All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 724
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NewsWeld system tailored for shipyard applications
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.
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NewsTurbocharger maker prepares for next environmental initiatives
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.
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NewsToo many engine builders
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.
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NewsBorescope for marine use
Tracer Products of the USA has recently introduced two new products, including a borescope which the company says is suitable for use onboard ships.
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NewsLaser technology provides ‘green’ alternative to scrapping components
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.
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Value added satcoms service
German satcoms provider GE-Satcom has launched a service designed to support a range of value-added services for merchant vessel operators.
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NewsVigilant against black smoke and emissions
Martek Marine has supplemented its onboard emissions monitoring system (MariNOx) with another system, Vigilant, which monitors black smoke emissions from the funnel.
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Independent entity to monitor EU ROs
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).
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NewsUS and Australian success for LM2500
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 ...
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NewsShipping safety awareness cadet winners announced
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.
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NewsNew Intermanager president named
InterManager, the international trade association for in-house and third party ship managers, has appointed Alastair Evitt as its new president with immediate effect.
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Technology transfer
One question we have been asked recently is “why do you write so much about workboats nowadays?”
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NewsNew European director for coatings company
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.
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NewsDisney’s dream nearing completion
‘Disney Dream’, the biggest cruise ship built by Meyer Werft to date, was recently floated out of the yard’s covered building dock.
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Intelligent combustion monitoring for two-stroke diesels
Wärtsilä has introduced its ‘intelligent combustion monitoring’ (ICM) system for two-stroke diesel engines.
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NewsSeadrill orders ultra-deepwater drillship quartet
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.
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NewsSembawang secures Carnival contract
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.
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NewsDubai to get new ship repair facility
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.
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Goltens launches BWT centre in Rotterdam
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.
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Type approval for Bridge Watch
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.
