Month: November 2004

Seabulk International today announced that it had signed a contract with Labroy Shipbuilding of Singapore for the construction of four sophisticated 7,000-horsepower Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels (AHTSs) for its international offshore…

The MaK division of Caterpillar has introduced the C version of its successful M 43 medium speed engine. Available in 6- 7- 8- and 9-cylinder in-line and 12- and 16-cylinder vee-form, the…

Norwegian specialist Kongsberg has introduced a new bearing temperature monitoring system for two-stroke engines. The development of BearingMaster follows the April 2004 launch of GB-100 Sentry, a new wireless monitoring system for…

The new ferries are for operations between the Canadian mainland and Vancouver Island, specifically on the Horseshoe Bay?Departure Bay and Swartz Bay?Tsawwassen routes. The specifications call for 160m vessels that will accommodate…

A paper presented at CIMAC in Kyoto this year was the result of a two-year project to study the interactions between the hull, propulsion shafting and two-stroke diesel engine, focusing on deflections…

While there is nothing revolutionary in the world of stern tube bearings, Hiroshi Kokaji, sales manager for Japan Marine Technologies, part of Wärtsilä Propulsion, explains: "We have two types of white metal…

With increasing emphasis on environmental issues, the shipping industry is looking for propulsion solutions that will meet current and future regulations on emissions while bearing in mind that "for every good idea…

The Khaleej Bay was specially designed to withstand the harsh climatologically and geographically conditions in the Middle East. "We are extremely proud that ADSB is the first company in the Gulf to…

From next year, Annex VI requires that the sulphur levels in bunker fuel, burned on board any ship anywhere in the world, must not exceed 4.5%. This in itself will not cause…