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Versatile vessels match up to new opportunities

Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery April/May 2013

Because of the range of cargoes that OSVs carry at various times and the scope of the services they provide, “they are the only type of vessel that has to comply with every Marpol annex,” ...

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OSVs are ideal for hybrid power
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery April/May 2013
With their wide range of operating profiles, offshore service vessels would benefit greatly from hybrid power, using electricity to improve their overall efficiency. That is what Arnstein Eknes, ...
MAN’s versatile 48/60 workhorse clocks 500 Sales
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery April/May 2013
Huta Marine of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, helped MAN reach a 500 engine milestone for its 48/60 engine with the order of two common-rail variants of the machine as part of a diesel-electric system to ...
Expensive tank coatings need to be protected
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery /BWTT 2013
Construction of ships’ ballast tanks is largely functional and very straightforward. Double bottoms or wing tanks, they are coated when built, water is pumped in and water is pumped out and ...
It is time for mandatory testing
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery /FMF&L 2013
According to R.Vis, head of Viswa Lab, ISO standards are not catering to the requirements of the industry. Only a mandatory testing regime will truly assure fuel quality. Under the present ISO ...
The key to a long and efficient genset service life
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery April/May 2013
One way to help improve generator engine performance is to ensure that there is an adequate supply of combustion and ventilation air to the engines and related systems. This is because elevated ...
Cummins gensets provide reliability in emergencies
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery April/May 2013
Choosing an emergency generator, it could be argued, is the most important decision a marine engineer has to make: in the event of a crisis on a deep-sea container, bulk carrier or tanker, they can ...
Car ferry to tap battery power alone
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery April/May 2013
An 80m-long vessel developed by Siemens in conjunction with Norwegian shipbuilder Fjellstrand is described as the world’s first electrically-powered car ferry, operating on battery power alone. ...
Electric drives lead the way for seismic vessels
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery April/May 2013
Stadt AS, based in Gjerdsvika Norway, has secured a major order for diesel-electric propulsion for eight seismic support vessels that will be used by PGS Petroleum Geological Services of Oslo, which ...
Type approval must tighten
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery /BWTT 2013
As ratification of the ballast water treatment technology convention (apparently) draws closer, operator questions around system selection, installation and in-service performance are multiplying. At ...
How best to assure future fuel quality
Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery /FMF&L 2013
The responsibility placed upon owners and operators to comply with changes in permissible sulphur levels within fuel has had a key bearing on the progression of fuel quality since the introduction of ...

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