Author: Importer

Norfolkline, the Dutch ferry company, has ordered a third 34,500gt Ropax ferry from Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea to meet growing demand on its Dover to Dunkerque cross channel freight and passenger…

Fincantieri and Finnlines, the Finnish shipping company, have signed a contract to build three 42,000 gt, 9,200 dwt ropax ferries at a total cost of 300 million Euro ($377 million). Furthermore, the…

One of the foremost manufacturers of large marine diesel engines has taken the general term that applies to a vessel?s main propulsion and made it its own. Here, executive board member and…

Two key players in the field of AIS are making significant headway with further major contracts to develop AIS infrastructures in various regions. VTS specialist Norcontrol IT already has AIS solutions in…

Hakuyo in Japan placed an order for an 115,000DWT double-hull tanker with Sasebo Heavy Industries with a delivery of October 2006. NYK has concluded a long-term charter contract for the new tanker…

NYK Line in Japan ordered two 300,000 DWT VLCCs from NASCO (Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering) in China. They will be delivered in the first and second half of 2007. With the…

Iridium Satellite LLC has introduced a new satellite fax service that will permit subscribers to send and receive faxes from any location in the world directly to and from any standard fax…

To meet the requirements for Ship Security Alert Systems (SSAS) specified in the amendments to SOLAS, chapter XI, Annex 6 (Dec. 2002), Furuno has launched several alternative Inmarsat-C based SSAS solutions. I…