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18 United Arab Chemical Carriers decides to invest in a series of sophisticated chemical carriers with high levels of operational flexibility
CLASSIFICATION: SOFTWARE 23 Classification societies have developed software to improve hull integrity analysis
INDIA 27 Overseas operations overcome difficult bureaucracy
SAFETY: PIRACY
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30 Over-stretched military believes industry could do more to help counter piracy 35 Views differ on whether Somali-style piracy is moving to other parts of the continent
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TANK GAUGING 37 Manufacturers are drawing inspiration from outside the industry to enhance accuracy 38 API Marine to supply Russian newbuildings 40 PSM Marine says its remote bunker management system gives owners and crew enhanced control
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PROPULSION 43 Almi Tankers to debut MAN 7G80ME-C9.2 engine 44 Tanker to benefit from ZF Marine portfolio; Hundested units propel sludge tankers 45 The spotlight falls on ABB Marine's next- generation Azipods, which includes an ice-version 46 Overheated crankshaft bearing leads to shutdown on oil tanker
CONFERENCE REVIEW 49 Tanker owners remain mystified by the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water & Sediments
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REGULARS 3 COMMENT 5 DIGEST 6 DIARY 9 CONTRACTS & COMPLETIONS
15 ANALYSIS 17 LEGAL BRIEFING 64 LAST WORD
NEW DELIVERY 50 Managers face growing volume of ship-to-shore data
CONFERENCE REVIEW 53 Turbochargers are not the weakest link in the machinery chain. Single-stage turbocharging may have reached the limits of its technical application
CRUDE CARRIERS 54 Design: Cutting emissions is top of the design wish list 56 Operations: Will ship-to-ship transfers be kept to harbour authority waters? 59 Business: The true cost of piracy for crude carriers 60 Business: Court confirms Chapter 11 protection and frees vessel; DVB forecasts flat earnings for Aframaxes in 2012; Frontline sells Front Fighter 63 Market: Demolition is helping to salvage a tough VLCC market
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