All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 1160
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Tunnel vision
Knut Andresen, Technical Director for Brunvoll A/S explains the need for and the measures to reduce noise from tunnel thrusters. With increasing environmental pressures and restrictions on anchoring at some of the popular destinations for cruise ships, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL) wanted its Millenium Class series at Chantiers de ...
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Very quiet Valmet
Transmission In designing the twin input/single output reduction gearboxes for the cruise ship Blue Sea,Valmet Power Transmission paid special attention to noise reduction. The transmissions will couple four 5,280kW Wartsila 8L38 engines rotating at 600 rev/min to twin propellers requiring a speed of 119.4 rev/min. To reduce noise the gear ...
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More pressure on substandard shipping
Further efforts are being made to eliminate substandard shipping. The Committee for the Elimination of Substandard Ships (CESS) meeting in Pusan came up with a seven-point plan while the OECD is exploring the idea of a `quality ship index`. While applauding the effects of Port State Control, CESS wishes to ...
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Orders uplift
There are encouraging signs that the shipbuilding market may have bottomed out and could start to recover next year. The Gothenburg-based Institute of Shipping Analysis predicts orders for vessels over 400g will fall from 1,400 in 1997 to 600 this year but notes an increase in order activity within the ...
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Specialisation is the key
Despite orderbooks barely extending past mid-1999and the strong pound, the UK`s remaining commercial shipbuilders believe they can continue to compete. The strength of sterling is making competition between UK yardsand others in northern Europe harder, and there is no doubt that this is having an impact on yards` abilities to ...
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Integrated research vessel
BRIDGE SYSTEMS A contract, worth $1 million, has been awarded by Horizon Exploration to A-N-D Group to supply a Raytheon/Anschutz integrated bridge system for its largest seismic research vessel, Atlantic Horizon, which is being outfitted at Tyne Tees Dockyard, Hebburn. The system comprises Raytheon Pathfinder X Band and S Band ...
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High-speed monohull for Indonesia
An Indonesian/German joint venture has seen the delivery of the first in a series of five fast passenger ferries built to enhance Indonesia`s island transportation network. In 1995 the Indonesian state-owned line ASDP (Angkutan Sungai Danau dan Penyeberangan - Ferry Line for River and Coastal Transportation) placed an order for ...
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Two by two looks good
The ability to achieve a key target is helped by the launch of a new product at this year`s SMM exhibition. Alstom Turbochargers aims to achieve sales of 2,000 units by 2000 as part of its plan to establish the company as the largest independent supplier of turbo-chargers in the ...
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Low freeboard mini-slide
SAFETY DBC Marine Safety Systems has introduced a mini-slide system to work in conjunction with its IBAs (reversible inflatable platforms) and liferafts. The mini-slide has been designed to meet the USCG and international regulations for evacuating passengers from low freeboard vessels. The slide includes a recessed floor and twin tube ...
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FlyingCat for Malta
Norway Kvaerner Fjellstrand has secured an order from Maltese Shipping Company Virtu Ferries Ltd for the construction of a FlyingCat 50, the yard`s proven high-speed passenger/vehicle ferry design. The ferry newbuilding will have capacity for 418 passengers and 21 cars, and will be operated by Virtu Ferries between Malta ...
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Fleet tracking via the Internet
COMMUNICATIONS The Webtrack messaging and tracking service uses the Internet to allow fleet managers and their agents to keep track of and in touch with their fleets, says BT. Webtrack uses existing systems operating via Inmarsat (BT C-Sat, with in-built GPS receivers) or the GSM network. Webtrack`s tracking software is ...
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Fast Ferries
Two of Incat`s latest newbuildings have both recently made record-breaking Atlantic crossings. On June 10, the 91m wave-piercer catamaran Catalonia completed the 2,972 nautical mile Atlantic crossing from New York to Tarifa, Spain at an average speed of 38.877 knots (72 km/hr). This broke the 36.65 knot record previously ...
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E stands for ...
In its first launch since acquiring a number of suppliers Litton Marine Systems offers an improved version of a Decca radar Decca`s BridgeMaster radars have established their mark in the marine market and as Litton`s first launch were a suitable product. The new version is called the Decca BridgeMaster E ...
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Cruise ship to Malta
Cunard Line`s Royal Viking Sun has been stemmed to Malta Drydocks for a $3.2 million refit. Work will take 13 days from September 19, and includes significant refurbishment of passenger areas and penthouse suites. Cunard has appointed Athens-based AMK Architects and Designers to handle design. The ship will also undergo ...
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Yards weather crisis
The economic turmoil in Asia has weakened the markets for raw materials and has contributed to the downward pressure on shipping rates globally. :Despite the dramatic fall in the value of all currencies in South East Asia (See panel) the Association of Singapore Marine Industries (ASMI) reports a slight increase ...
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Quintet of container ships
Japan The Evergreen Group, of Taiwan, has ordered five 5,364 TEU U-class container vessels from Japan`s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The vessels will be delivered at regular phases until the second quarter of 2001 and will be deployed on a new pendulum service due to start next year. This latest order ...
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Personal detector for combustible gasses
GAS MONITORING The EX-PLUS personal combustible gas detector from TQ Environmental meets the requirements of the new Solas ll Part D Regulation 59, in which portable combustible gas detectors are mandatory aboard all tankers, says the company. TQ says the unit`s housing withstands hostile environments while the whole detector will ...
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Ultrasonic gauge for coated surfaces
THICKNESS TESTING The latest through-coating multiple echo ultrasonic thickness gauge from Cygnus Instruments has a lightweight and environmentally sealed IP65 case with a backlit liquid crystal display which can be viewed in conditions from bright sunlight to complete darkness, says the company. Called Cygnus 4, it is designed to measure ...
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Clipper Viking: first of a new class of gas tankers
Clipper Viking is the first of a pair of 12,500m3 gas tankers featuring an innovative nitrogen generation plant. Based on a 15,000m3 design developed by German shipyard Meyer Werft towards the end of the 1980s, Clipper Viking is the first ship in a two- ship order placed with the German ...
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Bulker losses improved
According to Intercargo, in 1997 five bulk carriers were actual total losses and two constructive total losses - only one was attributable to structural failure. These figures show a considerable improvement on 1990/91 when there were over 20 sinkings per year with seven and eight vessels lost respectively due to ...
