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Following last year`s marketing link up, IT providers Dataworks and ShipNet, have decided to merge their shipbroking applications. ShipNet clients will be upgraded this year to the latest version of Dataworks` software,…

Fern Computer Consultancy has announced new modules for its piping design and analysis software, CADWorx and Caesar II.The piping instrumentation diagram application CADWorx/P&ID Version 3.1 will have features that have been requested…

Fugro says that sea trials of its SeaSTAR satellite-based DGPS service aboard the 300,955dwt tanker Irving Galloway achieved savings in time, fuel and steering gear maintenance through more precise positioning during open…

Globe Wireless has commissioned a new terrestrial digital node in Darwin, Australia for its Maritime Data Network. The new node increases the network to 17 nodes linked world-wide. The network provides communications…

GN Comtext says it has launched Mail Connect to enable users to send and receive telex, GN Comtext e-mail, X 400 messages, and Internet mail, as well as send fax messages (text…

Saab Celsius TransponderTech has developed a portable AIS Pilot Case which, it says, is watertight to 10m and incorporates the company`s R3 AIS transponder.The unit keeps track of the vessel and all…

SatCom Systems has introduced a marine satellite service that covers North American waters which, it says, offers calling charges as low as $0.99/min.The network uses the TMI MSAT-1 satellite, whose footprint covers…

Software company SpecTec has designed a port sea performance module for Jo Tankers. It will be integrated with the AMOS Quality management system to give it enhanced reporting capabilities as well as…

Debeg Satlog 4124, an integrated satellite navigation and speed log system with combined 24-channel GPS-Glonass positioning, has been introduced by STN Atlas Marine Electronics.Providing simultaneous or separate position and speed calculations via…

Stratos has extended compression capabilities to Trimble Galaxy (including GMDSS Galaxy Sentinel) Inmarsat-C customers for messages sent to shore destinations..Actual compression will vary depending on the size and content of the message,…