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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Marine safety equipment manufacturer Viking Life-Saving Equipment has launched design-your-own inflatable SOLAS lifejackets, intended to appeal to the offshore and commercial shipping industries.

23rd September 2010

Design-your-own lifejackets

23rd September 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

Euronav Ship Management has chosen Seagull’s electronic version of the tanker officer training standard (e-TOTS) for use on all of its VLCCs. Having first been delivered to Euronav offices in August 2009,…

23rd September 2010

Training standard selected for tanker fleet

23rd September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Lifeboat manufacturer and service provider Schat-Harding has restructured its service division in moves to improve service to shipowners and ship and offshore operators globally.

23rd September 2010

Lifeboat service operation sharpened

23rd September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cosalt of the UK has announced two recent major orders for safety equipment for use on passenger ships.

23rd September 2010

Lifejacket and MOB orders

23rd September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ACR Electronics has launched a new personal locator beacon that it says adds a new level of assurance and instant information thanks to a breakthrough in digital display.

23rd September 2010

PLB features digital display

23rd September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new UK-based maritime safety company - Ocean Signal - made its debut at the recent SMM exhibition with three new GMDSS products.

23rd September 2010

New company debuts with EPIRB, SART and VHF

23rd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Today (23 September 2010) marks the 33rd celebration of World Maritime Day, the annual occasion when the International Maritime Organization (IMO) highlights a key issue for IMO and the shipping industry.

23rd September 2010

IMO World Maritime Day message

23rd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian maritime training specialist Seagull has been prompted by anticipated enforcement of the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) to augment its computer-based training packages with new modules detailing the…

22nd September 2010

Training module from Seagull targets MLC

22nd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

An integrated system of Allweiler frequency converters on board Stena Line’s latest fleet addition, the 62,000gt ‘Stena Hollandica’, promises to cut energy consumption, reduce wear and tear, and improve component efficiency.

22nd September 2010

New pump control systems boost efficiency

22nd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

In an interesting departure from the norm, a Danish ferry company, Hundested-Rørvig, has ordered a double-ended ferry from a Bangladesh shipbuilder.

22nd September 2010

Bangladesh to built Danish ferry

22nd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN PrimeServ’s Online Service is a service solution that combines operating data from engines and turbochargers, data-processing technologies and the company’s own, expert knowledge to provide customers with regular reports, remote operation…

22nd September 2010

MAN PrimeServ introduces online service

22nd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo has signed a cooperation agreement, with an eye on upcoming emission regulations, with the German company, Couple Systems, to work together on dry exhaust gas scrubber systems.

22nd September 2010

MAN aims to introduce dry scrubber technology

22nd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Babcock International Group Marine Division reports that it has completed a study to investigate the commercial implications of developing a nuclear-powered LNG carrier, something it claims as a first.

22nd September 2010

Could LNG ships be powered by nuclear energy?

22nd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV recently verified that two newbuildings at Oshima Shipyard in Japan have been built according to a guideline from IMO encouraging reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in shipping.

22nd September 2010

DNV verifies vessels according to IMO emission reduction

22nd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

South African shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Cape Town, part of the Dutch owned Damen shipbuilding group, would consider expanding its facilities in Cape Town if the South African Navy’s (SAN) Project Biro…

22nd September 2010

Navy project could expand SA shipbuilding

22nd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The world’s three largest container shipping companies, CMA CGM, MSC and Maersk Line, have decided to cooperate in the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

22nd September 2010

Leading container lines join forces against piracy

22nd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Iridium says that a comparison report by Frost & Sullivan found that although the equivalent Inmarsat product was cheaper in terms of purchase cost and airtime cost, the Iridium satphone proved superior…

21st September 2010

Report backs Iridium for sat phone performance

21st September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A complex range of differing legal judgments in recent years has led to greater discrimination on the part of plaintiffs in identifying the most favourable regime for actions involving classification societies.

21st September 2010

Differing judgements could influence class selection

21st September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

South Shields based Solar Solve Marine recently received an order from LV Shipping & Transport to measure, supply and install 15 of its ‘Solasafe’ anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens to some of…

21st September 2010

‘Maersk Lancer’ gets anti-glare treatment

21st September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo has reached agreement with TGE Marine Gas Engineering, market leader and specialist in the design and construction of cargo-handling systems for cryogenic gases, regarding their future cooperation.

21st September 2010

MAN to cooperate with gas-tank specialist

21st September 2010