Vessels News – Page 119
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NewsMoteurs Baudouin - a century powering commercial marine
French marine engine manufacturer, Moteurs Baudouin, is renowned for its range of robust, durable and efficient engines and will be represented at this year’s Seawork International by UK and Ireland Distributor Proteum.
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Feeling the wind of four million outboards
On 11th January 2018 Tohatsu Marine Corporation, Tohatsu Corporation’s manufacturing plant in Japan, reached the cumulative production figure of 4 million outboard engines since manufacturing started in 1956.
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News23m CTV is first reference for Namjet’s latest shallow water jets
Built by Neptune Shipyards in Aalst, and launched recently at Maasluis, The Netherlands the 23m ‘SC Sapphire’ is the first CTV to be equipped with NAMJet’s TJ611HH high thrust waterjets.
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BMW diesel engine could power new diesel outboard
Semcon has been working in cooperation with Cimco Marine to complete a successful pilot study looking at converting BMW’s popular twin turbo, three-litre diesel engine for marine use. This will make it the world’s first three-litre diesel outboard engine with an output in excess of 200 horsepower.
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NewsDelivery and order round-up (May 2018
Eight tug deliveries and one order are reported this month including news of four and fifteen vessel series orders for operation in the Caspian Sea and Indonesia.
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NewsTraining tug masters in the modern era
With increasingly sophisticated and higher-powered tugs operating in safety conscious environments training is moving on from the traditional approach of simply learning from the previous generation.
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NewsSanmar stocks up on Rolls-Royce thrusters
In what is described as a ‘novel supply agreement’ Sanmar Shipyards has agreed a multiple order for thrusters and winches with Rolls-Royce.
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NewsMeercat announces its biggest workboat yet
Southampton UK-based Meercat Workboats has revealed the latest addition to its portfolio, an 18m multipurpose workboat becoming the largest such in its range.
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NewsUS maintenance contract success for Wärtsilä
Helsinki-based technology group Wärtsilä continues to grow its global footprint following extension of a tug maintenance contract in the US.
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NewsBukh acquires Marinediesel AB VGT engine series
Denmark-headquartered small diesel specialist manufacturer Bukh A/S has announced the acquisition of Sweden-based Marinediesel AB´s production of VGT series marine engines, taking over the production and development of the powerful GM based V8 Diesel.
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NewsNew waterjets large and small from Castoldi
Italian company Castoldi has been in the waterjet business for close to 40 years and to celebrate the company has added two new jets to its range, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsInvestment means drive train testing up to 15MW for The Switch
Yaskawa Corporation is making a multimillion-euro investment to strengthen the R&D capabilities of The Switch and purchase new equipment at the company’s factory in Lappeenranta, Finland. The investment will enable drive train testing of up to 15 MW.
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NewsRolls-Royce buys up fuel injection expertise
Rolls-Royce and its subsidiary Woodward Inc have signed an agreement for the acquisition of L’Orange GmbH and its related operations located in Germany, the US and China.
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NewsYanmar partners with Transfluid on new hybrid system
As part of its development towards offering complete engine and transmission packages, Japanese diesel engine manufacturer Yanmar has teamed up with the Italian company Transfluid to offer a hybrid system.
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NewsStena Line opts for Corvus for ferry battery refit
Stena Line has chosen Corvus Energy as its supplier of choice to convert one of its flagship ro-pax ferries to battery power.
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NewsNew Twin Disc hydraulic power take off
Twin Disc has introduced its fourth new Power Take Off. The hydraulically-actuated HP500 boasts a maximum power rating of 373 kW at 1,800 rpm.
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NewsWebasto and WhisperPower distribution partnership
Webasto and WhisperPower have announced that they have entered into a Global Distribution Partnership Agreement, which was driven by the desire of Webasto Thermo & Comfort to add electrical power products and systems to its product offering and the ambition of WhisperPower to rapidly expand itsglobal distribution.
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NewsTorqeedo powering electric workboat fleet in China
The City of Suzhou in eastern China has deployed a fleet of electric workboats powered by Torqeedo motors as part of a program to clean up its canals and waterways.
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NewsEvinrude rebrands its 2-stroke oils
BRP has announced that XD engine oil for Evinrude and Johnson outboards has been re-branded as XPS Marine. The same engine oils now ‘leverage the XPS brand’ and are offered in three products – XD100, XD50 and XD30.
