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The Victoria-class submarine HMCS Chicoutimi, nee HMS Upholder, suffered two separate fires while cruising northwest of Ireland, on its maiden voyage as a Canadian boat after a formal handover last weekend. The…

Emergency Towing Systems (ETS) are not yet mandatory on ships other than tankers greater than 20.000 t dwt as proposed in the IMO DE 47 document, however, the Italian owner of container…

Volvo Penta Brazil has received orders for auxiliary engines and complete genset systems from two shipyards in Rio de Janeiro which build and refit ships under contract to Companhia de Navega??o Norsul,…

Norwegian specialist Kongsberg has introduced a new bearing temperature monitoring system for two-stroke engines. The development of BearingMaster follows the April 2004 launch of GB-100 Sentry, a new wireless monitoring system for…

Wärtsilä has launched Wärtsilä Auxpac, a new range of medium- and high-speed standard marine generating sets. Thanks to their modular design they can be supplied fast and at a competitive price, are…

As one of five strategic programmes in DNV Research, nanotechnology is a new area of high interest and relevance for the classification society. "We?ve been aware of this for at least two…

In July this year when MENAS showed off its new multipurpose light tender vessel Relume in a naming ceremony at Damen Shipyards? Scheldepoort facility in Vlissingen, The Netherlands, it was apparent that…

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is introducing a system of electronic data exchange with shipyards, engine manufacturers and other suppliers in order to accelerate the plan approval of ships and their equipment. The international…