Month: May 2003

The world?s largest composite propeller, measuring 2.9m in diameter, has recently completed sea trials. QinetiQ, which undertook the trials on the Royal Naval vessel Triton, describes the outcome of the tests as…

Class societies must become much more involved with coatings within the next 10 years because of their impact on corrosion protection and fatigue according to Wilhelm Magelssen, vice president of DNV Maritime…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to build two high-speed ropax ferries, featuring CRP Azipod propulsion, for Osaka-based Shin-Nihonkai Ferries. It is the first application of the innovative contra-rotating pod propulsion solution devised…

There are countless arguments against the EUs unilateral action to bring forward the internationally agreed phase-out dates of single hull tankers. Intertanko, the representative body for independent tanker owners, has heard them…

Just as the whiff of vapour rising from oiled beaches started to drift away on the wind, or at least showed signs of being contained inside the double-hulls of the next generation…

Norway has undertaken to reduce its VOC emissions to a maximum of 195,000t by 2010. This corresponds to a reduction of 37 per cent from 1990 levels. It has done so under…

Goltens has launched a new range of crankshaft repair tools that it says can slash repair time by 50 per cent. The tools, which can be used for insitu crankshaft repairs on…

Recent reports from CRUCOSGA and the National Academy of Science estimate that 0.2% of a crude oil tanker's cargo is lost through vapour emissions. Over the course of a year the total…