All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 668

  • VLCC ‘Great Lady’ drydocked in the Maltese shipyard last year
    News

    Italians turn around Malta shipyard

    2011-09-22T21:30:00Z

    The acquisition in June 2010 of the Maltese shipyard by the Italian shiprepairer, Palumbo Group, has significantly enhanced the capabilities of the Naples-based company and will have a big impact on the company’s future business.

  • News

    Equipment maker signs up for new Inmarsat service

    2011-09-22T14:58:00Z

    Thrane & Thrane, an Inmarsat FleetBroadband terminal developer, has confirmed that it has been appointed by Inmarsat as a key launch manufacturer for the forthcoming Inmarsat Global Xpress service.

  • The Vulkardan G 84 coupling
    News

    New coupling for genset applications

    2011-09-22T14:57:00Z

    Vulkan Couplings reports that it is introducing a new product, the Vulkardan G 84, designed for generator drives and electric motors in the medium power range, catering for torque up to 63kNm.

  • Havyard PSV ‘Saeborg’ is due to be named in Torshavn, in the Faroe Islands (photo: Stig Breidvik)
    News

    Havyard delivers PSV in Faroe Islands

    2011-09-22T14:56:00Z

    Norwegian builder Havyard says that its latest delivery, Saeborg, a Havyard 832L supply vessel built for Faroese owner Tummas Justinussen, is about to be named and handed over in the Faroes.

  • News

    ClassNK approves ECDIS course

    2011-09-22T14:55:00Z

    ClassNK says it has issued its first approval for maritime training programmes to an ECDIS course offered by NYK Shipmanagement (NYKSM) of Singapore.

  • The refurbished ‘Oceanic Phoenix’ at the Bergen Group Halsnøy repair yard
    News

    Seismic vessel gets big make-over at Norwegian yard

    2011-09-21T22:45:00Z

    The Norwegian Bergen Group Halsnøy (BGH) has completed an extensive six-month refurbishment of the 11,368gt seismic vessel Oceanic Phoenix (ex. Geowave Master) owned by Master and Commander, managed by DOF Management and on a long-term charter to CGG Veritas.

  • The ‘Spirit of Adventure’ undergoing repairs at Gibdock drydock
    News

    Gibdock has ‘Spirit’ for cruise ship work

    2011-09-21T22:00:00Z

    Gibraltar-based Gibdock continues to make inroads into the Mediterranean cruise ship repair and refurbishment market by completing a drydocking contract for UK-based niche cruise operator Saga.

  • KVH's TracPhone V7 and mini-VSAT Broadband network are supporting safe operation, vessel optimisation, and crew morale for MOL (LNG) tankers
    News

    Satcom system selected for LNG tankers

    2011-09-21T15:13:00Z

    Following a successful trial, MOL LNG Transport, a subsidiary of Mitsui OSK Lines, is to instal the KVH TracPhone V7 satellite communications system from KVH Industries onboard three of its LNG tanker ships.

  • Many large yachts spend a lot of time moored, so why not produce a yacht design based on the principles of an offshore production unit, suggests BMT Nigel Gee with the Project Utopia concept
    News

    Breaking the naval architecture mould

    2011-09-21T14:37:00Z

    Yachts and offshore structures do not receive much coverage in The Motorship, but a new design from BMT Nigel Gee that appears to be combining the two concepts has been creating interest.

  • News

    Reefer fleet is dwindling, says Drewry

    2011-09-21T14:36:00Z

    The outlook for reefer ships is a cautious one, according to Drewry Maritime Research, in its latest ‘Reefer Shipping Market Annual Review and Forecast 2011/12’, which identifies a quickly-changing industry.

  • Tug bridge display
    News

    Fuel monitoring system for new tug

    2011-09-21T14:35:00Z

    Maltese towage operator Tug Malta has specified the Royston ''enginei'' fuel consumption monitoring system for its newest tug, currently under construction at the Zamakona yard in Spain.

  • Rendering of the turbine access system
    News

    Turbine access system wins Carbon Trust funding

    2011-09-20T16:36:00Z

    Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee have announced a contract from the Carbon Trust as a participant in the offshore wind accelerator access (OWA-A) competition, following success in the Seawork 2011 innovation awards.

  • A Wartsila 50DF engine, the largest size in the dual fuel portfolio
    News

    3 million hours for dual-fuel engines

    2011-09-20T16:36:00Z

    Wärtsilä reports that its dual-fuel engines have now exceeded 3 million running hours in both land-based and marine applications, a record that the company claims cannot be matched by any other engine manufacturer.

  • ExxonMobil has been supplying lubricants to the Greek Group for 50 years
    News

    Oil company and shipowners mark 50 years

    2011-09-20T16:35:00Z

    ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants and shipowning partnership the Greek Group have celebrated a 50-year business partnership, representing the oil company’s longest supply agreement with a marine customer organisation.

  • Artist impression of the Super Green 8500 with Groot Cross-Bow
    News

    Chinese-built ships have novel Dutch bow

    2011-09-20T16:31:00Z

    Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding will shortly launch the first vessel of the ‘Super Green 8500’ type for Carisbrooke Shipping. This is the first Chinese-built ship with a Groot Cross-Bow.

  • Noah Silberschmidt
    News

    DK Group expands senior team

    2011-09-20T16:21:00Z

    DK Group, the maritime technology company, has announced the appointment of Noah Silberschmidt as joint managing director, alongside Katia Kardash.

  • News

    Tognum to reduce executive board

    2011-09-20T16:14:00Z

    MTU parent group Tognum says that it is to reduce the size of its executive board as of 1 October 2011 from five to four members, following the sales reorganisation of of the global Tognum group in January 2011.

  • VLCC ‘Alphard Star’ in drydock at ASRY being converted into an offshore oil storage vessel
    News

    ASRY shows strong first half performance

    2011-09-19T23:00:00Z

    Despite the continued shipping recession Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) showed a strong first half year performance in 2011, demonstrating the yard’s resilience.

  • ‘Maersk Taurus’ will test a Belco scrubber on one of its auxiliary engines
    News

    Maersk trials US scrubber technology

    2011-09-19T17:21:00Z

    DuPont subsidiary Belco Technologies, based in the US, says that it has reached an agreement with A.P. Moller–Maersk of Denmark to carry out shipboard trials on one of its Belco marine scrubbing systems.

  • The Russian river-sea tankers for which API cargo systems have been ordered
    News

    Cargo systems for 31 Russian tankers

    2011-09-19T16:03:00Z

    API Marine of Aalborg, Denmark, reports new contracts with two Russian shipyards - JSC Zavod Krasnoe Sormovo and JSC Okskaya Sudoverf - for cargo control, alarm and automation systems for 31 newbuildings.