Vessels News – Page 99

  • Resolve Marine provided round-the-clock assistance to 'Hoegh Xiamen' (gCaptain)
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    Wide-ranging activities for Resolve Marine

    2021-03-02T10:58:00Z

    Global maritime responder Resolve Marine has reported a busy period including combating a fire on a vehicle carrier and providing mainstream marine support services.

  • Ports of Auckland's 'Sparky' has been launched in Vietnam (Damen)
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    TOWLINES

    2021-03-02T10:54:00Z

    The towing industry has had the first glimpse of what Damen describes as ‘the world’s first fully electric shiphandling tug’ with launching of Ports of Auckland’s ‘Sparky’.

  • The e-Ferry will be designed and built to effectively operate in a congested maritime environment
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    Cremyll ferry to go electric

    2021-02-26T10:43:00Z

    Plymouth based Voyager Boatyard will receive funding to design and build an electric ferry that will operate on the commuter route between Plymouth and South East Cornwall, UK.

  • The design includes an active ride control system
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    BMT’s latest passenger catamaran ferry delivered

    2021-02-25T10:45:00Z

    BMT’s latest passenger ferry, designed for Kitsap Transit in the United States, has successfully completed sea trials.

  • The SCR unit has been designed to give the options of being mounted on the engine, on the engine room ceiling, or at floor level
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    Volvo Penta’s first EU stage V diesel

    2021-02-16T09:39:00Z

    Using its established IMO Tier III technology, Volvo Penta will begin supplying four-stroke D8 and D13 engines for diesel inboard, marine genset and auxiliary applications that comply with EU Stage V emissions regulations.

  • A benefit of this fuel cell is that it occupies less space than a comparable diesel powered generator
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    Larger fuel cells for marine applications

    2021-02-08T10:57:00Z

    Norwegian company TECO2030 has developed a 400kW fuel cell that is currently undergoing type-approval for marine applications.

  • 'Bogacay XXXIII' will be Eren Energy's third Sanmar-built tug (Sanmar)
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    Tug delivery and order round-up

    2021-02-03T10:30:00Z

    We look at just three tug deliveries from Sanmar and Damen this month along with a notable order for a new vessel for Svitzer on the river Thames.

  • 'Alp Ace' will be operated by Multraship as a second Dutch ETV (Peter Barker)
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    Additional emergency tug for Dutch waters

    2021-02-02T10:57:00Z

    The Netherlands Coast Guard has increased its emergency towing provision in the North Sea with a powerful tug to guard the Borssele offshore windfarm.

  • 47-year old 'Seaspan Cavalier' has received its third re-engining (Cummins)
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    New engines for tug nearly fifty years old

    2021-02-02T10:52:00Z

    "We got 59,115 hours on those engines without even removing a head". For Seaspan International however, re-engining the 47-year-old tug Seaspan Cavalier was a worthwhile investment.

  • Three Stan Tug 1205s were delivered aboard a Stan Pontoon 7524 all to Canada (Damen)
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    Complex tugs and barge delivery for Damen

    2021-02-02T10:44:00Z

    Damen Shipyards recently took advantage of a unique opportunity to deliver a five-vessel order to three separate customers in Canada.

  • Workboats have evolved into sophisticated and powerful vessels in recent years (Peter Barker)
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    MCA corrects irregularity in workboat rules

    2021-02-02T10:43:00Z

    The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has issued a General Exemption to remedy an ‘administrative irregularity’ concerning certification of workboats.

  • Sanmar's latest design promises to be an efficient conventional drive workhorse (Sanmar)
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    Keeping faith with Sanmar class replacement

    2021-02-02T10:39:00Z

    Following Sanmar’s discontinuation of the tug marque bearing the same name Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has described further the replacement in its RApport 1900SX harbour tug.

  • Targe and Forth Ports have operated together for many years (Forth Ports)
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    Forth Ports acquires Targe Towing

    2021-02-02T10:33:00Z

    Forth Ports Ltd and Targe Towing Ltd have jointly announced that Forth Ports has acquired the entire share capital of Targe Towing.

  • 'VB Bolero' and 'VB Rumba'are the latest arrivals at Zeebrugge (Mike Louagie)
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    TOWLINES

    2021-02-02T10:27:00Z

    The port of Zeebrugge has welcomed two new tugs with arrival of VB Bolero and VB Rumba for Boluda Towage Europe.

  • P&I Clubs are calling for a 'competitive' wreck removal market (Resolve Marine)
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    Salvage and Wreck Removal conference

    2021-02-01T15:39:00Z

    The annual Salvage and Wreck Removal Conference has taken place with salvage, insurance and legal communities reported to be ‘focused together on this important industry’.

  • Phinergy licenses aluminium -air battery technology and adapts it to marine applications
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    Phinergy gets support from Yara Marine

    2021-01-21T09:17:00Z

    Norwegian company Yara Marine Technologies has agreed to give financial and other support to Phinergy Marine, a company that has developed container housed aluminium air battery systems.

  • Much of the increase in power output for the C32B has been achieved by fitting a new turbo-charging suystem
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    Caterpillar upgrades C32B engine

    2021-01-14T11:35:00Z

    Following the successful launch of the C32B version of the long established C32 marine diesel, Caterpillar has now introduced a further upgrade of this engine.

  • Current Direct
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    Battery project to drive clean energy shift

    2021-01-06T15:04:00Z

    A new research and innovation project aims to cut the cost of today’s marine battery electric drivetrains in half and relieve ship owners of the burden of capital expense.

  • 'Sonke' is Hans Sshramm's fifth newbuild Sanmar tug (Sanmar)
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    Tug delivery round-up

    2021-01-06T13:35:00Z

    There are ten recent deliveries of note to report this month from shipyards both within Europe and those beyond with important European content.

  • Smit's 'Taklift 7' has previous experience of working in Brazil (Peter Barker)
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    TOWLINES

    2021-01-06T13:29:00Z

    Smit Salvage has been awarded a five-year contract to provide emergency response support to floating assets located in Brazilian waters.