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  • To volunteer your specialist services to the Jubilee Sailing Trust, as did the team from the Cummins UK Marine Centre, contact the charity on 023 8044 3113 or email operations@jst.org.uk.
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    Cummins repowers the Lord Nelson

    2010-07-04T20:28:00Z

    Cummins UK continues to build upon its successful ten year relationship with the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST), a registered charity that owns and operates the only two tall ships in the world designed to enable people of all physical abilities to sail side by side as equals in a demanding ...

  • The new tug for Sedna will join sister vessel ‘Independence’.
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    All-round Victory for Sedna

    2010-07-01T14:47:00Z

    Defying the downturn, Sedna Towage & Offshore has just purchased a new anchor handling tug. The ''Victory’ is the third tug to be managed by subsidiary, AnDoFe, joining ‘Independence’ and ‘Scapino’.

  • The ‘LK Mitchell’ has benefitted from recent upgrades.
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    Old pilot boat gets a new turn of speed

    2010-07-01T12:00:00Z

    A number of companies collaborated to get the best out of an old Falmouth pilot boat with a lot of history. A recent refit included a complete renovation of the engine room, electrics, exhaust and steering systems.

  • Pressure streamlines show as computer generated images.
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    Propeller partnership pursues improved propulsion

    2010-06-25T11:56:00Z

    A long term partnership between a propeller manufacturer and a leading university is bringing science to bear on the interaction between hull design, propellers and other hull appendages.

  • Divers Down’s Swanage Diver is now powered by a pair of the recently launched Perkins Marine Power M300C engines.
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    Repowered dive boat a breath of fresh air

    2010-06-21T17:09:00Z

    Appropriately named Divers Down, believed to be the UK’s oldest dive school and one of the south coast’s most respected dive charter and escorted dive operators, has repowered one of its boats.

  • Propeller production at Drunen in the Netherlands will finish this year. Photo courtesy of Wärtsilä.
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    Wärtsilä announces end of Dutch production this year

    2010-06-10T11:10:00Z

    Finnish marine power systems manufacturer Wärtsilä announced on Tuesday that it will start the execution of restructuring measures in the Netherlands following positive advice from the works council and approval of a social plan.

  • The new company is now able to supply complete marine transmission systems.
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    Seawork debut for merged marine transmission specialist

    2010-05-25T20:44:00Z

    Two Coventry based transmission specialists, NDE Clarke Transmissions and Pitchline Transmissions, have formally merged their operations, creating a highly focused specialist mechanical power transmission company which specialises in universal drive shafts and flexible gear type couplings for the marine industries.

  • The sculptural ‘Medusa’ is actually a modified Garrett GT42 turbocharger.
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    Hot stuff stays where it’s needed at Seawork

    2010-05-25T20:19:00Z

    The intertwining exhaust pipes of the Medusa-like modified Garrett GT42 turbocharger that will be on Turbo Dynamics’ Seawork stand make a point beyond the purely sculptural.

  • As part of the design process, Kort offers detailed estimates of vessel performance.
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    Seawork exhibitor courts the emerging Indian market

    2010-05-25T18:30:00Z

    Kent UK based Seawork exhibitor Kort Propulsion Co Ltd has again demonstrated its global reach by completing an order from an Indian shipyard on behalf of the Inland Indian Waterways Authority (IWAI).

  • The new UltraJet UJ 525 provides a high performance solution where size and cost constraints have previously made it difficult to provide an optimised waterjet package.
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    See the ultimate UltraJet alongside at Seawork

    2010-05-25T17:38:00Z

    Visitors to Seawork 2010 will find propulsion specialists Ultra Dynamics Ltd on Stand 1 inside the exhibition hall and an 18m South Boats wind farm support vessel equipped the new UltraJet UJ525 drives units outside on the Seawork pontoon.

