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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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Shaft protection warning
DNV has warned of the need to protect the surfaces of tailshafts and intermediate shafts during maintenance work. It highlights the example of a high-tensile steel intermediate shaft that sheared during operation. Subsequent metallurgical investigations determined that the probable cause of the shear was a weld strike to the surface ...
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Smallest LNG carrier order
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) says it has received an order for the world?s smallest LNG carrier. The order, for a 2,500m3 capacity vessel, was placed by Japan?s Corporation for Advanced Transport & Technology (CATT) and Shinwa Chemical Tanker. The carrier will have two independent cargo tanks based on KHI?s pressure ...
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MHI delivers double rainbow
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed delivery of two 11,410g car ferries from its Shimonoseki Shipyard to local ferry operator Kyuetsu Ferry in coownership with the Corporation for Advanced Transport and Technology. Named New Rainbow Love and New Rainbow Bell, these newbuildings entered service on July 9 and October 5 ...
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NQEA wins award for 84m hopper dredger
NQEA Australia has been bestowed with accolades for engineering excellence for its work in building an 84m trailing suction hopper dredger. The dredger has earned both NQEA and the Port of Brisbane Corporation, where it has been deployed since October 2000, the Institution of Engineers Australia ? Queensland Division 2001 ...
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Leslie reveals US joint venture for Flightship
Flightship Australia managing director John Leslie tells The Motor Ship the joint venture arrangement with a US shipbuilder is likely to be finalised after Germanischer Lloyd completes the classification process for FS8 in late November. He envisages the US yard will initially produce around 25 of the craft annually, before ...
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Wavemaster eyes Asia for new orders
West Coast based Wavemaster International is turning its focus back towards the Asian region to source new orders and fuel company growth. The yard, owned by Malaysia?s Penang Shipbuilding Company, reports its busiest year in some 15 years, after having endured a downturn in business since the Asian crisis hit ...
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MAN B&W?s TCA set for sales release in March
MAN B&W expects to complete tests of its new TCA turbocharger range by the year end in time for a full sales release in March 2002, according to a company spokesman. A prototype model has been undergoing analysis on a test bed engine since the summer, with it achieving "better ...
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ABB launches small turbocharger range
ABB Turbo Systems has launched a new range of small turbochargers for high flow rates and high pressure ratios. The TPS..-F33 range consists of four different turbocharger sizes and is capable of pressure ratios as high as four-point-seven to one (4.7:1). The range features an aluminium alloy compressor wheel with ...
