All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 550

  • News

    Innovation, sustainability and an eye for detail

    2013-11-30T23:30:00Z

    Klüber Lubrication explains why wind farm operator HGO InfraSea Solutions opts for the company’s high-performance, environmentally sound speciality lubricants for its specialised service vessels.

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    News

    Boiler condition could be a marketing tool

    2013-11-30T23:30:00Z

    DNV is trying to encourage ship managers to take a new, more vigilant approach to boiler monitoring and maintenance, explains by Wendy Laursen

  • The Knud E Hansen design for Stena and Reefer Intel is targeted at the banana trade from the West Indes to Europe
    News

    Ro-ro mode offers benefits in tough reefer sector

    2013-11-30T23:30:00Z

    A new concept of reefer vessel, which has been proposed by Danish naval architecture practice Knud E Hansen, focusing on speed and efficiency of handling perishable cargoes in harbour, is described by David Tinsley.

  • Wärtsilä’s Aquarius EC BWM system was one of several to have received IMO certification at MEPC 65, the company aims to be able to provide a full package of environmentally-compatible machinery and design to its customers
    News

    Mixed reactions to ballast water amendments

    2013-11-30T23:30:00Z

    A proposed relaxation of the timescale for the entry into force of the International Maritime Organization’s Ballast Water Management Convention 2004 should have been welcomed by the industry, but not all interested parties see it that way.

  • ‘Arcadia’ comes back to Lloyd Werft
    News

    Cruise ship repair follows special jobs

    2013-11-30T14:51:00Z

    As the first cruise ships dock for regular seasonal overhauls in the big German yards, the impression of a relatively quiet summer is hard to dispel, but appearances may have been deceptive, reports Tom Todd

  • The Comet 120M from Volga Shipyard
    News

    Russians revisit classic hydrofoil design

    2013-11-29T23:30:00Z

    Russian-built hydrofoil ferries operated passenger services globally for many years, writes Dag Pike.

  • Alweijnse says the contract for the new vessel is one of the largest, single ship contract it's received
    News

    Alewijnse electrics for Damen cable layer

    2013-11-29T15:34:00Z

    Alewijnse Marine Systems is to install full electrics for Damen’s new cable layer, currently under construction for contractor, Van Oord.

  • News

    Vard to build another OSV for Island Offshore

    2013-11-29T11:47:00Z

    Offshore and specialist ship designer and builder Vard has announced a contract, valued at about NOK400 million, for the construction of what is described as “an advanced offshore support vessel”, for Island Offshore.

  • Fincantieri is to build Norway’s new Arctic oceanographic vessel in Italy
    News

    Fincantieri to build Norwegian research ship

    2013-11-29T11:28:00Z

    Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri says that it has signed an order with Norway’s Institute for Marine Research to build a new icebreaking polar research vessel.

  • Large gensets – better times ahead, says Frost & Sullivan (picture: MAN Diesel & Turbo)
    News

    Gensets hit hard times

    2013-11-28T23:30:00Z

    A report by industry analyst Frost & Sullivan suggests that the marine genset market has been suffering recently but there are new opportunities ahead.

  • The common-rail 12V48/60CR Tier-II compliant engine
    News

    MAN engines for Carnival Cruises

    2013-11-28T17:27:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order from Carnival Cruises to supply five 48/60CR engines for its next generation cruise ship.

  • The new test centre will have a central role in propulsion related R&D activities
    News

    Wärtsilä opens new test facility

    2013-11-28T15:58:00Z

    Today, Wärtsilä is opening its new test facility for future propulsion products and technology.

  • MAN Diesel & Turbo's ME-GI engine
    News

    MAN hosts final phase of EU LNG initiative

    2013-11-27T23:35:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has marked the final phase of the EU-funded Helios project by hosting an industry conference at its PrimeServ Academy in Copenhagen.

  • Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu: “Our global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must continue and implementation of EEDI must be progressed”
    News

    28th IMO Assembly opens

    2013-11-27T16:03:00Z

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has opened the 28th session of the Assembly which will run until 4 December at IMO headquarters.

  • Klüber's oils join the company's hydraulic oils as being EU Ecolabel certified
    News

    Klüberbio oil labelled eco-friendly

    2013-11-27T12:16:00Z

    Germany''s Klüber Lubrication’s Klüberbio EG 2 gear oil for thrusters and RM 2 stern tube oil now carry the European Ecolabel, signifying compliance with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s 2013 Vessel General Permit (CGP).

  • Six of the best for German yard
    News

    Germans fine-tune big order for new ships

    2013-11-27T08:33:00Z

    The Ferus Smit Shipyard in Leer, north Germany, was on Tuesday still “fine-tuning” the engineering details for six 10,500dwt ECOBOX newbuildings, according to the shipowner who has ordered them, reports Tom Todd.

  • Aerial view of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ ‘Europa 2’ (all pictures: Hapag-Lloyd Cruises)
    News

    Bespoke German cruise ship set to be a game changer

    2013-11-26T23:30:00Z

    David Tinsley looks at the latest cruise vessel to come out of the STX yard in Saint-Nazaire, France, for German operator Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.

  • The new Centre will provide education and training for organisation based on ABS and Safetec's experience
    News

    Safetec unveils new Competence Centre

    2013-11-26T17:15:00Z

    Safetec is opening a new Competence Centre in Bergen, Norway, which will provide education and training for organisations based on ABS Group and Safetec’s experience in the onshore and offshore sector.

  • The LNG carrier ‘Bachir Chihani’ is in for maintenance at DSB
    News

    Seventh LNG carrier repair for Damen

    2013-11-26T16:32:00Z

    Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSB) has received its seventh LNG carrier drydocking contract for maintenance and repair of the ‘Bachir Chihani’.

  • Island Ventures II LLC has ordered two large offshore construction vessels from Ulstein, one for construction at Ulstein Verft, one for construction in the US Photo: Ulstein Group
    News

    Major new contract for Ulstein

    2013-11-25T17:04:00Z

    The Ulstein Group has received its largest ever contract to build its largest vessel to date, as well as the first Ulstein designed vessel to be built in the US.