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Cleaning : Cleaning by microemulsion The Drew Marine Division of Ashland Specialty Chemical Company has developed a solvent-free air cooler cleaner that it says eliminates the hydrocarbon fumes, surface residues and sludge…

Fuel Treatment : Reducing dosing Drew Marine says its Amerstat 25 microbiocide fuel treatment allows a 40 per cent reduction in the dosing required to protect against biodegradation of distillate fuel in…

Bridge Systems : Compact integrated console In co-operation with SAIT Marine, Radio Holland has developed a compact integrated bridge console for ships with a limited amount of space available on the bridge.…

Vessel Tracking : STN Atlas to upgrade Hamburg STN Atlas Elektronik has won a contract for upgrading of VTS facilities at the Port of Hamburg.Due for completion in April 2000, the project…

Control network : ABB launches fieldbus device ABB Industria has launched a fieldbus device that enables drives to be used with LonWorks control networks.The ABB NLON-01 LonWorks adapter module allows commands to…

Software : Costing part manufacture Boothroyd Dewhurst has launched DFM Concurrent Costing 1.1. The software is designed to isolate the major costs associated with part manufacture and finishing. Used as an analysis…

Increasingly, yards are turning to single-source `turnkey` contractors for diesel electric propulsion machinery, say manufacturers. Vendors are assuming responsibility not just for the supply and installation of propulsion and power generation equipment…

Many ships are not operating at the most profitable propulsion conditions, due to problems checking the service speed and fuel consumption, argues Torben Munk. In today`s economic environment, the competitiveness of a…

Representatives of Europe`s shipyards are demanding urgent action by the EU to protect them from what they claim are unfair practices in Korea, and claim that protective measures - such as a…

The German-owned fleet (1,737 vessels totalling 26.1 million dwt) is the world`s seventh biggest, but includes by far the largest capacity of container ships - over 21 per cent of the world`s…

As yards move into the next Millennium the desire of shipbuilders - faced with an increasingly competitive market - is to increase efficiency and productivity. One prime aspect that will need attention…

Marking an important diversification away from its traditional focus on building sophisticated military craft, the Cherbourg yard Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie (CMN) delivered the multi-purpose offshore supply vessel, Kiesse, on September 7…

This year`s ShipRepair & Conversion exhibition takes place at Olympia on November 10-11. Organisers report another increase in the number of companies exhibiting at the show, which covers two floors of Hall…

An epirb which failed to function has raised concerns with Canadian Coast Guard. The failure came to light in a report into the search and rescue operation following the loss of Flare…

Danish ferry operator Scandlines is facing prosecution for exporting toxic waste in December 1997 when it sold the ferry Knuds Hoved for scrapping in Mumbai, India. The 1960s-built ferry contained asbestos when…

According to dry bulk carrier owners association Intercargo there were 19 bulk carriers lost in 1998 - the highest total since 1991, and up from 12 in 1997. Eight were Actual Total…

Samsung Heavy Industries says sales this year will reach $3.1 billion (shipbuilding accounts for 71 per cent) and net profits will almost double to $130 million. The company is pointing to a…

Having completed its debt-for-equity deal Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) is now 56 per cent owned by the Korea Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (EIBK) with the remaining shares owned…

In September Japanese yards took orders for 38 ships (including 33 bulkers) totalling 1,350,000g bringing the total to 133 (4.8 million gross) since April. Order levels are running at twice the rate…

Analysis of claims over a ten- year period by the UK P&I Club showed that two per cent of the claims account for 72 per cent of the costs incurred. The analysis…