All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 546
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Copenhagen shore power proposal
Copenhagen City Council are apparently considering a proposal that the 400 cruise ships that dock its port each year should be offered shore side power in the future.
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Three Greek tankers docked at Gibdock
Piraeus-based Aegean Maritime Petroleum Network Inc (AMPNI) recently contracted Gibraltar yard Gibdock to carry out repairs to three of its tank vessels.
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NewsEngine designer gives OK to BN100 cylinder oil
ExxonMobil says that its Mobilgard 5100 BN100 cylinder lubricant has received an interim No Objection Letter (NOL) from Wärtsilä for use in engines in the RTA, RT-Flex and X-series engines running on HFO.
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Balpure BWMS for STX newbuilds
Severn Trent De Nora is to supply its Balpure ballast water management system (BWMS) for crude oil tankers being built by STX Offshore and Shipbuilding in Korea.
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ABS bags its first Japanese-flagged ship
ABS, the Houston, US-based classification society, reports that it has become the first foreign class society to include a Japanese-flagged ship in its fleet.
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NewsNew 2015 release for ShipConstructor software
SSI of Canada has announced the latest release of its ShipConstructor CAD/CAM software package, ShipConstructor 2015, for the ship design and shipbuilding industry.
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NewsYard coins ‘retro-upgrade’ term for offshore job
Damen’s Shipdock Amsterdam yard describes a recent repair and conversion job on two offshore supply ships a ‘retro-upgrade’ – combining a general upgrade with retrofitting of anti-roll stabilising tanks.
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NewsASRY continues to attract new clients
Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain has recently appointed Resolute Maritime Services as its Greek agent. This has resulted in increased activity from the Greek market at ASRY including leading Greek owner Maran Tankers Management which sent a VLCC for docking.
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UK yard invests in upgrades
UK shipyard McTays says that it has invested more than £1million at its Birkenhead yard, including upgrading a slipway to accommodate vessels up to 2,000dwt and 90m in length.
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NewsSeaKing Electrical invests in “high impact” electrical engineering software
Birkenhead, UK based SeaKing Electrical, which focuses on marine electrical engineering, says that it has invested in new engineering software, as used in the nuclear and military markets .
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NewsROV hull cleaning service comes to Europe
Dubai-based GAC EnvironHull says that Gothenburg is the latest port to be added to the network of bases offering using its HullWiper ROV-operated hull cleaning service.
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NewsSoftware to boost charter competitiveness
Eco efficiency software is gaining new traction, thanks to a welcome move to open new communication channels between shipowners and charterers: Esa Henttinen, executive vice president of NAPA for operations, reports.
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NewsProven feasibility for battery power
Corvus Energy and Scandlines have cooperated on the conversion of four ro-pax ferries to hybrid propulsion.
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NewsHigh speed unit meets EPA Tier 4
Caterpillar Marine has begun taking orders for the US EPA Tier 4 compliant 3516C large high speed engine series.
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NewsCNG in shipping as an LNG alternative
Transporting natural gas has become big business for the shipping industry, says Dag Pike, who looks at the opportunities in compressing, rather than liquefying, gas for transport and fuel.
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NewsGermans lose Scandlines conversions
The biggest surprise at Blohm + Voss Repair so far this year has been the decision by Scandlines not to convert its two unfinished ro-pax ferries Berlin and Copenhagen at the Hamburg yard after all, writes Tom Todd.
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German yard co-operation praised
Yard personnel co-operation has come in for praise at Germany’s Privinvest group of companies after a ship repair job at Lindenau Schiffswerft proved more difficult than originally thought, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsRetrofits spice up German yard work
Routine dockings in quite a few German yards of late have been complemented by complex scrubber, ballast water plant and LNG retrofits as owners move to meet new environmental regulations, reports Tom Todd
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News‘Sonne’ kicks off German research fleet revamp
German Chancellor Angela Merkel put the finishing touches to the building of Germany’s biggest and most expensive research ship to date by naming and launching the €124.4 million ‘Sonne’.
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NewsMeyer/Finland talks: a refreshing change
Meyer Werft talks with the Finnish Government about the possible acquisition of STX Oy and its cruise ship building facilities in Turku were still going on when ''The Motorship'' went to press, says Tom Todd.
