All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 514

  • News

    Orders rush in for OceanSaver

    2014-08-19T14:34:00Z

    Norway’s OceanSaver is seeing a rise in orders for its ballast water treatment (BWT) system as shipowners rush to ensure they comply with the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention.

  • The Switch and Yaskawa have cemented their working relationship after securing a new order for PMM 1000 shaft generators
    News

    Switching ownership

    2014-08-19T13:49:00Z

    The Switch, a Finnish based supplier of permanent magnet (PM) generator and converter packages for renewable energy applications, has received a repeat PM shaft generator orders from WE Tech Solutions of Finland.

  • ‘Ville de Bordeaux’ employed a high level of machinery automation and relied on automatic filters for main engine fuel purification rather than centrifugal separators, allowing a 25% cut in manpower
    News

    US embraces Diesel power at last

    2014-08-19T10:12:00Z

    The September 1964 issue of The Motor Ship led with news that a US company was to build a European-designed large marine Diesel engine. This may not seem a particularly newsworthy story in a magazine devoted to large Diesel-powered ships, but as the US had resolutely stuck to steam turbines ...

  • NAMEPA members including the Teekay Corporation, stand to benefit from the adjustment
    News

    Green boost for NAMEPA members

    2014-08-18T18:09:00Z

    The North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) members have been awarded an automatic positive adjustment (+5 points) towards member vessels’ RightShip Environmental Rating.

  • The Harvey Gulf fuelling facility will be the first source of LNG in the Gulf of Mexico
    News

    Wärtsilä control system for US facility

    2014-08-18T11:12:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to supply a control system for a shore-based LNG fuelling facility in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, USA, owned by Harvey Gulf International Marine.

  • Ferguson Shipbuilders – in administration (geograph.org.uk, Thomas Nugent)
    News

    Scottish shipyard goes into administration

    2014-08-15T13:47:00Z

    Ferguson Shipbuilders, which operates from the Newark Works and is the last remaining shipyard on the lower River Clyde in Port Glasgow, has gone into voluntary administration following cash flow problems and lack of new orders.

  • The hybrid CNG ferry is said to be the 'greenest' in the Netherlands
    News

    Corvus storage for hybrid CNG ferry

    2014-08-15T10:41:00Z

    US-based Corvus Energy has been awarded a contract by Spanish shipyard, LaNaval, for high power energy storage systems for an advanced hybrid CNG ferry said to be the ‘greenest’ in Holland.

  • MOL’s latest bulk carrier - of a similar type to this ship - makes use of a new ductile steel material developed in Japan
    News

    New bulker uses impact-absorbing steel

    2014-08-14T15:48:00Z

    Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) says that a newly-launched bulk carrier which it operates is the first ship to use a new type of highly ductile steel plate.

  • Two TCA66 turbochargers are included in the all-MAN package
    News

    All-MAN package for US container ship

    2014-08-14T10:02:00Z

    US marine transportation company, Tote, has received an all-MAN Diesel and Turbo package for its containership, which is set to be the world’s first LNG-powered containership.

  • The campaign comprises inspections of onboard equipment to provide help and guidance to shipowners in complying with local and national standards and promoting crew competence
    News

    Wilhelmsen campaigns for onboard safety

    2014-08-13T14:53:00Z

    A ‘Welding Safety Campaign’ by Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is playing its part in promoting best practice.

  • Rendering of Marin Teknikk’s MT6027 design, four of which have been ordered by Maersk Supply Services to be built at Cosco Dalian in China
    News

    Maersk goes to Eastern yard for four OSVs

    2014-08-13T10:55:00Z

    Maersk Supply Service has announced that it has entered into a contract with the Cosco Dalian shipyard in China for construction of four offshore support vessels with options for two additional ships.

  • The vessels are capable of navigating independently through 1.5m thick ice
    News

    Arctech secures Sovcomflot stand-by order

    2014-08-12T11:43:00Z

    Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is to build three icebreaking stand-by vessels for Russia’s Sovcomflot for use in the North East Sakhalin Offshore region oil and gas field.

  • The exoskeleton gives DSME workers superhuman strength. Photo: DSME
    News

    DSME workers get suited and booted

    2014-08-12T11:20:00Z

    Workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME)’s facility in Okpo-dong are to don robot exoskeletons that give them superhuman strength, local media reports.

  • The new F28 compressor series will be on show at SMM 2014
    News

    GEA to set new standards at SMM

    2014-08-11T16:49:00Z

    Germany’s GEA Group is to showcase its new GEA Bock F28 compressor models for marine applications at SMM later this year.

  • News

    Russia may impose sanctions against EU shipbuilders

    2014-08-11T14:32:00Z

    The Russian government is considering imposing sanctions on the US and EU shipbuilding companies, in response to earlier sanctions, imposed by the European Union and the United States on the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Russia’s monopoly in the field of shipbuilding, writes Eugene Gerden.

  • The aim of the charity ball was to give back to seafarers
    News

    Charity ball gives back to seafarers

    2014-08-08T17:11:00Z

    UK-based seafaring charities, including Apostleship of the Sea, were beneficiaries of a recent Seafarers’ charity ball which aimed to raise awareness of the important role of seafarers.

  • ‘Norcon Galatea’ has been fitted with Wesmar dual prop, counter rotating stainless steel thrusters (Burry’s Shipyard)
    News

    Thruster retrofit for elderly ferry

    2014-08-08T14:51:00Z

    US company Wesmar says that a 40-year-old ferry in Canada has benefited from fitting its bow thrusters to assist manoeuvring in the rough seas encountered along the Eastern Canada coastline.

  • 'Jaya Majestic' is the first vessel to be delivered by Jaya since its subsidiaries were acquired by MMA in June 2014
    News

    Jaya makes first delivery for MMA

    2014-08-07T17:21:00Z

    Jaya Holdings has delivered a new state-of-the-art anchor handling supply (AHTS) vessel to its new owner, Mermaid Marine Australia (MMA), marking its first delivery since been being acquired by the company in June 2014.

  • Reverend Roger Stone: “At last this long-running saga has been brought to an end”
    News

    Unpaid wage saga ends

    2014-08-07T16:30:00Z

    The long ordeal faced by two groups of stranded crew in the UK has finally ended, after the 12 seafarers from Ukraine and Russia received their unpaid wages amounting to a total of £61,282.

  • LNG-fuelled icebreaker for the Finnish Transport Authority (Aker Arctic)
    News

    Machinery design contract for first LNG-powered icebreaker

    2014-08-07T14:44:00Z

    Finnish design house Deltamarin has announced the award of a contract by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard for the entire machinery and technical spaces outfitting production design of the first LNG-powered icebreaker.