All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 663
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US Avondale shipyard could stay open
Reports from the US say that Avondale Shipyard has taken another step toward stability after the federal government agreed to remove the financial incentive for Huntington Ingalls to close the yard.
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NewsOrder for three small catamaran ferries
Australian designer Incat Crowther says that construction is well advanced on three new catamaran ferries to its design, which will be used to transport workers to and from an LNG plant.
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AIS-only satellite is launched
US satellite datacommunications company Orbcomm say that VesselSat1, an automatic identification service (AIS) enabled satellite has been successfully launched in India.
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NewsTechnical Director moves up at ship manager
Carsten Brix Ostenfeldt has been appointed Managing Director of Thome Ship Management with immediate effect.
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NewsFerry industry looks for solutions
Interferry’s recent 36th annual conference in Barcelona underlined that there are few straightforward solutions to the ferry industry’s current raft of operational and regulatory challenges.
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Functions added to vessel tracking system
Pole Star Space Applications, a UK-based provider of fleet management, ship security and asset monitoring solutions, has added extra safety and security functions, under the name of Industry Zone.
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VDR manufacturer gets new Dutch owner
NetWave Systems of the Netherlands has announced that it has agreed the acquisition of the voyage data recorder (VDR) division of Rutter Inc, a public company based in St. John’s, Canada.
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NewsOrder booked for Danish ro-con design
Danish naval architecture company Knud E. Hansen says that a two-ship order, with an option for a third, has been placed for one of its designs with Hyundai MIPO in South Korea, by French operator CMN.
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Five-ship order for Singapore shipbuilder
Singapore-based shipbuilding group ASL Marine reports that it has won an order for two platform supply vessels, a dredger and two barges. The contract is said to be worth, in total, around S$267 million.
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GE to supply fuel control retrofits
GE Marine reports that the US Navy has ordered an additional 16 digital fuel control (DFC) kits for LM2500 marine gas turbines. The kits enable lower maintenance costs, increased reliability and better system response.
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NewsNew service organisation for satcom company
Intellian Technologies, a supplier of marine satellite antennas, has appointed Olaf Eikelenboom to the new role of EMEA field service manager at its European sales and support office in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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New Imtech office opens in Spain
Imtech Marine is opening of a new office in the Algeciras-Strait of Gibraltar region of Spain, from 17 October 2011. The company says this will be the 74th location in the its global service network.
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NewsIndian-built Havyard AHTS delivered
The first offshore vessel to a Havyard design to be constructed in India has been handed over to owner Shipping Corporation of India (SCI). Three more to the same design are currently under construction.
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NewsNZ oil spill:The latest
The Master of the oil spill vessel Rena has been arrested and charged by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) under section 65 of the Maritime Transport Act (MTA) 1994, "for operating a vessel in a manner causing unnecessary danger or risk".
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GL to certify Cat marine dealer network
Germanischer Lloyd says that it has been contracted by Caterpillar Marine Power Systems, maker of engines under the Cat and MaK brands, to certify the marine service assessments of its worldwide marine dealer network.
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Greek company presents BWM system
Greek Manufacturer Erma First ESK Engineering Solutions reports that it has designed, certified and manufactured an integrated ballast water management (BWM) system.
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NewsSafety company opens in Panama
Marine safety equipment provider Viking Life-Saving Equipment has announced that it is adding a Latin American sales and service facility located at Colon, Panama to its network as from 1 November 2011.
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New marine services offices in France, Morocco and Spain
Dutch technical services provider Imtech has announced the expansion of its marine services network with a total of five new offices in France, Morocco and Spain.
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Bridge watch alarm order for V.Ships fleet
Martek Marine says it has secured a contract to supply its Navgard bridge navigation watch alarm system (BNWAS) to Seacom Electronics, the UK subsidiary of major global ship management services company V.Ships.
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NewsNew offshore client for Gibdock
Gibraltar-based shiprepair yard Gibdock has added another name to its increasing list of clients in the offshore sector. In September the yard drydocked the 3,000grt survey ship ‘Boa Galatea’.
