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The Royal Danish Navy has signed an agreement with Primar ENC covering the delivery of official ENCs. It involves a navy supplier model, designed to allow the download of all charts and…

Rolls-Royce plans a formal launch of its Marine Trent 30 gas turbine early next year. The company says it will be able to deliver the Marine Trent 30, with a power rating…

Turbo Service International has launched a web-based turbocharger repair service. The website, located at www.turbo chargerbreakdown.com, is designed for use by onboard satellite communications systems and consequently features no graphics or unnecessary…

The Seadevil (Seaborne Navigation System/Doppler Velocity Log) has been jointly developed by Kearfott Guidance & Navigation Corporation and RD Instruments. It is a navigation system designed for surface and subsurface craft, including…

Transas Marine Pacific has won an order for a networked GMDSS simulator for the Pertamina Marine Education and Training Centre in Jakarta, Indonesia. In co-operation with its local agent, Panorama Timur Jaya,…

All four of the diesel engines on Cunard Line?s Queen Mary 2 will have smokeless common-rail fuel injection technology fitted. With the remainder of the ship?s power coming from two gas turbines,…

ABB will this month unveil a system for continuous monitoring of the performance of large diesel engines, based on measuring cylinder pressure and flywheel angle for each engine cycle. The Cylmate system…

An ultrasonic liquid level comparitor for marine fire extinguisher systems, installed in single or two to three skid-mounted rows, is available from Link Instruments. The comparitor compares below-liquid gas level ultrasonic echoes…

SHI has received a $308 million order from SK Shipping, the domestic tanker and bulk carrier owner, to build four VLCCs. The contract includes an option for a fifth vessel. The Malacca-Max…

The range of hand-held units for measuring marine coating thickness from Fischer Instrumentation is for applications where surfaces may be rough or not easily accessible or for large or heavy objects that…