Motorship News – Page 680
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Navigation systems contract for Canadian Coast Guard ships
The Sperry Marine division of Northrop Grumman Corporation is to supply bridge navigation systems for nine new mid-shore patrol vessels to be built for the Canadian Coast Guard.
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ESAB to sponsor welding competition again
ESAB Group (UK) says that it will be sponsoring the third annual ShipWeld competition. As before, the competition will comprise inter-yard competitions, with awards for apprentice welders.
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First ship to employ silicon anti-fouling
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced that its 38,000-class bulk carrier now under construction at the Minaminippon Shipbuilding will be the first ship to use International’s new silicon-based anti-fouling paint.
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NewsSafety companies join forces
Australian marine safety equipment provider Mobilarm is joining forces with Marine Rescue Technologies, the company behind the Sea Marshall PLB brand. Mobilarm has entered a sale and purchase agreement which covers all MRT assets, including the entire Sea Marshall product line.
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Global shipping chiefs focus on piracy
Shipping companies and associations have joined forces in a campaign to press national governments to crackdown on piracy.
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NewsNYK orders ‘green’ LNG turbine ship
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order from Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) for a LNG carrier capable of marked reductions in fuel consumption.
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Gauge offers faster thickness measurement
UK company Elcometer has launched what it describes as its “next generation” of its digital thickness gauge, the Elcometer 456.
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NewsPiracy comes under IMO spotlight
Within the context of International Maritime Organization’s World Maritime Day theme ‘Piracy: orchestrating the response’, a meeting took place on 28 February at IMO headquarters.
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New owner for UK shiprepairer
UK-based business A&P Group, which operates three ship repair, conversion and fabrication yards, has been acquired by a consortium including Atlantic & Peninsula Marine Services and private investors including the directors of Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders.
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NewsHatteland to provide Transas ECDIS hardware
Norwegian company Hatteland Display says it has been selected by Transas Marine as a supplier of dedicated hardware for the new generation Transas ECDIS system.
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Sulphur directive help from class
Lloyd’s Register''s FOBAS says that it can provides answers to shipowners’ key questions related to the ‘at berth’ requirements of EC Directive 2005/33/EC .
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NewsHarnessing the wind
Greenwave, a UK registered charity that exists to remind the shipping industry of its environmental obligations and to find practical, meaningful and affordable ways to meet them, has been looking at the concept of developing wind engines (article reproduced by kind permission of Lloyd''s Register).
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NewsNew Dover Strait ferry makes big impact
Last month the new ropax ferry ‘Spirit of Britain’ went into service on the P&O Ferries’ English Channel service and more than doubled the freight-carrying capacity of the vessel it replaced.
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NewsECDIS features information overlay
Transas says that its Navi-Sailor ECDIS is the first to feature compatibility with the UKHO’s AIO (Admiralty information overlay). The overlay includes all temporary and preliminary notices to mariners (T&P NMs) and provides navigationally significant information from UKHO’s ENC validation programme.
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ECDIS support offers ‘zero downtime’
Norwegian electronic navigation company Maris has launched a new product support service known as ‘Zero downtime ECDIS’, which is intended to ensure that electronic chart display information systems are available at all times.
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Fuel consumption benefits from antifouling system backed by money-back guarantee
Jotun Marine Coatings has launched Hull Performance Solutions (HPS), described as a new concept which guarantees significant reductions in fuel consumption by combining premium antifouling with monitoring tools.
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NewsSystem automates regulatory form-filling
The EU Flagship project has come up with yet another innovation, described as “the first intelligent regulatory search and automated form filling system” which its developers say could save nearly €9 million annually.
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NewsEGCSA wants no 'green wash' in 2010
The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) says the industry must follow the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s leadership in sulphur reduction policies.
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NewsTighter waste water standards lead to more plant orders
Hamworthy of the UK recently received its first order for wider demand Membrane BioReactor (MBR) waste water management technology from ferry operator DFDS.
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NewsThree simulators for ferry crew training
Kongsberg Maritime’s North America simulation arm has recently been awarded a contract by BC Ferries for the supply and installation of three Polaris ship bridge simulation systems for various sites in British Columbia, Canada.
