All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 502

  • The The Zvezda shipyard design by JSC Far Easten Shipbuilding & Ship Repair
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    Russia asks companies to support new Zvezda yard

    2014-11-14T14:21:00Z

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the country’s leading companies to contribute to the ongoing efforts to build the Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex in Russia’s Far East by placing orders for new vessels, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

  • The system automatically adjusts to different sea water qualities and uses a UVT sensor to measure UV light transmittance
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    Cathelco BWM system receives AMS approval

    2014-11-14T12:05:00Z

    Cathelco’s ballast water treatment (BWT) system has received alternative management system (AMS) acceptance from the US Coast Guard (USCG), marking an important milestone in achieving full Type Approval.

  • Yantar shipyard – home for a new Kaliningrad shipbuilding cluster
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    Yantar to be heart of Russia’s new shipbuilding cluster

    2014-11-14T08:17:00Z

    Russia’s new shipbuilding cluster will be established in 2015 in Kaliningrad centred on the local Yantar shipyard, according to the Yard’s director-general Victor Tutynin. Eugene Gerden reports.

  • The state-of-the-art vessels are expected to drastically cut both sulphur oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions
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    LNG gas carriers make the cut

    2014-11-13T12:29:00Z

    Two new LNG-powered vessels recently named on Teesside, UK, are set to significantly cut the environmental impact of chemical transport.

  • News

    IBIA acts in aftermath of OW Bunker collapse

    2014-11-12T13:19:00Z

    The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) says it will offer support for companies and individuals impacted by the recent collapse of OW Bunker.

  • The new shipyard will be built near the town of Kuryk on the Caspian Sea
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    New shipyard for Kazakhstan

    2014-11-12T12:26:00Z

    Royal HaskoningDHV and Witteveen+Bos are to design a new shipyard in Kazakhstan near the town of Kuryk on the Caspian Sea – a contract worth US$18m.

  • Wärtsilä Aquarius EC
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    Electro-chlorination ballast system receives AMS acceptance

    2014-11-12T11:55:00Z

    Wärtsilä says that the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has now granted Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance for its Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System (BWMS), which adds to the AMS acceptance previously granted for the Aquarius UV BWMS.

  • Hybrid OSV ‘Viking Lady’
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    Viking Lady – safe as well as green

    2014-11-12T11:54:00Z

    DNV GL’s Dr Nikolaos Kakalis, head of strategic research and innovation in Greece, has explained that the battery-hybrid powered offshore supply ship ‘Viking Lady’ is likely to lead the way to a significant improvement in the safety and efficiency of high-risk offshore operations.

  • News

    LR publishes offshore collision guidance notes

    2014-11-12T11:54:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register of Shipping says it aims to make offshore shipping operations safer, following the publication of its new ‘Guidance Notes for Collision Analysis’.

  • Poor CPP response caused tanker ‘Key Bora’ to make heavy contact with a jetty
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    CPP response prime cause of tanker collision, says MAIB

    2014-11-12T11:54:00Z

    A report published by the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch into an accident in December 2013 involving 93m chemical tanker ‘Key Bora’ hitting the Hull harbour wall has established that the prime cause was a failure of the controllable pitch propeller.

  • Survitec's davit-launched liferaft offers a number of benefits over lifeboats
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    Latest Survitec liferaft proves popular

    2014-11-11T15:48:00Z

    Survitec Group’s latest davit-launched liferaft is providing popular, with orders taken in eight key areas of offshore activity, and sales particularly high in the Middle East, Australia, Central Europe and the UK.

  • The AG Ems 'Helgoland' newbuild
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    EU backs German LNG ships

    2014-11-10T15:32:00Z

    The European Union is contributing a total €7.2 million towards the realisation of innovative projects involving LNG propulsion on two ships for north German ferry operator AG Ems, writes Tom Todd.

  • Each LNG carrier will be fitted with Wartsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines giving a total power output of 64,350 kW per vessel
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    Wärtsilä DF engines for Russian LNG carriers

    2014-11-10T10:58:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to supply 54 of its dual-fuel engines for 172,600m³ icebreaking LNG carriers being built by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME).

  • News

    New IBIA training MPA accredited

    2014-11-07T17:04:00Z

    The International Bunker Industry Association''s (IBIA) new Mass Flow Metre training course has been accredited by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

  • Don Cockrill, chair of the UK Maritime Pilots' Association: “We need advice, not general guidelines issued for the whole shipping industry, but advice for us, the pilots”
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    Ebola advice needed for pilots

    2014-11-07T15:18:00Z

    “The pilots are the first onboard, but as yet they don’t have direct guidance as to what to do, what is the best way to protect themselves from the Ebola virus,” said Don Cockrill, chair of the UK Maritime Pilots'' Association.

  • News

    Russia may resume imports of banned ship equipment and technologies

    2014-11-07T15:03:00Z

    The Russian government may legalise parallel imports of some shipboard equipment and components, with the aim of averting shortages in the national shipbuilding industry, writes Eugene Gerden.

  • Chris Welsh: “The drive is led by customers who are calling for greater transparency in carbon emissions data to benchmark the energy efficiency of carriers so that they can take appropriate interventions”
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    Getting better with transparency

    2014-11-06T16:08:00Z

    The secretary of the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has outlined the need for transparency of carbon emissions so that shippers can identify and act on their own carbon footprints.

  • Longships at Neptun. More to come.
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    Neptun bags a dozen more for Viking

    2014-11-06T15:24:00Z

    German shipyard Neptun Werft has taken firm orders for six more inland cruise ships with Caterpillar/Schottel propulsion systems and secured options for a further six, reports Tom Todd.

  • Cummins’ QSK50 is now available in a version optimised for variable speed diesel electric applications, such as OSVs
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    Genset engine developed for variable speed diesel electric power

    2014-11-06T14:07:00Z

    Cummins Marine in the US has launched a new version of its QSK50 marine engine, specifically configured for variable speed diesel electric applications.

  • NAPA energy saving software for four more Stena Line ships
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    NAPA software for more Stena vessels

    2014-11-06T12:34:00Z

    Stena Line is to install Napa software onboard four further vessels – two ferries and two freight vessels – as part of its Energy Saving Programme (ESP).