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New hull cleaning service for Suez Canal | |
Shiprepair eNews December 2017 GAC Egypt is now offering the HullWiper hull cleaning system to vessels berthing at ports in the Suez Canal and they have already undertaken the first job on a crude oil tanker. | |
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Contracting & delivering SD14s | |
The Naval Architect: January 2018
The SD14 was the most successful British vessel of its type ever built. Ian Buxton has been researching how flexible building agreements made them profitable. | |
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Fast sailing in ice- the new goal of model studies | |
The Naval Architect: January 2018 Maintaining a fast, efficient year-round shipping line in the Russian Arctic for large-size vessels demands adequate ice-going capabilities, say the Krylov Centre’s А.А. Dobrodeev and K.Е. Sazonov. | |
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Meeting the Challenge | |
The Naval Architect: January 2018 When IMO agreed to the introduction of the EEDI it set clearly defined reductions of CO2 emissions for newly constructed ships. But how can CO2 be reduced using developing technologies? Ian Adams considers the options. | |
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Innovative injector to slash emissions | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017
Switzerland-based RKLAB is developing a self-pressurising fuel injector, which is claimed to offer a dramatic reduction in diesel engine emissions with improved fuel efficiency. | |
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Autonomous vessels: the union's view | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017
Ship & Boat International speaks to David Appleton, professional and technical officer at seafarers' union Nautilus International, to get his take on autonomous and remote-controlled vessel developments. | |
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Mercator projection | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017
Shiopowner Esvagt has christened its compact wind farm SOV, Esvagt Mercator, which is set to provide an alternative to large, bulky support vessels and smaller crew transfer craft. | |
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New Marathon hits the waves running | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017 Norsafe has formally unveiled its new Marathon 900 RHIB-D model, described as a more spacious and robust evolution of the manufacturer’s high-speed Marathon 900 RHIB class. | |
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Dredger duo arrives in India | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone looks set to bolster its dredging and reclamation activities with the arrival of two new trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) | |
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Parkol on a roll with trawler orders | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017
Whitby, UK-based boatbuilder and retrofitter Parkol Marine Engineering has launched the first in a series of 10 trawler boats that it is building for various fisheries across the UK and Ireland. | |
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The swiftly changing seascape of ferry safety | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 A leap forward in digitisation and technology, combined with fresh input from a new breed of architects, is helping to bolster ferry safety across the world. Dr Roberta Weisbrod, founder and executive director of the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association, reports on the group’s Third International Ferry Safety Conference, which was hosted in New York earlier this year. | |
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Crew-free and connected | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 Sea-Kit has unveiled the first in a new class of small ships capable of manned, remote-control and autonomous operation, and adaptable to a number of mission requirements. | |
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Routing the breeze | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 Renewable energy innovator Inerjy is poised to transfer its onshore wind turbine technology onto a radical new vessel type, to guarantee all-electric operations. | |
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Stormy seas in Brexit Britain for marine agents | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 Marine agents should adopt strategic defensive measures to guard against currency-related losses, writes Nathan Abbot of Global Reach Partners | |
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SEA-3520-LT to target wind parks | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 GustoMSC has unveiled a new jack-up concept for " safe and efficient wind turbine installation” in north-eastern US waters. | |
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