All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 689

  • Drawing showing a generic square rigged sailing ship of 10,000 dwt fitted with the stayed Dyna-rig
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    Hybrid square riggers - the ultimate green ships?

    2011-05-23T23:15:00Z

    In all the attention paid to alternative fuels and renewable energy, wind power has been receiving increased attention and two designs that seem to offer much promise are being put forward. Let’s hope that the fossil-free solution’s answer is ‘blowing in the wind’.

  • LNG carrier ‘Berge Arzew’ provided a floating test-bed for AMC’s Green Ocean Coatings
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    Coating uses carbon nano-technology for durability and performance

    2011-05-23T23:00:00Z

    A Norwegian company, Advanced Marine Coatings (AMC), says that it has harnessed a breakthrough nano-science and a patented dispersion technology to make a marine paint with exceptional abrasion resistance and smoothness.

  • News

    Dynamic Offshore orders Keppel jack-up

    2011-05-23T21:05:00Z

    Keppel FELS has announced a $180 million contract with Vision Drilling, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynamic Offshore Drilling, to build its first KFELS B Class jack-up drilling rig.

  • News

    Onboard wi-fi for crew email

    2011-05-23T21:05:00Z

    Telaurus Communications, a Globecomm Maritime company, has unveiled an enhancement to its crew email product, combining the functionality of its se@COMM suite with proprietary wireless network components.

  • News

    Ocean signal appoints new distributor

    2011-05-23T21:05:00Z

    Communications and safety company Ocean Signal has recently appointed Sartech as UK distributor for its SafeSea product range.

  • KVH's CommBox offers network management for commercial mariners via its two hardware options, the R8 and C2 (pictured)
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    1,000th communications network manager shipped

    2011-05-23T21:05:00Z

    KVH Industries of the USA has announced the shipment of its 1,000th CommBox ship/shore network manager, which it says marks a trend for increasing integration of onboard IT networks and shipboard satcoms.

  • Three new pilot station vessels will feature Alewijnse electrical installations
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    Record pilot vessel contract for Dutch supplier

    2011-05-23T21:04:00Z

    Alewijnse Noord, a subsidiary of Dutch company Alewijnse Marine Systems, says that it has recently secured the largest order in its history, for the installation of the electrical systems on board three new Pilot Station Vessels (PSVs) for the Dutch Pilotage Services.

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    Deck gear company focuses on Brazil

    2011-05-23T21:04:00Z

    German marine equipment supplier HATLAPA says it is following the current trend by increasing its activities in the offshore sector and making Brazil one of its geographical focus areas.

  • 'Aura II's' Wärtsilä engines will be capable of operating on various types of liquid bio-fuels
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    Bio-fuel engines ordered for Finnish cargo ship

    2011-05-23T21:03:00Z

    Wärtsilä reports that it has been contracted by STX Finland in Turku to supply the main engines for a new multi-purpose cargo vessel, being built for Meriaura, a Finnish carrier of industrial products and general cargo.

  • News

    HHI selects electrical systems for ultra deepwater drillships

    2011-05-23T21:02:00Z

    Power conversion specialist Converteam says it has been selected by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for design and supply of high efficiency electrical systems for three newbuild ultra-deepwater drillships for Noble Corporation.

  • News

    New seat deck rails launched

    2011-05-23T21:02:00Z

    Alu Design & Services, a Norwegian supplier of pilot chairs and deck rails to the marine, navy, offshore and commercial industries, has launched a new range of low profile deck rails.

  • News

    Changes in directors for ‘K’ Line

    2011-05-23T21:02:00Z

    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (“K” Line) has decided the following changes at a recent board meeting, subject to approval at the forthcoming Ordinary General Meeting of shareholders:

  • News

    Telaurus appoints product manager – value-added services

    2011-05-23T21:02:00Z

    Telaurus Communications, a Globecomm Maritime company, has appointed Geoff Davison as product manager – value added services.

  • The ‘rudder-pod’ as presented by ABB in Oslo prior to Nor-Shipping
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    ‘Rudder-pod’ concept unveiled

    2011-05-23T15:26:00Z

    Along with ABB’s DC-Grid onboard power distribution concept, ABB today unveiled a concept for large container ship propulsion, on which it has been working with ship designers and shipbuilders.

  • ABB’s Anders Roed, presenting the DC-Grid concept in Oslo
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    ABB launches new marine electrical power system

    2011-05-23T15:25:00Z

    ABB has introduced a new DC (direct current) electrical system for marine applications. Known as DC-Grid, the system is designed for today’s more environmentally-conscious ship designs.

  • Tor Svensen, speaking in Oslo on May 23 about the apparent deterioration in maritime safety
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    Safety statistics reversed, says DNV

    2011-05-23T14:29:00Z

    Statistics investigated by DNV indicate that the improvement in maritime safety has bottomed out, and may even have reversed, a situation that has prompted the class society to call for a culture change.

  • Safebridge offers online training for the Transas ECDIS
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    New navigation training partnership

    2011-05-22T21:58:00Z

    Online maritime training portal Safebridge has announced a new partnering agreement with navigation equipment supplier Transas Marine.

  • ‘Karianne’ has at last found a home at Island Offshore
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    Ulstein finds buyer for SX121

    2011-05-22T21:58:00Z

    Ulstein says that it has sold a construction vessel, for which the original buyer could not take delivery, to Island Offshore.

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    IMO's MSC issues counter-piracy guidelines concerning armed security

    2011-05-22T21:57:00Z

    The IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has approved Interim guidance on the employment of armed security personnel on board ships transiting the Somali coast, the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean.

  • Working on a cargo pump at Hamworthy's Far Eastern facility
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    11 pumproom shipsets contract from China

    2011-05-22T21:56:00Z

    Hamworthy reports that it has won a contract to supply pump room systems for 11 vessels to be delivered to the China Shipping Group (CSG).