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  • A GPS satellite - very low power makes them vulnerable to interference (picture: NASA)
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    Getting out of a jam

    2011-08-20T15:24:00Z

    The introduction of eLoran could provide an alternative to GPS and get navigation out of a fix, by Mark Langdon.

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    Hamworthy to open new service centre in Brazil

    2011-08-19T16:51:00Z

    Hamworthy is to open a service centre in Brazil, representing direct investment in a market that the company says has offered recent sustained growth for its oil and gas handling systems and pump systems businesses.

  • The Incat Crowther-designed ‘Killimanjaro III’
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    37m catamaran ferry for Africa

    2011-08-19T16:51:00Z

    Australian ship designer Incat Crowther has launched its 37m catamaran passenger ferry Kilimanjaro III. This is the third ship in a series built by Richardson Devine Marine for Coastal Fast Ferries of Tanzania.

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    Wind farm service ship uses AC drives

    2011-08-19T16:50:00Z

    Vacon of Finland has supplied its low harmonic air-cooled AC drives to control the propulsion system and operation of a deck crane on Danish wind turbine service vessel Wind.

  • Reintjes’ Fortjes podded drive, initially for the large yacht market
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    Reintjes enters podded drive market

    2011-08-19T16:48:00Z

    German marine transmission company Reintjes has introduced its own podded drive system, known as Fortjes, which differs from other systems by opting for non-steerable counter-rotating propellers.

  • Tom Dorsman
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    Inland waterway vessels the focus for new GL appointees

    2011-08-19T16:47:00Z

    Germanischer Lloyd has appointed a new business development manager (BDM), Tom Dorsman, and a dedicated technical coordinator, Ruben Roeleveld, specialising in Inland Marine.

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    New Chinese Azipod factory opens

    2011-08-18T13:55:00Z

    ABB has inaugurated a new global manufacturing base in Shanghai for the Azipod C podded marine propulsion system, designed to offer ‘green’ capabilities for small and medium-sized vessels.

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    OpenHCM Consortium gains new participant

    2011-08-18T11:45:00Z

    UK-based engineering design and information management solution company Aveva says that it has recently joined the OpenHCM (hull conditioning monitoring) Consortium.

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    Rolls-Royce wins £15m Brazilian OSV order

    2011-08-18T10:22:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has announced a new contract to design and equip two UT 735 SE offshore supply vessels for Brasil Supply. The company says the order is worth £15 million.

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    ICS summarises flag state armed guard position

    2011-08-17T15:41:00Z

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) in association with the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), has compiled a document collating the policy and rules of Flag States on the carriage of arms and private armed guards on board ships.

  • BWT system using FPI’s GRE pipework
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    Major orders for epoxy pipe from Europe

    2011-08-17T15:41:00Z

    Future Pipe Industries (FPI) says that it has secured several recent orders for its glass fibre reinforced epoxy (GRE) systems to the marine industry in Europe, showing strong regional demand for the product.

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    Big marine orders from Asian oil and gas

    2011-08-17T15:41:00Z

    ABB reports that it won equipment orders worth a total of $200 million from Samsung, Hyundai, Keppel FELS and Jurong Shipyard, in South-Korea and Singapore, for 23 new jack-up and DP drilling vessels and one FPSO.

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    In-depth forecast for the repair industry

    2011-08-17T15:41:00Z

    A new report from Drewry Shipping Consultants looks at the current conditions in shiprepair, and considers the future prospects for the industry.

  • The Yokohama-MAN engine of the ‘world’s largest motor tanker’ – 1961-style
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    Fishing vessels show the way

    2011-08-16T19:44:00Z

    In the 1960s and before, The Motor Ship had a sizeable staff, and with large numbers of ships built in Britain, and others visiting UK ports, it was not difficult to view ships and write about them.

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    Fuel for the future

    2011-08-16T16:43:00Z

    With the imminent Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Rotterdam, and the formal adoption of the EEDI and SEEMP by IMO’s MEPC, fuels and emissions are again in the spotlight.

  • ‘Neptun’s’ engine room and its twin 7L27/38 four-stroke engines
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    MAN four-strokes for Spanish-built tugs

    2011-08-16T16:01:00Z

    Spanish yard Astilleros Armón has recently delivered one tug powered by two MAN 7L27/38 four-stroke engines and is close to delivering another powered by two similar engines of nine-cylinder format.

  • The Ecore VLOC concept, recently launched by DNV, TGE, MAN, FKAB and Cargotec, brings LNG fuel technology to large bulkers: in this view, the Ecore ship is taking on LNG from a specially-developed bunker vessel
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    Second Gas Fuelled Ships Conference in Rotterdam is imminent

    2011-08-16T15:37:00Z

    The Motorship is repeating its successful gas fuelled ships conference, held for the first time in 2010 in Hamburg, on 26-27 October at the Inntel Hotel, Rotterdam.

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    Jamaica Ship Registry appoints China agent

    2011-08-15T16:48:00Z

    The Jamaica Ship Registry (JSR) has appointed Tang Shu Jia of the Isthmus Bureau of Shipping (IBS) China, to be its representative in Northern and Southern China and Taiwan.

  • Artists impression of ‘Europa II’
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    ICCP and anti-fouling for cruise newbuild

    2011-08-15T16:38:00Z

    UK company Cathelco says it is supplying hull corrosion protection and marine pipework anti-fouling systems for cruise newbuilding Europa II, to be built for Hapag Lloyd Cruises at STX St Nazaire.

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    Korean Register opens Singapore office

    2011-08-15T16:05:00Z

    The Korean Register (KR) has formally opened its new Asia-Pacific Headquarters in Singapore. The new HQ will oversee the operation of the 15 branch offices and survey stations located throughout the region.