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GENERAL NEWS

BIMCO has joined with maritime multimedia training provider Videotel Marine International to produce and launch a new BIMCO eLearning Diploma Programme (BeDP).

11th April 2011

BIMCO links with Videotel for training

11th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Thomas Gunn Navigation Services has launched its TGNS Voyager 3 software, a fully automated onboard chart management system which provides a personalised database of charts, publications and Notices to Mariners (NTMs) organised…

11th April 2011

Onboard chart management system launched by chart agent

11th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Simrad has officially launched its broadband radar system to the deep-sea SOLAS market, citing its advantages as an anti-piracy device, collision avoidance aid and docking radar.

11th April 2011

Radar system looks near as well as far

11th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kelvin Hughes has announced a new distribution arrangement with Zener Marine of Dubai, covering the full range of paper and digital charts and publications.

11th April 2011

Chart operation expands in Dubai

11th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s European Equipment division says that it had appointed WaterMota SRL of Romania as a new distributor of engines for Central Europe.

8th April 2011

New distributor for MHI in Romania

8th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

STX Finland and Finferries have signed a contract for the construction of a 65m environmentally-friendly double ended ro-pax ferry for the Turku Archipelago. It will be built at the STX Rauma yard.

8th April 2011

Double ended ferry order for STX Finland

8th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Det Norske Veritas reports that Stena RoRo has become the first operator to sign a contract for its new Triple-E environmental efficiency rating.

8th April 2011

Ferry operator goes for Triple-E rating

8th April 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

ClassNK has officially announced the appointment of Dr M. Abdul Rahim to the role of regional manager in charge of the Society’s European and African operations.

7th April 2011

New European head for ClassNK

7th April 2011

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GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has announced the release of the 2011 edition of the ClassNK Rules.

7th April 2011

ClassNK revises Class Rules

7th April 2011

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GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK says that it has provided the first class approval for a coating testing system to the Japanese Paint Inspection and Testing Association (JPIA), in line with the IMO’s performance standard for…

7th April 2011

First approval for cargo oil tank coating testing system

7th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Canadian software company ShipConstructor has announced a new release of its AutoCAD-based CAD/CAM program for the shipbuilding and offshore industries.

7th April 2011

New version of CAD/CAM software released

7th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK safety equipment company Survitec has announced plans to acquire the Zodiac commercial SOLAS liferaft business, which manufactures liferafts for merchant ships, ferries, and cruise ships.

7th April 2011

Zodiac liferaft business to be sold

7th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsui OSK Lines has announced results from trials on a car carrier of its optimum trim system for ships, jointly developed with Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen).

6th April 2011

Trim optimiser cuts fuel by 4%

6th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new teaching facility has now been officially opened at Shanghai Maritime University’s Lingang campus, at the heart of which is a fully-functional MAN B&W two-stroke engine.

6th April 2011

Engine propels Chinese education

6th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The annual Seatrade awards, presented at a dinner at the Guildhall in London on the evening of 4 April, recognised actions to counter the piracy threat as well as the usual technological…

5th April 2011

Seatrade awards recognise anti-piracy actions

5th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Converteam reports that it has delivered of the first propulsion motor for the Royal Navys Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers, as part of its contract for the electric propulsion systems for both…

4th April 2011

Electric motors installed in new carrier

4th April 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Esko Mustamäki has been appointed as the managing director of Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, which is a joint venture established in December 2010 between STX Finland and United Shipbuilding Corporation.

4th April 2011

Managing director appointed at Arctech Helsinki yard

4th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dutch chart distributor Datema has announced that it has finally managed to secure the necessary permissions to make its ENCTrack distribution system for ENCs fully available.

4th April 2011

Pay-as-you go electronic charts get green light

4th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel FELS in Singapore is obviously vying for the title of the world’s busiest shipyard, having secured yet another orders for a KFELS B class jack-up rig.

4th April 2011

Jackup rig option exercised

4th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese classification society ClassNK says it is helping improve the efficiency of international shipping with the release of its new environmental efficiency analysis software, PrimeShip-GREEN/EEOI.

1st April 2011

Free emissions analysis software from Class NK

1st April 2011