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Suez Neptune UK-based blind manufacturer Solar Solve has announced that it has recently fitted the diesel-electric LNG re-gasification tanker GDF Suez Neptune. GDF Suez Neptune, was delivered with 45 screens
Solar Solve fits GDF
from the SOLASOLV range installed at its navigation bridge windows. Te SOLASAFE roller screens were manufactured and supplied by Solar Solve Marine from their South Shields based headquarters and reject up to 91% of the glare, 65% of the heat and 98% of the ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. When in use, they will protect ships personnel from solar radiation and create a more effective and efficient environment in which to work. Tey are also very effective against glare from ice and snow and retaining heat within the wheelhouse when it is very cold outside.
Evaporator for installation onboard its latest 133,500gt newbuild, which is due to be built at STX France in St Nazaire. With a capacity for 3274 passengers plus 1600 crew, the
ship will be a sister to Fantasia, Splendida, and the recently ordered Fantastica. The contract will see equipment delivered in June 2011. Te latest newbuild will feature two MSF 950-8 units
and will be installed close to the ship’s diesel engines. Udo Attermeyer, sales director, Hamworthy Serck Como said that that the cruise ship would use the plant to generate both technical water, for use to feed boilers and in the ship’s laundry, and potable water. Drawing on waste energy from the ship’s diesel engines,
the Hamworthy ‘multi-flash’ plant solution uses positive pressure to evaporate seawater, producing a distillate meeting WHO standards for potable water that can either be discharged or used as technical water onboard ship as required. It represents the only evaporation principle where heat transfer and evaporation are strictly separated. Using the system, seawater is first pumped through a
cascade of condensers and then a heat exchanger. Aſter heating to a specific temperature (typically 80°C), energy required for evaporation is stored in this stream of hot seawater.
SolaSolv installs its Solasafe screens onboard GDF Suez Neptune.
Te Samsung built ship, unusual because diesel-electric
propulsion together with re-gasification capabilities make its her almost a rarity, will be operated by Hoegh LNG under long-term charter with GDF Suez. At 283m length overall, 43m breadth and 26m depth, the 70,860dwt tanker’s twin 13,200kW motors enable a service speed of 19.5knots.
Contact Solar Solve Marine, Tyne Dock East Side, Port of Tyne, South Shields, NE33 5SQ, UK. Tel +44 191 454 8595 Fax +44 191 454 8692
www.solasolv.com
Ancillary equipment Hamworthy cruises
into next order Hamworthy Serck Como has secured a new order for its Multi Stage Flash (MSF) Evaporators, which produces fresh water from seawater to meet World Health Organization (WHO) potable water standards. MSC Cruises has selected the Hamworthy MSF
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Contact Hamworthy, Fleets Corner, Poole, Dorset, BH17 0JT, UK. Tel +44 1202 662600 Fax +44 1202 665444 E-mail
info@hamworthy.com www.hamworthy.com
Ancillary equipment GL approves AMOT
Manufacturer of control and instrumentation for marine rotating machinery AMOT has received the first bearing wear monitoring system type approval according to Germanischer Lloyd’s (GL) “Guidelines for Machinery Condition Monitoring”. AMOT’s condition monitoring system provides
online supervision of crank-train bearings of low-speed diesel engines onboard vessels enabling to detect bearing wear at an early stage. A comprehensive onboard field test demonstrated to GL the reliability of the condition monitoring information provided by the system. Te field tests have been conducted in close cooperation with Hapag-Lloyd and MAN Diesel & Turbo. A significant benefit for shipping companies is
the prevention of unnecessary open-up inspections and surveys of crank-train bearings. Te dismantling and re-assembling of bearings bear a risk of damage. “Condition monitoring reduces the overall costs of inspection services and optimises maintenance schedules,
The Naval Architect January 2011
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