News
FleetBroadband for Vega
- Stratos is to deploy the Inmarsat FleetBroadband satellite communications service on up to 16 commercial vessels for Vega-Reederei of Hamburg. >>more
OSM and North Sea to install Shipadmin
- OSM Shipmanagement and North Sea Shipping have both agreed deals to implement software systems from Norwegian company Shipadmin. >>more
New deals for Tero Marine
- Tero Marine has announced two new contracts for its maritime software systems, with Fugro Geoteam and Sanco Shipping. >>more
Swire Shipping agrees Softship deal
- Maritime software provider Softship reports that it has agreed a contract with The China Navigation Company's liner shipping arm, Swire Shipping, to install its LIMA (Liner Management) package across Swire Shipping's global network. >>more
ECDIS CBT from Transas
- Transas Marine has launched a new ECDIS Computer Based Training course, certified by Germanischer Lloyd. >>more
Brokerage introduces ShipDecision
- New York area maritime brokerage Greenwich Shipping Services is to use ShipDecision technology to support its business, the companies report. >>more
Successful launch for Intelsat
- Intelsat reports that Arianespace has launched the Intelsat 17 satellite (IS-17), and completed successful spacecraft separation and signal acquisition. >>more
d'Amico newbuilds to install IBS
- Sperry Marine reports that it has received orders to supply electronic navigation systems to two new 37,000 dwt bulk carriers to be built in Korea for Italian shipowner d'Amico Dry Limited. >>more
Wireless mesh network deployed at sea
- Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems (BATS) reports that it has supplied a triple redundant wireless mesh network solution to a geological survey company that is mapping the ocean floor. >>more
Imtech and VSTEP in maritime simulation partnership
- Imtech Marine & Offshore (parent company of Radio Holland) and VSTEP have announced their intention to cooperate in the delivery of new maritime training simulators. >>more
Maritime companies move to e-documents
- Electronic Shipping Solutions has announced that three more maritime companies have gone live on its CargoDocs electronic documentation system. >>more
'Blue belt' to reduce EU ship admin
- The European Commission has launched a pilot project designed to reduce the administrative burden on the short sea shipping sector across the continent, through the creation of what it calls a 'blue belt'. >>more
Kongsberg in BC Ferries deal
- Kongsberg has been awarded a contract by BC Ferries for the supply and installation of three Polaris ship bridge simulation systems to multiple sites in British Columbia, Canada. >>more
Engine manufacturers pursue technology development project
- European marine engine manufacturers MAN Diesel & Turbo and Wärtsilä Corporation have agreed to pursue a joint research project, the HERCULES-C project, as a continuation of the original HERCULES programmes for the research and development of marine engine technology. >>more
CCS to provide USCG computers
- CCS-Inc is to supply 250 marine computers to the United States Coast Guard (USCG), to power its Vega Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) on three classes of cutters and in training and simulation facilities. >>more
