Vessels News – Page 178

  • The vessel can reach speeds of 40 km/hr with its triple Caterpillar engines driving triple UltraJet High Thrust Waterjets.
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    High Thrust push for Bremen’s new fireboat

    2012-05-21T18:19:00Z

    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.

  • The vessel will carry pelletised fish feed in bulk to fish farms along the Norwegian coastline.
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    Gas powered ship to feed Norwegian fish farms

    2012-05-21T18:19:00Z

    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.

  • The engine is based on a block of 16.4 litres with a footprint that is almost square.
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    New Scania V8s top 1,000 hp for marine use

    2012-05-21T18:19:00Z

    Swedish based Scania has introduced a new 16 litre diesel engine that will replace its existing engine of this size.

  • The new QSM11-CP features a Cummins QSM11-DM marine auxiliary engine matched to a Cummins Generator Technologies marine grade HCM434F1 alternator.
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    Cummins adds marine genset to C Power line

    2012-05-21T18:19:00Z

    Cummins has launched the latest addition to the C Power product line, the QSM11-CP marine generator set.

  • John Deere Power Systems will meet new EPA Marine Tier 3 regulations with a complete line of 4.5L and 6.8L engines, including this recalibrated PowerTech 6068SFM85.
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    John Deere gears up for Marine Tier 3

    2012-05-21T18:19:00Z

    John Deere Tier 3 marine engines will start to make their splash in 2013.

  • A ZF gearbox assembly facility in Germany.
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    ZF brings propulsion products to Seawork

    2012-05-21T18:19:00Z

    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

    2012-05-21T18:19:00Z

    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

    2012-05-21T18:19:00Z

    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.

  • Modern engines such as the Wartsila 46F are far cleaner and more economical than those of 20 years ago.
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    20 Years of Marine Propulsion

    2012-05-21T18:19:00Z

    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 ...

  • A bucket grab crane mounted on Mistley Marine's flat top barge Spartacus salvages the rocket remains.
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    WW2 rocket salvaged after 68 years in mud

    2012-05-10T15:15:00Z

    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

    2012-05-03T09:00:00Z

    Austrian Diesel engine manufacturer Steyr Motors has redesigned its 6 cylinder series during the last 18 month.

  • Damen has sold S Walsh & Sons their first tug for use on the river Thames.
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    TOWLINES

    2012-05-02T09:00:00Z

    Damen Shipyards have delivered a Stan Tug 1205 to UK recycling and construction company S Walsh & Sons, based in Essex. The company purchased the tug, named SW Essex, as part of their strategy to transport more cargo by water than by road. In the near future, the total transport ...

  • Veerhaven III was designed to navigate with a total of six push barges on the inland waterway route Rotterdam Europoort to and from Duisburg.
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    Powerful pusher tug from Gebr. Kooiman BV

    2012-05-02T09:00:00Z

    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.

  • The EDDY concept is for a true double ended shiphandling tug with a fully steerable propulsion unit at each end.
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    Is the Industry ready for EDDY?

    2012-05-01T09:00:00Z

    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.

  • Fairplay 22 was one of a series of tug built for use offshore and harbour operations. (Photo courtesy Hans Hoffmann)
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    Far reaching report on the Fairplay 22 accident

    2012-04-30T09:00:00Z

    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.

  • Signet Weatherly is one of three new tugs to enter service in just a couple of months.
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    A flock of three new tugs for Signet

    2012-04-30T09:00:00Z

    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).

  • E-KOTUG RT Adriaan is the first Hybrid tug to enter service in Europe.
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    KOTUG puts the first European ‘Hybrid’ into service

    2012-04-27T09:00:00Z

    Europe’s first hybrid shiphandling tug RT Adriaan has entered service with the KOTUG fleet in Rotterdam.

  • SD Ranger and its two sisters were delivered to KOTUG two weeks after signing the order.
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    Damen delivers an ASD trio in two weeks

    2012-04-27T09:00:00Z

    KOTUG will shortly be putting three Damen ASD 2810 tugs into operation just two weeks after signing the order.

  • LNG powered vessel designs look like gaining ground.
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    Workboat changes coming down the pipeline

    2012-04-26T11:18:00Z

    There is a big step change coming for the European workboat market, Vesa Marttinen of Wartsila told Maritime Journal.

  • A SMIT salvage team works alongside its Italian partners Fratelli Neri to remove HFO and diesel from the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia. Photo: SMIT
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    Salvage teams kept busy in early 2012

    2012-04-26T09:00:00Z

    SMIT Salvage teams had a busy start to 2012 in South America, responding to two casualties in Argentina, both on the Parana River.