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MHI ordes Emys kit for AIDA newbuildi

MHI licenses machinery to Imabari

High Transport Efficiency and Environmental Compatibility Recognized TØNSBERG, the world's largest roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) ship*, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has been awarded the "Ship of the Year 2011" by the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE). Every year JASNAOE selects what it considers to be the most technologically, artistically and socially superior ships and marine structures built that year, and the TØNSBERG was chosen for its highly evaluated transport efficiency and environmental compatibility. The award ceremony is slated to take place on July 25.The TØNSBERG is the first in a series of four ships ordered by the Wilh. Wilhelmsen group and Wallenius group: the former a Norway-based group of maritime industrial firms having global scope, and the latter a Swedish shipping group. The ship was completed in March 2011 at MHI's Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works and delivered to the Wilh. Wilhelmsen group. The 74,622 gross tonnage ship measures 265 meters (m) in length overall (LOA), 32.26m in breadth and 33.22m in height (ship bottom to upper deck). The TØNSBERG features capability to transport high and heavy (H&H) cargo such as large-size construction machinery and machine tools, plant components, railway cars and pleasure boats. To ...

Fuel-consumption reducing technology Two new cruiseships ordered by Aida Cruise will feature the innovative Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System (MALS). The installation will mark the world's first application of the fuel-consumption reducing technology to this ship type. The system is expected to reduce the vessel's fuel consumption by approximately 7%.MHI received the order for the two cruise ships in November 2011. The 125 000gt, 3250 passenger ships will be the largest ever constructed for AIDA Cruises. Construction will take place at MHI's Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, with deliveries scheduled for the spring of 2015 and 2016, respectively.The air blown out by the MALS from the vessel's bottom produces small air bubbles which cover the vessel's bottom like an 'air-carpet', which reduces friction between the hull and seawater during navigation.For the MALS, MHI uses special in-house developed high-efficiency blowers and state-of-the-art fluid simulation analysis tools to configure the arrangement of air outlet points to achieve maximum friction reduction at optimized air-blow volume.In 2010, MHI verified the performance of the MALS with an approximately 13% fuel consumption reduction during extensive sea trials on two module carriers. After this, MHI completed the design for MALS-type bulk carriers that enables an approximately 25% reduction ...

Air Carpet to be provided by Mitsubishi Heavy Indurstries for 2 AIDA Cruises newbuildings The first fuel-saving "Air-Carpet" system for cruise ships is to be provided by Mitsubishi Heavy Indurstries for 2 AIDA Cruises newbuildings.Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will install its innovative "Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System" (MALS) on two large cruise ships to be built for the AIDA Cruises, a German brand of Carnival Corporation.MALS is MHI's proprietary technology that reduces fuel consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) by a layer of air bubbles blown out from the vessel's bottom.The application of the MALS for the two cruise ships ordered by AIDA Cruises was decided by their keen interest in lowering fuel consumption and easing the burden on the environment. The system is expected to reduce the vessel's fuel consumption by approximately 7%.The 125,000 gross tonnage (G/T), 3,250 passenger ships will be the largest ever constructed for AIDA Cruises. Construction will take place at MHI's Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, with deliveries scheduled for the spring of 2015 and 2016, respectively.The air blown out by the MALS from the vessel's bottom produces small air bubbles which cover the vessel's bottom like an "air-carpet", which reduces friction between the hull and ...

For energy-saving vessels with Imabari's strong cost competitiveness Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Imabari Shipbuilding have signed a technological collaboration agreement on containersips.The initiative aims to combine MHI's technological capabilities in the development of energy-saving vessels with Imabari's strong cost competitiveness.The agreement will see both MHI and Imabari delilver greater flexibility in accommodating bulk orders for the construction of multiple ships of the same design.The three-year collaboration agreement encompasses all containership, without setting limitations on container carrying capacity or propulsion systems. The two companies will consider the appropriate ship type, propulsion system and other technological features to match shipowners' needs, and propose the optimum solution.Given the current trend toward adoption of international marine transportation rules for reducing environmental burdens, coupled with continuing fuel price escalation, demand by shipowners for more energy-saving vessels is increasing significantly.In particular, many large containerships are now powered by marine diesel engines using heavy oil fuel, which emits much more carbon dioxide (CO2) than other fuel types.In response MHI has developed various differentiating technologies to meet the needs of customers. These include technology enabling use of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is more environment-friendly, as fuel for a ship's propulsion system and the Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System ...

