General News

The suite of fleet management software modules from ABS has been expanded following the merger of its SafeNet with the Nautical Technology Corporation (NTC) Ship Manager program. The two management systems have…

About 2,900 shipbuilders, or two thirds of those who once worked for Bremer Vulkan now have new jobs. Many have not gone back into the few remaining local yards, but it indicates…

ICS Electronic has launched a GMDSS A2/A3 communication system called the ICS Touchcomm TC2. A touch screen display allows control of both the VHF and MF/HF radios via one common control panel,…

Almost 80 per cent of the merchant ships built last year were propelled by two-stroke engines. Simplicity, both by design and direct drive, along with low running and maintenance costs have proved…

Stratos Mobile Networks has introduced Stratos Mail, a messaging service that allows Inmarsat-A/-B Telex or -C equipped vessels to communicate directly via satellite with Intemet e-mail subscribers. On the vessel, Stratos Mail…

USA The Halter Marine Group`s Halter-Moss Point yard is to build a 6,000g roro vessel for the transportation of rocket booster cores. Seattle-based Foss Maritime, which has been selected to transport Boeing-built…

Two of Incat`s latest newbuildings have both recently made record-breaking Atlantic crossings. On June 10, the 91m wave-piercer catamaran Catalonia completed the 2,972 nautical mile Atlantic crossing from New York to Tarifa,…

Medium-speed MaK has secured orders for its new M43 engine ahead of its official launch at SMM as it did with the M25. Three 7,200kW (9,790 bhp) eight-cylinder units have been ordered,…

Clipper Viking is the first of a pair of 12,500m3 gas tankers featuring an innovative nitrogen generation plant. Based on a 15,000m3 design developed by German shipyard Meyer Werft towards the end…

Low-speed Following the enlargement of MAN B&W`s Alpha Diesel factory at Fredrikshaven, the first large bore two-stroke produced in the Danish plant has been delivered to the German yard of Jos Meyer.…