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MAN B&W`s PMI System is a portable computerised tool which can be used for performance evaluation of the company`s two-stroke diesel engines. The system measures the cylinder pressure via a piezo-electric transducer…

The Elfin process, developed by Britannia Heat Transfer, enables heat exchanger tubes to be manufactured cost-effectively from a wide range of exotic metals, including titanium, zirconium, hastelloy and stainless steel, says the…

Dutch yard IHC has ordered a Hamworthy Marine integrated sewage collection and management system comprising 42 toilets with vacuum collection, and the ST3A sewage treatment plant for a dredger currently under construction…

The IMO has decided to allow the use of both official raster and vector charts in ecdis navigation systems. This means that an ecdis will meet the IMO`s chart carriage requirement whether…

The shipyard Material Management and Production Control System (MARS) from Logimatic has been ordered by two shipyards in Europe. The Gdynia Shipyard in Poland has taken the complete MARS system as an…

EC-sponsored multi-modal satellite navigation trials are being conducted by Racal in the Baltic Sea, where a Colour Line ferry is using Racal`s prototype EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) system for the…

P&O Cruises` flagship Oriana will undergo a two and a half week refit at A&P`s Southampton yard commencing April 14. It is the second scheduled refit for the 1995-built vessel. The programme…

Oil major Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (STASCo) has signed an evergreen alliance agreement with Sembawang Shipyard of Singapore. The agreement commits the scheduled refit and drydocking of the Shell fleet…

Operational experience - with a mixture of designs - on the Irish Sea indicates positive support for fast ferry services. While some concerns have been raised about disruptions to fast ferry routes…

Naval and Jones Act vessels continue to be the mainstay of US yards The National Shipbuilding and Shipyard Conversion Act of 1993 provided the much-needed stimulus for the USA`s re-emergence onto the…