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UKHO charts to change to WGS 84 Datum
The UK Hydrographic Office is to transfer 310 Admiralty charts of Great Britain to a horizontal datum compatible with World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) Datum. The transfer of the remaining charts of the British Isles will follow. The move will allow GPS users to plot positions on Admiralty charts ...
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BT cuts off-peak costs
Until March 31, BT is cutting the cost of all off-peak voice, fax and ordinary data calls via Inmarsat-A or B-Sat, except for those made during the first off-peak hour. The offer does not include high-speed data calls.Supersaver per-minute prices for Inmarsat-A are the same for all destination countries at ...
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Shipbroking packages merge
Following last year`s marketing link up, IT providers Dataworks and ShipNet, have decided to merge their shipbroking applications. ShipNet clients will be upgraded this year to the latest version of Dataworks` software, says the company, and they will also be offered its 2000 Message Manager application at a discount.Contact: Lawrence ...
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Piping modules added
Fern Computer Consultancy has announced new modules for its piping design and analysis software, CADWorx and Caesar II.The piping instrumentation diagram application CADWorx/P&ID Version 3.1 will have features that have been requested by its customers, says Fern, including the facility for automatic instrument loops.The company`s 3D piping models, 2D drawings ...
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SeaSTAR DGPS trial results
Fugro says that sea trials of its SeaSTAR satellite-based DGPS service aboard the 300,955dwt tanker Irving Galloway achieved savings in time, fuel and steering gear maintenance through more precise positioning during open ocean transits. By using a more stable positioning reference for the ship`s steering system, the company says the ...
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Globe Wireless expands Maritime
Globe Wireless has commissioned a new terrestrial digital node in Darwin, Australia for its Maritime Data Network. The new node increases the network to 17 nodes linked world-wide. The network provides communications to and from ships at sea throughout the world.The 17 digital nodes are all controlled from a network ...
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Mail Connect launched
GN Comtext says it has launched Mail Connect to enable users to send and receive telex, GN Comtext e-mail, X 400 messages, and Internet mail, as well as send fax messages (text only) direct from their existing e-mail system. The service runs from cc: Mail, and will shortly support Lotus ...
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Portable AIS Pilot Case
Saab Celsius TransponderTech has developed a portable AIS Pilot Case which, it says, is watertight to 10m and incorporates the company`s R3 AIS transponder.The unit keeps track of the vessel and all other AIS-transponder equipped ships, calculates ETA, continuously broadcasts ship`s position, Speed, COG, GPS accuracy and sends and receives ...
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Low-cost marine satellite service
SatCom Systems has introduced a marine satellite service that covers North American waters which, it says, offers calling charges as low as $0.99/min.The network uses the TMI MSAT-1 satellite, whose footprint covers the entire North American continent from the North Pole to northern South America. The service area also extends ...
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Port sea performance module
Software company SpecTec has designed a port sea performance module for Jo Tankers. It will be integrated with the AMOS Quality management system to give it enhanced reporting capabilities as well as keeping track of documentation, says SpecTec. AMOS Quality is designed to aid compliance with ISM certification requirements by ...
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Navigation and speed log
Debeg Satlog 4124, an integrated satellite navigation and speed log system with combined 24-channel GPS-Glonass positioning, has been introduced by STN Atlas Marine Electronics.Providing simultaneous or separate position and speed calculations via GPS, differential GPS and/or Glonass satellites, the system provides world-wide positional and speed accuracy of 15m and 0.2 ...
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Voyage management tool update
Shipping software provider BIMCO has released updates of its Voyage Estimator and Laytime Calculator.Laytime Calculator 2000 is designed to produce demurrage and despatch calculations, laytime reports and standard time sheets.Its main features include reversible and non-reversible calculations, combined calculation capabilities by assigning ports to groups and pre-input capabilities for working ...
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Compression extended
Stratos has extended compression capabilities to Trimble Galaxy (including GMDSS Galaxy Sentinel) Inmarsat-C customers for messages sent to shore destinations..Actual compression will vary depending on the size and content of the message, but typical savings range from 20 to 50 per cent, says the company.Compression services are available to Trimble ...
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New yard, big plans
A new repair yard, Papua New Guinea Dockyard Ltd, has opened on Motukea Island, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.The yard is targeting vessels up to 5,500t and is based around a ?wedge car? shiplift system. A wedge shaped steel frame travels on rails under the ship to be docked. The ...
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Biggest yet
Ship repair Yard Gryfia has repaired a series of four 38,925 dwt bulk carriers for US owner Ocean Bay Management, Inc. Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie were at the yard during January and February. With a 222.48m length oa, and 23.35m breadth, these are the biggest ...
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Big year at Nantong
Nantong Ocean Ship Engineering (NOSEC) repaired or converted 134 ship during 1999, with 97 per cent of the vessels coming from 21 overseas countries. Highlights included three roro ferry conversions for the UK?s Dart line, building segregated ballast tanks on VLCC Moscliff, and routine drydock repairs to a series of ...
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Straightening it out
The 137,567dwt Polembros OBO Lassia which sagged, almost splitting in two during discharge at Taranto, is under repair at Tuzla Shipyard in Turkey. The vessel, which ended up with its mid section touching bottom and the aft and stern out of the water, was salvaged and towed to Turkey by ...
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Tanker repaired in India
Cochin Shipyard has completed repairs to the Shipping Corporation of India tanker G S Salaria. The vessel docked on December 21 and sailed on January 25.The repair package, worth approximately Rs50 million($1.15 million), comprised steel renewal, hull blasting and painting and replacing a damaged economiser coil. Control, automation and instrumentation ...
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Union agreement
Management at Malta Drydocks signed a new four year collective agreement with the General Worker?s Union on January 12, 2000."This agreement will ensure continued labour stability at the shipyard, and provide for increased efficiency and cost savings," said the yard.A new seven-member board of directors has also been appointed. It ...
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Noname Article 682
The capesize, 146,019 dwt Golden Union bulk carrier Cape Providence has undergone permanent repairs at Nantong Ocean Ship Engineering.The 1987-built bulker, laden with ore, was steaming across the Indian Ocean almost 2,000 miles from the nearest major land mass when frames collapsed on the starboard side of hold no 3 ...
