All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 694
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NewsGermans complete second big conversion
The €50 million conversion of Mein Schiff 2 – the second big cruise ship for the new TUI Kreuzfahrten venture in Germany - was completed in Bremerhaven on schedule just before the Bank Holiday weekend.
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DNV offers full ship certification in USA
Det Norske Veritas’ US office says that, following an extension of DNV’s authorisation from the US Coast Guard, it is now the only class society that can issue the full suite of statutory certificates for all ship types.
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NewsClean air, clean ships
Bureau Veritas reports that it is currently working on solutions for LNG use as fuel for passenger vessels.
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NewsTwo weeks to go to Propulsion Conference
There are now just 12 days to the Motorship conference in Copenhagen. Don’t miss the pre-event reception hosted by MAN, then on 11/12 May are two days of presentations, with the DNV-sponsored gala dinner in the middle.
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NewsCombined coupling and composite shaft
German company Vulkan Couplings has introduced a new version of its Rato DS coupling which is directly connected to a composite shaft.
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First approval issued for corrosion resistant steel for crude oil cargo tanks
Japanese classification society ClassNK says that it has issued the first type approval for corrosion resistant steel to the new NSGP-1 steel manufactured by Nippon Steel Corporation’s Oita Works.
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NewsNavigation upgrades for Star cruise ships
SAM Electronics reports that its L-3 subsidiary Lyngsø Marine is completing upgrades of existing integrated navigation facilities aboard three Star Cruises’ vessels, Star Pisces, SuperStar Aquarius and SuperStar Libra.
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NewsNew customer services manager for Wilhelmsen in SE Asia
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Henry Ng as customer services manager for SE Asia. He will be based at the company’s Singapore office, where he was previously sales manager for Wilhelmsen Ships Service in Singapore.
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NewsLong service from water-lubricated bearings
Thordon Bearings of Canada reports that the seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings fitted to the cruise ship Grand Princess have now achieved 13 years of pollution-free performance with no shaft withdrawals.
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NewsMalaysian contract for Australian company
Australian-owned ship builder Strategic Marine has been awarded a contract with Malaysian company JCB Oil and Gas Services to supply two 40m crew boats to service Malaysia’s expanding oil and gas sector.
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Digital regulations adds Panama product
UK digital maritime regulations company Regs4ships has added a Panama product to its range, which, says the company, gives it potential coverage of some 80% of the global SOLAS fleet.
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Design and diesel electric system package ordered for Malaysian PSV
Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Nam Cheong Dockyard of Miri, Malaysia, which will build a Wärtsilä Ship Design (WSD) multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) with diesel-electric propulsion.
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NewsGas systems ordered for LNG ferries
Hamworthy says it has signed a contract for LNG storage tanks and fuel systems on four gas-powered ferries to be built at the Remontowa yard in Gdansk, Poland for delivery in the second half of 2012.
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NewsBunker supplier backs mass flow meters
Marine fuel oil supplier OW Bunker has highlighted the impact that mass flow meters can have in solving the ‘quantity issue’ and demonstrated the steps that it is taking to ensure product quality.
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Portable gas detectors look forward to SOLAS amendments
In the run up to a forthcoming change to the SOLAS Convention, Martek Marine is introducing a new range of portable gas detection instruments.
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Class society adds MLC to maritime consulting services
Japanese classification society ClassNK has begun offering a new consulting service for the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006.
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NewsOil reserves running out - 1961 shock?
The May 1961 issue of The Motor Ship, on its comment page, questioned whether, with the growing popularity of the Diesel engine, the world’s oil reserves would be sufficient to meet demand.
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NewsWärtsilä and RCCL sign service agreement
Wärtsilä has finalised what it says is its single largest maintenance agreement with a marine customer, under which the company will provide full maintenance support for five years for Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL).
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NewsMTU order from Indian Coast Guard
The Tognum group has announced a substantial follow-up order from the Indian Coast Guard for 60 MTU 16V4000 engines, with associated automation systems, for 20 new 48m fast patrol boats.
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NewsNorwegian company orders two Ramform survey vessels from MHI
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries reports a new contract for two 3D seismic seabed data acquisition survey ships, to the Ramform W design, for Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) of Norway.