  • Clements Marine supplied the entire stern gear package for the research vessel RV Actinia.
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    Stern gear provision moves forward at Seawork

    2010-05-25T16:53:00Z

    Seaway Marine of Macduff has recently launched the new 11m survey and research Vessel, RV Actinia, for Scotland’s University Marine Biological Station, which is located on the eastern shore of the Isle of Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde.

  • The new IPS1050 unit is available for workboats up to 30m LOA and requiring up to 40 knots performance.
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    Pod power for fast workboats at Seawork

    2010-05-25T16:15:00Z

    With the IPS system, Seawork 2010 exhibitor Volvo Penta has introduced a pod system for planing applications, such as fast workboats, pilot boats and patrol boats. The IPS program is now being expanded still further. With new and larger drive units coupled to the 13 litre marine diesel, Volvo Penta ...

  • A WaterMota supplied Doosan 4V222 TIH main engine is seen in the tidy engine room of ‘Sally McLoughlin’, a 16m harbour tug built by Macduff Shipyards for John McLoughlin Shipping Ltd.
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    See what’s new with Watermota at Seawork 2010

    2010-05-25T15:04:00Z

    Following a busy and successful 2009, South Devon based WaterMota Ltd continues to grow with new customers, products and personnel.

  • An artist’s impression of the Polar vessel that will be supplied with Wärtsilä 32 engines.
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    Wärtsilä engines for Polar supply and research vessel

    2010-05-25T14:27:00Z

    ‘Low rates of fuel consumption and low levels of emissions are an important consideration when operating in the Antarctic''s vulnerable natural environment’, says Jukka Paananen, business manager of Wärtsilä Ship Power.

  • Special electric clutch assemblies from Centa enable more rapid turnaround for the Solent Express.
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    Clutch time solutions on show at Seawork

    2010-05-25T14:09:00Z

    Seawork 2010 exhibitor Centa Transmissions, the flexible coupling and shaft supplier, has supplied two special electric clutch assemblies to Griffon Hoverwork Limited.

  • Coastlink is committed to expanding the role shortsea shipping plays around Europe.
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    Coastlink plans shortsea conference in Antwerp

    2010-05-22T13:19:00Z

    Coastlink is to return to the port city of Antwerp in September for its 2010 Annual Conference. Reflecting its close cooperation with the Antwerp Port Authority, the event will be held on 14 and 15 September in the Havenhuis, the authority’s headquarters building on Entrepotkaai.

  • 'Tommaso Onorato' was recently completed by UNV.
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    UNV deliver Tommaso Onorato - by Jack Gaston

    2010-05-20T11:42:00Z

    Italian owner Moby S.p.A. based in Cagliari has taken delivery of the powerful Voith tractor ‘Tommaso Onorato’. The tug was built by the Spanish shipbuilder Union Naval Valencia, a member of the Boluda Group, purchased ‘on the stocks’ and completed for use under the Italian flag.

  • The BRAtt training tug makes its debut at ITS2010 in Vancouver.
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    BRAtt takes off and goes green - by Jack Gaston

    2010-05-20T11:42:00Z

    The project to produce the world’s first, purpose built training tug took a quantum leap forward in May with the completion of the first prototype and a signed contract to build two vessels with ‘Green’ propulsion systems. Both events were timed to coincide with the ITS 2010 Tug & Salvage ...

  • ‘Ginger’ joins the Iskes fleet, bringing the total to eleven tugs.
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    'Ginger’ joins the Iskes fleet - by Jack Gaston

    2010-05-20T11:41:00Z

    ‘Ginger’, the second of two new tugs to be completed in the Netherlands for Iskes Towage & Salvage, is now in service.

  • ‘Ijsselstroom’ has a new lease of life as the ‘Zephyrus’. (Photo courtesy Jan Plug)
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    MAIB report on Ijsselstroom capsize - by Jack Gaston

    2010-05-20T11:41:00Z

    The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued its report on the capsize and sinking of the Dutch tug ‘Ijsselstroom ‘ at Peterhead in June 2009. The incident, and the resulting MAIB report, is yet another reminder of the inherent dangers still present in the operation of conventional screw ...