All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1143
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Daewoo yard set to be spun off
As this issue of The Motor Ship was due to go to press, it became clear that creditors of Daewoo, the debt-laden South Korean chaebol, had agreed a plan for the break-up of the conglomerate. Under the plan, approved in mid-August, large parts of the Korean concern - including ...
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Daewoo replaces midbody
Major repairs to container vessel Aconcagua, now CSAV Shanghai, have been completed at Daewoo Heavy Industries Okpo yard. The 195m loa, 2,171 TEU container vessel Aconcagua sustained extensive damage to the midbody section when fire broke out near the Panama canal last December. As the ship was less than one ...
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Lubrication in cyberspace
The launch of internet services means that Castrol’s marine customers can call up technical and market information from anywhere in the world. Castrol Marine has utilised the internet to upgrade its customer services with the launch of its dedicated website, www.castrolmarine.com. The site provides a raft of on-line services ...
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Remote control without wires
It is now possible to communicate from a PC via wireless WLNDS24 Wi-Lan modem to Amot Controls’ Hawk-l control unit which, like the modem, is designed to withstand arduous industrial applications and extreme weather conditions, says Amot Controls. The company says operation over distances up to 2km is possible where ...
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IMO consider ship scrapping
MEPC 44 will look at the issue of ship scrapping in March 2000 with the aim of developing safety and environmental measures, and safeguards for ship dismantlers. The proposal from Norway follows DNV’s damming report on ship dismantling at India’s Alang Beach (The Motor Ship, March 1999). Already considering ...
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Cruising Combi
Research by Vickers Ulstein has indicated that its combi-thrusters could be used in cruise ships. In addition to its bow thruster role, the unit, available in ratings up to 2,000kW (2,680 bhp), can be used as a get-you-home drive or as slow-speed propulsion. Initial trials using hull lines of ...
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Check and detect
What is feasible is not necessarily desirable - and monitoring is a case in point. It is possible to monitor almost anything by measuring a combination of factors like vibration, temperatures, pressures, power consumption, resistance, or liquid levels - but do you need to? When does enough information to ensure ...
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Two horse chase
Increasingly the future for Spain as an international shipbuilding nation depends on the future of two groups, AESA and Boluda. Although there are shipbuilders in Spain other than AESA and Boluda, either their impact is limited, or they are focused more towards smaller ships and localised industries. Boluda ...
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New commission seeks change
The International Commission on the Regulation of Shipping, a new body that will seek to reform the rules governing the shipping industry, has been launched by the ITF. The three-man commission is headed by the former Australian minister Peter Morris who chaired two parliamentary enquiries into shipping. After the ...
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ProPilot range from Cetrek
The ProPilot 731 and 741 models offer a choice of two different computers as well as two drive control units and will operate using either the Cetrek 609 or 619 pilot computer. Information displayed on the control head includes both watch and off course alarms. The ProPilot 731 control head ...
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Cavitation curtailed
Water jet manufacturer MJP has introduced new outlet nozzle and inlet duct geometry which it says significantly improves the cavitation performance of its waterjets. This allows the rating of the waterjets to be increased, leading to an increase in vessel speed of several knots, says the company. There are ...
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Nigerian LNG carriers go East
Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea is rumoured to have won an order for a pair of 137,000m3 Moss-type LNG carriers for Nigeria LNG (comprising Shell, Nigeria National Petroleum, Elf and Agip).
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Canadian tanker gets Rise
The rubber insert sleeves expanding (Rise) system for the sealing of multiple pipe and cable bulkhead transits has been used for the fire safe and smoke-tight ducting of cables through all the bulkheads and decks on board the new Canadian tanker Kometik. With an overall length of 271.8m the 120,536 ...
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Canada seeks to revitalise yards
Key organisations within the shipping and shipbuilding industries in Canada have banded together to produce what they have called a Joint Strategy Paper the aim of which is the revitalisation of the shipbuilding industry in Canada. The alliance of shipyard executives and union leaders also included the Shipbuilding Association ...
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Rods and boxes
Engine manufacturers have addressed the problems encountered with the stuffing box/piston rod interface on new long-stroke two-stroke engines. Concerns over performance of the stuffing box/piston rod combination in two-stroke engines can be addressed through a number of upgrade and reconditioning options, say engine builders and component suppliers. Problems arose with ...
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Small movements - big impact
Royal Caribbean’s engine problems created a major headache for MAN B&W’s medium-speed operation. For the first two or three years all went well. The MAN B&W 12V48/60 engines aboard Grandeur and Enchantment of the Seas performed well - then things started to go wrong. In February The Motor Ship broke ...
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Star Cruises enters the big league
Further evidence of the buoyant level of orders for cruise ship newbuildings has been provided by a decision on the part of Star Cruises in Singapore to sign a Letter of Intent with German shipyard Meyer Werft for two large cruise ships. At 316m in length the newbuildings are the ...
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One-stop message and data application
Globe Wireless has introduced the Globe Communications Centre, which it says provides a one-stop program for onboard communication needs. The system features a single interface that handles all messaging and data transfer and its least cost routing capability helps the user determine the most cost-effective means to send the message, ...
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Deck machinery advances
In addition to improvements to the design existing types of deck gear, there are now alternatives to traditional mooring winch and rope arrangements Modern deck gear is more compact and has improved electric and hydraulic drives. One example of this is the new generation of frequency-controlled electric anchoring and mooring ...
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MacGregor signs $2 million roro ramp deal
MacGregor`s roro ship division is supplying stern quarter ramp/doors to a new pair of Grimaldi deep sea roros, having already installed the same access outfits on an earlier three sister ships. Two more 25,000 dwt multipurpose roro freight carriers for Grimaldi Line from Fincantieri`s Palermo yard have also been specified ...
