All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 503

  • The ‘Viking Star’ has a Thordon COMPAC tapered key bearing design with a shaft size of 464mm (18.268”)
    News

    Seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings

    2014-11-05T17:55:00Z

    The 47,800GT cruise ship, ‘Viking Star’, is one of three Viking Ocean Cruises’ newbuilds to opt for Thordon COMPAC seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings over oil lubricated ones.

  • The new 2014 version has moved to a table-driven interface that allows users to quickly enter and modify data in their designs
    News

    HydroComp updates PropCad software

    2014-11-05T16:08:00Z

    US-based HydroComp, Inc. has released an updated version of its industry-standard software for geometric modelling of marine propellers for design and manufacture, PropCad.

  • MAN Diesel & Turbo is adding SCR technology to the engines for Petrofac’s new deepwater construction vessel
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    SCR for deepwater offshore vessel

    2014-11-05T10:08:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that a deepwater derrick-lay vessel ordered by Petrofac will be supplied with SCR systems on each of its six 16V32/44CR engines.

  • Unitor cargo hold cleaning agents are fully compliant with current regulations, notably Marpol Annex V
    News

    Better cargo hold cleaning

    2014-11-05T08:38:00Z

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has a new upgraded cargo hold cleaning solution which combines high-performance cleaning agents and mobile equipment to help owners, operators and crews stay compliant with regulation.

  • Maria S Merian during one of now 11 repair stops since 2006
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    More repairs for troubled German pod ship

    2014-11-04T18:54:00Z

    Germany’s trouble-plagued research ship ''Maria S Merian'' is in dock again for work on her Schottel drives after Berlin revealed she had cost €500,000 in repairs and lost 588 days work since she entered service eight years ago, writes Tom Todd.

  • Estonian ferry design by Remontowa
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    Remontowa Shipbuilding signs Estonian ferry deal

    2014-11-04T17:28:00Z

    Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding will supply two ferries to Estonia’s Port of Tallinn. The shipyard says the vessels can be converted to run on liquefied natural gas (LNG), writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

  • News

    Bureau Veritas tackles acoustic pollution

    2014-11-04T15:43:00Z

    Bureau Veritas has launched a voluntary notation developed to help shipbuilders and operators reduce underwater noise radiating from ships.

  • Mark Jones: "the decision being made by many suppliers is a good cost saving idea in theory but works badly in practice due to quality, communication and skills problems."
    News

    Tank gauging problems

    2014-11-03T15:59:00Z

    As more and more US suppliers merge manufacturing sites and withdraw slow-selling products from their range, customers are left stranded, says UK-based marine tank gauging specialist, PSM.

  • The Hull Vane on a generic model
    News

    Flying low

    2014-11-03T11:08:00Z

    A novel wing concept holds potential for the high flying offshore support industry, says Stevie Knight.

  • 'Baltika' has an asymmetric design, causing issues for automation
    News

    A ship with control issues

    2014-11-03T11:07:00Z

    While control automation is desirable in ordinary vessels, its importance can’t be underestimated when it comes to innovative designs such as the asymmetric ‘Baltika’, says Stevie Knight.

  • ServoCore main unit
    News

    Commercial monitoring systems based on high-end technology

    2014-11-03T11:06:00Z

    Servowatch Systems of the UK has launched a suite of new alarm, control and monitoring systems aimed at the merchant marine market.

  • UECC’s latest PCTC design, showing location of LNG tanks and ME-GI main engine
    News

    New car carrier ships to be LNG-fuelled

    2014-11-03T09:55:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced that it has been contracted to supply two 8S50ME-GI dual fuel two-stroke engines, one for each of a pair of newbuild pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) ships.

  • Two-stage turbo being tested on a 20-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 engine
    News

    Why so long for two-stage turbos?

    2014-10-31T23:00:00Z

    Two stage turbocharging is, as Joachim Bremer of ABB explains to Stevie Knight, “just the next evolutionary step”, poised on the brink of manufacture and expected to reach the market sometime in 2016.

  • The ‘Sapphire Blue’ LNG-fuelled cruise ship concept design
    News

    Gas fuelled ships into the future

    2014-10-31T23:00:00Z

    The Motorship discusses the way forward for LNG at sea with Oskar Levander, vice-president of innovation, Rolls-Royce.

  • Wärtsilä hybrid scrubber
    News

    Scrubbing technology; proven, market ready and evolving to meet operators’ needs

    2014-10-31T23:00:00Z

    Sigurd Jenssen, director EGC of Wärtsilä Environmental Solutions, looks at the current state of the exhaust gas cleaning systems market and its application to ships required to comply with very low sulphur emissions regulations.

  • Albrecht Grell: “the next step to greater efficiency”
    News

    DNV GL launches performance portal

    2014-10-31T23:00:00Z

    DNV GL has introduced ECO Insight, its performance management portal for the shipping community.

  • A pair of new part load kits provide operators of M 32 E engines with improved efficiency
    News

    Caterpillar looks offshore with enhanced four-stroke range

    2014-10-31T23:00:00Z

    Caterpillar Marine has introduced several significant updates to its four-stroke engine range, targeted primarily at the flourishing offshore sector.

  • Proposed ATB container unit – LNG as fuel, with gas carried in tanks on the barge, is being considered for this type of application
    News

    The articulated tug and barge expands into offshore waters

    2014-10-31T23:00:00Z

    Dag Pike examines how the tug and barge concept, so popular on North American inland waterways, has grown into a viable proposition for deep water transport to and from the US and elsewhere.

  • Marine UPS units from Eaton
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    UPS modules keep systems running

    2014-10-31T22:30:00Z

    Eaton says that its uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems have been ordered for two new cruise ships currently under construction at Meyer Werft in Germany for Star Cruises.

  • Trelleborg USL system- operating principle
    News

    LNG bunkering and compatibility

    2014-10-31T22:00:00Z

    David J Edwards, of Trelleborg Marine Systems UK. SeaTechnik Product Area discusses the importance of compatibility of global LNG bunkering, small scale distribution compatibility, and whether this rates higher or lower than regional LNG bunkering compatibility or project specific bunkering applications.