All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 736

  • The kit of parts that make up one boom, with one of the lines, for MMWC’s propeller arrestor security device
    News

    Pirates foiled by propeller arrestor – and weather

    2010-09-23T10:10:00Z

    We recently attended a demonstration of two security measures introduced by the Merchant Marine Warfare Centre (MMWC), which describes itself as a not-for-profit organisation empowering the maritime industry against violent crime.

  • Viking is introducing design-your-own inflatable SOLAS lifejackets that can be tailored to specific working conditions
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    Design-your-own lifejackets

    2010-09-23T09:44:00Z

    Marine safety equipment manufacturer Viking Life-Saving Equipment has launched design-your-own inflatable SOLAS lifejackets, intended to appeal to the offshore and commercial shipping industries.

  • Operational principles of the sea anchor for ShipArrestor
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    Ship arrest system trials pronounced successful

    2010-09-23T09:44:00Z

    Miko Marine of Oslo reports that it has successfully completed the first full-scale test of its ShipArrestor system, which enables a helicopter to attach a sea anchor on a tow line to an unmanned vessel such as a tanker that is drifting without power.

  • Satellite technology will substantially expand the range of the AIS system
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    Norway's AISSat-1 satellite starts mission

    2010-09-23T09:44:00Z

    The AISSat-1 was launched successfully from India in July. The satellite, with payload developed by Kongsberg Seatex has begun transmitting AIS messages from space to earth via Kongsberg Satellite Services'' ground station at Svalbard.

  • Cosalt MOB recovery system
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    Lifejacket and MOB orders

    2010-09-23T09:43:00Z

    Cosalt of the UK has announced two recent major orders for safety equipment for use on passenger ships.

  • Servicing a Schat-Harding lifeboat hook onboard
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    Lifeboat service operation sharpened

    2010-09-23T09:43:00Z

    Lifeboat manufacturer and service provider Schat-Harding has restructured its service division in moves to improve service to shipowners and ship and offshore operators globally.

  • News

    Training standard selected for tanker fleet

    2010-09-23T09:43:00Z

    Euronav Ship Management has chosen Seagull’s electronic version of the tanker officer training standard (e-TOTS) for use on all of its VLCCs. Having first been delivered to Euronav offices in August 2009, the Seagull e-TOTS is now on board 30 ships.

  • The AquaLink View from ACR
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    PLB features digital display

    2010-09-23T09:43:00Z

    ACR Electronics has launched a new personal locator beacon that it says adds a new level of assurance and instant information thanks to a breakthrough in digital display.

  • Ocean Signal’s SafeSea product range, launched at SMM
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    New company debuts with EPIRB, SART and VHF

    2010-09-23T09:43:00Z

    A new UK-based maritime safety company - Ocean Signal - made its debut at the recent SMM exhibition with three new GMDSS products.

  • IMO secretary-general Efthimios E. Mitropoulos
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    IMO World Maritime Day message

    2010-09-23T00:15:00Z

    Today (23 September 2010) marks the 33rd celebration of World Maritime Day, the annual occasion when the International Maritime Organization (IMO) highlights a key issue for IMO and the shipping industry.

  • News

    Training module from Seagull targets MLC

    2010-09-22T15:50:00Z

    Norwegian maritime training specialist Seagull has been prompted by anticipated enforcement of the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) to augment its computer-based training packages with new modules detailing the responsibilities of shipboard officers, and focusing on compliance.

  • News

    New pump control systems boost efficiency

    2010-09-22T15:20:00Z

    An integrated system of Allweiler frequency converters on board Stena Line’s latest fleet addition, the 62,000gt ‘Stena Hollandica’, promises to cut energy consumption, reduce wear and tear, and improve component efficiency.

  • News

    MAN PrimeServ introduces online service

    2010-09-22T14:46:00Z

    MAN PrimeServ’s Online Service is a service solution that combines operating data from engines and turbochargers, data-processing technologies and the company’s own, expert knowledge to provide customers with regular reports, remote operation support and troubleshooting help.

  • News

    Bangladesh to built Danish ferry

    2010-09-22T14:46:00Z

    In an interesting departure from the norm, a Danish ferry company, Hundested-Rørvig, has ordered a double-ended ferry from a Bangladesh shipbuilder.

  • Simplified illustration of an MAN Diesel & Turbo engine with a DryEGCS system
    News

    MAN aims to introduce dry scrubber technology

    2010-09-22T14:45:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has signed a cooperation agreement, with an eye on upcoming emission regulations, with the German company, Couple Systems, to work together on dry exhaust gas scrubber systems.

  • Nuclear powered LNG ships in the arctic? Quite likely, says Babcock
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    Could LNG ships be powered by nuclear energy?

    2010-09-22T13:47:00Z

    Babcock International Group Marine Division reports that it has completed a study to investigate the commercial implications of developing a nuclear-powered LNG carrier, something it claims as a first.

  • News

    DNV verifies vessels according to IMO emission reduction

    2010-09-22T10:38:00Z

    DNV recently verified that two newbuildings at Oshima Shipyard in Japan have been built according to a guideline from IMO encouraging reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in shipping.

  • News

    Navy project could expand SA shipbuilding

    2010-09-22T10:37:00Z

    South African shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Cape Town, part of the Dutch owned Damen shipbuilding group, would consider expanding its facilities in Cape Town if the South African Navy’s (SAN) Project Biro materialised.

  • News

    Leading container lines join forces against piracy

    2010-09-22T10:36:00Z

    The world’s three largest container shipping companies, CMA CGM, MSC and Maersk Line, have decided to cooperate in the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

  • Iridium's OpenPort, a competitor for FleetBroadband
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    Report backs Iridium for sat phone performance

    2010-09-21T16:48:00Z

    Iridium says that a comparison report by Frost & Sullivan found that although the equivalent Inmarsat product was cheaper in terms of purchase cost and airtime cost, the Iridium satphone proved superior in all other respects.