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Trelleborg Industrial AVS has launched an anti-vibration mounting for small- and medium-sized engines. The Novibra SIM design features a strong corrosion-protected steel baseplate and a dome-shaped casing designed to shield the captive…

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) says it has received an order for the world?s smallest LNG carrier. The order, for a 2,500m3 capacity vessel, was placed by Japan?s Corporation for Advanced Transport &…

Faced with the need to modernise its roro fleet, Stena RoRo decided to base the design of its new vessels on the 1998-built Sea Centurion. This is the only completed example of…

Mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat has launched a new service. Called mini-C it is a low-powered and compact communications unit for small vessels. Inmarsat says mini-C is an evolution of its -C…

Austal Ships is emerging from turbulent times. It is forecasting a rebound to profits seen before the global industry downturn. With some A$350 million ($182 million) in orders for the Australian-based companies…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed delivery of two 11,410g car ferries from its Shimonoseki Shipyard to local ferry operator Kyuetsu Ferry in coownership with the Corporation for Advanced Transport and Technology.…

East coast ship repairer Forgacs is close to confirming agency arrangements throughout Asia to position itself as a competitive alternative to yards in Singapore and Hong Kong. Forgacs joint managing director Peter…

Leica Geosystems has received an order from Princess Cruises to install an automatic identification system (AIS) on the 109,000g luxury cruise ship Grand Princess. The vessel, which carries over 2,600 passengers and…

The Ruston arm of the MAN B&W group generated a lot of interest when it launched its latest engine series at Europort 2001. Named RK280, it is claimed to be the most…

NQEA Australia has been bestowed with accolades for engineering excellence for its work in building an 84m trailing suction hopper dredger. The dredger has earned both NQEA and the Port of Brisbane…

Western Australian based researchers are collaborating with the Marine Design & Research Institute of China (MARIC) to examine ship motion behaviour in volatile weather conditions. Curtin University?s Centre for Marine Science and…

Saab TransponderTech has won an order to cover the Hong Kong area with its automatic identification system (AIS). The company has delivered six fully redundant R30 AIS base stations to the Marine…

Wärtsilä is to shut its manufacturing plant at Zwolle, the Netherlands, and shift production of the W26, W28SG and W38 medium-speed engines to the Trieste plant in Italy. The company plans to…

Flightship Australia managing director John Leslie tells The Motor Ship the joint venture arrangement with a US shipbuilder is likely to be finalised after Germanischer Lloyd completes the classification process for FS8…

Flexibility is the name of the game in the short-sea trade. While most owners claim their roro newbuildings are state-of-the-art multi-purpose vessels, it is unusual to come across a design which is…

Kelvin Hughes is to supply Shell International Trading and Shipping Company with six ship sets of its new Nucleus 3 radar. Each set consists of two Nucleus 3 6000 radars, a Nucleus…

Deutz has upped the rating of its TBD 620 series of diesel engines. The range, which is available in V8, V12 and V16 configurations, now offers outputs from 829kW to 2,336kW at…

MAN B&W expects to complete tests of its new TCA turbocharger range by the year end in time for a full sales release in March 2002, according to a company spokesman. A…

The Maritime eCommerce Association has released version 1.5 of the Marine Trading Mark-Up Language (MTML), the electronic data exchange standard for the marine procurement sector. The company says that this release addresses…

Wärtsilä Corporation is seeking to acquire the John Crane-Lips marine business from Smiths Group. The companies made a joint statement earlier this month saying that they are in "exclusive discussions" about the…

ABB Turbo Systems has launched a new range of small turbochargers for high flow rates and high pressure ratios. The TPS..-F33 range consists of four different turbocharger sizes and is capable of…

Australia?s most concentrated shipbuilding region will gain a significant boost to its infrastructure when the A$200 million ($104 million) Jervoise Bay Marine Industry complex becomes operational in mid 2002. The complex, which…