All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 705

  • Kenneth Vareide, director of operations for DNV North America Maritime
    News

    LNG fuel best for USA, says DNV

    2011-02-23T10:00:00Z

    A new report from DNV, ‘Greener shipping in North America’, proposes that LNG is the most efficient and economical way to meet forthcoming air emissions requirements in the US and Canada.

  • News

    Sinopacific embraces ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’

    2011-02-23T09:13:00Z

    China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, which includes the Zhejiang Shipbuilding and Yangzhou Dayang Shipbuilding yards, says that it values business ethics such as lawful operation, product safety, environmental protection, employee benefits, integrity and responsibility to stakeholders.

  • ‘Kyoto Express’, one of the first Stratos FBBPlus-equipped ships for Hapag Lloyd
    News

    Enhanced broadband gets first customer

    2011-02-23T08:51:00Z

    Maritime satellite communications provider Stratos Global has just launched its FBBPlus managed global broadband service, based on the FleetBroadband and VSAT platforms.

  • News

    RINA endorses technical training tool

    2011-02-22T17:24:00Z

    Castrol Academy, Castrol Marine’s technical training and assessment tool, has been recognised by the Royal Institution Of Naval Architects (RINA).

  • The Rickmers Group has taken delivery in Korea of two more 13,100TEU vessels
    News

    Two more Rickmers container giants named

    2011-02-22T17:05:00Z

    17 February saw the naming of two more 13,100 TEU container vessels for Rickmers Group. ‘Leo Rickmers’ and ‘Scorpio Rickmers’ will be chartered to Maersk Line as ‘Maersk Edmonton’ and ‘Maersk Elba’.

  • An ARRC suspended from the RSV with the damping system on view
    News

    New safety system for OSV rescue craft

    2011-02-22T16:48:00Z

    UK company SE Hydraulics has partnered with Parker Hannifin to develop a passive damping system for use on the rescue craft davits of BP’s regional support vessels (RSVs).

  • The Kelvin Hughes SharpEye transceiver unit
    News

    Korean LNG order for radar

    2011-02-22T00:15:00Z

    Kelvin Hughes reports that its SharpEye radar was recently fitted to a Korean LNG carrier; the company says this is the first order it has received from Korea for this product.

  • Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding introducing the Triple-E concept in London on 21 February
    News

    Maersk orders 10 green mega-boxships

    2011-02-21T15:34:00Z

    Maersk Line has announced that it has signed a contract with Daewoo in Korea to build 10 container ships of 18,000 TEU capacity to a new environmentally-friendly design.

  • One of the two engine rooms of the MAN 48/60CR-powered ro-pax ferry for Tunisia
    News

    Large four-stroke engines for ro-pax, LNG and rescue ships

    2011-02-21T00:15:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that it has received an order for four medium speed engines from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of Korea, for a new large ro-pax ferry.

  • News

    Order for Korean bulker IBS

    2011-02-20T23:45:00Z

    Northrop Grumman Corporation’ Sperry Marine subsidiary has received orders to supply advanced electronic navigation systems for two new 37,000 dwt bulk carriers to be built in Korea

  • News

    Forward with technology

    2011-02-20T15:22:00Z

    I am putting this issue together following our return from Copenhagen, where we were at the very successful 33rd Motorship Propulsion and Emissions conference.

  • 'Toise Independent' and 'Vos Supporter' double docking in Leith
    News

    Positive outlook for Scottish shiprepairer

    2011-02-20T15:21:00Z

    Dales Marine Services’ expansion of its dry docking capability on Scotland’s east coast last year is delivering results with the value of contracts generated and dry dock usage both at record levels.

  • Aerial view of Navantia’s Fene-Ferrol shiprepair facility
    News

    LNGs are Navantia

    2011-02-20T15:21:00Z

    Navantia Shiprepair in Spain undertook a total of 30 LNG projects in 2010, with 28 LNG at the Fene-Ferrol yard and two further LNG projects at the Cadiz yard.

  • Schat Harding SeaCure load release hook being installed
    News

    Consensus needed on lifeboat hooks

    2011-02-20T15:21:00Z

    Lifeboat manufacturer and service provider Schat-Harding says IMO and some parts of the shipping industry need to move more quickly to a consensus on vital lifeboat safety issues which have important consequences for the safety of seafarers.

  • The RFA ‘Cardigan Bay’ in the Gulf  supporting coalition operations and the Iraqi Navy
    News

    RFA vessel returns

    2011-02-20T15:20:00Z

    RFA ‘Cardigan Bay’ returned to A&P’s Falmouth shipyard for maintenance in January after three years in the Gulf supporting coalition operations and the Iraqi Navy.

  • News

    Live long and prosper!

    2011-02-20T15:20:00Z

    Getting maintenance timing wrong and incurring the associated costs is just one of the risks of operating a fleet of ships - or is it?

  • Eight into one at ASRY’s No.1 dock
    News

    Flexibility and expansion are key to ASRY’s success

    2011-02-20T15:20:00Z

    The first week of the New Year saw Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Co (ASRY) break all records for the number of vessels docked simultaneously in its No.1 Dock.

  • The Wärtsilä 32 engine
    News

    Popular engine upgraded

    2011-02-20T00:00:00Z

    Wärtsilä has recently introduced a more powerful marine version of its popular 32cm bore engine.

  • Launch of ro-pax ‘Spirit of France’ at Rauma
    News

    Second ferry newbuild launched at Rauma

    2011-02-17T11:05:00Z

    The launch of the second ro-pax ferry, ‘Spirit of France’, which STX Rauma is building for P&O Ferries, took place on 17 February 2011. She is a sister ship to ‘Spirit of Britain’, which was handed over in January 2011.

  • Image of the fisheries research vessel ordered by Namibia
    News

    Namibia orders fisheries research vessel

    2011-02-16T14:59:00Z

    STX Finland Oy and Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Republic of Namibia recently signed a contract for the construction of a fisheries research vessel at a cost of approximately EUR 35 million.