General News

Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has installed a Wärtsilä dual fuel engine into a FPSO conversion it is doing for Bergesen Offshore. The shipyard installed the Wärtsilä 18V32DF engine into a converted VLCC…

Centerprise International says its Navigator GNIS 800 bridge display system improves the volume of information immediately accessible to both the vessel?s master and on-shore support staff. Three of its systems have been…

Although price levels in the Philippines shiprepair industry are somewhat lower than Singapore, they are slightly higher than mainland China. This means Philippine yards can be competitive on projects where the steelwork…

Litton Marine Systems is to supply integrated bridge systems for seven 27,000g bulk/container carriers under construction at Gdynia Shipyard for Westwood Shipping Company. Deliveries are set for 2002-2003. There is also an…

Izar has won two newbuilding contracts. One, from Belgian company Exmar Offshore, calls for the construction of a 900,000 bbls FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) unit. The other, from Chilean company…

International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) of the Philippines is upgrading its operations in the midst of a regional downturn. The group, which is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange, recently announced…

Marine Software has supplied Marine Planned Maintenance for Windows to Byron Marine for MV Dorada, the Falkland Islands Fishery Protection vessel. Marine Software carried out a skeleton setup of the planned maintenance…

Indonesian shipbuilding is mainly concentrated on the island of Java and has always played a vitally important part in the local economy where sea communications are essential to local trade. Although a…

The Maritime Coastguard Agency has announced a new NAVTEX service for broadcasting safety information, which will initially provide inshore waters weather forecasts. These will cover 16 stretches of coastline around the UK…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has initiated full-scale production of its first ever own-designed engine. The result of a ten-year $31m R&D programme, the first batch of the new compact class of medium-speed Himsen…