Equipment News – Page 130
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Port of Tyne simulates tug collision
The Port of Tyne’ s marine department were put through their paces recently during a successful emergency training day. Held at South Tyneside College’ s marine simulator, the exercise scenario involved a simulated incident, played out in real time involving a collision between a tug attending a large car carrier ...
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NewsResQsled sleighs them at Seawork
A new form of marine rescue sled from an equally new company is to be launched at Seawork 2009.
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Major response to fire at sea exercise
An emergency services test named ' Exercise Piran' , took place last month to put local response teams through their paces. This involved both the Brittany Ferries ship ' MV Armorique' playing its part by reporting a ' fire' via a distress call on VHF radio and a team of ...
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NewsSTCW 95 Advanced Marine Fire Fighting
The recent Advanced Marine Fire Fighting Course run by CMSE at the Cork Fire and Rescue Training Centre in Ireland was a resounding success, with people coming from Donegal, Wexford, Cork and Kerry to participate. The feedback from participants, instructors and the auditor was that the course was run professionally ...
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NewsTorpedo anchors as oil gets deeper
Rolls-Royce has secured a £ 38 million contract to supply a newly developed anchor handling system that will enable floating oil platforms to be secured to the seabed in the extreme depths off the coast of Brazil.
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NewsNorth Sea Winches head south for Seawork
Specialist marine winch manufacturing company North Sea Winches will be exhibiting at Seawork for the seventh successive year following a busy time at the show last year. A string of orders resulted directly from contacts made at Seawork 2008.
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NewsBourbon takes Liberty with serial production
Reading about the huge numbers of platform supply vessels and anchor handling tugs on order for Bourbon Offshore is impressive. Actually seeing the production process is awe inspiring. On a recent visit to the Zhejiang Shipyard at Ningbo in China, MJ contributor Alan Haig-Brown was overwhelmed by the scope of ...
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NewsCold weather cable a flexible friend
Climate change is a reality that will have an effect on us for years to come. Controversial as it seems, the reduction of the Arctic ice has made changes that will make it possible to work in this region in a way which was not imaginable 20 years ago. Nevertheless ...
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NewsThe big chill is hot stuff for deck equipment
Ship and workboat equipment gets a bashing. If it isn' t physically banged around during docking, towing or unloading, the salt water corrosion alone would finish any less than tough pieces of machinery off in no time, so finding a process that can extend the life of metal parts would ...
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NewsAntwerp sends a Jumbo lift to Texas
Jumbo’ s Shipping’ s 2008 built heavy lift vessel MV Fairplayer successfully loaded several major heavy lifts in Belgium’ s Port of Antwerp last month.
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NewsIn situ winch replacement needs an ACE of space
One of the most difficult problems to overcome in installing a bespoke 200 ton SWL replacement anchor mooring winch onto the FPSO Anasuria was simply getting it to fit into the existing space.
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NewsElectrically driven high power AHTWs due
Workboats are now having to operate further and further from shore, often in either deeper or simply more difficult conditions as all kinds of energy markets open up, from geo-exploration further into arctic waters to marine renewable energy projects with wind, tidal and wave power.
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NewsGlare free working for new pilot cutter
Tyneside UK based Solar Solve Marine didn’ t need a pilot cutter to guide them to this order for five of their well known Solasafe anti glare roller sunscreens. However, they ended up on one anyway as the screens were for the wheelhouse of the Port of Tyne’ s new ...
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NewsNew pipe layer is a heavy lifter
Lifting capacity is critical for the new generation of pipelay vessels and will be well considered in the design office of Netherlands based Ulstein Sea of Solutions, which has been awarded the Basic Design contract for the new large derrick pipelay vessel DLS-4200.
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News'Black art' into the spotlight at Seawork
Oddly enough, Seawork exhibitor John Simpson is becoming increasingly used to having his Echomax radar reflectors shot at as various navies around the world have found that they are very good for getting a radar fix on, which makes them useful for training and target purposes.
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NewsNavComms products debut at Seawork 2009
UK marine electronics distributor C A Clase will showcase its extensive range of communication and navigation products at Seawork International 2009.
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NewsBuoys for the boys at Seawork
Hydrosphere will be using this year' s Seawork, its ninth consecutive appearance at the exhibition, to demonstrate its growing range of buoys, lights and auxiliary navigation products from Carmanah, Mobilis and Vega Industries.
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NewsLED lanterns replace rotating beacons in Albanian lighthouses
The Italian Navy, which provides technical assistance to the Albanian Lighthouse Authority, has chosen stackable lanterns with high performance EFF LED flashers to replace traditional rotating beacons in lighthouses around the coast of Albania.
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NewsA tale of dolphins and SALT at Seawork
Hard on the heels of winning a contract to design and develop a passive marker for the UK’ s Minstry of Defence (MoD), Subsea Asset Location Technologies (SALT) will be appearing at Seawork to show off just how an elegant use of materials can revolutionise underwater location, and stop marine ...
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Bombs away off British coast
A dramatic lifeboat alert unfolded recently as a dredger uncovered two unexploded bombs.
