All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 598

  • The car carrier Baltic Ace sank shortly after the collision on Wednesday evening
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    Rescue underway after 'Baltic Ace' collision

    2012-12-06T16:25:00Z

    A rescue search for missing crew from the 148m cargo ship, the ''Baltic Ace'', is underway following its collision with a containership in the North Sea on Wednesday evening.

  • Lloyd's Register and UK P&I Club are launching an MLC 2006 app for smartphones
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    MLC checklist backed by mobile app

    2012-12-06T15:56:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register and the UK P&I Club are jointly launching another pocket checklist, the latest being intended to help prepare for MLC 2006 inspections, and for the first time it will be available as a smartphone app.

  • The propeller upgrade took place at Svendborg Shipyard, Denmark
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    MAN propeller upgrade for gravel dredger

    2012-12-05T18:28:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ division has performed a propulsion upgrade for a 900 m³ dredger in cooperation with owner, Saudi shipowner and constructional engineering company, National Chemical Carriers (NCC).

  • Hope for Peene (picture), also Volkswerft
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    New hope for insolvent German yard group

    2012-12-05T16:53:00Z

    After months of growing concern over the fate of insolvent German shipbuilder P+S Werften, solutions appear likely which could mean the survival of both of the group’s yards, reports Tom Todd

  • TOTE’s dual-fuel container ships will have MAN ME-GI power
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    First order for LNG-fuelled two-stroke

    2012-12-05T15:22:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has confirmed the first order for its low-speed, dual-fuel ME-GI engine – the two 3,100TEU containerships to be built at NASSCO for USshipping company TOTE will be powered by 8L70ME-GI main engines.

  • The vessels will be built at NASSCO's shipyard in San Diego. Photo: Ken Wright
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    NASSCO to build first LNG containerships

    2012-12-05T14:16:00Z

    USA based shipbuilder, General Dynamics NASSCO, has finalised a contract with American group TOTE Inc, to build the world’s first LNG powered containerships.

  • News

    Wärtsilä wins order for LNG ferry

    2012-12-04T17:20:00Z

    Finland’s Wärtsilä has won a contract to supply the gas powered propulsion machinery, gas storage and handling systems for North America’s first LNG powered passenger ferry.

  • The 'Stena Germanica' Photo: Wikimedia/Danica
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    Stena looks to methanol

    2012-12-04T16:08:00Z

    Stena Line has unveiled its plans to use methanol to meet emission standards for Europe’s Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs) coming into effect in 2015.

  • Fincantieri’s order book is swelled by two more small cruise ships, with an option for two more
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    Fincantieri picks up more cruise orders

    2012-12-04T12:25:00Z

    Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri has announced the signature of a memorandum of agreement with Viking Ocean Cruises for the construction of two more ocean cruise ships with an option for another two.

  • News

    New LNG containership concept

    2012-12-03T17:39:00Z

    Finland’s Cargotec is involved in a new containership design called the STREAM development concept, which features LNG fuelled propulsion, optimised hull and efficient cargo handling.

  • Steven Jones MSC BSC (Hons) MNI, author of 'Maritime Security - a practical guide'
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    Nautical Institute launches security guide

    2012-12-03T14:41:00Z

    The UK''s The Nautical Institute, has launched a practical security guide in a bid to create a security culture for the maritime industry that works both onboard vessels and ashore.

  • LPG carrier ‘Nordfonn’ built at La Ciotat for Norwegian owner Bergesen
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    Engine pressures, operator problems, paints, the environment – and dual fuel

    2012-12-01T00:00:00Z

    In December 1962, ‘The Motor Ship’ was in contemplative mood. Writers and correspondents alike, had put their minds to thinking about developments in the industry, several of which have a familiar sound today.

  • The RDPS Alpha sealing system
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    Piston seals for high-viscosity cylinder oils

    2012-11-30T23:31:00Z

    The RDPS Alpha piston sealing system has been developed to counter problems resulting from the effects of emission regulation and slow steaming on cylinder lubrication, as described by Ernie Terry of Marine Sealing Services, UK.

  • The 62cm bore version of Wärtsilä’s Generation X engine family
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    A shorter route to greater profits

    2012-11-30T23:30:00Z

    Wärtsilä’s so-called ‘new generation’ – the Generation X series – of two-stroke engines was introduced in May 2011, with the aim of significantly contributing to lowering marine engine fuel costs and improving environmental performance.

  • MAN’s GI-fitted ME research engine
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    Progress on gas-fuelled two-strokes

    2012-11-30T23:30:00Z

    The pressure to find alternative fuels, driven by both emissions legislation and the resulting commercial pressures that threaten to drive up the cost of low-sulphur fuel oils, is impacting on the low speed engine market.

  • Shipbuilding often requires long welded seams, and a tandem process such as the Fronius TimeTwin digital system, seen here at the P+S Werften Wolgast yard, can speed up the welding process
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    System solutions for economical welding

    2012-11-30T23:30:00Z

    In shipbuilding, as in other metalworking industries, weld processes have to combine top-quality results with high cost efficiency, says Christoph Kammerhuber, of Austrian company Fronius International.

  • A repower package for the Norwegian ferry ‘Folgefonn’ features Sperre’s new Pleat coolers
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    Heat exchangers designed for simpler maintenance

    2012-11-30T23:30:00Z

    Earlier this year, Norwegian company Sperre, best known for its compressors, set up a new subsidiary, Sperre Coolers, to deal with its newly-developed plate coolers and box coolers.

  • Caterpillar’s G3500 pure-gas marine genset engine
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    Cat goes for pure gas genset power

    2012-11-30T23:30:00Z

    At the recent SMM exhibition in Hamburg, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems announced that it is currently developing a high speed gas engine based on the 3500 engine platform.

  • Alfa Laval’s PureBallast 2.0
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    Ballast and bilge form integrated treatment solution

    2012-11-30T23:30:00Z

    Alfa Laval’s ‘pure thinking’ concept includes, alongside exhaust gas cleaning systems, crankcase gas cleaning and waste fuel recovery, systems for ballast and bilge water treatment.

  • Stein Foss, Moss Hydro CEO
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    Filters attract attention of Norwegian BWTS industry

    2012-11-30T23:30:00Z

    Two Norwegian companies are looking at filters, components which have proved troublesome in some ballast water treatment systems so far.