Air Industrial Developments has introduced a water-wash booth system called `Tri-Filter` which incorporates a three-stage filtration process. It is designed to be used where paint spraying is part of a manufacturing processes…

The Elfin process, developed by Britannia Heat Transfer, enables heat exchanger tubes to be manufactured cost-effectively from a wide range of exotic metals, including titanium, zirconium, hastelloy and stainless steel, says the…

Dutch yard IHC has ordered a Hamworthy Marine integrated sewage collection and management system comprising 42 toilets with vacuum collection, and the ST3A sewage treatment plant for a dredger currently under construction…

The IMO has decided to allow the use of both official raster and vector charts in ecdis navigation systems. This means that an ecdis will meet the IMO`s chart carriage requirement whether…

The shipyard Material Management and Production Control System (MARS) from Logimatic has been ordered by two shipyards in Europe. The Gdynia Shipyard in Poland has taken the complete MARS system as an…

EC-sponsored multi-modal satellite navigation trials are being conducted by Racal in the Baltic Sea, where a Colour Line ferry is using Racal`s prototype EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) system for the…

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…

Oil major Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (STASCo) has signed an evergreen alliance agreement with Sembawang Shipyard of Singapore. The agreement commits the scheduled refit and drydocking of the Shell fleet…

Details of the Syncrolift shiplift system that will form the heart of the new Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding (ADSB) yard have been released. The new lift will measure 120 x 25m and operate…

Operational experience - with a mixture of designs - on the Irish Sea indicates positive support for fast ferry services. While some concerns have been raised about disruptions to fast ferry routes…