FBM hopes to cut a SWATH through the opposition

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FMB Babcock Marine's FSPV - a revolutionary new high speed passenger ferry offers pioneering rough condition sea keeping capability and 40 knots speed. FBM claims vessel, which is the result of a three-year test programme and successfully incorporates the SWATH (Small Water-plane Area Twin Hull) form with waterjets.

Capacity, Design and construction, Ferries, Watercraft

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Waste water without worries

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The cruise ship owners might have to adopt new technologies in dealing with wastewater with the environmental groups constantly pressurizing them. Hamovorthy KSE's Membrane BioReactor waste treatment plant is one of the many wastewater treatment plants that handle both black and gray waters.

Passenger Ships, Deep Sea Passenger Transportation, Pollutants produced & recycled, Deep sea passenger trans., ex. ferry, Cruise lines, Waste management, Cruise ships, Wastewater

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Alternatives to A - and additions to Fleet: Inmarsat's emphasis on new services and technologies

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Chris Insall, product manager for Inmarsat's maritime division stated that by 2007 the analogue mobile satcoms system Inmarsat A would be terminated. Fleet 777 and Inmarsat B would be launched as an alternative which would offer two generation of replacement hardware.

Product introduction, New Products/Services, Telephone communications, exc. radio, Services information, Product discontinued, Communication services, not elsewhere classified, Services, Satellite communications services industry, Communications technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunication, Inmarsat, Product discontinuation

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