All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 714

  • Incat’s LNG-powered 99m catamaran ferry
    News

    Ships can be fast, efficient – and ‘green’

    2011-01-12T15:16:00Z

    Fast ships and green credentials do not go hand in hand in most peoples’ eyes, writes Dag Pike. The faster you go the more fuel you burn and so the harmful emissions will rise.

  • NYK's 'Altair', seen here at GL's home port of Hamburg, was designed from the outset for fuel savings and low emissions
    News

    Container ship optimisation yields significant fuel savings

    2011-01-12T11:11:00Z

    Classification society Germanischer Lloyd says that in a joint venture undertaken with Chinese design office Maric, significant improvements were made to the lines of a 9,000 TEU container ship series.

  • News

    New cruise ships get energy efficient HVAC systems

    2011-01-12T11:09:00Z

    Dutch-based Imtech Marine has received a major order from the German shipyard Meyer Werft in for the energy efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) technology on board of two new Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) cruise ships.

  • Bas Buchner (left) and predecessor Arne Hubregtse
    News

    New president for MARIN

    2011-01-11T17:58:00Z

    From 1 January 2011 Bas Buchner has been president of the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN).

  • Morten Orlien, new TMC sales manager
    News

    New appointments at TMC

    2011-01-11T17:58:00Z

    Norwegian company Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC), supplier of compressed air systems for marine and offshore use, has appointed Per Kjellin as managing director.

  • David Moorhouse
    News

    Former LR top man becomes chairman of Maritime London

    2011-01-11T17:57:00Z

    UK maritime services promotional body Maritime London has appointed David Moorhouse CBE as its chairman. The former Lloyd’s Register chairman replaces Robert Woods CBE who has served a three year term of office, and will now become Maritime London’s vice-chairman.

  • News

    Shipping facing a challenging year

    2011-01-11T14:53:00Z

    Leading accountant and shipping industry adviser Moore Stephens says the shipping sector faces a challenging year in 2011, with freight rates under pressure, crew costs continuing to rise and the banks closely monitoring the future viability of poor performers.

  • VIKING maintains a worldwide exchange pool for liferaft servicing
    News

    Viking signs up Stolt Tankers

    2011-01-11T14:51:00Z

    VIKING Life-Saving Equipment in Esbjerg, Denmark, the marine and fire safety equipment manufacturer, is on a winning streak with its innovative ‘shipowner agreement’ servicing contracts being snapped up by shipowners.

  • Lloyd’s Register issued the very first MLC 2006 certificate to The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, Kraslava of the Riga-based LSC Shipmanagement
    News

    LR issues first MLC certificate

    2011-01-11T14:49:00Z

    The first ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) certificate of compliance ‘pre-convention’, ahead of entry into force, has been awarded to a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker ‘Kraslava’ operated by the Riga-based LSC Shipmanagement SIA.

  • News

    IMCA issues toolbox talk DVD

    2011-01-11T14:47:00Z

    The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has developed a DVD to help describing the process of the key points involved in a job before it begins which can bring huge benefits.

  • News

    Caspian Sea drill ship ordered

    2011-01-11T14:45:00Z

    Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has been awarded a drill ship order by a South Korean consortium led by the state-run Korea National Oil Corporation.

  • Maricuda Atlantic challenger
    News

    UK trimaran design for Atlantic record

    2011-01-10T16:39:00Z

    A concept design for an 80m trimaran powered by a gas turbine engine has been produced by a UK company, with the aim of crossing the Atlantic in less than two days, writes Dag Pike.

  • Artist impression of the anti-pirate laser device
    News

    BAE systems develops anti-pirate device

    2011-01-10T16:27:00Z

    BAE Systems in the UK has successfully demonstrated a prototype device that will serve as an effective non-lethal deterrent against pirate attacks on commercial vessels.

  • Artist’s impression of ‘Karel Doorman’ joint support ship (Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding)
    News

    Dutch naval contract for Converteam

    2011-01-10T16:17:00Z

    Converteam has recently announced a significant order from Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding to supply an integrated vessel energy plant (IVEP) for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s new joint support ship (JSS).

  • News

    VLCC success for Hamworthy pumps

    2011-01-10T16:05:00Z

    Fluid-handling specialist Hamworthy has signed a contract with marine equipment purchaser Hua Hai Engineering & Equipment Co., Ltd to deliver pump room systems for installation on four VLCCs to be constructed in China.

  • The 'Queen Mary 2', whose Mermaid pods were claimed to have proved troublesome
    News

    Carnival wins US court action against Rolls-Royce

    2011-01-10T15:35:00Z

    Maritime law firm Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli reports that it has obtained a $24 million dollar verdict for Carnival Cruise Lines against Rolls-Royce. According to the law firm’s statement, Rolls Royce was found guilty of fraud by a unanimous jury verdict.

  • News

    Oceansaver gets new owners

    2011-01-07T13:06:00Z

    BW Ventures and Investinor AS have made an agreement to acquire OceanSaver, one of the largest ballast water management (BWM) system providers in the world.

  • News

    WSS acquires Nalfleet

    2011-01-07T11:54:00Z

    Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA’s subsidiary, Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS), has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nalfleet for $41 million.

  • News

    Rongsheng pinning hopes on boxships

    2011-01-07T11:44:00Z

    The Shanghai-based Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, China’s largest private shipbuilder, expects containership orders to rise this year as world trade hopefully rebounds from the global recession.

  • The new P&O ropax ferry ‘Spirit of Britain’
    News

    STX delivers ‘Spirit of Britain’

    2011-01-05T17:37:00Z

    Today, the car-passenger ferry ‘Spirit of Britain’ was delivered by STX Europe’s Rauma shipyard to P&O ferries. Her sister ship, the ‘Spirit of France’, will be delivered from Rauma shipyard in September 2011.