Equipment News – Page 138
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NewsNorwegian takeover of Crevi Davit
Noreq AS, the Norwegian manufacturer and supplier of maritime deck equipment, has acquired the Bergen based davit manufacturer Crevi Davit AS.
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NewsDouble Deck Equipment Package for Holyhead
Having recently supplied the deck machinery package for Holyhead Towing Company' s new 35m tug, North Sea Winches has just completed manufacturing an almost identical package for the same customer. Winches are also being built for a 24m tug and designs are on the board for 60 ton winches ...
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NewsBigger Lift for Bigger Tugs
The family run business of Colle Towing Inc, which operates tugboats on the Pascagoula River in Mississippi USA, has recently taken delivery of its second Marine Travelift. The new 600C boat hoist is seen as an investment that will contribute to the strengthening of the business for future generations.
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NewsPreffered Found 2007 an Uplifting Year
Preffered Marine Cranes celebrated a successful year in 2007 and managed to draw successful contracts even in what they term as a somewhat erratic market. The company was able to supply a range of knuckleboom and stiff boom cranes from their Italian (Effer) and German (Global Davits) suppliers.
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Safer Deck Operations Takes Off
Rolls-Royce launched its Safer Deck Operations (SDO) system for offshore anchor handlers back in 2006, and since then four vessels with SDO have gone into service and 35 more orders for new vessels are in place.
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NewsPassive Damping for Regional Support Vessels
S E Hydraulics (SEH) have designed and supplied an innovative passive damping system to BP' s four new Regional Support Vessels (RSVs) working out of Aberdeen.BP have commissioned and procured the new RSVs to deliver their new North Sea rescue and recovery arrangements.
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NewsNew Crane & Winch Operations Guidelines
A key part of almost all offshore and subsea operations is lifting, lifting of stores and spares handling through to complicated and heavy lifts, and there could be in excess of 200 different kinds of lifting operations on a vessel.
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NewsCameras Keep Watch on 'Galatea'
Following the successful installation of Hernis Scan Systems' integrated surveillance systems onboard the Trinity House vessels ' Patricia and ' Mermaid' , Hernis has supplied its Hernis 400 system for the new Northern Lighthouse Board and Trinity House vessels built at the Remontowa shipyard in Poland.
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NewsSystem Software Drives Smarter Winch
Americ' s Markey Machinery has supplied of the second DEPCF-52 75hp electric hawser winch for a series of Nichols Brothers Shipyards built 6,800hp tugs.
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NewsLighten Up for Easier Mooring
Following a successful eight month sea trial on its Cosmerry Lake VLCC, Cosco Dalian found that, in comparison with steel wire mooring lines, ropes made with Dyneema enabled a reduction in mooring time and significantly improved crew safety.
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NewsLift Efficiency Boosts Tiger Bay
Marine Travelift Inc has sold its very first self-propelled transporter onto the US market. The Marine Travelift TM 40C was purchased by Tiger Point Marina and Boat Works of Jacksonville in Florida.
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Crane gain at Europort Maritime
In ceremonies on the Van der Velden Marine Systems stand at Europort Maritime in Rotterdam last month, the wraps were pulled off an Effer 130 4S marine crane to signify the signing of an exclusive agreement for Van der Velden to distribute Effer marine cranes in the Netherlands and Germany.
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NewsHamburg Automates to Boost Capacity
The Port of Hamburg’ s biggest container terminal operator, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), has turned to Kalmar to supply three more crane blocks with its automatic stacking crane (ASC) system and related technology for the second phase in the conversion of HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) to a ...
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NewsMCA Provides Feedback Following Emergency Exercises
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA’ s) maritime emergency exercises are now regular events around the British coast. A Maritime Guidance Note (MGN) has recently been published providing feedback, including observations and recommendations from a series of exercises involving a specific class of vessel.
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NewsFirst AHTS Simulator Installed in France
Bourbon Offshore has inaugurated its first training centre in Marseilles, which includes the first Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS) Simulator installed in France.
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The 20 Year Safety Learning Curve
Maritime Journal arrived at the start of a steep learning curve for the maritime industry. On 6 March 1987 the ' Herald of Free Enterprise' left Zeebrugge with its bow doors open and 193 people paid the price for poor seamanship. The incident drove the IMO and a host of ...
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NewsHeadline: The Future of Aids to Navigation
The growth of the marine leisure market, the increase in numbers of high speed, large craft and changes in traffic patterns coupled with emerging technologies are placing new demands on, and finding new solutions for, aids to navigation providers like Trinity House.
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NewsNavigation Buoys Deployed at South Hook
FenderCare subsidiary Hippo Marine has been selected by Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) to supply five navigational buoys, including moorings, for the new South Hook LNG Terminal development.
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NewsMore Buoys from Oz
Sealite Pty Ltd in Australia, have completed the Phase 2 expansion of their new manufacturing facility with an expanded rotational moulding division now in full production.
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NewsVoyager Lights Path for Patrol Boats
UK manufacturer Francis Searchlights Ltd has launched the new ‘ Voyager’ searchlight, which is suitable for the patrol craft and other high speed vessels. It features powerful halogen, xenon and metal halide light source options and a sleek, low profile design.
