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MARITIME SERVICES | NEWS ELECTRIC MOTORS Reliability for The Long Run If you ask how many electric motors are installed on a VLCC, the answer may be hesitant. “It depends,” the experts on the SMM replied. Anyway, there must be lots of them, and they must run reliably! “Our electric motors usually last for 30,000 hours of GL SHIPMANAGER Successful Launch AGREEMENT. GL Executive Rainer Schöndube and NSC managing directors Roberto Echevarria and Dirk Rössler (from left). The new GL ShipManager software has already won the industry over, including NSC Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Cie. KG, a shipping management company. Its core competencies include operating and chartering container vessels and conbulkers. GL ShipManager helps the company operate even more efficiently. At the SMM, top executives Echevarria and Rössler signed a software license agreement for 60 ships. 10 nonstop 4/2006 Photo: Bogumil operation. They are designed to withstand this period of time without any problems,“ explained Ton Snijders of Rotor B.V. “Maintenance on the smaller units is close to zero.” Supplier in high demand. During the SMM, Germanischer Lloyd handed JANUARY 24./25., 2007 DIN EN ISO 8044, the relevant European standard, identifies 37 different kinds of corrosion. Corrosive decay harbours many risks: it weakens the material; calculated bending and failure moments no longer apply. Recent research findings are the topic of the Sixth Conference on Corrosion Prevention in Hamburg, hosted by four organisations: Gesellschaft für Korrosions- SEAL OF APPROVAL. Herbert Weekhout and Arent W. J. ter Weeme of Rotor B.V. with Heinz-Dieter Hespe and Eric Endert of Germanischer Lloyd (from left). over two design model test certificates for induction motors to the Eibergen, The Netherlands electric motors manufacturer. The certification is a milestone for this company that exports one-third of its annual production to Asian shipyard suppliers. Servicing the electric motors made by the Dutch manufacturer is easy, thanks to their reliability. Jointly with the classification society, pumps for essential on-board systems – such as a motor oil pump for the main machine – can be tested within a few hours on the company’s own test bench. Established in 1958, Rotor B.V. currently has 90 employees. 60 of them work in production, the others in research and development, sales and office functions. Conference on Corrosion Prevention schutz, Hafenbautechnische Gesellschaft, Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft, and Germanischer Lloyd. Ten lectures will feature well-known experts from science and the industry. Registration: before January 9 th , 2007, Contact: Bianca Gosch, Phone: +49 40 36149 -7703, Fax: +49 40 36149 -7154, E-Mail: bianca.gosch@gl-group.com Attendance fee: EUR 420.00 Romanian Success Story The Romanian delegation pinning down classifi cation of 17 chemicals tankers of 37,000 tdw each (left to right): Helmut Zieger and Hans-Joachim Försterling (GL), Gheorghe Bosinceanu (President, Histria Group), Dr Hermann J. Klein (GL Executive), Radu Rusen, (Managing Director, Constanza Shipyard), and Daniel Albu, (Managing Director, Histria Shipmanagement).
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