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Year-end orders
Korean yards took the vast majority of the orders placed in December to finish the year ahead of Japan. Its yards took orders for 66 vessels totalling 3.7 million gross against 16 export orders in Japanese yards totalling 667,650g. This brings the total to 227 ships (12.7 million gross) ordered ...
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ICO is re-financed
@body:ICO Global Communications, the UK company set up in 1995 to develop a global mobile satellite communications system (previously known as Inmarsat P), has been bailed out of bankruptcy by an injection of $550 million. The US Bankruptcy Court has granted final approval to the deal put together by Mr ...
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Free re-flagging from IRI
International Registries is offering free transfer for ships joining the Marshall Islands registry until the end of June, and has also reduced its tonnage tax. For new entrants there will be no registration, documentation or mortgage recording fees. Marine inspections or investigations and international participation fees are also waived until ...
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First underwater seal repair
Belgian underwater repair specialist Hydrex has carried out the first underwater repair to a lip-type sterntube seal. Having successfully developed techniques for underwater repairs to face-type seals, the company has been testing a variety of methods for repairing lip seals over the past year. The first order came in November ...
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Ingersoll-Rand expands range
Ingersoll-Rand has added models, from 15 to 22kW, to its SSR range of small rotary screw compressors. They are self-contained electric motor driven, single-stage units. Each model comes with an acoustic enclosure which reduces noise to 73dBA or less, says the company. Controls include on-line/off-line, timed auto start/stop and an ...
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Erika loss raises questions
While the debate still rages over the loss of the 1975-built Maltese-flagged tanker Erika, its classification Society Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) has confirmed that conditions of class were imposed following a survey in Augusta on November 24. Despite imposing the restriction, it restored the vessel?s full 37,283 dwt from the ...
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Fighting engine room fires
Finland`s Marioff Oy says it is gearing up for unprecedented demand for its tailor-made Hi-Fog water mist fire protection system. This follows the highlighting of engine room fires by The Salvage Association as one of the largest single causes of ship casualties, and the recommendations of the IMO`s Maritime Safety ...
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DNV puts register on-line
DNV has made its register of ships freely available on-line through its homepage http://www.dnv.com/registerofvessels. Users can search for vessels using the name (or part of name), former names, IMO registration number, or by the owner or manager?s name. Having selected the required vessel the system displays the principal particulars and ...
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OECD members disagree on over-capacity problem
Against a background of 25 per cent over-supply in shipbuilding capacity and a 20 per cent fall in newbuilding prices since 1997, OECD members cannot even agree on the size of the problem. The OECD wants all parties to agree figures for future newbuilding demand and shipbuilding capacity. However, Korea?s ...
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Marine direct-dial service launched
EAE has launched a global maritime communications system, which it says offers an alternative to existing satellite communications services. Applications available include e-mail, direct-dial telephone, fax, payphones and data transmission. The system can also be used for video conferencing and internet access, says EAE. Vessel telecommunications costs year-on-year can be ...
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Poseidon dimensioning tool upgraded
Poseidon, the interactive ship structure dimensioning application from Germanischer Lloyd, has been upgraded. Now called Poseidon ND, it has been given a set of new features and a new user-friendly interface, says the company. The new software gives the results of finite element calculations earlier in the design process, says ...
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DFDS orders Dolphins
Danish Ferry operator DFDS Seaways has ordered Dolphin Safe Rescuer rescue boat/lifeboats for its fleet of roro passenger ships from Sea Safe Boats Sweden. The crafts meet the IMO requirements, which come into force on July 1, 2000, says Sea Safe. The order from DFDS Seaways is the first ...
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Design range offers high flexibility
German builder Lindenau has adapted one of its Tanker Class designs to suit the needs of a domestic owner. The second of a pair of 13,050 dwt double-hulled IMO Type 2 chemical/oil tankers was completed by Lindenau GmbH, Germany at the end of November last year for domestic owner Carl ...
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Siemens to sign SSP deal
The Siemens Schottle Consortuim is poised to sign a deal to supply its propulsor to Guangzhou Shipyard International to drive a pair of semi-submersible heavy lift vessels ordered by Cosco. Each of the 18,000 dwt/156m loa vessels will have two SSP5s with a full power rating of 4.7MW (6,390 bhp) ...
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Kockumation signs deal with Kockums
Kockumation, maker of the Loadmaster vessel loading system, has signed deal with Kockums to make use of its Tribon shipbuilding design and information system. Kockumation says that the deal means that it can automatically access the details of the majority of the world`s merchant fleets, with calculations produced using a ...
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Daewoo order marks return to ULCCs
In a move that could presage orders for the construction of more ships of the type, Loews Corporation and Greek shipowner Basil Papachristidis have ordered two 450,000 dwt, 3.2m million barrels capacity ULCCs from Daewoo Heavy Industries in Korea. The order, which is also includes an option for two more ...
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Self-contained units from Cruisair
Cruisair has introduced a series of large, self contained air conditioning and heat pump systems. The seawater-cooled direct-expansion Type FP package unit contains the air conditioning compressor, condenser, evaporator coils, blower and other components on a single chassis. The unit is enclosed by an insulated aluminium housing with integral condensate ...
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Havila converts Reel
Norwegian offshore operator Havila Supply is converting supply vessel Havila Reel into a cable layer for charter to the Alcatel group. The vessel, which was built to the UT705 design and subsequently lengthened to 90.82m loa, docked at Norway?s Myklebust shipyard for classification work. It then moved to the Kleven ...
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Cruise players consolidate
In a world where position counts, NCL has always said it was the fourth largest. Now it looks to become equal third, but not of its choosing. Cruise lines love their branding ? its all part of the necessary marketing to have a good image. To the ordinary guest, as ...
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Viktor Lenac completes Sealand trio
Croatia?s Viktor Lenac has completed repairs to three Sealand D-6 class 1,178 TEU container ships. The block booking involved hull survey work, repairs to all 28 hatch covers on each vessel, cell guide renewal, anticorrosion treatment to cargo hold tanktops and other general repair work. The first of the trio, ...
