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In the last month, Hyundai Mipo Shipyard in Korea has won orders for newbuildings from Italy and France. Navigazione Montanari in Italy has ordered a pair of 35,000 dwt chemical carriers from…

Aker Finnyards is to build what it is claimed will be the largest ropax ferry in the world when it is delivered to Irish Ferries in early 2001. The order for the…

Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven is to build a 2,000 passenger cruise ship for Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). Due for delivery in September 2001, the newbuilding will be of similar design to NCL`s…

Bylock & Nordsjofrakt (B&N) in Sweden and Palkkiyhtyma in Finland have ordered a pair of 14,800 dwt roll-on roll-off/lift-off (roro/lolo) vessels from Stocznia Gdynia in Poland. Along with Finncarriers, B&N and its…

The first engine tested was one of ten seven-cylinder 98cm bore units, and will power a 4,800 TEU container ship for Hapag-Lloyd. MAN B&W says that the tests had been particularly successful,…

LR is warning shipowners to ensure all engines fitted into newbuildings comply with IMO`s NOx emission standards. While it does not expect the relevant regulations to come into force until 2002, once…

Philadelphia Gear has landed its largest contract to date in the form of $35 million order for transmissions from FastShip. The company will supply 21 gearboxes, ,five per ship, plus one spare,…

3M has introduced a fire protection material for cable penetrations in bulkheads and decks that it says maintains the integrity of fire-rated structures for up to an A60 (IMO) and H60 (UL)…

Seillean FPSO, operating at 1,853m on the Roncador field, Brazil, uses an Alstom triple voting dynamic positioning system and is the first continuous dynamically positioned FPSO to operate in waters of this…

Cambridge Refrigeration Technology has opened a new training facility at its UK HQ. Two rooms are available, both with audio visual facilities. New courses on offer from the company are: ATP- Introduction/Requirements/ATP…

A deck motion monitor is available from TSS (UK) which it says enables offshore operators to comply with the Health and Safety Executive CAP 437 guidelines for the safe operation of helidecks.…

BP Marine has launched the latest version of its Port to Port voyage planning program based on the company`s own marine distance tables. The company says that Port to Port makes voyage…

Tokyo-based classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) is to make its database of information about ships` hulls, including examples of damage and casualties, available to the maritime industry. It has brought the…

A Sonardyne USBL (Ultra-Short Base Line) acoustic positioning system has been chosen by submarine cable company Global Marine for installation aboard its new cable layer Bold Endeavour. The 5,500t vessel is designed…

The new STN Atlas SES 4000 series of engine room simulators are based on real-time physical mathematical models instead of traditional look-up tables, says the company. The simulators cover all aspects of…

Repairs to the 15 x 6m hole in the port side of container vessel Ever Decent were carried out afloat at Blohm+Voss Repair. The yard also repaired a smaller penetration higher in…