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Mail Connect launched
GN Comtext says it has launched Mail Connect to enable users to send and receive telex, GN Comtext e-mail, X 400 messages, and Internet mail, as well as send fax messages (text only) direct from their existing e-mail system. The service runs from cc: Mail, and will shortly support Lotus ...
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Compression extended
Stratos has extended compression capabilities to Trimble Galaxy (including GMDSS Galaxy Sentinel) Inmarsat-C customers for messages sent to shore destinations..Actual compression will vary depending on the size and content of the message, but typical savings range from 20 to 50 per cent, says the company.Compression services are available to Trimble ...
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Colie renovates
Interior contractor James P Colie refurbished the main dining room and purser?s deck on the cruise ship Royal Princess during its winter drydock at Baltimore Marine Industries.The largest part of the project, the dining room renovation, involved 60 craftsmen to demolish and rebuild the area with all new finishes. All ...
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Multiple circuit tester
The Druck Group has released a maintenance and test kit for onboard use. Called the MTC2000 it comes in a case and is equipped with the PV 411 hand pump, to generate pneumatic pressures from vacuum up to 60 bar and hydraulic pressures up to 700 bar. These pressures can ...
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More success for Chinese yards
Shanghai Edward Shipyard in China has been awarded a contract to build two geared container ships for Tropical Shipping & Construction. The order for the feeder ship size vessels also includes an option for two more ships.The first of the newbuildings is slated for delivery in September 2001 and the ...
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Vector and raster on DGPS chart
Leica Geosystems has introduced an upgrade for the MX 480 Professional Charting System permitting the use of raster cartography from the United States and Great Britain. This is the first DGPS chart navigator capable of running both vector and raster cartography, says the company.The MX 480 can now accept the ...
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Wood chip carrier orders
Shin Kurushima shipyard in Japan has received an order for a pair of wood chip carriers from Japanese owners.The 42,500 dwt vessels are for Hachiuma Kisen and Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen, are due to be delivered in April and August 2001, respectively.
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LPG carrier gets Schilling Monovec
Hyundai Heavy Industries of Korea, has ordered a single screw Schilling Monovec rudder from Hamworthy KSE for a 7,800m3 LPG carrier it is building for Norwegian owner Navion. The rudder offers reduced tug reliance and better manoeuvrability, especially at slow speeds, compared with conventional rudder designs says Hamworthy.Norwegian owner Navion ...
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Carnival exercises Spirit option
Carnival Corporation has taken up its option to have a third Spirit-class cruise liner built at Kvaerner Masa-Yards (KMY). The 84,000 gross, 2,100 passenger vessel will be constructed at the Helsinki New Shipyard, and will be delivered in the summer of 2002. The value of the contract is around FMk2 ...
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BV joins pursuit of old tankers
BV has issued its own set of proposals to improve safety of old tankers. It echoes ABS?s call for computerised records, and adds that it wants computerised evaluation of the ship?s structure to identify critical areas at each Special Survey.The computerised database would contain thickness measurements, details of coating condition, ...
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MaK buys DMR
MaK has purchased the bankrupt two-stroke builder Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock (DMR), giving it extra space to accommodate engine production envisaged in its ambitious expansion plans. The Rostock factory will be converted to four-stroke production and will be managed as an extension of MaK?s Kiel plant. Production and testing of MaK?s latest ...
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Generally busy
Cascade General entered the new year with a wide range of work underway at the Portland Shipyard and at remote locations.Three large ATC crude carriers have been docked under the maintenance and repair alliance signed by the two companies in December. SeaRiver North Slope and SeaRiver Benicia were in for ...
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Fincantieri to build ferry pair
Evidence that the market for fast conventional ferries continues to grow is provided by an order placed with Fincantieri?s Castellamare di Stabia shipyard to build a pair of ships for Tirrenia di Navigazione.The 35,500 gross vessels will be employed on the route between Sardinia and Genoa. Although Tirrenia had been ...
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BT cuts off-peak costs
Until March 31, BT is cutting the cost of all off-peak voice, fax and ordinary data calls via Inmarsat-A or B-Sat, except for those made during the first off-peak hour. The offer does not include high-speed data calls.Supersaver per-minute prices for Inmarsat-A are the same for all destination countries at ...
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Cruise ferries get Pilgrim bolts
Pilgrim International has announced an order for its hydraulic coupling bolts from propulsion specialist Lips.Lips is to supply the propellers and shafting for two new 60,600g North Sea cruise ferries currently being built for P&O North Sea Ferries by Fincantieri in Italy, and scheduled to enter service in April and ...
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Biggest yet
Ship repair Yard Gryfia has repaired a series of four 38,925 dwt bulk carriers for US owner Ocean Bay Management, Inc. Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie were at the yard during January and February. With a 222.48m length oa, and 23.35m breadth, these are the biggest ...
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Big, and getting bigger
A procession of increasingly larger post panamax newbuildings enter liner service, with more on order.The first of five 5,500 TEU post-panamax container ships, all with completion dates this year, has been delivered by Kvaerner Warnow Werft (KWW), Germany, to P&O Nedlloyd.These ships are the largest ever built in Germany in ...
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New yard, big plans
A new repair yard, Papua New Guinea Dockyard Ltd, has opened on Motukea Island, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.The yard is targeting vessels up to 5,500t and is based around a ?wedge car? shiplift system. A wedge shaped steel frame travels on rails under the ship to be docked. The ...
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Big year at Nantong
Nantong Ocean Ship Engineering (NOSEC) repaired or converted 134 ship during 1999, with 97 per cent of the vessels coming from 21 overseas countries. Highlights included three roro ferry conversions for the UK?s Dart line, building segregated ballast tanks on VLCC Moscliff, and routine drydock repairs to a series of ...
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Bergesen tries Turkey
Norwegian owner Bergesen Dy drydocked the 53,372m3 gas carrier Havprins at Turkey?s Gemak shipyard for 25 year survey work and general repair. This is the first time the Norwegian giant has used a Turkish repair yard.Bergesen was attracted by the prices offered by the Turkish yard and its references from ...
