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Hakuyo in Japan placed an order for an 115,000DWT double-hull tanker with Sasebo Heavy Industries with a delivery of October 2006. NYK has concluded a long-term charter contract for the new tanker…

STX Shipbuilding in South Korea won an order for two 47,400DWT product carriers at a total value of $63 million from Dunya Denizcilik in Turkey. The 183 metre long, 32.2 metre wide…

NYK Line in Japan ordered two 300,000 DWT VLCCs from NASCO (Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering) in China. They will be delivered in the first and second half of 2007. With the…

Iridium Satellite LLC has introduced a new satellite fax service that will permit subscribers to send and receive faxes from any location in the world directly to and from any standard fax…

To meet the requirements for Ship Security Alert Systems (SSAS) specified in the amendments to SOLAS, chapter XI, Annex 6 (Dec. 2002), Furuno has launched several alternative Inmarsat-C based SSAS solutions. I…

Simrad has launched a new AIS system with display and controls integrated with the AIS Class A Mobile Station. The AI71 is based on identical technology to Simrad?s existing AI70, but does…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has clinched two 6,700 units PCTCs with delivery during the second half of 2006. The new order also includes two options. The Korean shipbuilder also secured an order for a…