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Mobiq Marine goes global
BT has announced a three-month promotion to introduce its Mobiq Global Service which, it says, provides more flexible and cost-effective price packages for mini-M satellite phones. BT has expanded the service with the introduction of Indian Ocean Region coverage and introduced a global billing system called Neon.The promotion gives savings ...
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Gypsum gets Lloyds listing
British Gypsum has had its glass-reinforced gypsum boards listed in the Lloyds Register. Gyproc Multi-Board and Glasroc `S` have both been listed as suitable for marine use due to their non-combustibility. These two products can now be used by ship fitters and specified by specialist marine architects.British Gypsum says that ...
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Four-year flares
Hansson Pyrotech now offers its entire range of Ikaros distress signals with an additional year`s official shelf life, bringing to four years the period of MCA current validation. The four-year dating is a first on the UK market, says sole UK distributor Ocean Safety. The range is designed for use ...
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RT-flex gets first order
Wartsila NSD has secured its first order for a Sulzer RT-flex ?intelligent? engine from Hyundai Mipo. The 6RT-flex58T-B will be built at Hyundai, with the RT-flex parts being delivered directly from Wartsila NSD.Producing 12,750kW (17,340 bhp) at 105 rev/min, the engine is basically the traditional low-speed unit but without a ...
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Network expands
The Maritime Data Network, owned and operated by Globe Wireless, has commissioned a new terrestrial digital node in Darwin, Australia. ITS Communications will handle maintenance and facilitation of the node which increases the network to 17 nodes linked world-wide. The network provides communications to and from ships at sea as ...
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Inmarsat-E EPIRB
Inmarsat and navtec have launched the navtec global-3, an Inmarsat-E emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB). The float-free L-band unit measures 210mm diameter by 210mm high and weighs less than 1,200g.In the event of an emergency the EPIRB transmits accurately-timed GPS position information and if it is in the water, ...
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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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Wallenius embraces ECDIS
At the beginning of March, Wallenius Lines AB became the first ship operator to allow one of its vessels to navigate using Official Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) only, albeit with the back-up of a relevant folio of paper charts as required by SOLAS.The 57,018g, 5,850-car PCTC vessel Mignon, which was ...
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Static goes dynamic
Software which allows dynamic information to be added to static chart data has been released by BMT Marine Information Systems, and the software framework, Visual Marine Information Systems, has been applied to a number of applications, says the company.One application is an integrated port approach vessel scheduling system, developed in ...
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Lisnave diversification
In spite of a tough market Lisnave managed to attract 132 vessels to its yards for repair in 1999; a 12% increase on 1998. Total deadweight tonnage increased by 5% to over 9 million dwt.The year was marked by successful diversification into markets other than its traditional tanker and bulk ...
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Data overlays
KonMap Maritime Systems says its system for chart presentation overlaid with DXF-data uses the latest IMO/IHO standards. It supports S57-edition3 and C-Map CM93e3 nautical chart data, and presentations are made according to S52, with DXF data, such as underwater installation drawings, overlaid. Additional user defined information can be shown on ...
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Maintenance data via the net
Mincom has updated its electronic maintenance documentation system LinkOne to version 4.0. The publishing, viewing and distribution system allows users to consult electronic manuals on screen to carry out repairs, order new parts or conduct maintenance procedures.Version 4.0 allows integration with many existing data formats and provides the ability to ...
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Cylinder liners NOx marked
MAN B&W has added cylinder liners to the list of NOx-effecting items on its MC engines. In effect this means that operators will only be able to purchase replacement liners from the company, or one of its licensees that can show it has manufactured the liner to the original specification.Independent ...
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GE cruises on
GE Marine has secured an order for four LM2500 gas turbines from Fincantieri as part of the power system for a series of cruise ships for Holland America Line. Each 84,000g vessel will have one 25MW (33,512 bhp) gas turbine along with three 16ZA40 and two 12ZA40 diesel engines.All the ...
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Cruise ships order systems
Autronica has won five contracts to deliver its new fire safety management system for several cruise ships and cruise ferries. Called AutroSafe, the system comprises a fire detection system combined with a colour-graphic indication and control system.Linked, these two systems are able to detect all types of fires, indicate the ...
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On-line corrosion protection
A new web site designed to help engineers and maintenance professionals find solutions to problems in vessel mothballing, industrial lay-ups or corrosion prevention is available at: www.protec-inc.com.The site shows the evolution of industrial, military and marine mothballing as well as the cocooning techniques for ship mothballing, including the temporary lay-up ...
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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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Pricing talks continue
Talks between the EU and Korean representatives over the issue of newbuilding prices ended without agreement. However, negotiations are continuing by telephone and there is some hope of an agreement in the near future. Any agreement is likely to be in the basis of pricing principals rather than a yard?s ...
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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) ...
