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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…

Report says computers are a "recipe for disaster" when used in restricted watersIt is the IT age and computers are supposed to solve our every need. Yet the grounding of a vessel…

A fire on a roro passenger ferry has caused the Marine Accident Investigation Branch of the UK government?s Department of Transport to suggest designing economiser systems with separate drain valves so that…

The collision of an oil-rig support vessel equipped with azimuthing propulsion units with an oil-rig has highlighted the problems that can occur when an Officer-on-Watch is unfamiliar with different types of propulsion…

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Designers of roro ferries are faced with a choice of maximising lane metres or minimising risk of damage to the sideshell through contact with harbour walls. Designs to maximise lane metres have…

The design of the car carrier, other than in terms of sheer size, has altered very little in recent decades but all this has changed with the latest pure car truck carrier…

European Councillors have agreed on proposals for an accelerated phase-out of single-hull tankers. The proposals will enter into force immediately upon the European Parliament issuing approval, expected within months. "I expect this…

Like huge vacuum cleaners, trailer suction hopper dredgers suction-up the sand from the sea bed and empty it into their containers which can hold about 20,000m3. The ship, which with its freight…