All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 560
-
NewsTank gauging for floating dock
UK instrumentation company PSM says that its level transmitter technology was recently employed in a floating dock building project at a Turkish shipyard .
-
News
Concordia upright
The Costa Concordia has been righted in an operation that took 19 hours and cost upwards of £500m (€600m).
-
NewsSTX to restructure Finnish operations
STX has announced a plan for restructuring at its Finnish shipyards, following the decline in orders, low profitability levels and what it calls “stiffened competition”.
-
NewsDrydocks World and Shell to cooperate in Dubai LNG fuel supply
Drydocks World, based in Dubai, has announced the signature of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Shell and Dubai Maritime City.
-
NewsCosta Concordia salvage
The salvage of the Costa Concordia is underway today in what has been described as the largest and most expensive salvage operation ever undertaken.
-
NewsHavyard to convert subsea vessel
Havyard Ship Technology’s shipyard in Leirvik in Norway has won a contract for a major conversion of the subsea vessel ‘Havila Phoenix’.
-
NewsMore features for GL’s ECO-Assistant software
ECO-Assistant, the trim optimisation tool from Germanischer Lloyd’s consulting arm FutureShip, has been updated to include new features, including a fuel consumption calculator, system usage monitoring, benefit reporting and an E-learning module.
-
NewsGHG abatement debate morphs to survive
Wendy Laursen outlines the political progress made at IMO''s recent MEPC65 meeting on greenhouse gas emissions, but adds that the debate is shifting its focus.
-
NewsLaser scanning can help yards survive
According to UK computer aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) specialist Aveva, the use of laser scanning can give shipyards a competitive edge in refit and conversion projects, such as the installation of ballast water treatment systems or exhaust gas scrubbers
-
NewsLR supports Chinese LNG carrier newbuilds
Lloyd’s Register says it has signed a classification contract for six 174,000m³ LNG tankers to be built by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China.
-
NewsGFS footage online
If you missed the opportunity to attend the fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference 2013, you can now view footage of the Chairman''s welcome address online.
-
NewsLNG bunkering demonstration starts GFS second day
The second day of the Motorship gas fuelled ship conference began very early in the morning, as the ‘Viking Grace’ arrived in Stockholm after her overnight passage from Turku.
-
NewsDNV GL merger approved
The merger between the classification societies DNV and GL has been approved by all competition authorities and will be operational from today.
-
News
Danes to produce marine bio fuel
Plans have been announced for a new refinery in Denmark to produce biomass fuels specifically for marine use.
-
NewsOperational experience with gas fuelled ships
Three shipowners gave their differing operational experiences at the fourth Gas Fuelled Ships conference. First, Kari Granberg of Viking Line returned to the podium to talk specifically about the ''Viking Grace''.
-
NewsLNG ships actually work
The first day of the fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference concluded with tours of the ‘Viking Grace’ machinery rooms and the GE-sponsored conference dinner.
-
NewsThe economics of gas fuelled ships
The Gas Fuelled Ships conference continued through the morning onboard the Viking Line cruise ferry ‘Viking Grace’
-
NewsWärtsilä solutions for LNG ferries
Wärtsilä is to supply integrated solutions for two duel-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) ro-pax passenger ferries for Canadian ferry services provider, Société du Québec (STQ).
-
NewsLower sulphur fuel in the spotlight
Government officials and industry representatives met in London on 11 September to discuss the future availability of low sulphur fuel in line with stricter IMO requirements.
-
NewsGas fuelled ships are a global solution, says GFS4 chairman
The fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference has begun, on the Viking Grace cruise ferry sailing out of Stockholm en route for Mariehamn and Turku. Day One chairman, Martin Shaw of MOAMS, introduced the conference with his view of the prospects of LNG as a GLOBAL maritime fuel for the ...
