General News – Page 617
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Screen wipers go hi-tech
UK-based Wynn Marine has developed a new touch screen system for controlling a large number of bridge window wipers. The touch screen is designed to be integrated with the company?s series 3000 control network and is capable of controlling up to 50 wipers either individually or in groups, with fast ...
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Atlas VTS for Chinese customs authority
STN Atlas Elektronik has completed installation of new VTS facilities for the Customs authority at Shenzhen, the South China Sea coastal city north of Hong Kong, under a contract worth $400,000. Designed to monitor and help avert unauthorised local border crossings and smuggling activities, the system comprises a remote-sited Atlas ...
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COMSAT launches enhanced Inmarsat-C data service
Comsat Mobile Communications has launched new enhancements for its Innarsat-C service and equipment as part of what it calls Simply Easy Comsat-CTM. The company says it includes a new Web interface, simplified billing and improved customer resource materials. Comsat says the new service makes it easier for fixed users to ...
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Modular design for Avecs black box
Avecs says its Marine Event Recorder?s modular design allows it to be used in any vessel type and its data storage time can be adjusted to exceed IMO requirements. The company says 20 of its VDRs have already been installed in passenger vessels and super fast ferries.
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Inmarsat activates an additional beam
Inmarsat has activated a sixth beam on its Indian Ocean Region satellite to boost capacity and provide temporary coverage in the area. This south central beam will now provide mini-M services over the entire southern Indian Ocean for competitors taking part in the Volvo round-the-world Ocean Race 2001-2002. Inmarsat says ...
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GPS distress beacon gets smaller
Northern Airborne Technology says its GPIRB II is smaller and lighter than its predecessor. The unit includes a 406MHz satellite and 121.5MHz homing beacon as well as a Xenon strobe light. The unit weighs two pounds five ounces (1 kilogram), and measures 8 3/4in tall (16 1/2in with antenna) x ...
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Maxsurf 9.0 sees enhancements to analysis functions
Naval architecture application Maxsurf from Formation Design Systems has reached version 9.0. The company says this release adds several enhancements including improvements in both speed and accuracy for all analysis functions. The Hydromax stability module now runs stability calculations approximately 40% faster, says Formation. Maxsurf is designed to work with ...
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B2B website reaches 20,000
Maersk Sealand says its B2B website Maersksealand.com now has more than 20,000 registered customers. On-line services include schedules, booking, tracking, account statements and cargo claims.
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CSX Lines to introduce wave software system
Resurgence Software and CSX Lines have signed a software licensing agreement for Resurgence to implement its Wave Software System on all sixteen vessels in the CSX Lines fleet and at selected shore-side locations. The Wave Software System is designed to provide the reliability information and analysis tools for making equipment ...
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SOLAS pocket guide
Kelvin Hughes has produced a free pocket guide to the revised SOLAS Chapter V which is set to apply to more vessels than ever before. The guide allows users to see which navigation systems and services vessels must carry in order to comply with the new regulations, including information on ...
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Online accident reporting system for high speed vessels
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects has introduced an online HSV accident reporting system, by which members of the Institution and others involved with the high-speed vessel industry can report accidents to the Institution. Reports may be made on all forms of unconventional and high-speed craft, including those within the ...
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Saab TransponderTech wins Chinese order
Saab TransponderTech has won an order for several R30 AIS base stations for the VTS system in Huangha and Majisuan in China. In Majisuan, the VTS system is under construction and will identify, track and serve all commercial vessels in the area carrying AIS-equipment.
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Korean orders for STN Atlas
STN Atlas Marine Electronics has received orders from South Korean yards for a further 23 NACOS integrated navigation command systems incorporating Atlas Radarpilot 1000 radars, ECDIS and other proprietary sensors. The new commissionings include 35-4 systems for a series of LNG carriers and oil tankers being built by Daewoo for ...
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Improved access from Kelvin Hughes
The new bridge system from Kelvin Hughes uses five 23in flat panel displays and an independent control unit. Two high chairs either side of the control unit give operators head-height vision while using the system, says the company. Kelvin Hughes says the new bridge system will make moving around the ...
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Full mission diesel electric simulator
RTM Star Center has announced the installation of a DE III full mission diesel electric simulator at its Dania Beach, Florida facility. The simulator, based on a design by Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems, meets the STCW ?95 requirements for Class A full mission simulation, says RTM. The system is based ...
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Grander Bahama
Arrival of Grand Bahama Shipyard?s newly acquired floating dock at the Freeport facility is imminent. The 87,000t lift dock has virtually circumnavigated the globe on its westbound trip from its former home, Cascade General?s Portland Shipyard on the US west coast to the Bahamas. The dock will enable Grand Bahama ...
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Canadian designed tug makes Australian debut
An innovative Canadian designed harbour tug, which is said to offer higher manoeuvrability, stability and bollard pull than conventional designs, is making an Australian debut at the south west coast bulk commodity port of Esperance. The brain child of Canadian based naval architect, Al McIlwain, the 21.7m long, 10.6m beam ...
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Austal diversification shows returns
Austal Ships is emerging from turbulent times. It is forecasting a rebound to profits seen before the global industry downturn. With some A$350 million ($182 million) in orders for the Australian-based companies within the group, Austal is now in a position to forecast a rebound in fortunes, looking at a ...
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Powerful RK280 hits the market
The Ruston arm of the MAN B&W group generated a lot of interest when it launched its latest engine series at Europort 2001. Named RK280, it is claimed to be the most powerful 1,000 rev/min diesel engine in the world. The design incorporates the extensive field experience gained with the ...
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Wärtsilä closes Zwolle
Wärtsilä is to shut its manufacturing plant at Zwolle, the Netherlands, and shift production of the W26, W28SG and W38 medium-speed engines to the Trieste plant in Italy. The company plans to focus the activities of Wärtsilä Nederland on the service centre at Schiedam. The move affects 700 employees at ...
