News 2-4 – Page 151
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NewsA tug with extra firepower for Kuwait
The installation of fire fighting equipment aboard harbour tugs is commonplace but the capacity of those installations rarely exceeds that necessary to comply with classification society Fi-Fi 1 notation, with a total pumping capacity of 2,400 cu/m/hr.
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NewsNorne gives Viking a powerful sister
On 2 April, Dutch tug owners Koerts International Towing Service (KITS), based in Delfziyl, took delivery of the new shallow draft anchor handling tug Norne.
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NewsThirty one ‘Rotor Tugs’ and counting
It is just twelve years since Dutch towage company Kotug introduced a series of four ‘Rotor Tugs’ to the ports of Rotterdam and Bremerhaven.
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NewsThree DC buses come along for Alewijnse
Alewijnse Marine Systems in the Netherlands is to design and install a new electric propulsion drive using a DC bus system for the main electric installation in three vessels to be built at Shipkits B.V.
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NewsBeating diesel bug if ‘not at sea’
The UK’s Premier Marinas group has awarded a major fuel supply contract to regional fuels and lubricants distributor WP Marine.
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NewsTug fleet finds fuel economy savings
Svitzer Tugs is expanding fuel efficiencies throughout its fleet by fitting Enginei fuel monitoring systems from Royston Limited.
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NewsYamaha and Volvo Penta make progress
AB Volvo Penta and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd have decided to set up joint working groups to evaluate the potential for deeper collaboration between the companies.
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NewsSee the new SeasAll engines at Seawork
Devon UK based marine engine and generator specialist WaterMota has signed an agreement with Danish based BUKH enabling it to sell SOLAS approved engines.
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NewsFairmount sisters complete an epic 92 day tow
Fairmount Marine’s powerful deepsea tugs Fairmount Sherpa and Fairmount Summit have returned to their homeport of Rotterdam after successfully completing the delivery of the FPSO Skarv Idun from South Korea to Stord in Norway.
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NewsLPG power for coastal shipping
MAN Diesel & Turbo has introduced its Liquid ME-GI (Liquid Gas Injection) engine, powered by Liquid Petroleum Gas.
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NewsHybrid electric research ship conversion
BMT Fleet Technology, of Ottawa, Ontario is collaborating with the University of Victoria to design and deliver North America’s first ever hybrid electric research ship.
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NewsKees Muller is knighted by Queen Beatrix
Kees Muller, the founder of the Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship, has received a knighthood from Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
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NewsDamen build four big ‘Cats’ for Lamnalco
Damen Shipyards is close to completing a series of four powerful terminal tugs for the Lamnalco Group.
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NewsGlobal reach for salvage and wreck removal
Rotterdam based SMIT Salvage had teams busy in Latin America last year, refloating a series of grounded vessels in the major river systems.
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NewsA closer look at the ‘Vortex’
Back in the November 2010 issue of MJ ‘Tugs & Towing’ included a report on the delivery of the Voith tractor tug Vortex to Solent Towage Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Østensjø Rederi AS of Haugesund in Norway.
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NewsTowlines MAR 11
Avra Towage BV of Rotterdam and Muller of Dordrecht have formed a joint venture with a view to increasing the scope of both companies. Muller operates a fleet of nine tugs and a large inventory of pushers and barges.
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NewsStern gear package for wind farm boat
Bedfordshire UK based Clement Marine has supplied propellers and stern gear to equip a newbuild for Fred Buckingham’s Penzance based Wind Wave Workboats.
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NewsTowlines FEB11
UK based Marine and Towage Services provider the MTS Group Ltd has acquired the twin-screw seagoing tug Multratug 7.
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NewsFairplay sells its last traditional deepsea tug
Hamburg based Fairplay Towage has sold Fairplay IX, its last traditional deepsea tug to a Greek operator.
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NewsVan Oord purchases the ‘Pushbuster’ quartet
Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord BV has purchased the fleet of four Damen Pushbusters formerly operated by Damen Marine Contractors (DMS).
