All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 660

  • News

    Contract for boxship propulsion packages

    2011-10-31T11:00:00Z

    An order for supply of engines and propulsion equipment for six new ro-ro container vessels being built in Korea for NSCSA, the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia, has been placed with Wärtsilä.

  • ‘Seatruck Power’ is launched in Flensburg
    News

    Second Irish Sea ro-ro launched at FSG

    2011-10-31T10:42:00Z

    Irish Sea ro-ro freight operator Seatruck has launched and named the second in its series of four new vessels building at FSG Flensburg in Germany. The ship has been named ‘Seatruck Power’.

  • ‘Queen Mary 2’ at her last refit at B+V in 2008
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    QM2 to visit B+V for interior refit

    2011-10-31T10:10:00Z

    Cunard has announced that its flagship cruise vessel, the ‘Queen Mary 2’, is shortly to dock at the Blohm & Voss repair yard in Hamburg, Germany, for an extensive interior refit.

  • ‘Costa Favolosa’ running her sea trials (Courtesy of Fincantieri)
    News

    Largest Italian cruise ship enters service

    2011-10-31T00:15:00Z

    Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Venice, Italy, recently delivered the largest cruise ship flying the Italian flag to Costa Cruises.

  • ‘Shin Koho’ on builders trials
    News

    World’s first hybrid turbocharged bulk carrier

    2011-10-31T00:00:00Z

    The Japanese shipowner Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) recently took delivery of a new 180,000dwt bulk carrier, Shin Koho, from the Universal Shipbuilding Corporation’s Tsu Shipyard.

  • Gas-fuelled design of versatile short-sea trader developed by Rolls-Royce for Nor Lines
    News

    Versatile, gas-fuelled design for northern waters

    2011-10-30T23:45:00Z

    Norway’s geography and its distribution of communities and industry has ensured a continuing, important role for coastal and short-sea transportation, writes David Tinsley.

  • The Italian Coast Guard’s deep-sea supply vessel will be equipped with a ZF 9300 PTI hybrid gearbox
    News

    ZF on a roll with several large contracts

    2011-10-30T23:00:00Z

    Friedrichshafen-based ZF Marine, in conjunction with Dutch company HRP (now ZF Marine Krimpen) has secured a contract with Aberdeen-based global shipping and energy firm, the Craig Group, to supply retractable azimuth thrusters for four 50m stand-by type vessels.

  • ‘Kilimanjaro III’ exceeds expectations during sea trials
    News

    Tanzania gets new catamaran ferry

    2011-10-30T23:00:00Z

    The Hobart, Tasmania, shipbuilder Richardson Devine Marine (RDM) recently delivered the 38m aluminium catamaran passenger ferry Kilimanjaro III to Coastal Fast Ferries in Tanzania.

  • Installing Thordon's seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing replacing metal bearing and oil
    News

    Avoiding the slippery slope to lubricant pollution

    2011-10-30T23:00:00Z

    Environmental lobby groups are pressing the shipping industry, and its regulators, to move away from traditional oil-based lubricants which are causing significant harm to the global marine environment.

  • Marin-Ark MES deployed alongside a ferry
    News

    Marine evacuation systems: a viable alternative to lifeboats

    2011-10-29T23:45:00Z

    With MES now in its fourth decade it is now a well-proven system with clear advantages in certain applications, says Richard McCormick, Marin-Ark sales manager, Survitec Group.

  • Finnish operator Meriaura has ordered a new multipurpose deck carrier/heavy load vessel, derived from its 2008-built ‘Aura’, but incorporating advanced ecological features.
    News

    Baltic operator to use biofuel in new project cargo carrier

    2011-10-29T23:01:00Z

    Finnish-based industrial products and general cargo transport group Meriaura added a new dimension to its Baltic and North Sea fleet in 2008 when it commissioned the 4,700dwt multipurpose open deck carrier Aura, targeted at regional heavy-load opportunities.

  • Schat-Harding SeaCure hook being installed
    News

    Getting lifeboats off the hook

    2011-10-29T23:00:00Z

    Lifeboat launching systems may finally be getting upgraded but is there a problem with lifeboat maintenance? asks Mark Langdon

  • News

    Combating piracy

    2011-10-29T23:00:00Z

    There are lots of meetings being held on how to combat piracy but how do you go about making your ship less of a target for pirates and how do you stop them getting onboard?

  • The high value of the latest generation of high-tech mega-ships is helping to drive up insurance costs
    News

    Caution remains in hull and machinery insurance

    2011-10-29T23:00:00Z

    The year 2011 has seen the cost of nautical-related marine insurance claims return to former high levels, and new technology is doing nothing to reassure underwriters, as Denzil Stuart reports.

  • The ADIS display shows draught values and trim together with tons-to-go value; once maximum load capacity is reached the alarm tells the crew to stop the loading process
    News

    Non-invasive draught measurement technology from Canada

    2011-10-29T23:00:00Z

    Dr Iain Weir-Jones, PhD, PEng, of Vancouver-based Weir-Jones Engineering, looks at a system for determining actual draught measurement to improve safety, shiphandling and fuel economy.

  • News

    Keep damaged ships afloat

    2011-10-29T23:00:00Z

    Salvage companies and marine underwriters are keeping an eye on a new initiative that could prevent a damaged ship from sinking.

  • ‘Union Gold’ led a new series of three 2,574dwt, low air-draught cargo vessels ordered from Damen by Union Transport; a contract of affreightment covering steel shipments from Belgium to the UK provides baseload business
    News

    New sea-river coaster class for UK operator

    2011-10-28T23:45:00Z

    Operating economics and relative shipbuilding costs have fostered a shift towards larger vessels in the European coastal and short-sea trades, reducing the availability of vessels able to access length- or draught-restricted, small ports and harbours, and thereby limiting opportunities for waterborne freight transportation in those areas, writes David Tinsley.

  • The P-Trap system being tested by the Royal Dutch Coast Guard in conjunction with the Royal Netherlands Rescue Institute and the Royal Dutch Navy
    News

    Non-lethal protection for ships against pirates

    2011-10-28T23:00:00Z

    Piracy is a serious problem in the Indian Ocean and off the Somali coast. The problem has been with us in that area for several years now, and it was a far back as 2005 when Lodewijk Westerbeek van Eerten of the Netherlands had an idea for combating it.

  • News

    Bearing wear monitor adds Korean Registry approval

    2011-10-28T13:56:00Z

    UK company Amot says that its XTS-W bearing wear monitor has received Korean Registry Approval, in addition to approvals from other classification societies and certification authorities.

  • A full attendance at the second Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference
    News

    A successful Gas Fuelled Ships conference

    2011-10-28T11:55:00Z

    The Motorship’s second Gas Fuelled Ships conference, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, ended on a high note on 27 October. Chairman John Aitken, secretary general of SEAaT, pronounced the two-day event a great success.