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NewsShaft seal safety on show at Seawork
Poole UK based Tides Marine will be travelling to Seawork International to display a selection from the comprehensive range of self aligning, dripless sealing solutions for both propeller shafts and rudders which it has been designing and manufacturing since1991.
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NewsModular fuel pump assembly for Volvo Penta
Haldex Concentric has developed a low cost fuel pump and adaptor for Volvo Penta, allowing it to use a standard unit without changing the engine configuration. The new unit replaces a fuel and steering pump combination originally designed for 9 to 11 litre automotive engines but also used in gensets ...
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NewsKeeping an eye on the engines at Seawork
Seawork exhibitor Royston has noticed certain challenges to the efficient running of workboats that are coming up more and more frequently.
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NewsLong wearing bearings at Seawork 2009
Following significant interest from a wide variety of exhibitors and visitors at last year’ s show, H4 Marine returns for Seawork 2009 with new grades of its composite bearing material Maritex, which have gone on trial in two new industry sectors and are due for testing very soon by the ...
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NewsSterntube systems strong after 204,000 hours
During the February 2009 drydocking of the in 1981 built pushboat Veerhaven V, it was discovered that the vessel has logged over 204,000 running hours on two of its three closed water lubricated sterntube systems without ever changing its propeller shaft bearings, shafts or shaft sleeves.
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NewsCummins launches QSK50 at NorShipping
Cummins Inc showcased its EPA Tier 2 certified and IMO Tier II compliant Quantum System 50 litre engine at the NorShipping 2009 exhibition in Oslo last month, marking the first time a QSK50 was publicly exhibited in Scandinavia. Cummins also highlighted C Command, its modular vessel monitoring system designed specifically ...
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NewsTransmission milestone for Seawork sponsor
Seawork exhibitor and Gala Dinner sponsor ZF Marine has supplied marine transmissions for two 69m vehicle/passenger catamaran ferries, Jazan and Farasan, for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fast cat arrives for Ro-Ro breakthrough
LD Lines' brand new catamaran, Norman Arrow, arrived in the Dover Straits and the Port of Dover last month following completion of a three week delivery voyage from Hobart, Tasmania.
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News'Motorway of the Sea' tries again
A second attempt at the ‘ Motorway of the Sea’ between France and Italy will open in the autumn, connecting the ports of Gijó n in Spain and Nantes - St Nazaire in France.
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NewsOstuferhafen grows to accommodate 'Lisco Maxima'
The brand new Lisco Maxima, the biggest ferry to sail under the flag of Lithuania, was given an official welcome last month to mark its first call in Kiel’ s Ostuferhafen. The ship will from now on be employed in the regular liner shipping service between Kiel and Klaipeda.
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NewsLong line to latest Z-Techs
Bay-Houston Towing Company in the USA has taken delivery of their third Z-Tech 7500 tug, built to a design which is the largest of the Robert Allan line of Z-Tech tugboats.
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NewsCosts optimistion for mooring ropes
Operational costs are always an important issue in mooring operations and have become even more of a focus recently due to the economic downturn.
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NewsDiversity will keep Lady Loren busy
In America, Louisiana based LA Carriers owner Russel Plaisance put a newbuild tug into operation recently.
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NewsTugs of the World - 5th Edition
To produce a register of the world’ s tugs is an impossible task, when one considers the huge variation in size and the obscure location of so many smaller vessels. With the new 5th edition of Tugs of the World, Clarkson Research Services Ltd has almost certainly produced the most ...
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News'New Flame' wreck removal reconvenes
With the arrival of calmer springtime weather, Titan Salvage has resumed wreck removal operations in Gibraltar on the New Flame following a busy first quarter in which the company responded to eight salvage opportunities.
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NewsSMIT Salvage teams keep busy
SMIT Salvage teams were busy in the Gulf of Mexico in the final weeks of the first quarter. Work in this region included a Lloyd' s Form salvage, a ship to ship transfer of an oil cargo under emergency conditions and the subsea recovery of pollutants from a sunken rig. ...
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NewsDamen deliver first Emergency Response Vessel to Sweden
Damen Shipyards has delivered the first of three multi-functional patrol and emergency response vessels to the Swedish Coastguard – Kustbevakning. Named simply KBV001, the construction of the vessel and its two sister ships was project managed by the Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding division and construction entrusted to the Damen Galatz ...
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NewsSvitzer modernise their deepsea sister ships
Svitzer Ocean Towage is in the process of modernising all three deepsea tugs (Singapore, Rotterdam and London) taken over from SmitWijs in 2007. The first tug to undergo this important modernisation programme is the Singapore. Work was completed successfully in March and the tug was quickly back in service. Rotterdam ...
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News'Far Samson' breaks bollard pull records
Farstad Shipping of Norway has put into service ‘ Far Samson’ , the most powerful offshore vessel in the world in terms of bollard pull.
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NewsA Beegle's eye view
US based shipbrokers Marcon International is well known worldwide for its special interest in tugs and barges. Although its business is very much orientated towards the American market, Marcon maintains a massive database of tugs and towage activity worldwide and its comprehensive and widely distributed Newsletters have become legendary.
