Month: February 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Transas says that its Navi-Sailor ECDIS is the first to feature compatibility with the UKHO’s AIO (Admiralty information overlay). The overlay includes all temporary and preliminary notices to mariners (T&P NMs) and provides navigationally significant information from UKHO’s ENC validation…

Importer · 28th February 2011

ECDIS features information overlay

Importer · 28th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Jotun Marine Coatings has launched Hull Performance Solutions (HPS), described as a new concept which guarantees significant reductions in fuel consumption by combining premium antifouling with monitoring tools.

Importer · 28th February 2011

Fuel consumption benefits from antifouling system backed by money-back guarantee

Importer · 28th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian electronic navigation company Maris has launched a new product support service known as ‘Zero downtime ECDIS’, which is intended to ensure that electronic chart display information systems are available at all…

28th February 2011

ECDIS support offers ‘zero downtime’

28th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The EU Flagship project has come up with yet another innovation, described as “the first intelligent regulatory search and automated form filling system” which its developers say could save nearly €9 million…

28th February 2011

System automates regulatory form-filling

28th February 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) says the industry must follow the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s leadership in sulphur reduction policies.

28th February 2011

EGCSA wants no green wash in 2010

28th February 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hamworthy of the UK recently received its first order for wider demand Membrane BioReactor (MBR) waste water management technology from ferry operator DFDS.

27th February 2011

Tighter waste water standards lead to more plant orders

27th February 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Maritime’s North America simulation arm has recently been awarded a contract by BC Ferries for the supply and installation of three Polaris ship bridge simulation systems for various sites in British…

27th February 2011

Three simulators for ferry crew training

27th February 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Communications provider Stratos Global has been contracted to deploy Inmarsat FleetBroadband services on up to 16 commercial vessels for Hamburg-based Vega-Reederei.

26th February 2011

FleetBroadband from Stratos on Vega ships

26th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

South Korea will spend 300 billion won ($266.1 million) over the next 10 years to develop technology for low carbon ‘green’ ships in a bid to reclaim its status as the world’s…

25th February 2011

Korea targets green ships market

25th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ship orders for Japanese yards have more than tripled in January year on year and with gains of 218.5% averaged over 14 consecutive months to 1.5 million gross tons according to the…

25th February 2011

Japanese shipyards recovering

25th February 2011