Abstracts » Transportation industry

Independents 'outlawed.'

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The IMO's NOx code states that an Approved Technical File must be carried on board listing all NOx critical parts and settings to allow later compliance checking. To ease checking, marine engine manufacturers are producing some parts with serial numbers that are contained in the Technical File. This could effectively sideline parts and services from independent suppliers.

Laws, regulations and rules, Machinery industry

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Fuel price fears

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The concerns by ship owners over the escalating prices of crude oil since 1988 are discussed. The costs of different types and grades of oil are examined and the implications of adding used lub oil to HFO bunkers are assessed.

PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS, Petroleum, Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing, Finance, Prices and rates, Fuel oil industry, Petroleum industry, Fuel oil, Fuel oils

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Turbines for all tastes

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The suitability and efficiency of gas turbines as a method of powering merchant ships are discussed. The advantages of twin-shaft simple cycle systems are weighed against poor fuel consumption considerations.

Deep sea foreign trans. of freight, Deep Sea Freight Transportation, Cargo Ships NEC, Management, Innovations, Cover Story, Ships, Engines, Marine engineering, Gas-turbines, Gas turbines, Cargo ships, Combustion

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