Vessels News – Page 152
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NewsSanmar delivers to New Zealand and Italy
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard is continuing its production of Robert Allan Ltd designed tugs releasing further details of deliveries to Italy and New Zealand.
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NewsDouble-Dutch success for rudder manufacturer
Damen subsidiary Van der Velden Marine Systems (VDVMS) has notched up two order successes supplying rudder systems for push tugs operating in Paraguay and the US.
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NewsDamen activity round-up
Continuing busy times at Damen Shipyards are seeing orders, deliveries and christenings for tugs in Europe, the Middle East, Chile, South Africa and Peru.
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NewsGas delivering diesel-type performance
The new MTU gas marine engine, the first from Rolls-Royce, has just completed 3,000 successful hours on the test bench at Friedrichshafen, Germany. As of 2018, Rolls-Royce will deliver the first certified series production gas engines for commercial vessels.
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NewsMAN D2676 powered workboat
The first MAN D2676 powered workboat is nearly ready for launch and once completed it will be put straight into operation salmon fishing in Alaska.
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NewsNew engines from Sole Diesel
Sole Diesel SA has launched its latest marine diesel engines, the SM-82 and SM-94.
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NewsQuad MTU power for ‘Red Jet 6’
The latest addition to the British Red Funnel ferry fleet, ‘Red Jet 6’, completed its first sea trials in June 2016 and will go into service in July. The high-speed catamaran ferry was built in Britain by Shemara Refit on the Isle of Wight with Rolls-Royce supplying four MTU Type ...
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NewsFirst birthday report from Ardent
“One year ago, we set off with our business plans, and today we are pleased that the merger progressed in line with these plans.” The words of CEO Peter Pietka as he reflects on Ardent’s first year of operation.
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NewsFlinterstar wreck removal gets underway
Work has commenced on removing the wreck of the cargo ship ‘Flinterstar’ which for the last eight months has been stranded on a sandbank in the approaches to Zeebrugge, Belgium.
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NewsDeep salvage techniques aid search for missing airliner
Port Louis, Mauritius-based Deep Ocean Search Ltd (DOS) has provided details of its part in the search for EgyptAir flight MS804, the Airbus A320 which disappeared over the eastern Mediterranean in May.
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NewsVeteran salvage ship faces the end of the road
Resolve Marine are preparing to scuttle a legendary Western Alaskan salvage vessel with a long and fascinating history.
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NewsNew hybrid Azistern tug from OSD
Ijmuiden-based OSD Holland BV has revealed details of its latest design, the ‘Azistern 2250e’ hybrid harbour tug featuring a podded drive system.
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NewsKotug’s global expansion continues
Rotterdam-based towage service provider Kotug has announced two further steps in its global expansion activities in Australia and Mozambique.
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NewsLessons learned following tug capsize
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its report into the girting and capsizing of a mooring launch while assisting a small chemical tanker leaving its berth on the UK south coast.
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NewsDouble news from Macduff
Two news items from Macduff Ship Design Ltd are reporting delivery of a shallow draught ASD tug to Turkey and establishment of a new marine surveying branch to fill a gap of such skills in north east Scotland.
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NewsBroker appointed for Giano Tug in the Americas
Geneva-based Purple Water Ltd has appointed Marcon International Inc as exclusive broker to handle shipyard licencing for construction of the innovative ‘Giano’ tug in the Americas.
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NewsDamen delivers its biggest Shoalbuster
Dutch towage provider Van Wijngaarden Marine Services BV has now taken delivery of what is the largest Damen Shoalbuster to date, the 3512 marque ‘Noordstroom’.
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NewsPunk Couplings
A new design of universal joint introduced at Seawork International 2016 by Punk Couplings is set to revolutionise the world of universal joints. In the marine world these joints are mainly used on the shaft that links the gearbox to the propeller shaft with the universal joint allowing for any ...
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NewsCox Powertrain progress
British diesel engine innovator, Cox Powertrain, previewed its pioneering outboard motor, the CXO300, at this year’s Seawork International and provided an update on the project’s progression towards the market.
