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Kongsberg equips Oasis of the Seas with cruise control

Royal Caribbean International’s (RCI) groundbreaking cruise ship, the 225,282gt Oasis of the Seas (pictured), enters service with critical navigation, manoeuvring and automation functions under the command of Kongsberg Maritime controls. The extensive design and installation project was undertaken...

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Switched-on approach can tackle poor watchkeeping
Marine Electronics & Communications February/March 2010
Traditionally, life at sea has ranked among the riskiest of employments, and the past few decades have seen efforts to deliver marine safety through research, investigation, analysis, legislation, ...
Royal Dirkzwager optimises its port entry data services
Marine Electronics & Communications February/March 2010
As long ago as 1872, Gijs Dirkzwager realised that a market existed for port-entry nautical and maritime information. He began by dispatching information about the expected arrival times of sailing ...
Onboard satellite TV enters high definition age
Marine Electronics & Communications February/March 2010
The ability to receive satellite TV services continues to be a mainstay requirement of shipboard entertainment systems across all sectors, from high-end yachts to passenger ships and increasingly in ...
Communications sector looks to brighter times in 2010
Marine Electronics & Communications news desk, 8 January 2010
2010 will see brighter times in shipboard communications with airtime traffic and usage expected to go up, a leading Inmarsat service provider has claimed. Asad Salameh (pictured), president of ...
Owners stress the practical challenges of moving to ecdis
Marine Electronics & Communications December 2009/January 2010
Making the carriage of ecdis compulsory initiates a change in the way that ships are navigated, one which is as significant as the introduction of radar or the switch from sextants to satellites. On ...
New screen sizes could spell trouble for bridge consoles
Marine Electronics & Communications December 2009/January 2010
Until now, widescreen displays have been manufactured at different aspect ratios, depending on their eventual target application: 16:9 for televisions and 16:10 for computer monitors. ...
Advanced design tools are raising production efficiency
Marine Electronics & Communications December 2009/January 2010
Based at Vollenhove in the Netherlands, Royal Huisman is an established name in the design and fabrication of custom built superyachts. Producing individually designed craft ranging in length from ...
Attaching value to ship-based e-mail services for crew
Marine Electronics & Communications December 2009/January 2010
Despite the phenomenal rise of sophisticated social networking tools on land, e-mail remains one of the most accessible forms of electronic communication for crew working at sea and wanting to stay ...
Class societies agree to use common calculation tools
Marine Electronics & Communications December 2009/January 2010
A landmark agreement has been reached by ABS and LR to use common software for the assessment of scantlings of bulk carriers and oil tankers designed to comply with the new Common Structural Rules ...
True global reach is required for Northeast Passage transit
Marine Electronics & Communications December 2009/January 2010
When Beluga Shipping’s Beluga Fraternity and Beluga Foresight (pictured) made a successful pioneering transit of the Northeast Passage last summer, the two vessels relied on the Iridium ...

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