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Dutch Salvage Group Joins US '1Call'
SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage hasjoined the ICall team of Resolve Marine Group (Resolve) and National Response Corporation (NRC), which provides comprehensive OPA 90 emergency response services to both tankers and non-tank vessels at any location in the United States. Services include oil pollution containment and recovery, salvage, fire fighting, emergency towing and ...
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NewsSemco Completes Big Tow to Angola
Semco Salvage & Marine Pte Ltd has successfully completed tow to location, positioning and associated deck operations for the FPSO Kizomba B offshore Luanda in Angola last month. This project follows the earlier tow and positioning of FPSO Kizomba A , completed in 2004.
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News'Romulo' and 'Remo' are Now in Service in Tarrogona
Romulo and Remo , two terminal tugs claimed to be the most powerful of their type in Spain, are now both in service ( MJ - December 2004).
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NewsUNV Complete First RAL 'Compacts' in Spain
The popularity of small ''compact'', highly agile and powerful shiphandling tugs is spreading rapidly worldwide and the first examples are now being seen in Europe. Spanish tug builders Union Naval Valencia , part of the Boluda towage group, have completed the first three compact RAmparts 2400 ASD tugs to be ...
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NewsIrving to Build for Denmark
Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has secured an order for two of its popular 30m series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs for Partrederiet Stevns of Denmark. The tugs are scheduled for delivery in December 2005 and May 2006 and will be managed by Nordane Shipping ofSvendborg, Denmark.
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NewsMixed Thrust Repower for Triple Engined Fast Ferry
The first engine sale by the newly appointed Cummins distributor for Japan, Komatsu Diesel , has resulted in a successful repower creating a triple engined high speed ferry.
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NewsNewage Gears Up for Seawork 2005
The PRM 1750, Newage Transmissions '' highest capability marine gearbox to date, will form the centrepiece of the company''s joint presentation with its distributor, Albatross Marine , on Stand 31 at Seawork 2005 .
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NewsPowerful Innovation for Dedicated Yacht Carrier
The Wartsila Corporation haswon an order to supply the 19.68MW power plant for a yacht carrier contracted by Netherlands based heavy transport specialist Dockwise Shipping BV , to be built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China for delivery late next year.
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NewsWaterMota Motivates Back to Seawork
Seawork regulars WaterMota Ltd return to Seawork from new premises at Newton Abbot in Devon which were opened in recent festivities attended by representatives from Daewoo, Dong-I, JMP, Westerbeke, Twin Disc, ZF, Maritime Journal andothers. The official ribbon cutting was conducted by James Grazebrook, past president of the British Marine ...
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NewsBarrus Power Proliferation on
Marine engine supplier E PBarrus returns to its familiar quayside location for Seawork 2005 with the new range of Shire workboat engines and John Deere engines from 50hp to 562hp plus representative ranges from Yanmar and MerCruiser .
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NewsKeeping Fuel Water-Free
Boat operators who have experienced fuel contamination first hand or are aware of its consequences will welcome a new product from Middlesex UK based Water-D-Tech Ltd .The D-TX Fuel Safe 250 makes the D-TX Fuel Safe water in fuel monitoring, detection and warning system available to larger inshore and offshore ...
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NewsPusher Power for the Amazon Barge Trade
Over the last two years, MANB&W Diesel AS of Denmark has won contracts to provide 19 engine and propulsion packages to Brazilian tug owners. Ten medium speed engines, five of type 6L23/30A-F and five of type 8L23/30A-F , were recently selected for a series of single screw pusher tugs under ...
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NewsUniversal Joint Coupling Cures Misalignment Blues
A new rubber in compression coupling and universal joint assembly for power transmission applications where misalignment is likely to occur has been developed by Renold Hi-Tec Couplings .
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NewsRope Cutter Rockets from Seawork Launch Pad
The value of exhibiting at Seawork is being proclaimed enthusiastically by H4 Marine Ltd , which made its debut appearance at Seawork 2004 shortly after being appointed as distributor for the quicKutter rope cutter from Australia''s Quickwater Marine .
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NewsHigh-Tech Five Cylinder Test Bed for New Marine Oils
Maritime lubricants supplier Lubmarine has installed a new $2m test engine at its TOTAL Research Centre (CRES) at Solaize, near Lyons in France.
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News'Abeille Bourbon' takes up station
Abeille Bourbon , the first of two identical and most impressive Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) has been delivered to Les Abeilles International inGroupe Bourbon and will operate on long term charter to the French navy.
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NewsFoss Modify their Voith Tractors
Just when it seemed that every possible configuration of propulsion system in shiphandling tugs had been tried, US based Foss Maritime revealed a truly unique modification to a pair of their Voith tractors, the Wedell Foss and Henry Foss .
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News'Afon Braint' - the Latest of a Successful Breed
Once again the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has gone back to Hepworth Shipyard Ltd at Paull for their next new tug.
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