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Date: 2008-02-06
If they go unchecked, the effect that hard abrasive particles of aluminium silicate - otherwise known as catalytic fines - have on marine diesel engines could be 'cataclysmic'. But now, following more than twenty years experience of working with fuel and fuel systems a performance standard for fuel oil treatment onboard ships could be just around the corner
The third meeting of the London Committee of Experts has taken place, and initiatives were discussed to further develop standards of competence for positions onboard tankers.
Concordia Maritime of the Stena Group has again taken the industrial helm with its decision to build an innovative new series of 49,900 dwt tankers dubbed P-MAX. The contract calls for four vessels with options for two more. Croatia's Brodosplit shipyard was chosen for the job
Dalian New Shipyard (DNS) has christened and launched Xin Jin Yang, the first 298,000 dwt VLCC for China Shipping Group (CSG).
At the official opening of the recent Baltexpo exhibition and conference in Gdansk, Poland, DNV was awarded the Gold Anchor Innovation Award by the Polish deputy prime minister.
DNV's presence in Croatia secures 65 percent share of the newbuilding market.
DNV SeaSkill was the sponsor of the 14th Ship Management Conference recently held in Cyprus
DNV's eApproval service, the first of its kind to be offered by a classification society, is now available for all Newbuilding (NB) and Certification of Materials and Components (CMC) clients worldwide after completing two years' successful testing on a number of pilot projects.
Today, German shipowners control one of the industry's largest and most modern fleets and, in the past year, they have placed a larger volume of newbuildings than any other maritime nation. Against this backdrop of investment and growth, DNV is enjoying a growing share of the German-operated fleet
The second meeting of DNV's German National Committee took place recently at hotel Louis C. Jacob in Hamburg. The meeting included a presentation given by Chairman Nikolaus W. Schuees who spoke of the need for the shipping industry to keep up with technological developments
The German shipping industry has broken several records during recent years.
Nauticus Construction is not quite like any other project management computer program in existence today. In fact you may not immediately see the power of the underlying concept - it's deceptively simple
Nauticus Construction has been in use for newbuilding projects in Poland, Japan and at several locations in China. The Norwegian shipowner Odfjell was the first to adopt the 'new' program.
Another example of co-operation in the pursuit of quality was the signing of the first version of the Common Quality Instructions by representatives of the major pod manufacturers at Posidonia in June.
Japanese ECDIS maker Tokimec has obtained the EC wheelmark type examination certificate for its EC-7500 and EC-7000 Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems from DNV.
Long considered the workhorse of the global economy, the tanker industry only seemed to attract attention when something went wrong. But that may be changing. For the first time, tanker operators, shipbuilders, regulatory authorities and class societies are working together to transform the industry
