All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 724

  • The TransSteel Yard system from Fronius, in use at a shipyard
    News

    Weld system tailored for shipyard applications

    2010-11-30T23:15:00Z

    Austrian company Fronius has designed its TransSteel Yard MIG/MAG welding system, featured at the recent SMM exhibition, to suit the particular requirements of shipyards and offshore facilities.

  • A Wärtsilä 4-stroke diesel engine with two stage turbocharging technology
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    Turbocharger maker prepares for next environmental initiatives

    2010-11-30T23:00:00Z

    Latest developments at ABB Turbocharging primarily centre around measures to ensure that engines are capable of meeting forthcoming emissions limits, whether by in-engine or external methods, or by use of alternative fuels.

  • The gas turbine powered 17-knot whalecatcher ‘Robert W Vinke’ on sea trials
    News

    Too many engine builders

    2010-11-30T23:00:00Z

    How things change. The December 1960 issue of ‘The Motor Ship’ responded to a UK government proposal that the country’s diverse shipbuilding industry be reorganised into larger groups by suggesting that too many companies built marine engines.

  • Tracer’s Cobra borescope kit
    News

    Borescope for marine use

    2010-11-30T23:00:00Z

    Tracer Products of the USA has recently introduced two new products, including a borescope which the company says is suitable for use onboard ships.

  • Tru-Marine laser cladding robot
    News

    Laser technology provides ‘green’ alternative to scrapping components

    2010-11-30T23:00:00Z

    Singapore-based turbocharger servicing company Tru-Marine claims to have made a breakthrough in turbocharger repairs, as the first to introduce laser cladding for turbochargers in marine and other applications.

  • News

    Value added satcoms service

    2010-11-30T23:00:00Z

    German satcoms provider GE-Satcom has launched a service designed to support a range of value-added services for merchant vessel operators.

  • Martek Marine’s Vigilant system, showing the transmitter and receiver heads and the control panel
    News

    Vigilant against black smoke and emissions

    2010-11-30T22:45:00Z

    Martek Marine has supplemented its onboard emissions monitoring system (MariNOx) with another system, Vigilant, which monitors black smoke emissions from the funnel.

  • News

    Independent entity to monitor EU ROs

    2010-11-25T17:30:00Z

    The classification societies recognised by the EU and authorised to work on behalf of one or more of the EU member states’ maritime administrations, have founded a company responsible for the quality assessment and continued certification of the EU Recognised Organisations (RO).

  • The GE LM2500 aero-derivative gas turbine engine
    News

    US and Australian success for LM2500

    2010-11-24T09:36:00Z

    US engine company GE Marine recently announced that its LM2500 aero-derivative marine gas turbines will be used to power the United States Navy’s new Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyers. GE has received orders for the initial three of an expected nine new ships. The destroyers are being built as ...

  • Jeremy de Halpert, Steven Walker, Adam Creber, Shipping minister Mike Penning and Simon Curtis
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    Shipping safety awareness cadet winners announced

    2010-11-23T13:59:00Z

    UK shipping minister, Mike Penning MP has presented the 2010 British Shipping Safety Awareness Awards at the Chamber of Shipping. The top three awards have been given to cadets who have suggested the best ideas to improve health and safety at sea. Their training colleges have also benefited financially.

  • Alastair Evitt
    News

    New Intermanager president named

    2010-11-22T14:37:00Z

    InterManager, the international trade association for in-house and third party ship managers, has appointed Alastair Evitt as its new president with immediate effect.

  • News

    Technology transfer

    2010-11-18T12:25:00Z

    One question we have been asked recently is “why do you write so much about workboats nowadays?”

  • Jan Slooter, new director of APC’s European business
    News

    New European director for coatings company

    2010-11-17T09:10:00Z

    Jan Slooter has joined US company Advanced Polymer Coatings as director, business development, Europe. He will be responsible for sales in this region to customers using MarineLine-coated tankers.

  • The floating out ceremony of ‘Disney Dream’ at Meyer Werft
    News

    Disney’s dream nearing completion

    2010-11-15T10:31:00Z

    ‘Disney Dream’, the biggest cruise ship built by Meyer Werft to date, was recently floated out of the yard’s covered building dock.

  • News

    Intelligent combustion monitoring for two-stroke diesels

    2010-11-12T21:11:00Z

    Wärtsilä has introduced its ‘intelligent combustion monitoring’ (ICM) system for two-stroke diesel engines.

  • The newly ordered drillships will have improved capabilities over the ‘West Gemini’ delivered earlier this year and seen here undergoing sea trials
    News

    Seadrill orders ultra-deepwater drillship quartet

    2010-11-12T16:58:00Z

    Seadrill in Norway has entered into a turnkey contract to build up to four new ultra-deepwater drillships at the Samsung yard in South Korea.

  • The Sembawang / Carnival signing ceremony
    News

    Sembawang secures Carnival contract

    2010-11-12T16:29:00Z

    The wholly owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, Sembawang Shipyard, has secured a long-term contract from Carnival Corporation to provide ship-repair, refurbishment and upgrading services for some of its cruise vessels.

  • Rendering of the proposed new Goltens’ facility in Dubai Maritime City
    News

    Dubai to get new ship repair facility

    2010-11-12T16:24:00Z

    Goltens, a major independent global provider of ship repair solutions, has confirmed leasing 23,000m2 in Dubai Maritime City for the development of, it claims, the world’s foremost ship repair facility.

  • News

    Goltens launches BWT centre in Rotterdam

    2010-11-12T16:18:00Z

    Goltens, the global provider of ship repair solutions, recently confirmed the formation of a specialist Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) centre of excellence ready to undertake 24/7 global BWT installations.

  • News

    Type approval for Bridge Watch

    2010-11-12T15:14:00Z

    Danish company Uni-Safe Electronics has obtained DNV type approval for its BW 800 BNWAS (bridge navigational watch alarm system), certifying that its complies with IMO MSC.128 (75) regulations and the latest IEC 62616 performance standard from February 2010.