Vessels News – Page 117
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NewsNorsepower’s Rotor Sail delivers fuel savings
Independent tests on a Viking Line-owned and operated cruise ferry have showed that Norsepower Oy’s Rotor Sail technology has the potential to deliver LNG fuel savings of around 300 tonnes per year.
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NewsCost saving Tier III workboat diesels
MAN Engines is now offering 12-cylinder, IMO Tier III emission standards engines for workboats, spanning a power range from 551 to 1,213 kW.
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NewsHydrogen vessel development project
The European innovation project Flagships has been awarded 5 Million Euros from the EU to support deploying two commercially operated zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vessels.
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Echandia batteries for electric commuter ferries
Echandia Marine has announced that Damen Shipyards has chosen its LTO Battery system for the world’s first acquisition of a fleet of electric commuter ferries.
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NewsSchottel expands range of high-performance nozzles
Schottel has expanded its range of high-performance nozzles with the launch of the newly developed SDC40.
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NewsABB powers tourists to Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls tour operator Maid of the Mist has ordered the first US-built all-electric, emissions-free vessels, enabled by ABB’s technology.
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NewsDanfoss Editron partners with US companies
Danfoss Editron has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LAVLE and Ockerman Automation Consulting which enables the US companies to become non-exclusive partners for value added reselling of Danfoss Editron’s products in the US, Canada and Mexico.
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NewsH2 vessel with a 2,400nm range
California has “a great need for a new research vessel” said Bruce Appelgate of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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NewsWelsh-owned tug returns from West Africa
When a sea-battered tug arrives in a UK port with barbed wire shrouding its wheelhouse it can be assumed she has seen some adventures in far distant waters, writes Graeme Ewens.
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News‘Icebreaker bow’ will be hybrid powered
The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency is launching a new icebreaker concept equipped with an innovative motorised removable bow.
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NewsGrounding of the MV ‘Solomon Trader’
Salvors are battling to save a bulk carrier and minimise pollution following its grounding on a sensitive reef on Rennell Island, part of the remote Solomon Islands.
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NewsSvitzer Meridian – christened on the meridian
Global towage operator Svitzer, along with its key partners recently held the christening ceremony for the tug Svitzer Meridian, the latest and tenth vessel in its Port of London fleet.
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NewsIce-class escort tug for Finland
Sanmar and Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) have provided background details of the order for two custom-designed escort tugs for operation in Finland.
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NewsSamson, making the vital towing connection
Rope manufacturer Samson along with the Alaska Maritime Prevention & Response Network (Alaska Network) and Norwegian Coast Guard have completed trials of its EVATS emergency towing system.
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NewsTsavliris reports multiple projects
Greek emergency responder Tsavliris Salvage has taken part in two incidents providing professional intervention that avoided making headlines as environmental disasters.
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NewsHeavily modified tractor tug from Sanmar
“This tug is the ultimate in the field of customisation that it virtually becomes a different model” Sanmar’s description of a tractor tug order for Italian tug owner Rimorchiatori Riuniti.
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NewsDouble delivery success for RAL
Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has provided details of two recently delivered tugs built to its designs by shipyards in the US and China.
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NewsTTC tug master and pilot training
Rotterdam-based Tug Training & Consultancy (TTC) is providing on-the-job tug master and pilot training aimed at enhancing efficiency and team work for ships using Khalifa Port.
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NewsETA’s position on container carrier alliances
The European Tugowners Association (ETA) together with other stakeholders has taken a clear joint stand in relation to Consortia Block Exemption Regulations.
