulation so serve as a reserve agent to reinforce the phosphate program. When there are more ...
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Duplex DPS for ROV
The Marine and Offshore Division of Alstom Drives & Controls (previously known at Cegelec Projects) has won a contract to supply its duplex dynamic positioning system to a remote operated vehicle (ROV) support vessel. To be built at Yantai Raffles yard, China for US owner Tidewater Marine Inc, the 74.5m ...
