General News – Page 624
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Cosalt updates its flotation range
A new range of constant-wear survival clothing is available from Cosalt Safety and Protection. The company says its Aquarius, Gemini and Cormorant flotation garments use improved materials that offer easier movement together and better protection against the elements. The suits combine an outer and inner material with a middle layer ...
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Smaller G by half valve from Amot
Amot says its G Valve three-way temperature control valve is now 50% smaller in height than comparative units. It is designed to offer regulation of fluid temperatures to 100?C with a maximum flow rate of 3,000m3/hr, and is typically employed for fluid temperature control in large diesel and gas engines. ...
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New MF/HF SSB unit from Sailor
Sailor has announced the introduction of its System 4000 150W MF/HF SSB radio for marine use. It features integrated digital selective calling and is targeted at fishing vessels. The system consists of a control unit, a transceiver unit and an antenna unit, which is designed for outdoor installation. It operates ...
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Horn for harsh environments
Loudspeaker system company Next Two/MEDC has launched a horn for harsh industrial and marine environments. The DBI4 loudspeaker uses GRP and stainless steel fittings and has an ingress protection rating of IP 66 and 67, says the company. The units have an output of 117dBA at 15W at 1m.
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Modular probes store calibrations
The range of hand-held units for measuring marine coating thickness from Fischer Instrumentation is for applications where surfaces may be rough or not easily accessible or for large or heavy objects that cannot be moved. The units use a range of modular probes which store their calibrations and can measure ...
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Engine room extinguisher from Kashiwa
Kashiwa has launched a fire extinguisher for fighting fires in the engine room. Called Hyper-Mist it uses a high pressure jet nozzle and is suitable for use on ships of all sizes including VLCCs, says Kashiwa. The company says it has received an order from a South Korean shipyard for ...
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Frigate of the future
Karl-Otto Sadler, the former programme manager of the ARGE F124 consortium of German shipyards (Blohm & Voss, HDW and Thyssen Nordseewerke), responsible for building the Sachsen-class air defence frigate published his ideas about advanced corvette and frigate designs in 1999, after his retirement. The publication formed the nucleus for a ...
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Second generation Lindenau tankers
In August this year the third of three sister vessels ordered by German Tanker Shipping, Bremen, from Lindenau Shipyard was launched in Kiel. Delivery of the vessel will take place later this year. These three vessels are the first new buildings of Lindenau?s second generation of tankers with double-skinned hulls. ...
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Lips marks a first in prop and fin combination
Low fuel consumption has always been a high priority for ship owners, but demands for low propeller-induced pressure pulses and noise level may even be more important in many applications. However, maximum propeller efficiency and minimum hull pressure forces and noise level are somewhat conflicting demands. The Finnmarken is a ...
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Keeping hatch covers watertight
Water ingress from whatever cause is one of the main reasons of damage to cargoes onboard ships and occasionally, in extreme cases, can lead to the foundering of a vessel as highlighted in a number of recent bulk carrier casualties. The cause is often seawater entering cargo spaces through leaky ...
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Keeping tabs on battery performance
Merlin?s Expert-501 battery monitor displays voltage, current (+/-), amp hours consumed, per cent remaining and time remaining until flat on its LCD display. The unit also shows historical information such as battery efficiency (to look for battery sulphation or cells going down), number of cycles, average depth of discharge, deepest ...
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Strategic offers free confirmed delivery
Strategic Software has developed a confirmed delivery Internet e-mail service which, its says, allows users to take advantage of cheap e-mail messaging. The company says it is already providing the service, free-of-charge, to over 600 shipping companies. The service is being offered as a free upgrade to all Strategic and ...
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ShipServ and Seavantage join forces
ShipServ and Seavantage say that by joining forces they have created a $250 million ship supply market with a 250,000 purchase order potential in the ship supply management sector. The new company will keep the ShipServ name. ShipServ is active in Scandinavia and the UK, while Seavantage has its customer ...
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Northrop Grumman to supply new US Navy destroyers
Northrop Grumman has won a contract from Bath Iron Works to supply commercial-off-the-shelf surface search radars for new Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) Class destroyers. It will supply the Decca BridgeMaster E naval radars for the next 19 ships in the class, replacing the SPS-64 radars installed on the earlier DDG ...
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Saville Marine goes on-line
Saville Marine, suppliers of marine equipment, diesel engine spare parts and marine services has launched a new web site at www.savillemarine.co.uk. The company?s products include air compressors, deck machinery, steering gear, valves, eductors, incinerators and generators. The site gives details of the company?s major franchises such as Hatlapa, Atlas, Bolaco, ...
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Stena Line fleet gets satellite systems
Stena Line has entered a five-year deal with Telenor for satellite communication for around 30 vessels in the company?s fleet. Stena Line says the deal will allow it to provide improved service for passengers including e-mail, Internet and telephony services as well as gaining access to the company?s booking system. ...
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Strategic launches new vessel operations system
Shipbroking systems supplier, Strategic Software, has launched VesselOps 1.0, an integrated vessel operations and voyage management system. The system was developed in co-operation with the Armada Group, the panamax bulk carrier owner and operator, who developed the Armada Shipping System in the 1980s. An integration module to standard finance and ...
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Second Taiwanese port order for Transas
Transas Marine Pacific, in co-operation with its Taiwanese agent, Seven Seas Electronic, has received an order for another vessel traffic service (VTS) system in Taiwan, following the company?s installation of a Navi-Traffic system in the Port of Keelung in 1997. The system is for Ho-Ping, a private port on the ...
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On-line exchange up and running
LevelSeas has announced that shipping services group Clarksons has joined its on-line trading exchange LSX following the launch of version 2.0 of the exchange. The new site allows charterers, owners or brokers to negotiate and fix vessels online. LevelSeas has also announced the launch of LSOps 1.0, a new ship ...
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KMSS wins Canadian Navy contract
The Canadian Navy has awarded Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) a $1.75m contract to supply 63 navigational part task trainers to Naval Reserve and regular force units across Canada. The contract will provide field deployable simulators to give ship officers the ability to undertake self study in ship handling and ...
