All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 513
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NewsWorld’s first ISO 50001 certification for shipping
Bureau Veritas has completed the world''s first shipping company certification audit to the new standard ISO 50001 – 2011 Energy Management Systems.
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Flag state accepts digital documentation
UK-based digital documentation company Regs4ships says that its digital maritime regulations service has been officially recognised as an electronic equivalent to the Antigua & Barbuda Carriage of Nautical Publications requirements.
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BV completes first energy management systems audit for Stena’s shipmanager
Classification society Bureau Veritas reports that it has completed the first certification audit of any shipping company to the new standard ISO 50001- 2011 - Energy Management Systems.
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NewsMAIB reports on QM2 explosion
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released the result of its investigations into a failure of a capacitor, part of the diesel-electric propulsion system of the cruise ship ‘Queen Mary 2’.
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Another deepwater semi-submersible rig order for Keppel
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Fernvale has secured a contract worth about $809 million from Urca Drilling, a subsidiary of Sete Brasil, for the design and construction of a semisubmersible drilling rig based on Keppel''s proprietary DSSTM 38E design.
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NewsImtech gets CalMac ferry hybrid contract
Imtech Marine has been awarded a contract to supply the hybrid propulsion system, based on a diesel electric plant in combination with battery technology, to the first diesel electric, hybrid seagoing ferries.
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NewsDSME’s Brazilian PLVs to Wärtsilä design
Wärtsilä says it has been contracted to supply ship design and propulsors/positioning system for a series of two new flexible pipe laying vessels to be built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea.
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NewsNew President for Volvo Penta
Volvo Penta has a new President - Björn Ingemanson will assume the position on 1 April 2012 succeeding Göran Gummeson, who will retire next year.
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Steamships Shipping installs planned maintenance and stock systems on fleet
UK-based Marine Software Ltd has recently supplied Steamships Shipping with MPM - Marine Planned Maintenance and MSK - Marine Storekeeper software for the control and management of 13 vessels.
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NewsSupport contract for GE gas turbines
GE Marine’s three-year contract to provide maintenance and logistics support services for the Royal Canadian Navy’s fleet of LM2500 aero-derivative gas turbines that power Halifax-class patrol frigates has been renewed.
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NewsBig new Chinese-built series for Germans
The first of a series of 14 new Chinese multi-purpose heavy-lifters for Emden shipping group Bockstiegel has gone into local charter service, demonstrating the cost advantage for Asian builders over German yards.
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NewsIPS power for Russian pilot boats
Volvo Penta´s Inboard Performace System (IPS) drives, claimed to increase performance and reduce fuel consumption, have been chosen to power six 14m pilot vessels ordered by Russian state owned company Rosmorport.
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NewsEvergreen to strengthen Asia-European offering
The Evergreen Line has announced today that it will be cooperating with CKYH-the Green Alliance in 2012 to provide more sailings between Asia, Northern Europe and the Mediterranean each week.
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NewsIndian yard benefits from Japanese support
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has agreed with L&T Shipbuilding Limited (LTSB), the shipbuilding arm of India''s Larsen & Toubro Ltd to provide a range of technological support for construction of commercial vessels.
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NewsCruise demo for new BWM system
Japanese companies Sumitomo Electric Industries and NYK Cruises have agreed to install a Sumitomo ‘Ecomarine’ ultraviolet ballast water management (BWM) system on one of NYK’s cruise ships.
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NewsNovel approach to vehicle transport
Recent retrospective looks at The Motor Ship of 50 years ago have tended to concentrate on the development of large-bore diesel engines, and the December 1961 issue is no exception.
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Keppel announces new contracts to wrap up a good 2011
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiaries Keppel Singmarine and Keppel Verolme have announced newbuilding and upgrade contracts worth a total of S$150 million.
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NewsClassNK issues Tier III NOx certification
ClassNK has awarded its first Statement of Fact for Tier III nitrogen oxide (NOx) reductions to a marine diesel engine incorporating a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system.
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NewsGL names new global sales vice-president
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has appointed Christian Freiherr von Oldershausen to the newly created position of senior vice president global sales.
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Marine software partnership established between developer and shipowner
Miami-based maritime technology company Intellocorp has partnered with Sea-Flex, a Danish ship owner, to launch a new software and management package in January 2012.
