Month: September 2004

The problem is that commercial pressures in the maritime industry all too frequently result in a reduction in maintenance and training which, in the case of lifesaving equipment, can be fatal. Cruise…

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (?K? Line) has signed a second time charter agreement with J&S Cheniere S.A. for a period up to 10 years, through an affiliated company jointly established with Shoei Kisen…

The Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) said new orders rose by a third to $8.7 billion in the first seven months of this year. At the end of July, HHI had…

Multi Maritime, the Norwegian-based naval architect firm, has conceived an interesting and innovative multi-purpose container reefer vessel to transport fish products on short-sea routes in Europe. Two examples of this design, code…

The last major reefer building spree occurred in the mid to late 1990s and since then there has been only spasmodic activity in this sector with a couple of notable exceptions with…

The worldwide market of medium and high-speed four-stroke diesel engines is now as before distinguished by over-capacity and thus very competitive. Engine development is ? besides the typical requirements of higher power…

In many cases, the common feature leading to collisions includes fatigued officers, one-man-bridge operations at night, missed course alterations and no watch alarms. The present regulations "were not effective" said the MAIB…

The installation of water-based fixed local application fire-fighting systems in newbuildings is no longer a matter of choice. Indeed, for all passenger ships of 500 gross tonnage plus and all cargo ships…

Wärtsilä is a manufacturing oriented company. This year, however, the supplier of ship power solutions is retraining its sights more on customer service. "The most important things in this business are the…