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Sweden?s Celsius group has sold its wholly-owned Gothenburg repair yard Gotaverken Cityvarvet to the Damen Shipyards Group. "The sale is consistent with Celsius? policy for strategic consolidation," a company statement advised, "and…

Recently the market for waterjets has undergone something of a depression. The uncertainty in the ferry market caused by the abolition of duty-free sales, and the recovery lag following the economic downturn…

Dredging and Maritime Management, a subsidiary of the Jan De Nul Group of Companies in Belgium, has ordered the construction of a new trailing suction hopper dredger at AESA?s Sestao shipyard.With a…

A bridge simulator developed by British Maritime Technology (BMT) is helping senior officers from cruise companies in the use of joystick control systems to manoeuvre their vessels. The joystick enables the captain…

1999 pre-tax profit at restructured Keppel Philippines Marine improved by 20% to P93 million ($2.27 million). Revenue was up by over 90% to P774 million ($18.9 million), as a result of the…

The world?s largest trailing suction hopper dredger, Jan de Nul?s Vasco da Gama, built at German shipyard Thyssen Nordseewerke, and is about to start work.With a capacity of 33,000m3; - equivalent to…

MaK has purchased the bankrupt two-stroke builder Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock (DMR), giving it extra space to accommodate engine production envisaged in its ambitious expansion plans. The Rostock factory will be converted to four-stroke…

The UK Hydrographic Office is to transfer 310 Admiralty charts of Great Britain to a horizontal datum compatible with World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) Datum. The transfer of the remaining charts…

Nantong Ocean Ship Engineering (NOSEC) repaired or converted 134 ship during 1999, with 97 per cent of the vessels coming from 21 overseas countries. Highlights included three roro ferry conversions for the…

Following a period of financial uncertainty, ICO Global Communications is back on track and poised to launch the first of its 12 satellites.ICO Global Communications, the UK company set up in 1995…