All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 716

  • The well attended conference venue at the Atlantic Kempinski Hotel in Hamburg
    News

    Inaugural ‘gas fuelled ships’ conference a resounding success

    2011-01-01T00:15:00Z

    Nearly 100 delegates attended the first-ever Motorship ‘gas fuelled ships 2010’ one-day conference which took place recently in Hamburg and was deemed by delegates to have been a great success.

  • Conrac’s marine PC
    News

    Widescreen format for marine computers

    2011-01-01T00:15:00Z

    German company Conrac was at the recent SMM event, launching a series of marine grade panel PCs, which the company says adds the flexibility of an integrated solution to the benefits of the existing ECDIS marine displays.

  • The refurbished ‘Toisa Vigilant’ leaving Gibdock
    News

    Gibdock completes PSV upgrade

    2011-01-01T00:15:00Z

    Gibraltar’s Gibdock shipyard has successfully completed a challenging maintenance and upgrade programme on the 6,430bhp DP2 class ROV/subsea service and platform support vessel, ‘Toisa Vigilant’.

  • The icebreaker research vessel ‘Ernest Shackleton’ was given an Ecospeed protective coating
    News

    Ecospeed protects Antarctica icebreaker

    2011-01-01T00:15:00Z

    The British Antarctic Survey needed a coating that would protect their ice strengthened research vessel ‘Ernest Shackleton’ during expeditions to the Antarctic region in which it is subjected to extreme mechanical forces.

  • A Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine undergoes testing on the test bed in Filton, Bristol, UK
    News

    Gas turbines show the way forward for Navy ships

    2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Rolls-Royce Marine reports that it is currently enjoying success with its military vessel propulsion products.

  • News

    Innovative products sought for merchant fleet

    2010-12-31T23:45:00Z

    Marine electronics group Navico has entered into a cooperative partnership with marine safety and navigation specialist Consilium through its Simrad brand, with the intent to offer new and innovative products for the world’s commercial vessel fleet.

  • The screen shot demonstrates the ship information available with Jeppesen Fleet Manager, showing the status of the ship from the coloured indicators - green showing that everything is operating within accepted parameters and red being something ...
    News

    New tools for e-Navigation preparation and ship tracking

    2010-12-31T23:45:00Z

    Jeppesen Norway, part of Boeing, says that it has launched a new resource for the maritime industry, to help shipping companies prepare for the IMO’s mandatory carriage requirements for ECDIS and e-Navigation implementation plan.

  • The Synapsis Bridge System from Raytheon Anschütz
    News

    Simpler and more efficient navigation

    2010-12-31T23:45:00Z

    At the recent SMM exhibition, German company Raytheon Anschütz launched its latest bridge system, known as Synapsis. The system aims to make navigation more efficient and to simplify operation for users.

  • News

    Easier organisation of navigational data

    2010-12-31T23:45:00Z

    The latest product from ChartCo is PassageManager, an addition to the company’s oceanMaster software suite.

  • The bridge of Austal 107m catamaran ‘Jean De La Valette’
    News

    Integrated system for high speed craft

    2010-12-31T23:45:00Z

    Kelvin Hughes reports that among the latest installations of its integrated bridge equipment is a system onboard the 107m Austal-built catamaran ''Jean De La Valette'', which is due to enter service with Maltese operator Virtu Ferries.

  • News

    Heading control system expands into operating vessels

    2010-12-31T23:45:00Z

    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line) and Yokogawa Denshikiki (YDK) have jointly announced expansion of the installation of the YDKheading control system to "K" Line’s operating vessels.

  • News

    Looking forward to the future of bridge operation

    2010-12-31T23:45:00Z

    Kongsberg Maritime unveiled a new focus for its offshore aft bridge workstation during SMM 2010. The K-Master platform is now available in a new, redesigned version, as a forward looking bridge, workstation, enabling skippers and crew to navigate and manoeuvre from a single seated position, with all relevant systems, such ...

  • Cylinder top view of B&W 10-cylinder 840mm bore engine on the test bed
    News

    Large bore diesels rule!

    2010-12-31T23:00:00Z

    There was a touch of ‘I told you so’ about the December 1960 issue of ''The Motor Ship''.

  • RWO’s CleanBallast disk filters
    News

    BWT system has zero impact on corrosion or coatings

    2010-12-31T10:50:00Z

    Bremen-based RWO, in cooperation with a leading European corrosion institute (SWEREA-KIMAB) and the classification society Germanischer Lloyd, has carried out thorough accelerated corrosion studies in treated full-salinity seawater with the CleanBallast ballast water treatment (BWT) system.

  • The first Lockheed Martin LCS vessel ‘Freedom’ was delivered in 2008
    News

    LCS contract awarded to Lockheed Martin

    2010-12-31T10:47:00Z

    The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a fixed-price incentive contract for the design and construction of 10 littoral combat ships (LCS) from fiscal 2010 through fiscal 2015.

  • The Wärtsilä 32 engine
    News

    Wärtsilä beefs up its 32 series engine

    2010-12-30T12:03:00Z

    Wärtsilä has recently introduced a more powerful version for marine applications of its popular Wärtsilä 32 engine.

  • LCS-2 ‘USS Independence’ was commissioned in January 2010
    News

    US Navy awards Austal LCS contract

    2010-12-30T11:19:00Z

    The USA division of Australian-headquartered Austal has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract to construct one ‘Independence’ class littoral combat ship (LCS) at a cost of $432.1 million.

  • News

    New NAPA-MAESTRO interface increases efficiency

    2010-12-30T11:16:00Z

    Working in cooperation, Napa Ltd in Helsinki and the USA-based DRS Defense Solutions, LLC, Advanced Marine Technology Center (DRS DS AMTC) have created a new interface between NAPA and MAESTRO software.

  • Principle of the new Napa-Maestro interface
    News

    New interface allows integration of load and FEM data

    2010-12-30T09:09:00Z

    Napa of Finland, working in co-operation with US defence technology company DRS Defense Solutions, part of the Italian Finmeccanica group, has announced the launch of a new interface between the two companies’ software products.

  • First converted by Keppel Shipyard in 2000 for long-time customer SBM, FPSO ‘Espadarte’ will return to Keppel Shipyard for an upgrade
    News

    Singapore yard secures conversion and shipbuilding contracts

    2010-12-29T16:04:00Z

    Keppel Offshore & Marine''s wholly-owned subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard and Keppel Singmarine have clinched a number of new contracts, worth in total some S$240 million ($185 million).