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REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Gibraltar’s Gibdock shipyard has successfully completed a challenging maintenance and upgrade programme on the 6,430bhp DP2 class ROV/subsea service and platform support vessel, ‘Toisa Vigilant’.

1st January 2011

Gibdock completes PSV upgrade

1st January 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

A fourth generation of Miko Salvage Patches has been introduced following upgrades to the successful design of the ‘Hat-Shaped Patch’.

1st January 2011

New design for salvage patches

1st January 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Grand Bahama Shipyard is generally known for its cruiseship repair and upgrade activities and, with about 25 cruise ship dockings every year, GBSL can indeed be considered the biggest in that specific…

1st January 2011

A good year for GBS

1st January 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Solstad Offshore ASA recently took delivery of the construction support vessel ‘Normand Pacific’, a custom made ship of the ST 256 L CD type for diving and ROV-operations.

1st January 2011

New construction support vessel joins Solstad fleet

1st January 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce Marine reports that it is currently enjoying success with its military vessel propulsion products.

1st January 2011

Gas turbines show the way forward for Navy ships

1st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kelvin Hughes reports that among the latest installations of its integrated bridge equipment is a system onboard the 107m Austal-built catamaran Jean De La Valette, which is due to enter service with…

31st December 2010

Integrated system for high speed craft

31st December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

At the recent SMM exhibition, German company Raytheon Anschütz launched its latest bridge system, known as Synapsis. The system aims to make navigation more efficient and to simplify operation for users.

31st December 2010

Simpler and more efficient navigation

31st December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The latest product from ChartCo is PassageManager, an addition to the company’s oceanMaster software suite.

31st December 2010

Easier organisation of navigational data

31st December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Maritime unveiled a new focus for its offshore aft bridge workstation during SMM 2010. The K-Master platform is now available in a new, redesigned version, as a forward looking bridge, workstation,…

31st December 2010

Looking forward to the future of bridge operation

31st December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jeppesen Norway, part of Boeing, says that it has launched a new resource for the maritime industry, to help shipping companies prepare for the IMO’s mandatory carriage requirements for ECDIS and e-Navigation…

31st December 2010

New tools for e-Navigation preparation and ship tracking

31st December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Marine electronics group Navico has entered into a cooperative partnership with marine safety and navigation specialist Consilium through its Simrad brand, with the intent to offer new and innovative products for the…

31st December 2010

Innovative products sought for merchant fleet

31st December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and Yokogawa Denshikiki (YDK) have jointly announced expansion of the installation of the YDKheading control system to K Line’s operating vessels.

31st December 2010

Heading control system expands into operating vessels

31st December 2010

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

There was a touch of ‘I told you so’ about the December 1960 issue of The Motor Ship.

31st December 2010

Large bore diesels rule!

31st December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bremen-based RWO, in cooperation with a leading European corrosion institute (SWEREA-KIMAB) and the classification society Germanischer Lloyd, has carried out thorough accelerated corrosion studies in treated full-salinity seawater with the CleanBallast ballast…

31st December 2010

BWT system has zero impact on corrosion or coatings

31st December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a fixed-price incentive contract for the design and construction of 10 littoral combat ships (LCS) from fiscal 2010 through fiscal 2015.

31st December 2010

LCS contract awarded to Lockheed Martin

31st December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has recently introduced a more powerful version for marine applications of its popular Wärtsilä 32 engine.

30th December 2010

Wärtsilä beefs up its 32 series engine

30th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The USA division of Australian-headquartered Austal has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract to construct one ‘Independence’ class littoral combat ship (LCS) at a cost of $432.1 million.

30th December 2010

US Navy awards Austal LCS contract

30th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Working in cooperation, Napa Ltd in Helsinki and the USA-based DRS Defense Solutions, LLC, Advanced Marine Technology Center (DRS DS AMTC) have created a new interface between NAPA and MAESTRO software.

30th December 2010

New NAPA-MAESTRO interface increases efficiency

30th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Napa of Finland, working in co-operation with US defence technology company DRS Defense Solutions, part of the Italian Finmeccanica group, has announced the launch of a new interface between the two companies’…

30th December 2010

New interface allows integration of load and FEM data

30th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel Offshore & Marines wholly-owned subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard and Keppel Singmarine have clinched a number of new contracts, worth in total some S$240 million ($185 million).

29th December 2010

Singapore yard secures conversion and shipbuilding contracts

29th December 2010