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NewsBlack Adder is Another First for Robert Allan
Early in September the first Ramparts 2400 class tug went into service with the Lyttelton Port Company Ltd of New Zealand, emphasizing once again the importance placed on compact, highly efficient, ship-handling tugs in that part of the world.
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NewsHong Kong Gets Six New Tugs
Hongkong Salvage & Towage (HKST) is meeting new demands for towage services with the construction of six new tugs, all based on established stern drive designs previously introduced to the local fleet.
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NewsRoller Screens Fight Ferry Fires
Solar Solve Marine launched a new product at SMM which is likely to stir considerable interest among the operators of ferries and cruiseships.
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United Kingdom Short Sea Shipping Bureau Shaping Up
A UK Short Sea Shipping Bureau is one step closer to becoming a reality according to the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS).
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NewsReconditioned Engine Puts New Life in Old Ferry
Service Center Denmark at Frederikshavn conducted final tests and sea trials last month for the ferry M/F Naus following the installation of a reconditioned version of its vintage B& W Alpha 406-26VO engine.
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NewsTowlines
.The headquarters and registered office of Wijsmuller Marine Ltd has now been relocated from Woking in Surrey to Middlesbrough. In future all correspondence that would have been sent to Woking should be addressed to; - Wijsmuller Marine Ltd. Tees Wharf, Dockside Road, Middlesbrough TS3 6AB.
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NewsMainport Group Expand Marine Activities
Irish Mainport Holdings Ltd, the Cork based marine services and shipping group established in 1974, continues to increase its influence in the towage and marine construction sector.
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Former East German Workboat is Sold to the Adriatic
The latest but probably not the last chapter in the life of a remarkable German workboat has just been written in Rostock where Fairplay has sold the last tug in what used to be the former GDR state-owned Technical Fleet.
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NewsDamen Deliver the First of New ASD 2810 Design
Italian tug owners SCAFI Societa di Navigazione S. p. a. based in La Spezia, Italy have taken delivery of the first new ASD 2810 tug from Damen Shipyards of Gorinchem in the Netherlands.
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NewsThe New 'Anglian Princess' Hosts Pool of London Reception
Anglian Princess, the new flagship for Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd, entered service with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) in September and was host to an important event for the agency in the Pool of London on the last day of the month.
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NewsSuper Quiet Vessel Marks 'Technological Breakthrough'
Norway''s Soviknes Shipyard, part of the Aker Brattvaag Group, has delivered a completely new multipurpose offshore vessel design which is said to represent a ''technological breakthrough'' in several areas.
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NewsSchottel Shows Son of SSP at SMM
Schottel featured their new Schottel Electric Propulsor (SEP) at SMM in Hamburg last month.
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NewsDredging Input Breeds More Purrfect Cat
Caterpillar introduced a major upgrade to its 3500B series range of marine propulsion and auxiliary engines at SMM in Hamburg last month.
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Integrated Propulsion Controller Launched
Regulateur Europa has launched an Integrated Propulsion Controller (IPC) to the diesel engine industry.
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Marine Lubricants In Russian Market Expansion
Castrol Marine has extended its global operation to supply specialist marine lubricants to the northwest Russian port of St Petersburg.
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NewsEngines Rebuild Gives New Life to 'Goosander'
Diesel engine specialists Bartech Marine Engineering has recently completed an overhaul of the main engine and gearbox plus three auxiliary engines and all associated parts for the MV Goosander, an ex-Admiralty Duck Class vessel now owned by Underwater Technology and operated from Lowestoft UK.
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NewsHigh Pressure Pump for Hull Cleaning
A new range of mobile high-pressure water jetting systems developed by Calder at its Worcester UK factory will take to the road with fully computerised controls that automatically decelerate the engine to tickover when the lance trigger is released. This feature makes the new systems more economical to run, saving ...
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NewsJets' New Small Vessel Toilet System
Norway-based Jets Vacuum AS has launched a new system for small ferries and workboats which retains the advantages of normal Jet Vacuum toilet systems but in a scaled down version for easy and simplified installation.
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News'Prime Movers' Think Big at SMM
The MAN B&W Diesel Group will present two new marine engine developments as well as their next generation of turbochargers under the title Prime Movers across 350m 2ofexhibition space on Stand 6001 in Hall 6 at SMM 2002.
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NewsNew Flexible Driveshaft Couplings from Centa
The recently launched ADM variant of the Centaflex AGM Series propulsion driveshaft coupling retains all the advantages of the original design but substantially reduces the overall length of the unit.
