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Veripos extends Brazilian DGPS
Veripos has extended its Brazilian Inmarsat Differential GPS service for offshore use with the introduction of a complementary HF service via a new reference station at Sao Tome. The company says this provides users with enhanced options and reliability, as well as increased resistance to sunspot activity. The station will ...
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On-board stability data gathering
Crescent Vision Interactive has launched Stability Text Pro, an application designed to help naval architects manage and assess stability test (incline experiment) data. The program can be used onboard vessels during stability tests to generate an estimate of the lightship weight and centre of gravity before concluding the stability test, ...
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Largest vessel since 1994
Spain?s Astano Shipyard reports a positive start to the year with projects including alongside work on the 143,745 dwt Greek bulk carrier Optimist, the largest ship in the yard since 1994 when it repaired the 162,465 dwt OBO Nafsika M for the same owner, Good Faith Shipping. Other notable contracts ...
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Three ship block booking
Amsterdam repair yard Shipdock has won a three ship block booking from Norway?s Jo Tankers. The first ship, the 7,918 dwt chemical carrier Jo Hegg, arrives at the yard in May for general repairs and tank blasting work and will be followed by Jo Ask and Jo Eik. Shipdock won ...
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Cruise ship to Malta
The 34,250g cruise ship Crown Odyssey has been booked into Malta Drydocks for ten days of repair and refurbishment work starting April 25. This is the Maltese yard?s first cruise vessel project of the new Millennium. Factors in the yard?s selection included its proven track record in cruise ship repairs, ...
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Deltamarin opens US office
Finnish engineering and consultancy firm Deltamarin has opened an office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in order to develop the market for safety, after sales and conversion work in the cruise ship sector. Typical services offered by Deltamarin include total safety assessments, passenger evacuation simulations and engineering for conversions and upgrades ...
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Keppel redelivers FSO
Keppel Shipyard has completed the conversion of the 87,811 dwt tanker MT Metsovon into floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit Yetagun FSO for repeat customer Single Buoy Moorings (SBM) Production. The vessel will be operated by SBM Production and leased to Premier Petroleum Myanmar for 15 years uninterrupted deployment off ...
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A&P launches 24-hour Shipcare
The UK?s A&P Group has launched ?A&P Shipcare?, a complete support package for all vessel types which is available 24 hours a day at any port through a single telephone call. The new concept offers services ranging from in-service repairs and overhauls to specialist capabilities such as aluminium welding, in-situ ...
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Confidence confirmed by further orders
Cruise companies confirm their confidence in the future by continuing to expand their operations, particularly in the Caribbean.According to figures compiled by G P Wild (International) for the last quarter of 1999, the main growth area for cruise ship berth capacity continues to be the East and West Caribbean. This ...
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Low-speed goes high-tech
Electronics is changing the dependence of low-speed engines on mechanical control. By far the biggest changes to effect the low-speed engine is the addition of electronic ?intelligence?. This offers increased flexibility, reduced emissions and improved controllability. The first development of this was by MAN B&W for the shuttle tanker ...
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Economies of scale
The dedicated methanol carrier Millennium Explorer has twice the capacity of any another vessel of its type. Industrial demand for methanol is increasing worldwide, creating significant opportunities for shipowners and operators prepared to invest in the specialised tonnage.Japan`s MOL-Navix group has been alert to the rapidly emerging market potential for ...
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Development continues as sales pick up
Recently the market for waterjets has undergone something of a depression. The uncertainty in the ferry market caused by the abolition of duty-free sales, and the recovery lag following the economic downturn in the Asian economies, combined to depress sales of waterjets last year. Hans Yansson, marketing director for Kamewa, ...
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Crunch time for Harland & Wolff
The announcement on March 10 that Chantiers de l?Atlantique had received a letter of intent from Carnival for the Queen Mary 2 contract dealt a severe blow to Harland & Wolff?s yard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the only other remaining yard in contention for the contract. The day before the ...
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EU adopts OPA 90
In the fall out from the loss of Erika, the EU has proposed a ban on older, single-skinned tankers in line with OPA 90. In addition, it wants to ban any vessel over 15 years old that has been detained twice by port state control officials in the preceding two ...
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Asian inspections increase
Tokyo MOU members have agreed to increase inspections on ships calling at their ports from 50% to 75%. The 17 members include Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. Also approved was a new qualitative criteria for members and ...
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Countries must back IMO says O?Neal
In opening MEPC 44 IMO secretary General William O?Neil said the IMO should be regarded as the only forum for setting safety and pollution prevention standards on international shipping. He said regional or unilateral standards which go beyond those imposed by the IMO and apply to foreign flagged vessels are ...
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North Sea to be SOx control area
The North Sea has joined The Baltic in being designated a SOx Emission Control Area. Once MARPOL annex VI has entered into force, ships in these waters will have to use fuel with a sulphur content of 1.5% or lower. Work continued on the phasing out of organotin based anti-fouling ...
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Lifejacket confusion
The Canepa & Campi Artica lifejackets, which had type approval withdrawn following the sinking of the fast ferry Sleipner, have been given the all-clear by RINa?s laboratory. Witnessed by the Italian government, BV and the UK?s MCA, the re-testing included the unfamiliar persons donning tests (introduced after the initial approval) ...
