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Rodriquez has secured a contract for an 83m Aquastrada-design monohull fast ferry. The Sicilian-based shipbuilder confirms it is "well underway on construction" of the aluminium- hulled ship at its Pietra Ligure shipyard…

Bollinger?s repair and conversion shipyard at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, can now accommodate ships, rigs and boats with drafts to 27ft (8.23m), thanks to completion of dredging from…

Schottel?s main exhibits will be its SPJ 57 RD pump-jet and STP 200 twin propeller. The pump-jet can serve as a shallow-water propulsion system and a robust, powerful and reliable manoeuvring system…

Sailor has announced the introduction of its System 4000 150W MF/HF SSB radio for marine use. It features integrated digital selective calling and is targeted at fishing vessels. The system consists of…

Lloyd?s Register has alerted ship owners to the problem of neglecting plugs on fuel delivery systems. In the worst cases, the neglect can result in machinery space fires. The classification society says…

Seaworx, part of the Wijsmuller group in the Netherlands, has acquired three seismic survey vessels from Western Geco in the US. The vessels in question are the Western Orient, Western Polaris and…

Furuno will feature the world premiere for voyage data recorder model VR-5000 and automatic identification system model AS-100. Also, the satellite compass model SC-60/120, which provides accurate and steady satellite based heading…

The range of hand-held units for measuring marine coating thickness from Fischer Instrumentation is for applications where surfaces may be rough or not easily accessible or for large or heavy objects that…

Lloyd?s Register says vessels classed with it dominate the USCG?s Qualship register. Ships on the register benefit from less frequent USCG inspections. For example, ships carrying freight only require two-yearly inspections if…

KMSS Ship Simulation has supplied a full-mission and two part-mission bridge simulators, based on an ANZAC-class frigate, to the Royal New Zealand Navy?s new training facility. The full-mission simulator offers a field…

Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has installed a Wärtsilä dual fuel engine into a FPSO conversion it is doing for Bergesen Offshore. The shipyard installed the Wärtsilä 18V32DF engine into a converted VLCC…

A recent inspection campaign concentrating on cargo securing has unearthed a disturbing catalogue of safety issues. The campaign, by Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) port state control authorities, found that a third…

Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has installed a Wärtsilä dual fuel engine into a FPSO conversion it is doing for Bergesen Offshore. The shipyard installed the Wärtsilä 18V32DF engine into a converted VLCC…

KMSS Ship Simulation has supplied a full-mission and two part-mission bridge simulators, based on an ANZAC-class frigate, to the Royal New Zealand Navy?s new training facility. The full-mission simulator offers a field…

A.P. M?ller-owned shipyard Volkswerft Stralsund is building a series of four 2,833 TEU container vessels for operation by sister company Maersk Sealand. The second unit of the VWS 2900 design was christened…

Mitsui OSK Lines has set new environmental targets for its ships and operations. In September it released its second environmental report, stretching from April 2001 to March 2002. It states that MOL…

LevelSeas has launched new versions of its voyage management systems for the bulk ocean shipping industry. The company says LSX 2.0 and LSOperations (LSOps) 1.0, offer significant new functionality, including negotiating tools.…

A number of former Cammell Laird directors have formed a new shiprepair organisation in the shadow of their old employer?s mothballed shipyard on Merseyside, UK. North Western Ship Repair is leasing two…

Tanker owner Frontline has joined with fellow Norwegian company Venturie to develop a low-tech oil vapour recovery system. The system has recently undergone trials on Frontline?s suezmax tanker Front Granite. The companies…

A number of former Cammell Laird directors have formed a new shiprepair organisation in the shadow of their old employer?s mothballed shipyard on Merseyside, UK. North Western Ship Repair is leasing two…

LevelSeas has launched new versions of its voyage management systems for the bulk ocean shipping industry. The company says LSX 2.0 and LSOperations (LSOps) 1.0, offer significant new functionality, including negotiating tools.…

Will doubling up prevail on future tanker designs? The situation already exists where new tankers require a double hull in order to improve their safety margins. But the majority of tankers still…

Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen) has launched NeoShip, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation system. The company, a subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES), says it is Japan?s first commercial ship design…