Month: April 2004

Austal Ships of Australia today announced a contract to build an 85 metre ropax ferry for Greek operator Hellas Flying Dolphins (HFD). The catamaran is the fifth fast ferry HFD has ordered…

Inmarsat?s emphasis on new services and technologiesChris Insall, product manager for Inmarsat?s maritime division says that the analogue mobile satcoms system, Inmarsat A, is a very old system, but owners do not…

Integrated bridge systems help reduce the stress on the officer of the watch, along with the possible human error responsible for many accidents.Safe navigation is the universal objective of all those engaged…

Less than two years after the project?s launch and six months after the setting up of the Galileo joint undertaking (GJU), the European Commision (EC) reports that the development phase, which extends…

The dynamic positioning (DP) market is diverse and systems are being fitted to a wider range of vessels from small survey vessels to large cruise ships.DP automatically controls a ship?s heading and…

Voith Water Tractor demonstrates the capability of the new Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) blades with increased bollard pull for the same input power.With the commissioning of the Voith Water Tractor Baut owned…

One of the foremost manufacturers of large marine diesel engines has taken the general term that applies to a vessel?s main propulsion and made it its own. Here, executive board member and…

Shipbuilder of many Ropax ferries during the 60s and 70s with the last being Silja Europa in 1993, Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, is back in the international ferry business with the…

Fincantieri and Finnlines, the Finnish shipping company, have signed a contract to build three 42,000 gt, 9,200 dwt ropax ferries at a total cost of 300 million Euro ($377 million). Furthermore, the…

Norfolkline, the Dutch ferry company, has ordered a third 34,500gt Ropax ferry from Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea to meet growing demand on its Dover to Dunkerque cross channel freight and passenger…