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Hard on the heels of Kvaerner’s announcement that it will sell its Kvaerner Govan shipyard in the UK to Marconi Electronic Systems, there has been more good news for Kvaerner yards in…

A P Moller Group and CSX Corporation have announced that they have reached a much anticipated agreement for A P Moller-Maersk Line to acquire Sea-Land Service Inc’s international liner business, a deal…

Key organisations within the shipping and shipbuilding industries in Canada have banded together to produce what they have called a Joint Strategy Paper the aim of which is the revitalisation of the…

Initial findings by the team investigating the engine room fire on board the Norwegian passenger ferry Prinsesse Ragnhild have prompted The Swedish Club to issue new recommendations to its members. The recommendations…

The International Commission on the Regulation of Shipping, a new body that will seek to reform the rules governing the shipping industry, has been launched by the ITF. The three-man commission is…

MEPC 44 will look at the issue of ship scrapping in March 2000 with the aim of developing safety and environmental measures, and safeguards for ship dismantlers. The proposal from Norway follows…

Guangzhou Shipyard International in China achieved a major breakthrough in July when Gotland Rederi AB of Sweden awarded it an order for a pair of high-speed ro-pax vessels. A total of four…

Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea is rumoured to have won an order for a pair of 137,000m3 Moss-type LNG carriers for Nigeria LNG (comprising Shell, Nigeria National Petroleum, Elf and Agip).

Thordon Bearings has introduced a mechanical face seal under the trade name SeaLion. The face seal system avoids contact (and associated wear) with the tailshaft liner seen with lip seal arrangements. To…

Water jet manufacturer MJP has introduced new outlet nozzle and inlet duct geometry which it says significantly improves the cavitation performance of its waterjets. This allows the rating of the waterjets to…

Fuel economy savings of between five and seven per cent are said to be obtainable from using Energy Release anti-friction oil additive. The product can be mixed with any lubricating or hydraulic…

Research by Vickers Ulstein has indicated that its combi-thrusters could be used in cruise ships. In addition to its bow thruster role, the unit, available in ratings up to 2,000kW (2,680 bhp),…

MacGregor`s roro ship division is supplying stern quarter ramp/doors to a new pair of Grimaldi deep sea roros, having already installed the same access outfits on an earlier three sister ships. Two…

The Cathelco antifouling and corrosion suppression system has been installed on West Navion II and its sister ship, both 96,000 dwt drill ships built for Statoil Norge by the Puerto Real shipyard…

By December 2002 the decommissioning of halon fire suppression systems must start for all but essential use. So L&G Marine has launched a halon replacement system for engine compartments on workboats. Called…

The rubber insert sleeves expanding (Rise) system for the sealing of multiple pipe and cable bulkhead transits has been used for the fire safe and smoke-tight ducting of cables through all the…

Solar Solve Marine has won two orders for its anti-glare screens and roller blinds together worth over £20,000 ($31,572). Five Solasafe screens were installed on the bridge windows of Ben-My-Chree, a 12,600gt…

A general guide to current safety and pollution prevention requirements for ships, and the thinking behind their development, has been published by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). The 28-page guide,…

Globe Wireless has introduced the Globe Communications Centre, which it says provides a one-stop program for onboard communication needs. The system features a single interface that handles all messaging and data transfer…

It is now possible to communicate from a PC via wireless WLNDS24 Wi-Lan modem to Amot Controls’ Hawk-l control unit which, like the modem, is designed to withstand arduous industrial applications and…

The ProPilot 731 and 741 models offer a choice of two different computers as well as two drive control units and will operate using either the Cetrek 609 or 619 pilot computer.…

The Inmarsat Communications at Sea Report which surveyed 338 companies in 46 countries with control over 5,000 ships showed wide-spread use of ship management software. The company predicts that data will soon…

Spliethoff Bevrachtingskantoor`s new multi-purpose freighters will be fitted with Kelvin Hughes radar sets. The 10 ships will each feature a Nucleus2 6000 arpa split radar system with display; a Nucleus2 5000 True…