Vessels News – Page 178
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NewsHigh Thrust push for Bremen’s new fireboat
Following successful trials, the new 23.9m Damen Fire Fighting/Police Patrol vessel Bremen 1 has been handed over to its new owner, the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
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NewsGas powered ship to feed Norwegian fish farms
Rolls-Royce has won a second order for a vessel from its Environship range. This gas powered ship will be used to supply feed to fish farms along the Norwegian coast.
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NewsNew Scania V8s top 1,000 hp for marine use
Swedish based Scania has introduced a new 16 litre diesel engine that will replace its existing engine of this size.
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NewsCummins adds marine genset to C Power line
Cummins has launched the latest addition to the C Power product line, the QSM11-CP marine generator set.
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NewsJohn Deere gears up for Marine Tier 3
John Deere Tier 3 marine engines will start to make their splash in 2013.
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NewsZF brings propulsion products to Seawork
ZF Services UK Ltd will use Seawork 2012 to showcase examples from ZF Marine’s range of propulsion products and systems for tugs, wind farm support vessels, fish farm vessels, OSVs, other workboats and patrol sessels.
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Pilkington is UK rep for Lindenberg-Anlagen
Pilkington Marine Engineering Ltd (PME) has been appointed the UK representative of marine diesel generator manufacture Lindenberg – Anlagen.
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Jubilee Clips Save Charity Boats' Budget
The Seagull Trust is a recognised charity providing free canal cruising for over 12,700 disabled people in Scotland each year, including 1,670 wheelchair users.
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News20 Years of Marine Propulsion
20 years does not seem a long time in marine propulsion. Most of the ships that were new, or recently launched, in 1987 are still afloat today. Like the vast majority of present day ships, they have a single main engine driving a shaft and propeller, either direct or through ...
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WW2 rocket salvaged after 68 years in mud
At a routine meeting about leisure boating in Harwich Haven, one of the final questions asked was whether there were any dangers to navigation.
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Steyr re-designs 6 cylinder series
Austrian Diesel engine manufacturer Steyr Motors has redesigned its 6 cylinder series during the last 18 month.
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NewsPowerful pusher tug from Gebr. Kooiman BV
Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman BV in the Netherlands has delivered a powerful new pusher tug for ThyssenKrupp Veerhaven BV, also in the Netherlands. The boat was delivered twelve months after the keel laying.
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Is the Industry ready for EDDY?
As correspondent for towage industry matters for several decades, I have reported on countless new concepts that appear among the designs for shiphandling tugs and equipment.
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Far reaching report on the Fairplay 22 accident
A detailed and far reaching report on the tragic accident involving the tug Fairplay 22 on 11 November 2010 has been published by the Dutch Safety Board.
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A flock of three new tugs for Signet
In recent months the Signet Maritime Corporation of Houston, Texas USA has taken delivery of three new ASD tugs, all from the drawing boards of Robert Allan Ltd (RAL).
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KOTUG puts the first European ‘Hybrid’ into service
Europe’s first hybrid shiphandling tug RT Adriaan has entered service with the KOTUG fleet in Rotterdam.
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NewsDamen delivers an ASD trio in two weeks
KOTUG will shortly be putting three Damen ASD 2810 tugs into operation just two weeks after signing the order.
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NewsWorkboat changes coming down the pipeline
There is a big step change coming for the European workboat market, Vesa Marttinen of Wartsila told Maritime Journal.
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Salvage teams kept busy in early 2012
SMIT Salvage teams had a busy start to 2012 in South America, responding to two casualties in Argentina, both on the Parana River.