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Westfalia Service ? one global contact
Westfalia Separator has recently upgraded its after sales service for its marine separation equipment by linking all its service engineers through the company?s SAP computer system based in Germany. The system collects service information from all Westfalia engineers worldwide to provide every engineer in the network with real time information, ...
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Volharding secures healthy orderbook
Following a recent intake of newbuilding orders valued at $273 million, the Dutch shipbuilder Volharding Shipyards has sufficient work to keep most of its yards busy until mid 2006. In addition, Volharding, which is the second largest shipbuilding group in the Netherlands operating multiple shipbuilding facilities, will soon be entering ...
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Sapphire Princess to be delivered tomorrow
On 27 May the Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will be delivering the Sapphire Princess to Princess Cruises. Built at its Nagasaki facility, the Sapphire Princess follows the sister ship Diamond Princess delivered in February this year and marks the completion of the project for the largest cruise ships ...
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NASSCO on target for first BP tanker
Steel and Shipbuilding (NASSCO), in San Diego, is putting the finishing touches on the first of four double-hull oil tankers for BP Oil Shipping. The newbuildings have a length of 290 metres, a beam of 50.5 metres and are capable of carrying 1.3 million barrels of oil. The Alaska-class tankers ...
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ISPS will make stowaways a bigger problem, says P&I club
The introduction of the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code on 1 July 2004 is more likely to increase rather than reduce the problems caused by stowaways to shipowners, warns North of England P&I club.In a supplement to the latest issue of its risk-management newsletter 'Signals', the club concludes: ...
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Vosta LMG delivers Vietnam dredger
Vosta LMG handed over to Waterway Dredging and Construction Company 1 (WADRECO 1) the 1500 m³ trailing suction hopper dredge Th?i B?nh Du?ng which has been supplied under a loan granted by the German government to the Vietnam government. Delivery took place in the port of Hai Phong, Vietnam.The Th?i ...
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RINA gets Greek flag approval
RINA, the Italy-based classification society, specialists in the passenger and cruise vessel sector, has been granted further unrestricted authorisation to issue certificates for Greek-flag passenger ships of any size and service. It has also been recognised as an RSO (recognised security organisation) for the ISPS Code for Greek vessels and ...
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Whispering vessels to RCCL from Meyer Werft
An exceptional comfort standard has been achieved onboard the four RCCL sister vessels Radiance, Brilliance, Serenade and Jewel of the Seas. Based on extensive noise and vibration measurements, DNV concludes that all four ships meet the strictest Comfort Class requirements with exceptional margins. The vessels are also assigned DNV's highest ...
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Only five Philippine flagged ships meet ISPS code
Only five ships out of the 165 vessels under the Philippine registry have complied with the International Ships and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The figures were based on an April survey conducted by the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina), the regulatory agency for the Philippine maritime industry. The rest of ...
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Turkish government receives maritime counter terrorism training
The Turkish Government has recently received critical maritime security and counter-terrorism training from SeaSecure, a leading US maritime security company. The training was provided to the country?s port and ship security auditor personnel, all of whom are employed by Turk Loydu, Turkey?s Recognized Security Organization (RSO)."Turk Loydu was looking for ...
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Repairs to start on Cape Africa
Now that the damaged 150,000DWT Capesize bulker Cape Africa has been towed into False Bay and is presently at anchor two miles off Simon?s Town in South Africa, the second phase of a salvage operation to repair the holed vessel is expected to commence on Wednesday. The repair process would ...
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ABS issues new ice class guide
ABS offers comparative structural arrangement studies for the design of each tanker ice class designation using procedures outlined in a just released ?Guide for Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for Side Structures Subject to Ice Loads.?The guide is an outgrowth from ABS' work with the principal Asian shipyards developing new ...
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Buckleys launches marine corrosion monitoring kit
The UK-based Buckleys (UVRAL), the original manufacturer of the Bathycorrometer and a leading manufacturer of specialist test equipment, has launched a ?marine survey kit? to enhance its existing underwater corrosion analysis range designed for use on marine structures including harbour jetties, oil rigs, ships and drilling platforms. The marine survey ...
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K Line orders second 300,000 dwt bulker
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, (K Line) has placed an order with Universal Shipbuilding Corporation for the building of another 300,000 DWT super large ore carrier to be completed in 2009. This newbuilding is being constructed for a long-term charter with ILVA S.p.A., the largest steel mill in Italy, and will be ...
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Oshima develops remote water discharging system
Oshima Engineering Co (OEC), a subsidiary of Oshima Shipbuilding, has developed a remote water-discharging device for the boatswain store and fore peak tank (ballast tank), which must be installed together with the water ingress alarm system on board bulk carriers. This device allows the remote control of water discharging simply ...
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ITIC Forum 2004
FOLLOWING the success of the 2000 event, International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) is holding a two-day Forum for its Members on 28-29 September, 2004. The Forum, to be held at the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London W1, will look at the current challenges facing its membership which consists of ship ...
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Upsurge in vessel support service business in UAE
Leading marine management company Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is continuing its ongoing investment in support services for the Middle East, having today ordered another launch vessel to be added to its growing fleet in the region.Inchcape 21, scheduled for delivery in February 2005, is the sixth new launch vessel that ...
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Aussie sub dispute ended
Following two years of acrimonious negotiations and legal challenges, the Australian federal government and the Swedish submarine designer Kockums have resolved to settle all outstanding disputes involving the Collins-class submarines. This breakthrough removes the last obstacles to the long-awaited sale of the government-owned Australian Submarine Corporation, the Adelaide-based builder of ...
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The Pride of America to sail in 2005
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) said that repairing the Pride of America cruise ship, damaged while being fitted out at the German shipyard of Lloyd Werft where it was undergoing a $340 million rebuilding contract to complete the unfinished hull, has now started. The German shipbuilder has been working on this ...
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DFDS?s fourth flower named
The fourth Ro-Ro vessel in DFDS's current order of six new ships from German shipbuilder Flensburg Shipyard was named the Tor Begonia. The newbuilding which, according to the plan, will be delivered at the beginning of September, will sail under the Swedish flag on the AngloBridge route between Gothenburg and ...
