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Fugro says that sea trials of its SeaSTAR satellite-based DGPS service aboard the 300,955dwt tanker Irving Galloway achieved savings in time, fuel and steering gear maintenance through more precise positioning during open…

Interior contractor James P Colie refurbished the main dining room and purser?s deck on the cruise ship Royal Princess during its winter drydock at Baltimore Marine Industries.The largest part of the project,…

A database called Equasis that contains safety-related information on the world?s merchant fleet will be accessible on the Internet from May. So far and the European Commission, France, the United Kingdom, Spain,…

The 2510 Plunger Pump introduced by Cat Pumps is rated at 91 litre/min, 138 bar. It is designed for continuous-duty applications such as sewer and pipe cleaning, coolant flushing and multi-gun and…

Globe Wireless has commissioned a new terrestrial digital node in Darwin, Australia for its Maritime Data Network. The new node increases the network to 17 nodes linked world-wide. The network provides communications…

F A Vinnen & Co?s 29,181g, 2,480 TEU container vessel Merkur Star is under repair at MAN B&W Service Center Hamburg, where a new crankshaft is being fitted.The ship, which is powered…

There has been a wholesale withdrawl of type-approval for the Italian-made Canepa & Campi Artica lifejackets used during the sinking of the fast ferry Sleipner, which resulted in the loss of 19…

A dockside filling unit for supplying hydraulic oil to vessels has been developed by Commercial Hydraulics Keelavite (CHV). The unit consists of two 61m hydraulically-powered hose reels on a mobile chassis. The…

GN Comtext says it has launched Mail Connect to enable users to send and receive telex, GN Comtext e-mail, X 400 messages, and Internet mail, as well as send fax messages (text…

BV has issued its own set of proposals to improve safety of old tankers. It echoes ABS?s call for computerised records, and adds that it wants computerised evaluation of the ship?s structure…