Industry News – Page 655
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Low-cost marine satellite service
SatCom Systems has introduced a marine satellite service that covers North American waters which, it says, offers calling charges as low as $0.99/min.The network uses the TMI MSAT-1 satellite, whose footprint covers the entire North American continent from the North Pole to northern South America. The service area also extends ...
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Port sea performance module
Software company SpecTec has designed a port sea performance module for Jo Tankers. It will be integrated with the AMOS Quality management system to give it enhanced reporting capabilities as well as keeping track of documentation, says SpecTec. AMOS Quality is designed to aid compliance with ISM certification requirements by ...
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Navigation and speed log
Debeg Satlog 4124, an integrated satellite navigation and speed log system with combined 24-channel GPS-Glonass positioning, has been introduced by STN Atlas Marine Electronics.Providing simultaneous or separate position and speed calculations via GPS, differential GPS and/or Glonass satellites, the system provides world-wide positional and speed accuracy of 15m and 0.2 ...
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Voyage management tool update
Shipping software provider BIMCO has released updates of its Voyage Estimator and Laytime Calculator.Laytime Calculator 2000 is designed to produce demurrage and despatch calculations, laytime reports and standard time sheets.Its main features include reversible and non-reversible calculations, combined calculation capabilities by assigning ports to groups and pre-input capabilities for working ...
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Compression extended
Stratos has extended compression capabilities to Trimble Galaxy (including GMDSS Galaxy Sentinel) Inmarsat-C customers for messages sent to shore destinations..Actual compression will vary depending on the size and content of the message, but typical savings range from 20 to 50 per cent, says the company.Compression services are available to Trimble ...
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New yard, big plans
A new repair yard, Papua New Guinea Dockyard Ltd, has opened on Motukea Island, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.The yard is targeting vessels up to 5,500t and is based around a ?wedge car? shiplift system. A wedge shaped steel frame travels on rails under the ship to be docked. The ...
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Biggest yet
Ship repair Yard Gryfia has repaired a series of four 38,925 dwt bulk carriers for US owner Ocean Bay Management, Inc. Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie were at the yard during January and February. With a 222.48m length oa, and 23.35m breadth, these are the biggest ...
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Big year at Nantong
Nantong Ocean Ship Engineering (NOSEC) repaired or converted 134 ship during 1999, with 97 per cent of the vessels coming from 21 overseas countries. Highlights included three roro ferry conversions for the UK?s Dart line, building segregated ballast tanks on VLCC Moscliff, and routine drydock repairs to a series of ...
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Straightening it out
The 137,567dwt Polembros OBO Lassia which sagged, almost splitting in two during discharge at Taranto, is under repair at Tuzla Shipyard in Turkey. The vessel, which ended up with its mid section touching bottom and the aft and stern out of the water, was salvaged and towed to Turkey by ...
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Tanker repaired in India
Cochin Shipyard has completed repairs to the Shipping Corporation of India tanker G S Salaria. The vessel docked on December 21 and sailed on January 25.The repair package, worth approximately Rs50 million($1.15 million), comprised steel renewal, hull blasting and painting and replacing a damaged economiser coil. Control, automation and instrumentation ...
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Union agreement
Management at Malta Drydocks signed a new four year collective agreement with the General Worker?s Union on January 12, 2000."This agreement will ensure continued labour stability at the shipyard, and provide for increased efficiency and cost savings," said the yard.A new seven-member board of directors has also been appointed. It ...
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The capesize, 146,019 dwt Golden Union bulk carrier Cape Providence has undergone permanent repairs at Nantong Ocean Ship Engineering.The 1987-built bulker, laden with ore, was steaming across the Indian Ocean almost 2,000 miles from the nearest major land mass when frames collapsed on the starboard side of hold no 3 ...
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Sealift conversion contract
San Diego?s National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) has received $2 million for the first phase of a $25 million contract to convert a US Navy Strategic Sealift Program vessel USNS Soderman.The ship is being converted to meet the readiness capabilities of the US Marine Corps, and will arrive at ...
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Generally busy
Cascade General entered the new year with a wide range of work underway at the Portland Shipyard and at remote locations.Three large ATC crude carriers have been docked under the maintenance and repair alliance signed by the two companies in December. SeaRiver North Slope and SeaRiver Benicia were in for ...
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Bergesen tries Turkey
Norwegian owner Bergesen Dy drydocked the 53,372m3 gas carrier Havprins at Turkey?s Gemak shipyard for 25 year survey work and general repair. This is the first time the Norwegian giant has used a Turkish repair yard.Bergesen was attracted by the prices offered by the Turkish yard and its references from ...
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Colie renovates
Interior contractor James P Colie refurbished the main dining room and purser?s deck on the cruise ship Royal Princess during its winter drydock at Baltimore Marine Industries.The largest part of the project, the dining room renovation, involved 60 craftsmen to demolish and rebuild the area with all new finishes. All ...
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New crankshaft for
F A Vinnen & Co?s 29,181g, 2,480 TEU container vessel Merkur Star is under repair at MAN B&W Service Center Hamburg, where a new crankshaft is being fitted.The ship, which is powered by a MAN B&W 6S70MC diesel, developed engine trouble in the Atlantic north-west of the Azores. A cracked ...
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Vector and raster on DGPS chart
Leica Geosystems has introduced an upgrade for the MX 480 Professional Charting System permitting the use of raster cartography from the United States and Great Britain. This is the first DGPS chart navigator capable of running both vector and raster cartography, says the company.The MX 480 can now accept the ...
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Turbines power on
Having scored a couple of noteworthy successes, turbine manufacturers are keeping up the momentum. Gas turbines compare favourably against diesel engines on weight, size, power and NOx/SOx emissions ? where they suffer is in fuel consumption, especially at part load. It was the fuel consumption problem that prompted the US ...
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China matches sophistication with price
China?s shipping and shipbuilding industries are benefiting from sweeping reforms of state enterprises, increased foreign investment and technical assistance. Plans for China to join the World Trade Organisation is likely to accelerate the pace of economic reform in the country. In due course, further liberalisation within the Chinese economic and ...
