All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1156
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Trouble lies ahead
The year 2000 problem represents a critical business risk with well documented problems evident already and warnings of worse to come. An IMO/US Coast Guard report on the year 2000 threat in the maritime/ports sector, submitted to the United Nations in December last year states: "There is general acceptance ...
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IMO acts on bulker safety
The IMO`s Marine Safety Committee will undertake a formal safety assessment study of bulk carriers in order to aid future decision making and has referred several issues to a sub-committee on Stability and Load Lines. While the IMO adopted Solas chapter XII aimed at preventing losses of bulkers by improving ...
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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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Sulzer RTA68T-B orders
Wartsila NSD has secured the first order for its low-speed RTA68T-B engines from the Polish shipyard Stocznia Gdynia. The two six-cylinder engines will be installed in a duo of 78,500m3 LPG carriers for Bergesen DY AS. Each 68cm bore engine has a stroke of 2.72m and will produce 17,640kW ...
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MAN B&W monitors pressure
MAN B&W`s PMI System is a portable computerised tool which can be used for performance evaluation of the company`s two-stroke diesel engines. The system measures the cylinder pressure via a piezo-electric transducer located on the cylinder`s indicator cock. After taking the measurements, the values are stored and the transducer ...
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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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Solas solutions
Operators have several ways to meet IMO`s latest Solas requirement for venting cargo tanks. Incidents like the rupture of an over-pressurised tank in a VLCC caused IMO to look again at the regulations concerning cargo tank venting. During the review the Australians highlighted an incident where a pressure/vacuum valve (pv ...
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MEPC study pollution solutions
The IMO`s MEPC has agreed to a wide ranging study into emissions from merchant vessels - but what is it likely to find? At the Kyoto Summit, a number of countries agreed to cut emissions of greenhouse gasses - for instance the EU will reduce its CO2 output by 8 ...
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Pressure made simple
Kistler has introduced the Engine Peak Meter II, Type 2515A - a simplified version of its hand-held unit that can be used on diesel engines running up to 2,000 rev/min. The unit measures up to 36 complete pressure cycles to calculate the maximum, minimum, mean and standard deviation of the ...
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Mixed fortunes prevail at US shipyards
Naval and Jones Act vessels continue to be the mainstay of US yards The National Shipbuilding and Shipyard Conversion Act of 1993 provided the much-needed stimulus for the USA`s re-emergence onto the commercial newbuilding scene. The Act saw the expansion of the Title XI Federal Ship Financing Programme beyond US ...
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First SSP order for Siemens/Schottel
The Siemens/Schottle consortium has secured the first order for its SSP azimuthing podded drive. The SSP uses a permanently excited magnet motor that does not require air cooling and is said to be up to 40 per cent smaller than other podded drive systems. With a propeller at either ...
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Samsung`s international fast ferry debut
Greece`s Minoan Lines has signed a contract with Korean yard Samsung Heavy Industries for two fast 28,000g passenger/car ferries. The cost of each vessel is approximately $75 million, and the contract includes options for a further two ferries. The order is a long-awaited breakthrough for SHI into the international ...
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Owners cut costs to weather downturn
With the world GDP growing at only 2 per cent during 1998, the container ship industry is under constant pressure to reduce costs and improve efficiency. No part of shipping is so directly connected with world trade as container shipping, says Hans Payer, member of the executive board of Germanischer ...
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Danish government contract
Busy times continue at Australian fast ferry builder Austal Ships. The yard has secured an export order for an 86m vehicle/passenger catamaran for bareboat charter to Danish government-owned BornholmsTrafikken. The charter will be for three years, and after that period the Danish government can either purchase the vessel or extend ...
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Container lock meets OSHA rule
The MacGregor-Conver Unilock twistlock combines the functions of the W20 semi-automatic twistlock and the AFC-1 automatic fixing cone in a single unit, says the company. It has been developed to meet the latest OSHA rule requirements.The Unilock is a universal locking device which can be used at both the accessible ...
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Tank coating at Hellenic
Hellenic Shipyards has completed approximately 70,000 m2 of tank coating on the 29,526 dwt product carrier Richard G Matthiesen. The vessel is owned by Ocean Ships of the USA and chartered to Military Sealift Command. Coating work was carried out in co-operation with internationally renowned contractor Muhlhan. Some ...
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IMF clears Korea
The IMF has assured the Danish Ministry of Economic Affairs that money made available to Korea has not been used to subsidise shipbuilding. In March, the IMF`s Nordic-Baltic office was asked if the assistance for Korea had lead to shipbuilding subsidies. In May, June, and August, Denmark asked the ...
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Cleaning the seas of dross
After years of complaining about the impact of sub-standard shipping belief is growing that the development of a better safety culture may be effective. The drive to remove sub-standard ships is gathering momentum if administrators in the European Commission are to be believed. Their comments are based on the implementation ...
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Monitoring cleaning operations
A tank cleaning monitoring system is being introduced by Saab Marine Electronics and Scanjet. Called WashTrac the system is fitted to the Scanjet tank cleaning machine and communicates with the Saab TankRadar gauge situated on the tank. A workstation displays the operating status of the cleaning machines, stop/start alarms, operation ...
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Liquid cargo handling simulators
Transas has introduced two types of liquid cargo handling simulator: one for oil tanker operations and the other for operators on LPG vessels. Main features include the layout of the tanks, pipelines, valves and cargo handling machinery; cargo handling control arrangement, cargo monitoring system, alarms and logging system, and cargo ...
