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Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) in Japan plans to share an order for seven post-panamax container ships from China Ocean Shipping Company (Cosco) with Natong Shipyard in China, the joint venture between KHI…

Maritime Education Sweden has issued version 2.0 of its Maritime Communications GMDSS training software to incorporate changes in IMO regulations. The software is used by deck officers as a preparation for GMDSS…

Israeli shipowner Ray Shipping has ordered a second 6,260 unit, 20,600 gt pure car carrier at Poland?s Gdynia shipyard. Scheduled for delivery in 2001, the newbuilding will be equipped with a Sulzer…

The Amot Hawk-I Marine pump control system uses a wireless modem to provide the safe monitoring of temperature, pressure, flow and level of all on board pumps, including those located in hazardous…

Former East German shipyard Volkswerft Stralsund has won an order for a quartet of 2,900 TEU container ships, but has declined to name the ships? owner. Due to be delivered in 2001,…

A new shiprepair yard will commence operations in the Bahamas in January 2000. A 35,000tl, 280 x 35.5m floating dock is already en route to the islands, and a newbuilding order for…

As this issue of The Motor Ship was due to go to press, it became clear that creditors of Daewoo, the debt-laden South Korean chaebol, had agreed a plan for the break-up…

The Cathelco antifouling and corrosion suppression system has been installed on West Navion II and its sister ship, both 96,000 dwt drill ships built for Statoil Norge by the Puerto Real shipyard…

Major repairs to container vessel Aconcagua, now CSAV Shanghai, have been completed at Daewoo Heavy Industries Okpo yard. The 195m loa, 2,171 TEU container vessel Aconcagua sustained extensive damage to the midbody…

Hard on the heels of Kvaerner’s announcement that it will sell its Kvaerner Govan shipyard in the UK to Marconi Electronic Systems, there has been more good news for Kvaerner yards in…