Vessels News – Page 177

  • The four most powerful tugs will each be equipped with a pair of Rolls-Royce US305 Azimuth thrusters with fixed pitch propellers measuring 3m in diameter.
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    Rolls thrusts into Chinese tug market

    2012-01-20T16:17:00Z

    Global power systems provider Rolls-Royce has won orders worth some £18m for the supply of Azimuth thrusters to power 18 new tugs being built in China.

  • The new QSK95 marine engine makes its debut recently in the USA.
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    New QSK95 sees Cummins power up for tugs

    2012-01-20T16:16:00Z

    Commercial marine diesel engine manufacturer Cummins has introduced an engine which takes it into the tugs sector with the new QSK95 model rated at 4,000 hp (2,983 kW) output.

  • Moteurs Baudouin current engine range includes inline 6 cylinder, V 8 and V12 propulsion engines from 80 kW to 808kW.
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    Baudouin gets British Isles distribution

    2012-01-20T16:15:00Z

    Golden Arrow Marine has been appointment as the Moteurs Baudouin distributor for UK and Eire as last month.

  • The Macduff 23m twin screw tug is to be built in Turkey and China.
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    Macduff to supply tug design package to Turkey

    2012-01-17T10:00:00Z

    Macduff Ship Design has been awarded a contract to provide a design package for a new 23m harbour tug to be built by Torgem Shipbuilding Ind & Trade AS, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey.

  • Cyclone Power already has a 100 hp steam engine up and running in a boat.
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    Steam engine powers back to the future

    2012-01-16T12:00:00Z

    A new type of steam engine has been developed in the US, with the design of the Cyclone Power unit enabling it to operate on any type of fuel, including powdered coal.

  • Seen at Seawork last summer, the engine installation was extremely neat and compact.
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    Powerhouse partnership delivers new engine

    2012-01-14T15:00:00Z

    Revolve Technologies’ partnership with suppliers such as heat exchanger specialist EJ Bowman has led to the development of a new marine diesel engine.

  • Alphonse Letzer is being broken up after a long and varied career.
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    TOWLINES

    2012-01-10T14:30:00Z

    Alphonse Letzer is being broken up after a long and varied career.The Panama Canal Authority has awarded a $158.3m contract to Spanish shipbuilders Astilleros Armon S.A. for the construction of 14 new tugs needed to handle the increase in traffic predicted when the current improvements to the waterway are complete. ...

  • The first units are packaged to look like a conventional outboard and indeed the bottom end of the unit comes from a petrol outboard.
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    Electric outboards get up on plane

    2012-01-08T11:15:00Z

    Small electric outboards have been around for some time but now a French company is now offering versions that are powerful enough to get a RIB or small boat onto the plane.

  • WhisperPower’s Roel ter Heide and WaterMota’s Mike Beacham conclude the agreement.
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    WhisperPower appoints WaterMota for UK

    2012-01-05T15:29:00Z

    Netherlands based WhisperPower has appointed WaterMota Ltd as its exclusive distributor for the marine markets in the United Kingdom with immediate effect.

  • The ferries will be operated by Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services, CalMac Ferries, and will be designed for the many short routes around the Clyde and Hebrides.
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    World’s first seagoing hybrid ferries

    2011-12-22T15:24:00Z

    Rotterdam based Imtech Marine has announced a contract award to supply the hybrid propulsion system to the world’s first diesel-electric hybrid seagoing ferries.

  • Caterpillar’s new C175-16 marine propulsion engine.
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    Cat catches versatile new workboat engine

    2011-12-22T12:45:00Z

    Caterpillar has introduced the Cat C175-16 marine propulsion engine to power vessel designs for all segments of the marine industry.

  • SD Christina is one of four ASD 2009 tugs to be built for naval service and is forerunner to the new commercial version.
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    Damen is building the ASD Tug 2009 for commercial use

    2011-12-21T08:45:00Z

    The Damen ASD Tug 2009 is the smallest azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug ever produced by Damen.

  • Astilleros Armon built the Norvegia and Spagna for use in Genoa.
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    Genoa tug fleet gains two powerful additions

    2011-12-20T14:30:00Z

    On 8 October two new harbour tugs, Norvegia and Spagna, were formerly named prior to joining the local tug fleet of Rimorchiatori Riuniti Porto di Genova Srl.

  • The ZF 9300 PTI hybrid transmission system.
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    Hybrid propulsion for Italian Coast Guard

    2011-12-20T14:15:00Z

    Italian shipyard Cantieri Navali Megaride has proven that diesel-electric systems are suitable not only for large merchant and naval vessels but also small ships.

  • Argus is the 107th ASD tug of its type to be built by Damen and the first for Iskes.
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    A new Argus for Iskes Towage & Salvage

    2011-12-16T09:00:00Z

    The rapid expansion of the Iskes Towage & Salvage tug fleet, based in the Netherlands at Ijmuiden, continues unabated with the recent addition of one new ASD tug and a second hand tractor tug.

  • The Articulated Tug & Barge (ATB) ‘Legacy’ is just one of Crowley’s recently built assets.
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    Project Solutions group for Crowley

    2011-11-24T09:00:00Z

    Crowley Maritime Corporation has established a new Project Solutions group that ties together the company’s experience and assets from across the group, including Jensen Maritime and Titan Salvage.

  • Fairmount Marine’s super-tug Fairmount Sherpa is seen arriving in Rotterdam earlier this year. Photo by Peter Barker
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    Fairmount Marine keeping busy

    2011-11-24T09:00:00Z

    Rotterdam based towage and salvage company Fairmount Marine BV, part of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Company, has reported the recent completion of two contracts.

  • Delta Marine’s new Damen Multicat 2611 workboat Whalsa Lass. Photo: Delta Marine Ltd.
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    New Damen MultiCat for Delta Marine

    2011-11-24T09:00:00Z

    Dutch shipbuilder Damen has delivered a MultiCat 2611 workboat, Whalsa Lass, to Shetland based Research Fishing Ltd, to be operated by Delta Marine Ltd.

  • Piriou’s 72T Push Pull Tug exceded contractual performance requirements during recent trials.
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    French yard sends tugs to Algeria

    2011-11-23T09:00:00Z

    Chantiers Piriou, the shipbuilding branch of Piriou at Concarneau in France, has delivered two 72 ton bollard pull harbour tugs to port authorities in both Arzew and Skikda, Algeria.

  • The Rena is now showing signs of cracking on its hull. Photo: MNZ
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    Salvors succeed in pumping oil from Rena

    2011-11-23T09:00:00Z

    Despite bad weather and large sea swells intermittently stopping reclamation work onboard the stricken container vessel Rena off New Zealand, the ship is, at time of writing, still being worked on by salvors.