Month: May 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

International Paint has introduced Interline 9001, a new bimodal epoxy coating for the cargo tanks of chemical tankers.

19th May 2011

Smarter coatings technology for chemical tankers

19th May 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German shipbuilding head Werner Lüken said Wednesday (18 May) that “land is in sight” for his troubled industry but that it was still “too early to do without life jackets.”

18th May 2011

Land in sight for German shipyards

18th May 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The French have long been noted for their marriage of art and design, writes Alan Haig-Brown. The latest design for a fast support intervention vessel (FSIV) demonstrates this once again.

18th May 2011

Cummins power remains popular in SE Asia

18th May 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Having recently delivered a lift boat with massive 97m legs, naval architect firm A. K. Suda is currently overseeing the construction of two of its latest designs, writes Alan Haig-Brown.

18th May 2011

Cummins power for smaller US liftboats

18th May 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The directors of MTU parent Tognum have issued a statement recommending shareholders to accept the latest offer to buy the company made jointly by Daimler and Rolls-Royce.

18th May 2011

Tognum recommends acceptance of Rolls-Royce and Daimler’s acquisition offer

18th May 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Research and development undertaken as part of the part EU-funded Flagship project has enabled Autronica to introduce its AutroMaster ISEMS integrated safety and emergency management system on the market.

18th May 2011

Safety system launched with EU funding

18th May 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Stratos Global says that it has been selected by the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) to deploy Inmarsat FleetBroadband satellite communications on its entire 156-ship fleet.

18th May 2011

Indian shipowner to equip 156-ship fleet with broadband

18th May 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Western Australian shipbuilder Austal says that its largest catamaran built to date, the 113m ‘Leonora Christina’, has been handed over by Austal’s Henderson yard to her Danish owners.

18th May 2011

Austal delivers Danish catamaran ferry

18th May 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Transas Marine and its GET-Net partner Interschalt maritime systems of Hamburg, Germany, have developed a combined generic and type specific ECDIS training course, certified by Germanischer Lloyd and follows the IMO Model…

17th May 2011

ECDIS training expands

17th May 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

HydroComp’s PropCad software for geometric modeling of marine propellers has now been released in an upgraded 2011 version.

17th May 2011

New features for propeller CAD software

17th May 2011