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Insurance provider to the transport and logistics industry, TT Club, in collaboration with ICHCA International, has issued new guidelines on safe slinging of cargo on and off vessels, in the form of…

19th June 2010

New guidelines issued on safe slinging

19th June 2010

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Kongsberg Maritime says that it has completed site acceptance tests on a new Suezmax cargo handling simulator interfaced to the K-Chief-500 marine automation system, for Turkish ship owner Gungen Maritme & Trading.

11th June 2010

Cargo handling simulator integrated with on-board automation system

11th June 2010

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Wilhelmsen Ships Service reports that its Japan office has completed an R-22 retrofit project on a vessel owned by Japanese company Sanko Line.

7th June 2010

Green reefer equipment for Japanese ship

7th June 2010

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eter Lanzén, founder of Marinfloc, Sweden looks at problems associated with bilge water separators

5th June 2010

‘Filter addiction’ compromises oily water separators

5th June 2010

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Cargotec company MacGregor continues to book orders from the shipbuilding and conversion industries as well as the offshore crane sector.

4th June 2010

Crane and cargo access orders continue

4th June 2010

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One of the first operators to trial the latest enhanced target detection feature on the Kelvin Hughes MantaDigital radar is Swalinge Scheepvaart of The Netherlands.

30th May 2010

Enhanced target detection provides unexpected benefits

30th May 2010

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Jeppesen has released the dKart Sounding to Obstruction tool, which is designed to correct an ECDIS presentation fault whereby some shoal soundings may not be depicted on ECDIS displays.

28th May 2010

Tool corrects ECDIS presentation fault

28th May 2010

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US company FarSounder has released SonaSoft 2.1, a major software upgrade for its FS-3DT Forward Looking Sonar.

27th May 2010

Upgrade for forward looking sounder

27th May 2010

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Transas says that its equipment has been selected for what is described as” one of the most sophisticated offshore vessels in the market”.

27th May 2010

Advanced navigation for specialist offshore ship

27th May 2010

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Wärtsilä, which describes itself as the marine industrys leading ship power systems integrator, has signed a new agreement with Raytheon Anschütz, a division of Raytheon Co, USA.

27th May 2010

Agreement between power and navigation providers

27th May 2010

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Among recent developments from Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Sperry Marine business unit is a compact integrated bridge system (CIBS) designed to improve situational awareness and ship efficiency while reducing installation costs.

26th May 2010

Compact bridge system reduces costs

26th May 2010

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Transas has recently drawn the attention of ECDIS users to a warning published by UKHO in its Notices to Mariners, concerning an issue with the use of electronic navigation charts.

23rd May 2010

Transas has recently drawn the attention of ECDIS users to a warning published by UKHO in its Notices to Mariners, concerning an issue with the use of electronic navigation charts.

23rd May 2010

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German company Hatlapas task force service department was introduced to decrease re-equipment and installation time as well as increase flexibility.

28th April 2010

Deck gear company reports service success

28th April 2010

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Jamaica has been elected to chair a 25-country strong regional task force on control and management of ships ballast water and sediments in the wider Caribbean region.

28th March 2010

Ballast water task force appointed

28th March 2010

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A new Danish water treatment company, to be known as dma ecosystems, has been created to build on the assets of parent dma Sorption.

28th March 2010

New filtration company set up in Denmark

28th March 2010

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Dutch company Hatenboer-Water of Rotterdam has supplied two containerised potable water-making units to the De Hoop Lobith shipyard.

28th March 2010

Fresh water for river cruiser conversions

28th March 2010

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The largest Alfa Laval PureBallast system available is to be installed by Stena on one of its drilling ships.

28th March 2010

Largest version of ballast water system is destined for drilling ship

28th March 2010

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Hyundai Heavy Industries has ordered OceanSaver ballast water management systems for three VLCCs being built for the Oman Shipping Company.

24th March 2010

Industry responds to IMO ballast water management convention

24th March 2010

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Hamworthy reports that it has become the first non-domestic sewage plant supplier to achieve type approval in China.

24th March 2010

Chinese approval gives sewage treatment system a head start

24th March 2010

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An alternative to filters, which many users have found to be costly in operation, has been introduced by Marinfloc for oily water separators.

21st March 2010

Pre-treatment system claimed to reduce OWS filer costs

21st March 2010