All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 730

  • Diagram of the MALS-14000CS conceptual design
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    MHI completes ‘MALS-14000CS’ design

    2010-10-14T13:36:00Z

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed the conceptual design of the ‘MALS-14000CS’, a ‘New Panamax’ 14,000 TEU container vessel that will contribute to the prevention of global warming.

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    Industry leaders join forces to shape future shipping

    2010-10-14T12:42:00Z

    Shipping leaders are joining forces to ensure the industry successfully navigates climate change, rising fuel costs, new patterns of global trade and other challenges of the future.

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    CSL delivers PSV to Vroon

    2010-10-14T12:13:00Z

    Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in India recently delivered the platform supply vessel ‘Vos Prevail’ to Vroon Offshore B V of the Netherlands.

  • Furuno INS training centre
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    DNV certifies first IMO IBS/INS course

    2010-10-14T12:11:00Z

    Furuno INS Training Center was recently the first training centre in the world to have the training course ‘IMO Model Course 1.32 Operational use and understanding of IBS, including INS’ certified by DNV SeaSkill.

  • KL Brevikfjord
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    ‘KL Brevikfjord’ delivered

    2010-10-13T17:39:00Z

    ‘K” Line Offshore AS (KOAS) has taken delivery of its first large size PSV, ‘KL Brevikfjord’, constructed at STX Europe’s Brevik yard in Norway.

  • Dockwise’s largest heavy lift vessel ‘Blue Marlin’ will be eclipsed by the new ‘Type 0’ design
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    Dockwise planning bigger semisub heavy lift ship

    2010-10-13T16:52:00Z

    Headquartered in Breda, The Netherlands, the heavy lift shipping specialist Dockwise is conducting a feasibility study for a new ‘Type 0’ semi-submersible vessel to cater for increasing demand for transportation of extremely large and heavy production platforms.

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    STX order confirmed

    2010-10-13T13:51:00Z

    Further to earlier reports, South Korea’s STX Offshore and Shipbuilding confirms it has won a $1.4 billion order to build ten 13,000 TEU containerships for a European owner.

  • ‘Spearhead’ (JHSV 1) under construction at Austal’s Mobile, Alabama shipyard
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    Austal secures JHSV 4 and 5

    2010-10-13T13:50:00Z

    The US Navy has exercised its option with Austal to move forward with the construction contract for the fourth and fifth vessels of the US Department of Defense’s next generation multi-use platform, the joint high speed vessel (JHSV).

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    MOL achieves CO2 reduction across all load ranges

    2010-10-13T13:48:00Z

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has verified continuous operation of the main engine in all load ranges by increasing the output of the engine’s auxiliary blower motor.

  • ‘Toreador’, a sistership to the two recently ordered newbuildings
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    Japan inks order for two PCTCs

    2010-10-13T13:47:00Z

    Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA (WWASA) and Wallenius Lines have ordered two new pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). WWASA will take delivery of the first vessel in 2012.

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    Berg makes breakthrough in Brazil

    2010-10-13T13:46:00Z

    Berg Propulsion has made a breakthrough into the fast-growing offshore vessel construction market in Brazil, just a few months after establishing a regional office in Rio de Janeiro.

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    CO2 control measures high on IMO agenda

    2010-10-13T10:11:00Z

    The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) - 61st session was held recently at IMO’s headquarters in London.

  • The Aframax tanker ‘Arc II’ awaiting conversion into a FPSO at Jurong Shipyard
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    Jurong shipyard inks FPSO conversion

    2010-10-13T09:36:00Z

    Jurong Shipyard (JSPL) in Singapore has secured an approximately $268 million contract to convert the Aframax tanker ‘Arc II’ (ex ‘Arc’), to a FPSO vessel for Teekay Petrojarl Production AS.

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    ECA approved for adoption at next MEPC session

    2010-10-12T11:16:00Z

    IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has approved a proposal to designate certain waters adjacent to coasts of Puerto Rico (United States) and the Virgin Islands (United States) as an Emission Control Area (ECA).

  • The ‘Floridian’, believe it or not, was a container ship, 1960-style.
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    Pioneering container ships

    2010-10-11T13:44:00Z

    One item in the October 1960 issue of ''The Motor Ship'' which caught our eye was a report of a pair of small container ships for US coastal service.

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    Interferry moves on Philippines ferry safety

    2010-10-11T13:27:00Z

    Interferry has written to the Philippines transportation ministry with an offer of assistance in improving safety standards in domestic ferry operations.

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    Roller screens help reduce aircon costs

    2010-10-08T11:57:00Z

    Solar Solve Marine recently commissioned a laboratory to carry out tests to quantify the actual value of cost savings, in US dollars, that can be made when Solasolv products are installed and in use in a vessel’s navigation bridge windows.

  • Caterpillar Marine Power Systems will provide propulsion engines and auxiliary gensets for 36 interceptor boats
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    Caterpillar to power Indian patrol vessels

    2010-10-08T11:25:00Z

    Caterpillar Marine Power Systems is to supply the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) with 72 propulsion engines and gensets to power 36 interceptor boats.

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    Slurry tanker for MHI

    2010-10-08T11:21:00Z

    NYK Line is planning to build a 175,000 dwt slurry tanker at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the shipment of New Zealand ironsand.

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    Korea shipbuilding lagging behind China

    2010-10-08T11:21:00Z

    The three major indicators, order backlogs, new orders and completion & delivery, for shipbuilding competitiveness suggest that the gap between South Korea and China is getting wider in the course of time.