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Bigger and better
Evolution rather than revolution in the communications sector.T here are a number of trends appearing that are having an effect on the communications sector, says Ghani Behloul, maritime marketing director for France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications. "The shipping industry is getting more and more professional and vessels are getting bigger ...
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Alternatives to A ? and additions to Fleet
Inmarsat?s emphasis on new services and technologiesChris Insall, product manager for Inmarsat?s maritime division says that the analogue mobile satcoms system, Inmarsat A, is a very old system, but owners do not appear to be concerned that the service gets terminated at the end of 2007. "It is not something ...
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Slow on the uptake
Despite the considerable benefits of electronic chart display and information systems, take up by the industry has been unhurriedThere can be no question about the advantages that an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) offers the navigator. "However, broad acceptance of ECDIS on SOLAS vessels is still far from ...
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Integrated bridge systems come of age
Integrated bridge systems help reduce the stress on the officer of the watch, along with the possible human error responsible for many accidents.Safe navigation is the universal objective of all those engaged in sea transportation but, despite best efforts, accidents continue to occur all too often in the shape of ...
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GALILEO - update
Less than two years after the project?s launch and six months after the setting up of the Galileo joint undertaking (GJU), the European Commision (EC) reports that the development phase, which extends from 2002 to 2005, is progressing as planned.Galileo is the first civil global satellite navigation programme and will ...
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Growing awareness of DP
The dynamic positioning (DP) market is diverse and systems are being fitted to a wider range of vessels from small survey vessels to large cruise ships.DP automatically controls a ship?s heading and station keeping (either a fixed or moving target) while minimising thruster activity and has considerably expanded the options ...
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VDR made simple
Apart from recording less data items and a reduced final recording medium, there are few major differences between "simplified" Voyage Data Recorders and "full" Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs). Simplified VDRs, however, are intended to be less expensive, easier to fit but still offer the same level of functionality. So, what ...
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Improved data use with second generation VDR
The requirements for all existing ships to carry a VDR will be endorsed by the next IMO meeting in May 2004. Existing ships will be allowed to have a floating capsule (albeit with EPIRB and Hydrostatic release) and will be exempted from some requirements concerning items to be recorded. The ...
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BAUT excels with new VS propeller
Voith Water Tractor demonstrates the capability of the new Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) blades with increased bollard pull for the same input power.With the commissioning of the Voith Water Tractor Baut owned by the Norwegian towage company Bukser og Berging (B&B), the improved characteristics of the new Voith Schneider Propeller ...
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Water contamination in oil
All modern engine lubricants are designed to remain stable in the presence of small amounts of water. However, it is inevitable that at some time water contamination will adversely affect the operating performance of the lubricant. In extreme cases this may even result in complete failure of the engine.Water contamination ...
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Meyer delivers Brittanny ferry early
Shipbuilder of many Ropax ferries during the 60s and 70s with the last being Silja Europa in 1993, Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, is back in the international ferry business with the completion of the new RoRo-cruise ferry Pont-Aven. The 41,000gt newbuilding, built at a cost of $150 million, was ...
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Samsung bags third Norfolkline ferry
Norfolkline, the Dutch ferry company, has ordered a third 34,500gt Ropax ferry from Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea to meet growing demand on its Dover to Dunkerque cross channel freight and passenger services. The first two were ordered last year at a cost of $90 million each.The lead ship of ...
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Fincantieri to build world's largest Ropax
Fincantieri and Finnlines, the Finnish shipping company, have signed a contract to build three 42,000 gt, 9,200 dwt ropax ferries at a total cost of 300 million Euro ($377 million). Furthermore, the companies have agreed an option for two more sister ships. The acquisition of the newbuildings will be financed ...
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Focused on moving ahead
One of the foremost manufacturers of large marine diesel engines has taken the general term that applies to a vessel?s main propulsion and made it its own. Here, executive board member and the man responsible for the sales and R&D of medium- and high-speed four-stroke diesel engines at MAN B&W, ...
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Expanding AIS infrastructure
Two key players in the field of AIS are making significant headway with further major contracts to develop AIS infrastructures in various regions. VTS specialist Norcontrol IT already has AIS solutions in several port and coastal areas, including the AIS concept R3 in the Oslofjord VTMIS and the port of ...
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NewsHual orders two more PCTC
The latest new buildings will be similar to the 6,100 unit PCTC Hual Asia built in 2000.HUAL has entered into long-term time charter arrangements for 2 large car-carrier new buildings. The vessels will be built at the Uljanik Shipyard in Croatia and will be delivered in the first half of ...
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NewsAustal?s first for Sealink
Built for its first domestic ferry customer, Austal Ships? first medium speed ferry has completed its first summer season with a perfect record for sailings reliability. Not surprisingly, operator Kangaroo Island SeaLink says the new catamaran has received an enthusiastic welcome from regular travellers, tourists and freight customers. The aluminium ...
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NewsAustal USA launches largest vessel to date
Austal USA successfully launched its seventh and largest vessel to date. Lake Express, a 58 metre high-speed vehicle-passenger ferry, ordered by Lake Express LLC, rolled out of Austal?s shipbuilding facility in Mobile, Alabama. This vessel has several points of significance including the ffirst high-speed vehicle-passenger ferry to be built at ...
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Hakuyo orders Aframax tanker
Hakuyo in Japan placed an order for an 115,000DWT double-hull tanker with Sasebo Heavy Industries with a delivery of October 2006. NYK has concluded a long-term charter contract for the new tanker and will bring to four the total number of NYK-controlled Aframax crude oil tankers, including one double-hull vessel ...
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STX snaps up two more PCs
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea won an order for two 47,400DWT product carriers at a total value of $63 million from Dunya Denizcilik in Turkey. The 183 metre long, 32.2 metre wide new buildings will be delivered in 2007 and will have a service speed of 15.9 knots.
