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Equotip 2 launched by Proceq
Proceq has announced details of developments to its range of dynamic and static hardness measuring systems for metallic materials. The company says its Equotip 2 is now a complete hardness measuring system which can perform hardness measurements in grooves and at the bottom of holes and can also carry out ...
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New axial unit from Dry Air Technology
Ventilation company Dry Air Technology has launched a new axial fan. Called the VAF-12E it has a five-vane motor mount and an eight bladed fan with 12in blades. The company says a throughput of 2,200cfm is achieved and its duct ring has a larger lip for a more secure duct ...
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Rescue buoy projectile for pneumatic line thrower
Restech has launched a new type of projectile for its latest pneumatic line thrower, the PLT- Mini. It is based on the bigger Solas-approved PLT Rescue 230, but can also launch a rescue buoy projectile. The company says it has a throwing range of up to 90m and it can ...
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Linear signal is computer compatible
McNab says its Model IC/SB broad range salinity monitor and controller has been specified by Todd Pacific Shipyard to monitor boiler condensate on the USS Sacramento. The company says that its IC/SB has a linear signal that is directly computer-compatible which facilitates monitoring, an advantage for high-concentration condensate applications. McNab ...
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BVI units for new cruise liner
Alstom Marine Shipyard has ordered B+V Industrietechnik (BVI) fin-stabilisers for a luxury cruiseship newbuilding for Crystal Cruises. The two S 700 type stabilisers, weighing 76 tonnes each, will be delivered in March 2002 and the 14m2 fins, plus housings, will be integrated into the vessel?s hull. The 68,000g luxury-liner will ...
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Westfalia launches compact range
Westfalia Separator has launched a new generation of mineral oil separators. Called the D Type, they succeed the company?s C range. Westfalia says the new machines are smaller, lighter, easier to maintain, and more efficient. A range of four modular separation systems for marine, offshore and industrial applications is offered: ...
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Applications and telemetry via Inmarsat D+
Satamatics has announced that it has gone live with its satellite-based telematics information services via Inmarsat. Applications include fleet management, asset tracking, positioning and messaging and the monitoring and control of remote fixed installations. The company has also announced that Globecomm Marine has agreed to transfer its entire requirement for ...
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American Eagle takes satellite update service
American Eagle Tankers, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, has signed up with ChartCo?s ChartManager satellite chart update service. Trials began last summer on the Eagle Corona following which the company decided to fit out the rest of its fleet and ordered a further 19 installations. The ships are ...
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QM 2 gets Kelvin Hughes system
Cunard is to install a Kelvin Hughes fully integrated bridge system onboard Queen Mary 2. The company will supply a flat screen bridge system comprising eight screens from which the vessel?s navigation systems, radars, dynamic positioning system and engine monitoring can be controlled. Contact: Ron Nailer Fax: +44 20 8500 ...
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E-mail via Inmarsat-C
Thrane & Thrane has introduced a Windows based application providing e-mail functionality for maritime and land mobile products via Inmarsat-C. Called eCMail, the company says it will work with its existing TT-3022C land mobile transceivers, TT-3022D fishery transceivers as well as its future non-Solas Inmarsat-C Capsat products. The new software ...
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Litton wins major orders
Litton Marine Systems is to supply integrated bridge systems for seven 27,000g bulk/container carriers under construction at Gdynia Shipyard for Westwood Shipping Company. Deliveries are set for 2002-2003. There is also an option for one additional ship. Each vessel will receive a complete Litton Pilot Series integrated bridge with DNV ...
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Growing order book for Marine Software
Marine Software has supplied Marine Planned Maintenance for Windows to Byron Marine for MV Dorada, the Falkland Islands Fishery Protection vessel. Marine Software carried out a skeleton setup of the planned maintenance database creating a planned maintenance (PM) JobCard for each item on the master survey list. Byron?s own staff ...
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MCA launches NAVTEX service
The Maritime Coastguard Agency has announced a new NAVTEX service for broadcasting safety information, which will initially provide inshore waters weather forecasts. These will cover 16 stretches of coastline around the UK up to 12 miles out and be broadcast twice a day. The forecasts will also give a three-day ...
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Video-based first aid course
The Maritime Medical Emergencies Joint Venture has released a video-based first aid training course called Onboard First Aid: Immediate Actions. Parts one and two of the three-tape set feature medical professionals portraying shipboard personnel as they demonstrate the immediate actions required for stabilising the condition of an ill or injured ...
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A day in the life of a surveyor
The whole system of class surveys has in recent years come under scrutiny as a result of a number of high profile incidents. This has fuelled controversy about the role and responsibilities of class societies. In particular, attention has focused on the quality and comprehensiveness of surveys carried out by ...
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Volvo?s Cushyfloat
Volvo Penta has specified Trelleborg?s high-thrust (FIT) Cushyfloat engine mounts as standard fittings for its D12 range of diesel engines. Trelleborg has developed a high thrust version of its Cushyfloat mount and four will be fitted per engine.
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Schottel celebrates
Schottel has received a repeat order from Swedish shipowner Rederi AB Donsotank to supply a second unit of its Siemens Schottel Propulsor (SSP) podded propulsion system. The order is worth around $5m and the twin propeller SSP 7 (5.1MW) will be fitted to a new chemical products tanker being built ...
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MHI starts UEC-LSE
Mitsubishi Heavy Engineering (MHI) recently delivered the first marine version of its UEC-LSE series two-stroke diesel engine. It was manufactured at the Nagasaki factory of Kobe Diesel. The delivery was the first of four 10,230 kW 6UEC52LSE engines ordered for installation in a four-ship series of 1,100 TEU boxships being ...
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Superconductor wiring
American Superconductor has built and demonstrated its first 3,680kW (5,000hp) high temperature superconductor (HTS) electric motor. The HTS motor is designed to reduce manufacturing costs by up to 40% and is as little as half the size and weight of a conventional electric motor, says American Superconductor. The HTS wiring ...
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Namura develops NCF
Namura Shipbuilding in Japan recently unveiled its new energy saving development in ship propulsion, the Namura flow control fin (NCF). It claims this can save between 2-5% of energy. The company has developed NCF devices for five of its standardised ship designs. The device consists of a slender pair of ...
