Vessels News – Page 204
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NewsYear End Surge for UltraJet
Ultra Dynamics has introduced a new JetMaster Joystick Control System driven by a programmable logic controller (PLC) which delivers enhanced manoeuvring power. The new JetMaster system provides features previously only available on larger more expensive ship board systems.
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News'Union Grizzly' and 'Union Kodiak' Reinforce the URS Antwerp Fleet.
URS, the Belgian Towage and Salvage Union has added two new tugs to its fleet in the Port of Antwerp. Named ' Union Grizzly' and ' Union Kodiak' , the tugs were formally named in Antwerp on 25 October.
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NewsUS Operator Introduces the 'Handysize' Tug
United States tug operator TUGZ International, LLC, well known as owner and charterer of the 4,000 hp multipurpose ‘ Z class’ series of ASD tugs operating in a number of US ports, is introducing a new small tug design.
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NewsFairplay XIV is Sold to Greece
Hamburg based Fairplay Towage has sold its deepsea tug ' Fairplay XIV' to Greece. The tug is well known throughout the towage industry, having worked reliably and economically worldwide, with its running mate ' Fairplay IX' , for many years.
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NewsFirst RAscal Line Handling Tugs Delivered to UAE
One problem for any journalist specialising in the towage business at present is how to present any news feature without giving the impression that it is a Robert Allan newsletter. The Canadian designer is currently so successful and prolific in producing new products for the towage market that his efforts ...
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NewsTOWLINES
J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd has taken delivery of all three of their recent purchases from Japan. Based in Invergordon, the company now operates a four tug fleet comprising the original purpose built ASD tug ' Kincraig' and the new acquisitions ' Kintore' , ' Keverne' and ' Kindeace' . ...
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NewsFratelli Neri Get the First New Robert Allan Compact Tractors
In August 2007, the first two of a series of new high performance, compact 24m ship handling tractor tugs, named ''Fratelli Neri'' and ''Porto di Livorno'' were delivered to Fratelli Neri Spa of Livorno, Italy.
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NewsFirst Vessels for Svitzer's New Milford Haven Fleet Arrive
As the port of Milford Haven embraces a new commercial era with the imminent arrival of LNG, Svitzer UK are preparing for the massive increase in activity. In February Maritime Journal reported on the towage organisation''s plans to introduce one of the worlds most advanced tug fleets to serve operations ...
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NewsUS 'Line Haul' Specialists Develop Well Tried Designs
Thanks mainly to United States and Canadian manning regulations, tug and barge operators in North America continue to thrive and develop purpose built deep sea tugs suited to their own particular trade. An increasing number are turning to the push-tow Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) principle but others, for a ...
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NewsUK Coastguard ETVs Show Their Versatility
In Britain the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has a well established fleet of four powerful Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) available to help protect the UK coastline from pollution and maritime emergencies.
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NewsHolyhead's Newbuild Goes Out to Launch
from the yard of Metaaldraaierij Sepers BV at Druemel in the Netherlands was complicated by the fact that there is no slipway at the facility.
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NewsGlobal Scope in Salvage Activity
Third quarter activities by Svitzer Salvage included responses to a number of vessel groundings, including the ''Explorer'', which ran aground on rocks near the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland.The tug ''Svitzer Maillaig'' was mobilised to assist the casualty, which was successfully refloated last month and escorted to safety at Ayr.
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NewsSalvors Refloat Capsized Cargo Ship
Dutch salvage and towage company Multraship successfully refloated the 5,744gt general cargo ship Al Shaymaa this summer after the Egyptian flagged vessel capsized in the southern Netherlands port of Moerdijk while discharging a cargo of steel coils. The vessel was safely redelivered to its owner.
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Two Newbuilds Due for Rimorchiatori Riuniti
A new tug for Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa in Italy to a design by Vancouver BC based naval architects Robert Allan Ltd is nearing completion at the Astilleros Armon yrad in Spain. A second nearly identical offshore support and escort tug will be built at the same yard.
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NewsIrish Sea Freight Capacity to Triple
Irish Sea freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have taken over Celtic Link''s Dublin-Liverpool route. Capacity available on Seatruck''s fast growing Warrenpoint-Heysham route is about to increase substantially, with the addition of the large newbuilding ''Clipper Point''.
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NewsFastest Ever Diesel Powered Vehicle Ferry
The first of two Multi-Purpose Auto Express 65m high speed ferries built for the Sultanate of Oman was launched at the Austal Image Henderson shipbuilding facility in Australia last month. With a top speed in excess of 50 knots the vessels will be the fastest diesel powered vehicle ferries ever ...
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NewsHydraulic Power for King Harry Ferry
The ferry crossing saves motorists a 43km round trip but the stretch of water between the Feock and the Roseland Peninsula on the River Fal in Cornwall UK is only 300m wide. There has been a ferry crossing here for a very long time but in 2000 news came that ...
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JetMaster Extends Access to Joystick Control
Ultra Dynamics, which designs and manufactures UltraJet waterjet propulsion and control systems, has introduced the new JetMaster joystick control system. The new JetMaster Joystick is a budget priced, fully featured control system driven by a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).
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NewsSeawork Debut for Yamaha Commercial Diesel
The first new commercially rated 285hp Yamaha inboard diesel stern drive units, designated the ME432Sti P2, made their debut at the Seawork 2007 exhibition in Southampton this summer. Yamaha Motor (UK) this brought their total available inboard range up to five models and eight variants, including Twin Rotating Propeller (TRP) ...
