General News 13-18 – Page 659
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Better news at Floro
Following the two-ship order placed at Kvaerner Floro by Odfjell in June, the Norwegian yard, which is part of the stricken Kvaerner Group, has received more much-needed good news. Navale Francaise has ordered a 6,500 dwt stainless steel chemical tanker at the yard. The order, which is valued in the ...
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Castrol in cyberspace
Castrol has introduced an Internet based raft of services for shipowners in the form of its Marine Lubricants Information Network (Marlin) and Fluid Management system. Marlin users can review their oil consumption spend by vessel and will be notified by e-mail when their fleet information is updated (such as ...
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Mar-In fuels Eagle engines
Mar-In Controls, manufacturer of feeder booster modules and viscosity control systems, has two of its systems aboard each of Royal Caribbean’s Project Eagle cruise ships, one for each engine room. Mar-In says its modules supply a stable inlet pressure and can work out cheaper, as it specifies feeder pump capacities ...
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BP adds services
BP has introduced an on-board lub oil analysis kit and added a stern tube oil analysis service. Using the on-board lub oil analysis kit allows the ship’s engineers to evaluate the water content and base number of the engine oil. Actual values are displayed with no need to use ...
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Space saving cruise tender
Safety equipment supplier Umoe Schat-Harding has launched a compact tender for smaller cruise ships. The CTL1200 cruise tender has a capacity of 100 persons when used as a tender, or 150 when used as a lifeboat. It is 12m long and 4.5m wide. It has the same dimensions as a ...
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Faster turnaround
Hamworthy KSE is developing a new system for loading and unloading roro vessels called IPSI. The system is based on the roro operation of containers loaded on cassettes as well as normal trailers. GPS controlled automated guided vehicles will manoeuvre the cassettes to locate them within a system of kerbed ...
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Aalborg acquires Wiesloch
Aalborg Industries says it has acquired Wiesloch to establish a global presence in the manufacturing of marine thermal fluid heaters. Aalborg is a maker of maritime steam boilers and shell and tube heat exchangers for marine purposes as well as inert gas systems for tankers. Contact: Freddy Frandsen. Fax: +45 ...
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Portable package for shipboard projects
The Drew Marine has introduced the New Era portable wire-welding package. The package includes the Amerarc I-400GMS inverter arc welding machine, Merarc F-4 wire feeder and Merarc No.4 MIG gun. The equipment is designed to use inverter technology for high volume, fast-turnaround, shipboard projects and permits the use of the ...
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New orders for Solar Solve
Solar Solve Marine has won two orders for its anti-glare screens and roller blinds together worth over £20,000 ($31,572). Five Solasafe screens were installed on the bridge windows of Ben-My-Chree, a 12,600gt ro-pax ferry for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. The order comprised four Casslite roller blinds in ...
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Regulatory regime guide published by IACS
A general guide to current safety and pollution prevention requirements for ships, and the thinking behind their development, has been published by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). The 28-page guide, Ship Safety and Pollution Prevention: The Regulatory Regime, looks at hazards to and represented by ships at sea, ...
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SuperFast ferry order extended
MacGregor cargo access/transfer equipment has been specified for six SuperFast ferries ordered by Attica Enterprises from HDW. Each shipset being supplied by the company`s roro division comprises: two stern ramps, bow equipment on two levels, hoistable car decks, hoistable tilting ramp, ramp covers, provisions lift, four bunker/pilot doors, two passenger ...
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Satellite system cuts costs
A low-cost internet-based satellite e-mail system called Sat.400 has been introduced by Station 12 which is said to cut communication costs by up to 30 per cent. The system selects whether to transmit at five bits per character, when using the telex alphabet, or eight bit for non-Latin scripts like ...
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Iridium satellite network complete
The completion of the Iridium network enables global telephone calls to be placed and received on a hand-held phone with an integral antenna, says O’Gara Satellite Networks. The Iridium system is made up of 66 low-orbit satellites 485 miles above the earth - as opposed to the geo-stationary Inmarsat system ...
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NavCad reaches version 3.7
HydroComp has announced the release of NavCad 3.7, its naval architect`s tool designed to predict resistance, power, and optimum propeller parameters. This version includes new prediction methods and optimum trim analysis, says the company. New resistance prediction methods have been added for semi-displacement hulls including VTT Round Bilge, VTT Hard ...
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One man operation for product tankers
Raytheon Marine has installed its first DNV-W1 integrated BridgeControl system on Norway`s latest newbuilding Doris, a product tanker designed for one-man bridge operation, built by Aukra shipyard for Anders Utkilen`s Rederi. The system includes the company’s Pathfinder/ST MK 2 radars with built-in autopilot operation, ecdis, navigation monitoring and the NautoConning ...
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Electronic equipment giants merge
EuroMarine Electronics was created in July by the merger of SAIT-RadioHolland and STN Atlas. Their respective marine activities cover the development, marketing, production, assembling, sale and servicing of maritime electronics, power and drive systems, electric equipment, survey equipment, automation, navigation and communication systems. The new company will employ 2,500 people ...
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Kelvin Hughes to supply Spliethoff newbuilds
Spliethoff Bevrachtingskantoor`s new multi-purpose freighters will be fitted with Kelvin Hughes radar sets. The 10 ships will each feature a Nucleus2 6000 arpa split radar system with display; a Nucleus2 5000 True Motion radar with display and a HRC-A9 interswitch unit. The multi-purpose freighters with sideport loaders will be built ...
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Cossack Pioneer leaves Dubai Drydocks
Woodside Energy’s 150,000 dwt FPSO Cossack Pioneer sailed on June 28 following a major upgrade at Dubai Drydocks. The 140-day programme prepared by the yard involved over one million man-hours of yard labour. Although technically classed as an upgrade, the project turned out to be more extensive than the ...
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Cable ship conversions to Tyne
Cable & Wireless Global Marine has issued a letter of intent to Cammell Laird for the conversion of two roro ferries into cable laying and maintenance ships. The contract is valued at approximately £19 million ($29.5 million) and represents Cammell Laird’s largest cable ship conversion project to date. The two ...
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Cunard block books at Lloyd Werft
The hotly contested contract for Cunard’s entire autumn fleet refurbishment program has gone to Germany’s Lloyd Werft. All three ships slated for refits will visit the Bremerhaven yard between October and December. It is estimated that total cost will be approximately £22 million ($34 million). will undergo the most extensive ...
