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Maritime Information Systems is offering a web-based supply chain management service via the e-commerce portal site Maritime Global Net. The service offers 24-hour transactions and allows web browser users to transact business directly over the internet, intranets, extranets or virtual private networks, says the company. Users can create and exchange ...
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Jan De Nul invests again?
Dredging and Maritime Management, a subsidiary of the Jan De Nul Group of Companies in Belgium, has ordered the construction of a new trailing suction hopper dredger at AESA?s Sestao shipyard.With a hopper capacity of 16,500m3, the 145m long jumbo dredger will have a sailing speed of 15.6kt. It is ...
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First ISO 9002 yard in Batam
Labroy Shipbuilding & Engineering has been awarded ISO 9002 accreditation by ABS. It is the first shipyard in Batam, Indonesia to receive this certification.Labroy repaired a record number of non-group vessels in 1999, having commissioned its 30,000 dwt capacity floating dock Venture Dock 2 in January. A total of 204 ...
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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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Mechanical 360deg de-scaling
Dalseide Shipping Services has developed a machine designed for de-scaling and cleaning outer pipe surfaces in a 360deg single operation. Called Rustibus Pipe it has a capacity of up to 25 m/hr and achieves a surface treatment to SA2.5, says the company. The unit is available in various sizes to ...
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Queen Mary 2 goes to France
On March 9, Carnival signed a letter of intent with French yard Chantiers de l?Atlantique for the $700 million contract to build Cunard?s giant cruise ship, now named Queen Mary 2 (See Cruise).The 345m long, 150,000g vessel will carry around 2,800 passengers, a small complement for a ship of that ...
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More progress on yard sales
Kvaerner has agreed the sale of the Norwegian Fjellstrand shipyards, to an MBO and other local investors for NKr100 million ($12 million) but is still looking for a buyer for the Singaporean yard. Fjellstrand?s two Norwegian yards employ 250 staff, build small car/passenger catamaran ferries, and have revenues of NKr400 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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More tankers for Hyundai
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea has been awarded a contract to build four suezmax tankers for Athenian Sea Carriers in Greece.The order also includes an option for four more ships. The first of the newbuildings will be delivered in 2002.Also ordered from Hyundai in recent weeks are a number ...
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High pressure mid-sized unit
The 2510 Plunger Pump introduced by Cat Pumps is rated at 91 litre/min, 138 bar. It is designed for continuous-duty applications such as sewer and pipe cleaning, coolant flushing and multi-gun and nozzle systems. The unit, which, says Cat, weighs less than 198kg, is also available as a custom-designed power ...
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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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Fighting engine room fires
Finland`s Marioff Oy says it is gearing up for unprecedented demand for its tailor-made Hi-Fog water mist fire protection system. This follows the highlighting of engine room fires by The Salvage Association as one of the largest single causes of ship casualties, and the recommendations of the IMO`s Maritime Safety ...
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Dockside hydraulic oil filling unit
A dockside filling unit for supplying hydraulic oil to vessels has been developed by Commercial Hydraulics Keelavite (CHV). The unit consists of two 61m hydraulically-powered hose reels on a mobile chassis. The unit`s diesel engine powers a gear pump, which is designed to draw fluid from barrels and pump it ...
