All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 540

  • ‘Pont Aven’ will be fitted with a scrubber instead of converting to LNG under Brittany Ferries’ revised MARPOL plans
    News

    Ferry company puts LNG plans on hold

    2014-10-14T08:00:00Z

    Western Channel Ferry operator Brittany Ferries reports that it has been forced to suspend its plans to operate on LNG fuel because the figures do not add up.

  • Artania returns to LWB
    News

    Lloyd Werft swaps Artania engines

    2014-10-13T18:09:00Z

    Work has begun at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) on replacing four Pielstick main engines with Wärtsilä units as part of the comprehensive modernisation of the 44,588gt cruise ship ''Artania'', writes Tom Todd.

  • Wärtsilä is to provide gas handling systems for VLECsWärtsilä is to provide gas handling systems for VLECs
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    Wärtsilä gas handling systems for VLECs

    2014-10-13T16:52:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to supply gas handling systems for six new 87,000m³ very large ethane carriers (VLECs) being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea.

  • The ME-GI engine
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    Dual-fuel two-stroke engine order for LNG carriers

    2014-10-13T14:50:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has reported a contract for four MAN B&W 5G70ME-GI engines to power two LNG carriers, ordered by Norway’s BW Group from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.

  • A GTT NO 96 GW cargo tank mockup at DSME
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    BW LNGCs to use GTT tanks for optimised boil-off rate

    2014-10-13T09:12:00Z

    French company GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) reports that it has received an order for gas containment systems for two LNG carriers to be built at DSME in South Korea.

  • The IMES TCS-01CA cylinder pressure sensor mounted on an engine
    News

    Pressure sensor cuts carbon and particle emissions

    2014-10-09T17:08:00Z

    German cylinder pressure sensor company IMES says it has developed a new generation of cylinder pressure sensor based on thin film technology.

  • News

    Ship Efficiency Awards 2014

    2014-10-09T15:38:00Z

    The winners of the inaugural ‘Ship Efficiency Awards’ were announced earlier this month, following two days of discussion and debate during the fourth annual ‘Ship Efficiency: The Event’ in London, UK.

  • News

    Island Offshore OSV contract

    2014-10-09T11:34:00Z

    Vard Holding has secured a NOK 300m order for a new offshore support vessel (OSV) with Island Offshore.

  • Taking up little space on board, the iCOlube unit can be easily retrofitted. Photo: Lukoil
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    Lukoil launches “perfect” cylinder oil

    2014-10-08T16:38:00Z

    Lukoil Marine Lubricants, the Hamburg-based subsidiary of the Russian oil major, has developed an Intelligent cylinder oil lubrication (iCOlube) system designed to “perfectly” meet engine requirements and fuel quality.

  • The 'Blue Star Delos' Renewable Energy Project will be a test bed for renewable technologies
    News

    Battery power for test project

    2014-10-08T14:09:00Z

    Furukawa Battery Co Ltd has joined a renewable energy project being spearheaded by Japan’s Eco Marine Power (EMP). It''s supplying batteries for use onboard the passenger ferry being used in the project.

  • Ship designers have the Polar Code as well as a lot of other IMO rule development to take into account. Credit Aker Arctic Technology Inc.
    News

    A necessary start with some unnecessary confusion

    2014-10-08T09:30:00Z

    The latest draft of the Polar Code has been met with mixed feelings, says Wendy Laursen.

  • LNG carrier, 1964 vintage, the ‘Jules Verne’
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    Sulzer to the fore

    2014-10-08T09:29:00Z

    Big news back in October 1964 was that the first licence for building high power Diesel engines in the US had been awarded by Sulzer Bros to Nordberg Manufacturing.

  • News

    The Jones Act market

    2014-10-08T09:29:00Z

    The US Jones Act generally restricts the marine transportation of cargo and passengers between points in the US (including non-contiguous areas) to vessels built in the US and registered under the US flag, manned by predominately US crews and 75%-owned and controlled by US citizens.

  • KHI’s Kobe yard is used to very dense sub construction
    News

    From submarines to support vessels

    2014-10-08T09:28:00Z

    Some people may have raised an eyebrow at Island Offshore’s recent decision to take the first Rolls-Royce UT777 design to a Japanese yard that doesn’t, so far, have a record of offshore builds, writes Stevie Knight.

  • ‘Amazon Warrior’ puts the Flensburger stamp on a highly sophisticated segment of the offshore market
    News

    Purpose-built for long-endurance seismic survey anywhere

    2014-10-08T09:28:00Z

    WesternGeco’s ‘Amazon Warrior’ is a testament both to growing demand and the increasing technological and operational challenges in the high-density segment of the marine seismic data acquisition market. David Tinsley reports.

  • The Aker Philadelphia-built ‘Liberty Bay’ has been assigned to the conveyance of crude oil from Alaska to US west coast refineries. (Aker Philadelphia Shipyard)
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    Jones Act Aframax gives new dimension to US shipbuilding

    2014-10-08T09:28:00Z

    The largest vessel built to date by Aker Philadephia Shipyard is testament to increased US industrial capabilities in support of growth in domestic energy production and economic activity, writes David Tinsley.

  • 'Island Performer' was delivered in a record breaking 18 months. Photo: Ulstein Group/Marius Beck Dahle
    News

    'Island Performer': inventive inheritance

    2014-10-08T09:27:00Z

    What was wanted was an ''SUV of the ocean’, a demanding build customised not only for riserless light well intervention (RLWI) but also for IMR work. However, ‘says Stevie Knight, ''Island Performer'' was delivered by Ulstein against the clock, a mere 18 months from signing.

  • The standard paint guarantee from coating suppliers allows for some fouling before a claim can be made.
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    The challenges of measuring real vessel performance

    2014-10-08T09:27:00Z

    Dr Raouf Kattan, managing director of Safinah, co-wrote, with Dr R.L. Townsin (Safinah) and V.N. Armstrong (ApolloSOS), a paper on the complexity of coating performance measurement for shipowners which was presented at the recent ICMCF in Singapore. Wendy Laursen reports.

  • Farstad’s UT 754 WP 'Far Solitaire' was the first Rolls-Royce UT design to be built with a wave piercing bow
    News

    The UT story: 40 years of vessel success

    2014-10-08T09:27:00Z

    New designs and concepts continue to flow from the Rolls-Royce offshore family; John Barnes looks at the 40-year history of the UT family of offshore support ships.

  • Sigmacover 580 is an epoxy anticorrosive/tiecoat for underwater hulls
    News

    Paint technology responds to industry needs

    2014-10-08T09:26:00Z

    The marine coatings industry has experienced a period of intense product innovation over the last 25 years, responding both to regulation and the changing needs of shipowners, according to Sijmen Visser, global marketing manager marine, PPG Protective and Marine Coatings