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Jones Marine is continuing development of its JML 2000 underwater coating system, with an application containing anti-fouling properties among its goals. Talking to The Motor Ship, Jones Marine managing director Mike Jones…

The Sentry from Martek Marine is a cargo tank pressure monitoring system designed in compliance with SOLAS II Reg 59, providing early warning of under or over pressurisation in oil and chemical…

The new bridge system from Kelvin Hughes uses five 23in flat panel displays and an independent control unit. Two high chairs either side of the control unit give operators head-height vision while…

Marine Environmental Partners (MEP), the Ft. Lauderdale based water treatment company, has developed two new treatment processes to deal with shipboard generated black (sewage) and grey (laundry, kitchen, and sink/shower) wastewater. It…

Arrival of Grand Bahama Shipyard?s newly acquired floating dock at the Freeport facility is imminent. The 87,000t lift dock has virtually circumnavigated the globe on its westbound trip from its former home,…

AMOT Controls says it has improved its G Valve three-way temperature control valve by making it more compact and lighter. The unit is designed to regulate fluid temperatures in large diesel and…

RTM Star Center has announced the installation of a DE III full mission diesel electric simulator at its Dania Beach, Florida facility. The simulator, based on a design by Kongsberg Maritime Ship…

China?s shipbuilding industry, already a world class player with around 6% of the newbuilding market, has expanded its capacity even further with the recent introduction of its latest newbuilding dock at Shanghai…

It is strange how the funding for technological advances is acquired and how long it can take for some technologies to be accepted. A case in point is BALRUE, a new generation…

Norwegian Maritime Equipment is launching a newly developed, fully enclosed lifeboat with a capacity of 102 persons. The company is also announcing a fast rescue boat in three different versions. Both the…