Month: April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The heads of the two Petram Group shipyards in Bremerhaven’s Kaiserhafen, German Dry Docks (GDD) and Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB), say their new repair alliance is paying off, reports Tom Todd.

14th April 2014

Repair alliance pays off

14th April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven and Blohm & Voss Repair in Hamburg were reported in the running for two major conversions planned by Scandlines as The Motorship went to press, writes Tom Todd.

14th April 2014

Germans in running for conversions

14th April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Offshore vessels in all their complex variety, along with seasonal cruise ships, dominate an active repair and conversion scene in Germany this spring, reports Tom Todd.

14th April 2014

Offshore and cruise dominate spring repair

14th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

TGE Marine of Germany has announced two important recent contracts for its LNG ship fuel gas supply systems.

14th April 2014

Important contracts for TGE

14th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

IMO has concluded an agreement with the Bangladesh Government on improvements to safety and environmental standards in the Bangladeshi ship-recycling industry.

11th April 2014

IMO and Bangladesh collaborate to improve ship-recycling standards

11th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kongsberg Maritime is to deliver the latest version of its Engine Room Simulator (ERS), K-Sim Engine, to a new Applied Technology Facility at the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) in New…

11th April 2014

Kongsberg simulator for NZ institute

11th April 2014

OPINION

OPINION

“Seafarers are more than just a commodity... I wanted a chance to prove that,” says Henrik Uth of the Survey Association, adding that the best thing an owner can do is make…

10th April 2014

Making the most of experience: Henrik Uth

10th April 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Field evidence from over 100 ships suggests that cathodic protection is having little effect on ballast tank condition. Elsyca has developed a model to help improve the situation, writes Wendy Laursen

10th April 2014

Researchers question the effectiveness of anodes in ballast tanks

10th April 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wendy Laursen describes two coating and cathodic protection systems which are being refined with the aim of improved practical efficiency and cost.

10th April 2014

New developments promise easier corrosion protection

10th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK Napa Green, the operational optimisation software developed by Napa and ClassNK, has been reported to have achieved a fuel efficiency improvement of 3.9% onboard a “K” Line container ship.

10th April 2014

“K” Line achieves nearly 4% fuel saving

10th April 2014