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Cruise operators are using stress wave analysis to monitor the condition of azimuthing pod drives and minimise the risk of unscheduled downtime due to bearing degradation. Most installations to date have taken…

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…

Oscar Spieler, technical director at Frontline, says that it is not commercially viable for an independent tanker operator to retrofit a VOC vapour recovery system to his ships since the cost is…

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…

Cruise operators are using stress wave analysis to monitor the condition of azimuthing pod drives and minimise the risk of unscheduled downtime due to bearing degradation. Most installations to date have taken…

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…

Mitsui O.S.K. lines (MOL) plans to build car carriers on which the fuel tanks are protected by the double hull. It is incorporating the design feature in 12 new ships, planned for…

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…