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More powerful hardware has allowed CAD/CAM software to be developed to produce much larger, more complex ship designs. Computer hardware technology has advanced in giant strides since the original introduction of CAD/CAM…

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service between the UK port of Liverpool and Dublin, Eire was started in February by Merchant Ferries, a subsidiary of Cenargo International, London. According to Merchant Ferries` chairman Michael Hendry, the two…

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Pmax is 142 bar with a BMEP of 21 bar, and a maximum piston speed of 6.36 m/sec. During testing the fuel consumption was measured at 185 g/kWh, and the company says…

A grain/bale capacity of 22,000m3 is provided in three holds with removable tweendecks, allowing the ships to be configured as box-shaped double-hulled single-deckers. Container capacity is around 1,000 TEU. Each hold will…

The system is based on a lift control technique, which uses displacement transducers in the fin shaft to adapt automatically to variations in the local water stream direction. As a result, the…

Shaft 50 will align shafts up to 10m long, Shaft 200 can handle shafts up to 25m and straightness to 75m, says Maintec. Shaft 50 comes with standard alignment programs for both…

The majority of the windows covered are forward facing and above the bridge, so it is vital that reflections from the accommodation lights and the flashing lasers from the Horizon discodo not…

Capable of transiting the Atlantic in four days, and of providing what transportation and logistics companies call a seven-day, door-to-door ?time definiteÕ delivery service between the US Mid-West and central Europe, FastShip…

The full service which will offer world-wide Internet roaming is scheduled for completion by mid-1999, says BT. BT Internet Global will link the company`s Concert terrestrial network with its satellite land earth…

Japanese shipowners have had some tough decisions to make in the wake of financial crisis in the area.JapanÕs merchant fleet stands at 2,021 vessels (around 67 million dwt) with 70 per cent…

The unit also offers voice, fax, and data facilities in case of a -C distress alert. Thrane & Thrane says that the unit is ideal for maritime GMDSS installations, is CN114 approved…

The tanker Exxon Valdez will long be remembered for its grounding in Alaska, and the consequences continue to flow from that incident. In the case of Atlantic Richfield it meant moving not…

P&O Cruises` flagship Oriana will undergo a two and a half week refit at A&P`s Southampton yard commencing April 14. It is the second scheduled refit for the 1995-built vessel. The programme…

Chevron has taken delivery of the first of a new class of four VLCCs with a number of interesting features. The four VLCCs, which were contracted at Samsung Heavy Industries in South…

Oil major Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (STASCo) has signed an evergreen alliance agreement with Sembawang Shipyard of Singapore. The agreement commits the scheduled refit and drydocking of the Shell fleet…

The aim of the meeting is to avoid a subsidy war, says the OECD, but the EUÕs Industry Council is unwilling to sign an agreement which excludes the USA. Norway has already…

At Alang, 35,000 people dismantle 200 ships along a 10km beach and the report highlights predictions of increased scrapping of 25 year-old tankers. The class society says waste with no commercial value…

During The Motor ShipÕs visit to Fincantieri last March the company said that delivery was scheduled for December 1998. More recently the company has given the delivery as this month. However, it…

The vessels, which will be built to LR class, will have a service speed of 22 knots and will reduce the normal crossing time between the UK and The Netherlands by two…

Like its sistership, the latest 85,000g vessel will feature gas turbines mounted in azimuthing pods under the hull. As a result of the reduced space required for the propulsion pods, additional space…

Kvaerner Fjellstrand has already delivered a JumboCat 50 to Amco last year. The latest 60m catamaran on order for the Egyptian owner will carry 450 passengers, and 50 cars and two buses…