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New standards to ensure safer and more efficient operations by ships? crews
A new global system of competence standards to ensure that ships? crews from different nations, different cultures and different training institutes all have a common, acceptable level of knowledge, skills and attitudes is currently being developed.Standards for ships and organisations have been the focus of class societies for a long ...
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NewsSTX nets six ships
STX Shipbuilding in South Korea clinched four container ships and two product carriers from European ship owners representing a total contract price of $190 million. EF Shipping in Greece and the German ship owner Reederei Bernhard Schulte each have ordered two 2,600TEU container ships. Measuring 210 metres long, 30.1 metres ...
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KR enhancing cooperation with other classification society
Korean Register of Shipping (KR) is enhancing cooperation with other classification societies in Asia, particularly CCS (China Classification Society). This involves cooperation in technology, sharing of inspectors, future research projects and joint seminars. In addition, KR held separate meetings with IRS (Indonesia Classification Society) and VR (Vietnam Classification Society) and ...
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NewsRosy outlook for shipbuilders
On 23 October top executives from some 60 shipbuilding companies, including those from major shipyards in Japan, Europe, China, Korea and the United States, gathered in Osaka, Japan, to hold the 12th JECKU Top Executive Meeting hosted by the Japanese delegation.At the 11th JECKU meeting held last autumn in Korea, ...
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NewsEC gets tough
The European Commission has taken the penultimate step before making a formal complaint to the Court of Justice by issuing a warning to Italy, Portugal, Austria, Luxembourg, Greece and Finland that they have failed to implement EU legislation on marine equipment. The Commission says that it has decided to send ...
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NewsPass the salt
Meeting the requirements of the "one man engine room" an automatic salinity indicating system has been installed aboard the LNG Hilli. The McNab system will measure up to 10 channels of salinity simultaneously allowing the operator to monitor the feed and condensate salinity while any high salinity indications will bring ...
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NewsBridge the gap
ABS has released the first Guidance Notes on Ergonomic Design of Navigation Bridges. ABS safety manager, Denise McCafferty says, "When bridge activities rely on interfaces that are awkward for the mariner, human errors relating to judgment and vessel control can occur."The publication gives general ergonomic design information as well as ...
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NewsEurope bans single-hull tankers
Single-hull oil tankers have been banned from European ports with effect from 21 October 2003The Regulation banning single-hull oil tankers from European ports was published in the EU?s Official Journal on 21 October thereby signifying the entry into force of the new regulations. Now, single-hull oil tankers may not be ...
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High Speed specialists get BMT stamp
Following its acquisition by British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) in April 2003, Nigel Gee and Associates Ltd, the specialists in high-speed mono and multi-hull vessel design, will now trade as BMT Nigel Gee and Associates LtdCommenting on the change, Nigel Gee said: "The new company name will assist us in ...
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Dalian capacity trebled
With the completion of a 300,000DWT dock two months earlier than scheduled, the shipbuilding capacity of the Dalian shipyard has been increased to between one and two million DWT per year The new facility is 400m long and 96m wide with a depth of 13m.
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Wärtsilä sells its holding in Polar Diesels
Wärtsilä will sell all of its holdings in Polar Kiinteistöt Oyj to the German real estate company IVG Immobilien AG. Wärtsilä has a direct holding in Polar of 14,473,438 shares representing 8.0 percent of the total share capital. Wärtsilä also has indirect holding in Polar through its associated company Cervuctum ...
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Double trouble
ABS President Robert Somerville said that in the rare event of a tanker casualty it is likely to be the class society, rather than the operator, that finds itself in court, and subject to monstrously unreasonable claims and penalties.Speaking at the Annual Tanker Operator Conference he said the IMO may ...
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Demand for LNG boosts shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy Industries said it had won a massive order for LNG carriers from BG and RasGas. Three 145,000-cbm LNG carriers plus four more options from BG and two LNG carriers from RasGas in Qatar puts the contract value, including four options, at $1.38 billion.A consortium of MOL, NYK and ...
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Towed to Pascagoula
Towage specialist Fairmount Marine has started a 9,700-mile tow of an offshore platform, Murphy Oil Front Runner SPAR, from Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, to Pascagoula, US. The 14,000 tonnes SPAR, with a length of 180 m, is on the deck of the superbarge Zhong Ren 3. The 183 tonnes ...
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The International WorkBoat Show
The International WorkBoat Show will be held at the Morial Convention Centre in New Orleans, December 3-5. It is the largest US maritime event for the inland waterways and offshore service markets.At the show you will: * have access to more than 900 exhibiting companies, representing world-class manufacturers, shipyards, and ...
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Japanese yards win orders for 46 ships during September
Japan?s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport says its shipbuilding companies have orders for 46 ships of 1.9 million GT for September this year. The volume is 165.7 percent more than that of the same month last year in terms of GT.There are 37 cargo ships including 31 bulk carriers, ...
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NewsSlower but safer America
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge announced new port security initiatives and investments to provide increased international cooperation, greater use of technology, and additional funds for port security facility enhancements." Through information sharing with our international partners; several different levels of inspection; review of intelligence information on the crew, ...
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Guangzhou not far behind
China?s Guangzhou Shipyard International has received an order for a 39,000dwt product carrier from Italian owner Solar Shipping. The ship will be delivered in January 2006. It will be 174m in length, 29m wide and 18.4m in depth with a draft of 11.5m and a cruising speed of 14.6 knots.
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NewsDalian forges ahead
China?s Dalian Shipyard has won an order for two 35000-dwt product tankers from the German owner Sloman Neptun. It is the first time that the German company has placed an order in the Far East. The vessels are both scheduled to be delivered in 2006. They are 171m long, 27m ...
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NewsCruise Passenger Travel Increases by 11 Percent
Cruise lines carried 11 percent more passengers from U.S. ports in the first quarter of 2003 than they did in the same period last year reported the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD). Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International maintain the largest market share among the top 10 cruise lines, accounting ...
