››› new ferry and facilitate the efficient use of fuel. Kari Granberg, project manager at Viking Line, said, “One of our top priorities is to lower the emissions and fuel consumption on our
Residential cruise ship, The World, will be travelling through the Northwest Passage this summer after upgrading its existing FS-3DT to the latest FarSounder navigation and obstacle avoidance system.
fleet. We were looking for a good monitoring tool that automatically regulated power consumption and was as easy to operate as a traffic light. As a result, ABB’s EMMA became our first choice.”
The World upgrades to latest navigation sonar
This will be the first upgrade to an FS-3ER from the FS-3DT performed without first drydocking the vessel. The World will be utilising a team of commercial divers while the ship remains in the water.
Miko magnetic patches quickly sealed Nordlys’ sea chests
Norwegian company, Miko Marine, supplied magnetic patches to close sea chest leakages on Hurtigruten’s Nordlys, following an engineroom explosion. Four magnetic patches and one non- magnetic patch ensured the cruiseferry did not capsize. The leak was ultimately identified as a 38cm by 8cm tear that was effectively closed by divers using traditional wooden plugs. This enabled the ship to be pumped out and safely towed to drydock for repair.
Carnival Corp’s Centre for Simulator Maritime Training (CSmart) in Almere, Netherlands is to offer engineroom training from February. CSmart’s principal instructor for engineering, Paul Fairbrother said, “We are commissioning two full mission engineroom simulators which are specially built by L3 MPRI and replicate the Emerald Princess class’s engineroom.”
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Crystal Cruises signs up to TradeNet Luxury cruise operator, Crystal Cruises, has joined ShipServ’s e-marketplace platform, TradeNet. The agreement covers two ships, Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity, using SpecTec’s Amos maintenance and purchasing system. Crystal Cruises’ vice
president of procurement, Bob Koven, said, “As we look to increase the efficiencies of our worldwide operation, we expect the new system to streamline our purchasing processes.”
Evacuation at the push of a button Viking Life-Saving Equipment has developed a 153-person open, reversible liferaft and mini slide system packed into a single aluminium stowage box. Named the Viking Automatic Slide (VAS), it is designed and certified for vessels on domestic voyages such as ferries sailing in protected waters.
Miko Patches comprise rare earth particles and Nitrile rubber
Carnival’s simulator offers engineroom course
There are two control rooms with interactive touch screens and four machinery outstations that help simulate interaction with engineering spaces. These have three flatscreen TVs that give 120 degree field of view with high quality images of the engineroom. The first engine simulated will be a Wärtsilä 46 common rail diesel- electric installation.
The new system is operated using a one-button, one-person release. It is designed for evacuation heights of 1.5–3.65m and requires no external power supply for deployment. The first two VAS systems
have already been sold to the Swedish Transport Administration (Färjerederiet).
Imtech to supply hybrid propulsion for Scottish ferries Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL)’s pair of diesel-electric battery ferries will each be powered by two ›››
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