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Japan Feature
Japanese shipowners have had some tough decisions to make in the wake of financial crisis in the area.JapanÕs merchant fleet stands at 2,021 vessels (around 67 million dwt) with 70 per cent of vessels being under ten years old. In 1997 the 12 oceangoing shipping companies listed on the Tokyo ...
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Swedish ferry is fast and green
Constructed by French shipyard Alstom Leroux Naval at a cost of some FF230 million ($39.82 million), the 112m Corsaire 11500 ferry Gotland was handed over to its owner, Rederi AB Gotland, in mid-February.The vessel will carry up to 700 passengers and 140 cars between Visby on the south east coast ...
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Super-large drillship
The 23,000g vessel will have main dimensions including a length of 114m, a beam of 78m and a depth of 106m. It will be equipped with a dynamic positioning system, and will be capable of drilling depths down to 10,000m. HHI plans to adopt an offshore platform production process ...
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Upgradeable digital system
Shaft 50 will align shafts up to 10m long, Shaft 200 can handle shafts up to 25m and straightness to 75m, says Maintec. Shaft 50 comes with standard alignment programs for both horizontal mounted and vertical flange mounted machines, single serial cable set-up thermal offsets compensation, and Soft-check for ...
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The debut of the global personal phone
The heart of a GMPCS is a dual-mode handset, similar to a mobile phone, which uses dedicated satellites when out of range of landbased cellular sites, but can be switched to a landbased network when within range. In either mode, a small antenna is attached to the handset. The user ...
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Cruise option exercised
Like its sistership, the latest 85,000g vessel will feature gas turbines mounted in azimuthing pods under the hull. As a result of the reduced space required for the propulsion pods, additional space will be dedicated to public areas and activity centres. The Vantage class vessels will include many of ...
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Dual mode Inmarsat C/Mini-M unit
The unit also offers voice, fax, and data facilities in case of a -C distress alert. Thrane & Thrane says that the unit is ideal for maritime GMDSS installations, is CN114 approved and features up to 32kB message size transmission on the -C part and a Maritime Mini-M data ...
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OECD to include China
The aim of the meeting is to avoid a subsidy war, says the OECD, but the EUÕs Industry Council is unwilling to sign an agreement which excludes the USA. Norway has already increased its subsidy level from seven to nine per cent, and it is possible that the deadline ...
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Chevron`s latest VLCC sets sail
Chevron has taken delivery of the first of a new class of four VLCCs with a number of interesting features. The four VLCCs, which were contracted at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, are part of Chevron`s replacement strategy for some of the older tonnage in its fleet of ...
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A trio of cats
Kvaerner Fjellstrand has already delivered a JumboCat 50 to Amco last year. The latest 60m catamaran on order for the Egyptian owner will carry 450 passengers, and 50 cars and two buses at a service speed of 40 knots.
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Chamber changes for MAN B&W
On the cylinder cover side the fuel valves have been moved slightly towards the centre. These changes mean the maximum piston crown temperature drops from 509 degC to 421 degC and the average falls from 499 degC to 409 degC. The new combustion chamber, including a piston cleaning ring, ...
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BT launches global service
The full service which will offer world-wide Internet roaming is scheduled for completion by mid-1999, says BT. BT Internet Global will link the company`s Concert terrestrial network with its satellite land earth stations to offer marine connections via Inmarsat to BT`s -A, B-Sat, -M and Mini-M (Mobiq) terminals. ...
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Disaster brings redundancy
The tanker Exxon Valdez will long be remembered for its grounding in Alaska, and the consequences continue to flow from that incident. In the case of Atlantic Richfield it meant moving not only to a double hull construction but also to fully redundant propulsion.Under the US OPA 90 Act three ...
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Disney blunder
During The Motor ShipÕs visit to Fincantieri last March the company said that delivery was scheduled for December 1998. More recently the company has given the delivery as this month. However, it now says that delivery will be in the spring, which could possibly be April or May. The ...
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Disco blacked out
The majority of the windows covered are forward facing and above the bridge, so it is vital that reflections from the accommodation lights and the flashing lasers from the Horizon discodo not distract the navigation officers at night, says Solar Solve. The order, valued at £13,000 ($21,320), was manufactured ...
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Hanshin adds slow four-stroke
Pmax is 142 bar with a BMEP of 21 bar, and a maximum piston speed of 6.36 m/sec. During testing the fuel consumption was measured at 185 g/kWh, and the company says the engine will conform to the IMOÕs NOx code. The inlet and exhaust valves are hydraulically opened ...
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Syncrolift for Abu Dhabi
Details of the Syncrolift shiplift system that will form the heart of the new Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding (ADSB) yard have been released. The new lift will measure 120 x 25m and operate with 34 x 325t hoists. The platform will be rated at a maximum net lifting capacity of ...
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Fastship about to set sail?
Capable of transiting the Atlantic in four days, and of providing what transportation and logistics companies call a seven-day, door-to-door ?time definiteÕ delivery service between the US Mid-West and central Europe, FastShip is designed to open up new markets for seaborne transportation services.In so doing, FastShip will, claim its proponents, ...
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P&O books Oriana
P&O Cruises` flagship Oriana will undergo a two and a half week refit at A&P`s Southampton yard commencing April 14. It is the second scheduled refit for the 1995-built vessel. The programme to be carried out by A&P includes standard drydock work with sea valve maintenance, thruster inspection ...
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Turbines power up
In the quest for greater speed, ship designers are increasingly looking towards gas turbines. Turbine driven containerships! You can almost hear the gasps of astonishment in Copenhagen and Winterthur. Containerships - the users of the worlds largest diesel engines, being driven by gas turbines - and waterjets too. This ...
