All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1141
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Managing design
The Tribon M1 software recently launched by Kockums Computer Systems allows management and supervisors to have full control of design development. Tribon M1 Design Manager allows the co-ordination of design tasks within and between different design disciplines, the review of progress by compartment, system, and area, or by an individual ...
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UK yard delivers largest Tricat
The UK yard of FBM Marine has delivered its largest ever Tricat fast ferry to Greek owner Agapitos Lines. The 53m Sea Speed 1 is an elongated version of FBM?s well-proven TriCat 45, the first of which was built in 1995. Last year FBM built a TriCat 45, Athina 2004 ...
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Package gives a good deal
Nine months after the genset engine made its debut, the propulsion version of the L27/38 has been launched by MAN B&W Alpha. At the same time the company has introduced a dedicated range of modular gearboxes and a new engine/gearbox monitoring system. At about 2MW, the 6L27/38 with its gearbox ...
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Cosco contracts shared by KHI
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) in Japan plans to share an order for seven post-panamax container ships from China Ocean Shipping Company (Cosco) with Natong Shipyard in China, the joint venture between KHI and Cosco. Under the terms of the seven-ship deal, which also includes an option for three more vessels, ...
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Collision ships to Germany
Cruise ship Norwegian Dream and container vessel Ever Decent have both docked in Germany following their widely publicised collision in the English Channel. After emergency repairs were carried out at Dover by A&P, Norwegian Dream proceeded to Lloyd Werft where the damaged bow is being cut away and replaced with ...
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Rolls-Royce clinch FastShip deal
Rolls-Royce has reached a $1 billion agreement to supply 25 marine Trent gas turbines to FastShip for propulsion of the operator?s high speed container ships. Rated at 47.5MW (64,580 bhp), the turbines will be used in simple cycle, giving fuel consumption of 204 g/kWh and service speeds up to 40 ...
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Sensors check weld quality
The latest range of quartz sensors from Kistler Instrument monitor consistent high quality in spot welding applications. The sensors are used in monitoring the electrod force, and the force profile during welding. This type of measurement requires several thousand amps, and quartz sensors are suitable because the results will not ...
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Syncrolift wins Panama canal contract
Syncrolift has been awarded a $1.2 million contract from The Panama Canal Commission to study the feasibility of using its Syncrolift technology to assist in moving ships through the Panama Canal. The study will look at using a Syncrolift to transfer ocean-going ships between Lake Gatun, at an elevation of ...
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Orskov wins cable layer conversion
Orskov Christensens Staalskibvaerft will convert the 9,975g former Scandline roro-passenger ferry Heimdal into a cable layer for new owner Tele Danmark International Marine. The vessel arrives at Orskov?s Frederikshavn yard on September 2 and is due for redelivery on March 1, 2000. On completion the ship will be used for ...
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KHZ buys from KMI
Keppel Hitachi Zosen (KHZ) has agreed to purchase the shiprepair, shipbuilding and marine related activities of Keppel Marine Industries for S$166.9 million ($98.9 million). The deal covers KMI?s interests in shipbuilder and repairer Keppel Singmarine Dockyard (100 per cent), afloat repairer Eagle Engineering (100 per cent), Keppel UAE-Investment (100 per ...
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Dalian breaks into VLCC market
China?s Dalian New Shipyard has won an order from National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) to build five 300,000 dwt VLCCs. The order marks the first occasion that Dalian New Shipyard (or any other Chinese yard) has built VLCCs, and provides continued evidence of the growing technological sophistication of Chinese shipbuilders. ...
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Brazilian offshore upgrades
Astromaritima Navegacao, the largest Brazilian offshore vessel owner, is investing $4.5 million in upgrading three of its 55m OSVs. A third engine and second bow thruster unit will be installed on two of the vessels, increasing overall power to 3,205kW (4,300 bhp). The third vessel will be stretched by 9m ...
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Bahamas yard to open January
A new shiprepair yard will commence operations in the Bahamas in January 2000. A 35,000tl, 280 x 35.5m floating dock is already en route to the islands, and a newbuilding order for a second, larger unit will be placed shortly. The new yard, a 60/40 partnership between the Grand Bahamas ...
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MAN B&W introduces Alpha Clutcher
MAN B&W is applying for a patent on a system which can be used to disengage the engine from the propeller shaft to accommodate a power take in (pti) emergency drive. The basis of the system is a number of tapered pins locking split flanges together to transmit the drive. ...
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Coatings legislation moves ahead
Although certain interest groups have endeavoured to put a different interpretation on the results of the proceedings, it is clear that the most recent meeting of the IMO`s marine environment protection committee (MEPC) has moved the industry closer towards a global ban on tin-containing antifoulings. Despite claims to the contrary ...
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Cosco adopts global system
Cosco has adopted a Global Intelligence System (GNIS) which will enable its ship and shore staff to access worldwide information covering all aspects of safety and commercial efficiency. It will be installed on all of the company?s newbuild vessels, and retrofitting to the existing fleet has already started. Development of ...
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ABB powers Star Cruises
German shipyard Meyer Werft has ordered Azipod propulsion pods from ABB for the two 91,000g, 2,800 passengers cruise ships it is building for Star Cruises. Each vessel will be fitted with two 19MW (25,830 bhp) units each fitted with a 5.8m diameter propeller to give a top cruising speed of ...
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ISO 9001 for Colombo
Colombo Dockyard has been awarded ISO 9001 certification for ?Design and construction of small and medium crafts, including high speed aluminium crafts, drydocking of ships up to 130,000dwt, and major repair of ships, engineering, engineering project management, manufacture and installation of pressure vessels, piping and heavy engineering structures?. CDL?s QA ...
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Ameron Coatings has launched DSP2, a waterborne inorganic pre-construction primer.
DSP2 combines a blend of metal silicates and zirconium compounds which improve the water resistance and decrease weld porosity compared with other pre-construction primers. It does not contain any Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), and is environmentally compliant, the company says. The primer also provides corrosion protection and enhances the welding ...
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Passing trade
Regional traffic provides a steady workload for west Mediterranean repair yards. Location gives Barcelona’s Union Naval Barcelona (UNB) a solid market, explains technical commercial manager Julian Saez. There is plenty of traffic into Barcelona, Valencia and Tarragona, and the nearest alternative drydocks lie in Cadiz and Gibraltar to the south, ...
