All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1155
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World orderbook recovers
Figures from Lloyd`s Register shows the world orderbook grew by 2.1 million gross tonnage (mgt) in the quarter to end-September 1998 to stand at 57.7mgt (2,727 sea-going merchant ships over 100gt). Almost 8.5 mgt of new orders were reported in the quarter, lifting the orderbook by nearly 4 per cent ...
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Yards order Hamworthy treatment systems
Dutch yard IHC has ordered a Hamworthy Marine integrated sewage collection and management system comprising 42 toilets with vacuum collection, and the ST3A sewage treatment plant for a dredger currently under construction for Goyo Kensetsu. Also the German Sietas yard is equipping eight container ships with sewage collection and treatment ...
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Shell goes to Sembawang
Oil major Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (STASCo) has signed an evergreen alliance agreement with Sembawang Shipyard of Singapore. The agreement commits the scheduled refit and drydocking of the Shell fleet trading in the east to the Singaporean yard for the foreseeable future, reports Sembawang. It is the first ...
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Shipyards go to MARS
The shipyard Material Management and Production Control System (MARS) from Logimatic has been ordered by two shipyards in Europe. The Gdynia Shipyard in Poland has taken the complete MARS system as an integrated part of the TRIBON CAD/CIM suite of software from Kockums. The yard will start using the ...
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Horn protects four strokes
Specialist equipment manufacturer Horn has added two four-stroke engine protection products to its portfolio. The MEV278 is a compact safety system gives overspeed protection and monitors all the functions required by the classification societies. Up to 225 events are recorded in the unit`s memory and setting/resetting of warning ...
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Three-stage filtration
Air Industrial Developments has introduced a water-wash booth system called `Tri-Filter` which incorporates a three-stage filtration process. It is designed to be used where paint spraying is part of a manufacturing processes and where stringent environmental protection regulations are in place, including the need to control the discharge of solids ...
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Exotic metal tubes
The Elfin process, developed by Britannia Heat Transfer, enables heat exchanger tubes to be manufactured cost-effectively from a wide range of exotic metals, including titanium, zirconium, hastelloy and stainless steel, says the company. Elfin is also available in multi-tube block matrix configurations, known as ElfinBlock. The Elfin process precision swages ...
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Racal to offer EGNOS
EC-sponsored multi-modal satellite navigation trials are being conducted by Racal in the Baltic Sea, where a Colour Line ferry is using Racal`s prototype EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) system for the first time in a non-aviation application. The latest generation of EGNOS satellite navigation systems can provide a range ...
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Podded drives for Swedish tanker
Chinese yard Shanghai Edward Shipbuilding Co has signed a contract to build a 16,800 dwt chemical tanker for Swedish owner Rederi Donsoetank AB. The yard, which is working with a full orderbook to the end of 2000, says that the 20,200m3 vessel will be equipped with the Siemens/Schottel podded diesel ...
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Diesels deliver economies
Horst Kohler from MAN B&W`s engine technology promotion department argues that diesel engines remain the best option for cruise ship propulsion. When Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines signed a deal to use turbines as prime movers in its latest generation of cruise ships, many saw this as a breakthrough. Each ...
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High-speed containers
FastShip is to install 250MW (340,000 bhp) in each of its high-speed container ships to achieve a service speed of 40 knots on the route between the USA and Europe. The company is planning expenditure of $220 million for each 1,432 TEU vessel and is currently in negotiations with Avondale, ...
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Yards regroup and consolidate
Finland`s main shipyards have been busy with corporate changes as well as with newbuildings. Kvaerner ASA plans to reduce its debt burden by raising a reported NKr2.5 billion ($39.28 million) through the sale of newbuilding debt owed to it by shipowners, to third parties. A spokesman described it as ...
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Danes seek fair competition
The number of Danish-owned vessels sailing under the Danish flag remained static last year. As at January 1, the figure stood at 593, still making it the third largest fleet in Europe, but the total deadweight rose from just under 7 million tonnes to 7.5 million tonnes. As at ...
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A touch less class
As competition increases and the market continues to suffer, the possibility of class society mergers gets closer. There are likely to be mergers or alliances among classification societies within the next few years. Some believe that it may take slightly longer, but few believe the current situation will continue. The ...
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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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Combi carrier design woos owners
Combination carriers have been out of fashion for much of the 1990s. A recent design aims to change this. Norwegian shipbroker, O-J Libaek & Partners, a company with over 40 experience in the combination carrier field, believes that the time is now right for a revival of the combination ...
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DHI ferry breakthrough
Korean yards are starting to make their presence felt in the international passenger/car ferry newbuilding market. Last month Samsung secured an order for two passenger/car ferries for Greece`s Minoan Lines. Now Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) has won a contract to build a 1,410 dwt roro ferry for another Greek owner, ...
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Boosting size and speed
In their efforts to reduce transit times and attract more passengers, operators are looking to bigger, faster ferries. Incat`s latest high-speed vehicle-carrying ferry boasts the ability to carry its own weight, 800t, in freight. The 96m Devil Cat catamaran Incat 050 accommodates a broad mix of light and heavy ...
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Cruise boost for Chantiers de l`Atlantique
New tonnage orders for the cruise industry continue with French yard Chantiers de l`Atlantique securing a construction contract from operator Radisson Seven Seas France. Ordered is a 46,000t newbuilding scheduled to be delivered in early 2001. According to the yard, the vessel has been designed for the luxury end ...
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IMO approves vector-raster chart combination
The IMO has decided to allow the use of both official raster and vector charts in ecdis navigation systems. This means that an ecdis will meet the IMO`s chart carriage requirement whether it is operating with an official vector ENC or an official RNC, but with certain conditions. Official raster ...
