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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…

The dates for the 24th annual Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference have been changed to avoid a clash with Danish public holidays ? so mark 10-11 April 2002 in your diary to…

Chinese shipyards will be capable of competing with South Korean yards on equal terms after 2005, according to a new report released by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade and…

UK-based Wynn Marine has developed a new touch screen system for controlling a large number of bridge window wipers. The touch screen is designed to be integrated with the company?s series 3000…

Izar has designed a pure trailer carrying 3,075 lane metre vessel, classified as the R-3000. The 180m long vessel has a deadweight of 9,400t and is equipped with 22 single crew cabins…