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A well researched and rounded programme, with contributions from all sides of the industry, guarantees a valuable meeting for delegates from the ship-owning community, shipbuilders and designers, and equipment and service suppliers.…

The majority of the windows covered are forward facing and above the bridge, so it is vital that reflections from the accommodation lights and the flashing lasers from the Horizon discodo not…

Constructed by French shipyard Alstom Leroux Naval at a cost of some FF230 million ($39.82 million), the 112m Corsaire 11500 ferry Gotland was handed over to its owner, Rederi AB Gotland, in…

The full service which will offer world-wide Internet roaming is scheduled for completion by mid-1999, says BT. BT Internet Global will link the company`s Concert terrestrial network with its satellite land earth…

The tanker Exxon Valdez will long be remembered for its grounding in Alaska, and the consequences continue to flow from that incident. In the case of Atlantic Richfield it meant moving not…

Navigating via a client application which extracts product structure from the user`s own PDM systems, dV/ProductView users can access product information, inspect it, mark it up (redline) and distribute markups for review,…

Chevron has taken delivery of the first of a new class of four VLCCs with a number of interesting features. The four VLCCs, which were contracted at Samsung Heavy Industries in South…

The unit also offers voice, fax, and data facilities in case of a -C distress alert. Thrane & Thrane says that the unit is ideal for maritime GMDSS installations, is CN114 approved…

The aim of the meeting is to avoid a subsidy war, says the OECD, but the EUÕs Industry Council is unwilling to sign an agreement which excludes the USA. Norway has already…

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