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More than half of Philippines? ports ISPS compliant
At least 60% of ports in the Philippines currently handling various international vessels have properly complied with the international ship and port facility security (ISPS) code which was enforced beginning last July 1. According to Sheryl Santos, policy officer of the Department of Trade and Industry?s Export Development Council (EDC), ...
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Malacca patrol pact close to being signed
Top military commanders of Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia are scheduled to meet on July 20 in Batam, Indonesia, to sign an agreement on security patrols in the Strait of Malacca. Under the agreement, the three neighbouring countries would take turns carrying out year-round naval patrols in the strait to combat ...
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Spill-free year in Alaska
For the first time since oil began flowing down the transalaska pipeline in 1977, tankers carrying the crude to refineries in the continental United States went a full year without spilling any into the water. Officials cited better regulation, vigilance and equipment in Prince William Sound, site of the nation's ...
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FASC signs collaboration agreement with Mitsui
First American Scientific Corp. (FASC) has signed an agreement with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES). The Japanese shipbuilder will conduct a feasibility study into the marketability of the KDS Micronex System in Japan and evaluate the opportunity of venturing into a licensing agreement to introduce the technology to the Japanese ...
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Cape Africa in Cape Town for repairs
The holed bulk carrier Cape Africa was towed into Cape Town harbour yesterday to be berthed at the repair quay. This follows the completion of the bulk carrier?s cargo lightening operation with the specialised lightening vessel Bandar en route to Saldanha Bay to discharge its final load of iron ore ...
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Nothing much to report
July the first has arrived and gone without the mass ship detentions predicted. However, a number of people that The Motor Ship has spoken to are surprised. "Where have all the ships gone," asks Andy Mitchell manager of Lloyd?s Register?s marine management systems? "They don?t seem to be where there ...
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GL takes top places in PSC results
In the most recent multi-year port state control (PSC) ship inspection statistics, which have just been published, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) achieved the best results of all the classification societies.In the new results, which cover the period 2001-2003, the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on PSC has compared the number of ...
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INP nets two plus two chemical tankers
INP Heavy Industries in South Korea has secured a contract for two plus two 10,000DWT stainless steel chemical tankers from a UK ship owner. First ship will be delivered in March 2006 and the others in four monthly intervals. With a service speed of 14 knots, these ice class 1A ...
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CSSC seeks foreign capital
China State Ship-building Corp (CSSC) is planning to spend $1.2 billion on the first phase to build the world?s largest shipyard on the island of Changxing in the Yangtze River off Shanghai. To fund this massive project, CSSC is seeking foreign capital but the sheer scale of the project is ...
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Chinese shipbuilder in tanker bonanza
During the first half of this year tanker owners placed orders for oil tankers totalling 5.3 million DWT with China Shipbuilding Industry (CSIC) on the strength of an increase in global oil production. Orders for the first six months this year have already exceeded the 2003 total order intake of ...
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BAE still pondering sale of shipbuilding arm
Mike Turner, chief executive of BAE Systems, said recently his company was still considering selling its shipbuilding operations because they remained unprofitable and had a negative impact on the company's share price.BAE acknowledged in April that it was "reviewing its options" in its shipyards business although there has been speculation ...
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MOL expands further into LNG
MOL has signed contracts for joint ownership of four additional new LNG carriers with Oman Shipping Company (OSC) and all four newbuildings will be chartered by OSC. As a result, MOL will have joint ownership in a total of six LNG carriers, including two already in service. Two of the ...
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Enpaco and Kosaka sign technical cooperation
Enpaco Corp in South Korea, an affiliate of STX, signed a technical cooperation agreement with Kosaka in Japan for cargo oil pump system for ship. With this latest agreement, Enpaco, which produces equipment for diesel engine, will expand its business into marine equipment.
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C-MAP electronic charts obtain ISO certification
C-MAP is the first company to have an electronic chart database tested and approved in accordance with the ISO 19379 standard. This is an important step towards offering high quality and certified vector chart data for ECS and ECDIS use and the ISO certification is for its CM-93/3 electronic chart ...
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Castrol introduces new lubricant
Castrol Marine has launched its new Castrol TLX Plus, a range of oils specifically formulated to meet the lubrication challenges of today's demanding medium-speed engines. Castrol Marine launched the new oil to handle the increasingly demanding engine operating conditions. Higher operating temperatures and pressures, combined with smaller sumps and lower ...
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Shipping giant builds major repair facility
China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) has invested $243 million in building a major ship repair facility at Zhoushan in China's Zhejiang province. The repair base was established earlier this year when the shipping company consolidated its repair facilities at Dalian, Nantong and Guangzhou and other areas. Sources at COSCO claim ...
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BAE hands over Bulwark
BAE?s Barrow shipyard will officially hand over HMS Bulwark to the Royal Navy in a ceremony later today. The ship has taken six years to build at a cost of around £350m and it is feared it could be the last surface vessel to be built at the BAE Systems ...
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Lloyd?s Register gains USCG authorisation for OSVs
Lloyd?s Register (LR) has been authorised by the US Coast Guard (USCG) to extend its Alternate Compliance Program (ACP) capabilities to offshore supply vessels (OSVs), in addition to cargo and tank vessels. The new authorisation was issued on July 9, 2004.ACP is a voluntary program available through authorised classification societies ...
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RR revolutionizes shiplift control
New software that provides revolutionary advances in shiplift control and operation technology by providing the safest and most cost-effective means of dry-docking ships was launched today by Syncrolift, a Rolls-Royce company. ATLAS DockMaster, its new flagship control software, will build on the success of the original ATLAS software in service ...
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PDVSA boosts Argentina?s shipbuilding industry
Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the Venezuelan state oil company last week closed on a deal for new tankers with Argentina?s Rio Santiago shipyard in Ensenada, 60 kilometers southeast of Buenos Aires. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez promised to order up to eight new oil tankers from Argentina during a surprise visit ...
