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The dynamic positioning (DP) market is diverse and systems are being fitted to a wider range of vessels from small survey vessels to large cruise ships.DP automatically controls a ship?s heading and…

Apart from recording less data items and a reduced final recording medium, there are few major differences between "simplified" Voyage Data Recorders and "full" Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs). Simplified VDRs, however, are…

The requirements for all existing ships to carry a VDR will be endorsed by the next IMO meeting in May 2004. Existing ships will be allowed to have a floating capsule (albeit…

Voith Water Tractor demonstrates the capability of the new Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) blades with increased bollard pull for the same input power.With the commissioning of the Voith Water Tractor Baut owned…

Shipbuilder of many Ropax ferries during the 60s and 70s with the last being Silja Europa in 1993, Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, is back in the international ferry business with the…

Norfolkline, the Dutch ferry company, has ordered a third 34,500gt Ropax ferry from Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea to meet growing demand on its Dover to Dunkerque cross channel freight and passenger…

Fincantieri and Finnlines, the Finnish shipping company, have signed a contract to build three 42,000 gt, 9,200 dwt ropax ferries at a total cost of 300 million Euro ($377 million). Furthermore, the…

One of the foremost manufacturers of large marine diesel engines has taken the general term that applies to a vessel?s main propulsion and made it its own. Here, executive board member and…

Two key players in the field of AIS are making significant headway with further major contracts to develop AIS infrastructures in various regions. VTS specialist Norcontrol IT already has AIS solutions in…

Hakuyo in Japan placed an order for an 115,000DWT double-hull tanker with Sasebo Heavy Industries with a delivery of October 2006. NYK has concluded a long-term charter contract for the new tanker…

NYK Line in Japan ordered two 300,000 DWT VLCCs from NASCO (Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering) in China. They will be delivered in the first and second half of 2007. With the…

Iridium Satellite LLC has introduced a new satellite fax service that will permit subscribers to send and receive faxes from any location in the world directly to and from any standard fax…

To meet the requirements for Ship Security Alert Systems (SSAS) specified in the amendments to SOLAS, chapter XI, Annex 6 (Dec. 2002), Furuno has launched several alternative Inmarsat-C based SSAS solutions. I…

Simrad has launched a new AIS system with display and controls integrated with the AIS Class A Mobile Station. The AI71 is based on identical technology to Simrad?s existing AI70, but does…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has clinched two 6,700 units PCTCs with delivery during the second half of 2006. The new order also includes two options. The Korean shipbuilder also secured an order for a…

Gaz de France (GdF) and Alstom signed a letter of intent on 3 July 2003 for the construction of a 153,000 m3 LNG carrier, with an option for a second identical LNG…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has been implementing a method of construction that strengthens hull structure without utilizing a collar plate. Named 'collarless construction method', the shipbuilder has applied this construction technology to an offshore…

ABB in Norway has secured new contracts worth $45 million for delivery of complete electric propulsion systems to two icebreakers to be built for CJSV Sevmorneftegaz by the Norwegian shipyard Havyard Leirvik,…

Hyundai Samho Shipyard in South Korea received a newbuilding contract for two 82,000 cbm LPG carriers from a European ship owner at a total cost of $135 million. They will be delivered…