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There is also an annually renewable contract to analyse the data generated, log any trends, and act upon the results. Alstom will collect and analyse both internal data monitored by the control…

To allow harmonisation, shipsÕ certificates can be renewed up to three months early and extensions of up to three months can also be granted. The maximum period of certification had been limited…

Rental scheme for shipping

The association will seek to increase dialogue with owners, regulatory bodies, charterers, insurers, shipbuilders and financiers. Member panels on capesize, handysize and technical issues will also be set up along with an…

Rental scheme for shipping

At Alang, 35,000 people dismantle 200 ships along a 10km beach and the report highlights predictions of increased scrapping of 25 year-old tankers. The class society says waste with no commercial value…

MetFAX Marine offers specialised forecasts for 16 inshore areas around the UK and six offshore areas, together with the Shipping Forecast, surface pressure charts and satellite images.

During The Motor ShipÕs visit to Fincantieri last March the company said that delivery was scheduled for December 1998. More recently the company has given the delivery as this month. However, it…

P&O Cruises` flagship Oriana will undergo a two and a half week refit at A&P`s Southampton yard commencing April 14. It is the second scheduled refit for the 1995-built vessel. The programme…

The vessels, which will be built to LR class, will have a service speed of 22 knots and will reduce the normal crossing time between the UK and The Netherlands by two…