All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 563
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NewsThe technical challenges of ship management
Ship managers, as well as owners, are being squeezed to minimise costs in the face of low charter rates and oversupply of ships. We asked Univan Ship Management of Hong Kong how they were responding to these challenges; this is what chief operating officer Pradeep Ranjan had to say.
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NewsPod drive demo boat books Seawork call
Volvo Penta has announced a new version of its D13 engine, claiming improved environmental properties with basically unchanged fuel consumption, in order to meet US EPA Tier 3 emission limits.
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NewsDemagnetised engines help ensure Baltic shipping safety
According to MTU, there are still well over 200,000 sea mines at the bottom of the Baltic sea. Although often lying several hundred metres below the surface, they can potentially have a devastating effect.
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NewsNoise and vibration attenuation in pipework systems
Excessive vibration and noise continue to be two of the main challenges in the shipbuilding industry, which can be reduced using grooved mechanical pipe-joining, explains Didier Vassal, vice president maritime services at Victaulic.
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NewsOffshore focus amid staple work keeps German yards in business
Big repair projects neared completion at leading yards mid year as the spotlight stayed on offshore, but cruise, merchant and special ships also continued to prove their staple worth, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsCutting manning levels to an absolute minimum
The dream of operating ships with no crew on board has been a long term quest for ship operators and now technology is moving towards a solution, suggests Dag Pike.
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NewsHigh speed PSV diesel power
Cummins has picked up some useful references for its larger high-speed diesels from applications that normally represent solid medium-speed territory, writes Alan Haig-Brown.
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NewsFuel cells plagued by immature fuel choices
According to Wendy Laursen, fuel availability will be a key factor in the success of fuel cells for ocean-going vessels.
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NewsBattery added to 'Viking Lady' power mix
Eidesvik Offshore’s supply vessel ''Viking Lady'' now has a battery on board in preparation for testing fuel savings, emissions reductions and the future potential of operating in DP mode using just a battery fuel cell hybrid combination, writes Wendy Laursen.
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NewsMore LM2500s for US Navy LCS
GE Marine’s Evendale, Ohio, facility is currently busy building four LM2500 aero-derivative gas turbines for delivery to Austal USA. The engines will power the next two Independence class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), the 14th and 16th LCS vessels.
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NewsPlanned maintenance status view
UK-based company Marine Software has upgraded its Marine Planned Maintenance, Marine Storekeeper and Marine Purchasing software products with a new system ‘Status’ feature.
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News‘MOL Comfort’ investigation taking longer than expected
ClassNK executive vice president Toshitomo Matsui has announced that the Tokyo-based classification society’s casualty analysis and investigation into the ‘MOL Comfort’ sinking will take longer than initially expected.
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NewsNew software for CSR assessment from ClassNK
Classification society ClassNK has announced the release of the latest versions of IACS Common Structural Rules (CSR) structural assessment software.
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NewsHHI wins US$1.4bn order
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is to build ten containerships for the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) as part of a US$1.4bn order.
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NewsSecond Damen PSV for WWS
Damen Shipyards Galati has handed over the second platform supply vessel (PSV) in a six series order heralding a new era in offshore construction for Damen Shipyards Group.
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NewsMLC not just for passenger ship and bulkers, says DNV
Det Norske Veritas has advised shipowners that the major port state control bodies will go beyond International Labour Organisation Resolution XVII recommendations to initially just concentrate on passenger ships and bulk carriers in implementation of MLC 2006.
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NewsStadt gains four-ship AHTS order from Asian yard
Norwegian company Stadt, which specialised in electric propulsion systems, recently won an order from Asia for four shipsets of full electric propulsion technology.
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NewsSyncrolift for Vietnam
Shipbuilding and ship repair at New Song Thu shipyard in Vietnam is set to improve with the installation of Rolls-Royce’s Syncrolift shiplift – the largest to be built in the country.
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NewsNew head of Wärtsilä four-stroke
Roger Holm has been appointed as Wärtsilä senior vice president, four-stroke, and member of the ship power management team.
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NewsRS signs agreement with Nordic Yards Wismar
The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) says it has concluded an agreement with Nordic Yards of Wismar, Germany, to provide classification services and engineering input for two newbuild Russian icebreakers.
