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Autronica has won five contracts to deliver its new fire safety management system for several cruise ships and cruise ferries. Called AutroSafe, the system comprises a fire detection system combined with a…

Princess Cruises, the subsidiary of P&O, has confirmed that it has awarded a contract to build two 113,000g cruise ships to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan (see Cruise).The newbuildings, which should…

Dalseide Shipping Services has developed a machine designed for de-scaling and cleaning outer pipe surfaces in a 360deg single operation. Called Rustibus Pipe it has a capacity of up to 25 m/hr…

Stratos has re-launched Inmarsat-A services with the inauguration of a fully digital system which it says gives enhanced call quality and data throughput. The company is also offering over 40 per cent…

Cruise companies confirm their confidence in the future by continuing to expand their operations, particularly in the Caribbean.According to figures compiled by G P Wild (International) for the last quarter of 1999,…

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has signed a letter of intent for two more Eagle class cruise ships from Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Finland (see Cruise).These ships would be the fourth and fifth in the…

PBE says the latest version of its AutoLog AL20 programmable logic controller gives a higher specification with bigger power and performance on a smaller footprint. It is mounted on a printed circuit…

Labroy Shipbuilding & Engineering has been awarded ISO 9002 accreditation by ABS. It is the first shipyard in Batam, Indonesia to receive this certification.Labroy repaired a record number of non-group vessels in…

Short-term uncertainty dogs shipping sector

Struggling German shipyard Kvaerner Warnow Werft has been awarded an order for a pair of 2,524 TEU container ships based on its CV2500 design.Due to be delivered in the first half of…