Month: October 2001

Norwegian shipping company Knutsen OAS has launched a new gas carrier design. The ship, if built, is intended to get natural gas from its point of origin at sea to processing facilities.…

The dust is settling on the dot.com era after a number of high profile collapses. Many now realise that you cannot sit between a shipowner and his supplier and collect a premium…

Howard Harley?s Skirtless SES patented technology has had an important breakthrough. The EFFISES (Energy Efficient SAFE Innovative Ships and Vessels) project, which was initiated last year by SES Europe of Norway and…

Finnish shipbuilders have largely concentrated on passenger shipping in recent years. This focus seems set to continue, although their development work does cover other ship categories. Kvaerner Masa-Yards Double Acting Tanker (DAT)…

Both Kvaerner Masa-Yards and Aker Finnyards have embarked on substantial information technology investments. Masa-Yards has acquired a 3D CAD system for basic ship design from the Spanish supplier Sener Ingeneria y Sistemas.…

Centerprise International says its Navigator GNIS 800 bridge display system improves the volume of information immediately accessible to both the vessel?s master and on-shore support staff. Three of its systems have been…

Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems has introduced a voyage data recorder for maritime applications. It says it will meet or exceed the requirements specified in SOLAS V, IMO A.861 with the performance standard…

KMSS Ship Simulation has supplied a full-mission and two part-mission bridge simulators, based on an ANZAC-class frigate, to the Royal New Zealand Navy?s new training facility. The full-mission simulator offers a field…

LevelSeas has launched new versions of its voyage management systems for the bulk ocean shipping industry. The company says LSX 2.0 and LSOperations (LSOps) 1.0, offer significant new functionality, including negotiating tools.…

Strategic Software, the provider of communications and shipping database applications, has launched a new range of Internet-based shipping support tools. Based on the company?s StrategicIMX positions and cargo order exchange, TankerIMX is…