General News

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…

Poseidon Simulation AS has received Det Norske Veritas Product Certificate for GMDSS simulation, Class A. The certificate guarantees that the simulator system gives the capability to simulate a realistic environment. The system…

Volvo Penta has set itself the target of doubling marine commercial engine sales in the next three years. It hopes that its range of larger marine commercial engines, launched at last year?s…

KBB is preparing to commence testing of the fourth and final model in its new range of HPR turbochargers. The fourth model ? the HPR5000 ? will be available for engine tests…

Technical drawings and specifications for Hamworthy KSE?s compressors and sewage treatment plant are to be included on the Tribon Solutions web site, www.tribon.com. The company?s pumps and inert gas plants will also…

The Royal Danish Navy has signed an agreement with Primar ENC covering the delivery of official ENCs. It involves a navy supplier model, designed to allow the download of all charts and…

With its first 520mm bore LSE engine now in service (see The Motor Ship, November 2001), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has now secured a first order for its 680mm bore LSE model. The…