General News

The past year has seen Singapore salvors undertake some unusual jobs, including the salvage of two chemical tankers laden with the hazardous cargo phenol. The more recent of the two involved Endah…

American Eagle Tankers, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, has signed up with ChartCo?s ChartManager satellite chart update service. Trials began last summer on the Eagle Corona following which the company…

Izar has won two newbuilding contracts. One, from Belgian company Exmar Offshore, calls for the construction of a 900,000 bbls FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) unit. The other, from Chilean company…

APL?s newest addition, APL Holland, comes equipped with a cost-saving feature - the shaft generator. This 2,100kW generator can fully supply the electricity needs of this gearless fully cellular containership while it…

Cunard is to install a Kelvin Hughes fully integrated bridge system onboard Queen Mary 2. The company will supply a flat screen bridge system comprising eight screens from which the vessel?s navigation…

Competition from the Middle East and China has intensified leading to a further drop in turnover for Singapore?s ship repair sector. Yet the nation?s shipyards continue to win significant repair and conversion…

Thrane & Thrane has introduced a Windows based application providing e-mail functionality for maritime and land mobile products via Inmarsat-C. Called eCMail, the company says it will work with its existing TT-3022C…

The multi-purpose Jurong Port - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) ? can now offer alternative container handling services to the Port of Singapore Authority(PSA)?s four container terminals. Jurong Port?s…

Litton Marine Systems is to supply integrated bridge systems for seven 27,000g bulk/container carriers under construction at Gdynia Shipyard for Westwood Shipping Company. Deliveries are set for 2002-2003. There is also an…

Although price levels in the Philippines shiprepair industry are somewhat lower than Singapore, they are slightly higher than mainland China. This means Philippine yards can be competitive on projects where the steelwork…

Marine Software has supplied Marine Planned Maintenance for Windows to Byron Marine for MV Dorada, the Falkland Islands Fishery Protection vessel. Marine Software carried out a skeleton setup of the planned maintenance…

International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) of the Philippines is upgrading its operations in the midst of a regional downturn. The group, which is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange, recently announced…

The Maritime Coastguard Agency has announced a new NAVTEX service for broadcasting safety information, which will initially provide inshore waters weather forecasts. These will cover 16 stretches of coastline around the UK…

A set of four basic STCW certificates and a seaman`s book for can be bought for $75 on the streets of a major seafarer supplying country. A researcher for Cardiff University`s Seafarers…

To cope with higher boost pressures on medium-speed engines up to 14.7MW, Honeywell Serck has introduced a cylindrical design of charge air cooler. The cylindrical design gives better mechanical integrity than a…

Spain`s state-owned shipbuilder is staking its future on rising world demand for modern gas and oil tankers and its ability to find benefits in marrying naval and civil shipbuilding technologies. Izar -…

Two Sulzer 7RT-flex60C engines have been ordered as main propulsion for a pair of 13,200 dwt containerised reefer ships being built by Viana do Castelo in Portugal for Agricultural Export Co. The…

Four Australian ex-Special Air Services officers have combined their experience to combat rising piracy attacks in Asian waters. Osprey and Asset Management (OAM) partners David Harper, Peter Towndrow, Bob Hunter and John…

A pulling version of the Aquamaster azimuthing thruster is being developed by Rolls-Royce. The unit uses a mechanical drive in a `C` configuration to take the power to the propeller. Units up…

Incat`s recently sealed joint venture with Bollinger Shipyards is primarily focused on the US military market, but the company sees strong commercial potential too. "As the military craft design is based on…

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to introduce ship emission regulations by 2003. The regulations will seek to impose limits on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from large marine engines, and…

An electric motor operating a Mermaid pod on Celebrity Cruises` Millennium has suffered a breakage in a pole connection. Repairs were affected as soon as the rupture was discovered meaning no voyages…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co has initiated use of Cyber-Erection, its new 3D digital measuring and simulation program. It says the technology enabled greater precision when it was used for the…