For two new cruise ships to be built in Japan by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $60 million to provide complete power and propulsion systems for two new cruise ships to be built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. at their shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, for German cruise line operator AIDA.ABB's delivery will help the ships to maximize their fuel efficiency, speed and maneuverability, as well as to provide a reliable power supply to improve the availability of onboard equipment. Each of the 125,000 ton cruise ships will have a passenger capacity of 3,250. The new ships are scheduled for delivery in March 2015 and March 2016."ABB's comprehensive solutions for our ship operating customers include the most technologically advanced and energy efficient propulsion systems to help ships improve their maneuverability while using less fuel," said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB's Process Automation division. "We also provide reliable and efficient power systems needed to keep all onboard systems running at all times for optimum safety and passenger comfort."ABB will supply complete electrical systems for both ships; including generators, and transformers for propulsion, engine room and distribution, frequency converters, bow thruster motors, ...

Support to Sinopacific in the area of commercial vessel construction. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) signed a joint-development agreement with Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd. of China under which MHI will provide technological support to Sinopacific in the area of commercial vessel construction.MHI is currently promoting expansion of its engineering business mainly through licensing of technology, while Sinopacific is taking steps to strengthen its shipbuilding business through introduction of technologies from advanced shipbuilders.The respective aims of the two companies thus meshed in concluding the agreement. As their first collaborative work, the two firms will jointly develop an 82,000 deadweight ton (DWT) class bulk carrier.Under the agreement, MHI will provide the conceptual design, including hull shape, for a new ship to be developed by Sinopacific. The initial period of the agreement is five years, with an option to extend. The agreement was signed in Tokyo by Hisashi Hara, Representative Director (Member of the Board), Executive Vice President and Head of the Shipbuilding & Ocean Development business segment at MHI, and Simon Liang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sinopacific.The bulk carrier to be developed will be the flagship model in Sinopacific's "CROWN" series, the company's bulk carrier brand name. The ...

To Reduce Capsizing Risk: Response to Revised SOLAS Convention Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed a system to enhance the damage stability of ships, enabling reduction in capsizing risk, as well as a roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) ship* equipped with the new system.The company has already received an order for the newly equipped vessel from Nippon Shipping Co., Ltd., a group company of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. MHI proprietarily developed the system in response to the strengthening of regulations on ship stability during navigation in January 2009, based on revisions to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS Convention) adopted at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1974. Going forward MHI will focus on marketing activities to attract orders for high-end ships equipped with the new system.At the same time, the company will also boost external provision of its environment-related technologies for such ships in a quest to expand its engineering business.MHI is targeting installation of its newly patented righting moment recovery system on new ships to which the aforementioned regulations apply: namely, RO/RO ships, pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) and ferries.With such ships in mind, MHI developed the system with an emphasis ...

Designed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries A new bulk cargo carrier ship, designed by Japan-based industrial machinery manu- facturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), uses the company's Mitsubishi air lubrication system (MALS) and an efficient hull form and enhanced propulsion system to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 25%.As the first commercial application of the new design, MHI will provide its conceptual design and green technologies for three grain carriers to be built for Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADMC), of the US, the company announced."The new bulk carrier design adopts the company's proprietary MALS, which reduces frictional resistance between the vessel hull and seawater by using air bubbles produced by blowers at the bottom of the vessel, along with a high-efficiency hull form and an enhanced propulsion system to enable reduc- tions in CO2 emissions by about 25%, compared with conventional bulk carriers.Bow Shape The three grain carriers will also feature a newly designed bow shape that will reduce wave-making resist- ances. For propulsion, the ship adopts a system to effec- tively convert the main engine power into propulsion power by positioning fins forward of the propellers and placing particular grooves in the propeller boss cap, the com- pany explains.The three grain ...