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ICS Electronic has launched a GMDSS A2/A3 communication system called the ICS Touchcomm TC2. A touch screen display allows control of both the VHF and MF/HF radios via one common control panel,…

Stratos Mobile Networks has introduced Stratos Mail, a messaging service that allows Inmarsat-A/-B Telex or -C equipped vessels to communicate directly via satellite with Intemet e-mail subscribers. On the vessel, Stratos Mail…

Dubai Drydocks will commence an extensive refit of the FPSO Cossack Pioneer during February 1999. The contract was awarded by Woodside Energy after competitive tender, and is seen as an important step…

Cegelec Projects has supplied a triple voting dynamic positioning system to R & B Falcon`s FPSO Seillean. The upgraded vessel will be used on the world`s deepest production well, at 1,900m, by…

San Diego`s Southwest Marine officially acquired the Norfolk, VA shiprepairer Norshipco on October 1. This gives Southwest significant repair capacity on both coasts. Terms were not disclosed, but Norshipco has not been…

Two of Incat`s latest newbuildings have both recently made record-breaking Atlantic crossings. On June 10, the 91m wave-piercer catamaran Catalonia completed the 2,972 nautical mile Atlantic crossing from New York to Tarifa,…

Italian fast ferry builder Cantieri Navale Rodriquez has received a $42 million order for an Aquastrada TMV 114 monohull, from Spanish roro ferry operator Armas.The largest in the builder`s range of 65-150m…

Clipper Viking is the first of a pair of 12,500m3 gas tankers featuring an innovative nitrogen generation plant. Based on a 15,000m3 design developed by German shipyard Meyer Werft towards the end…

Fortunes are mixed for both French shipowners and especially for its shipbuilders. After a fall in 1995, the French fleet has slowly recovered and has been static at 210 vessels grossing 4.2…

The Y2K date problem is not the only issue potentially affecting software applications. The Y2K problem is a term used to describe the potential failure of information technology systems before, on or…