Power & Propulsion – Page 62

  • As part of the design process, Kort offers detailed estimates of vessel performance.
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    Seawork exhibitor courts the emerging Indian market

    2010-05-25T18:30:00Z

    Kent UK based Seawork exhibitor Kort Propulsion Co Ltd has again demonstrated its global reach by completing an order from an Indian shipyard on behalf of the Inland Indian Waterways Authority (IWAI).

  • The new UltraJet UJ 525 provides a high performance solution where size and cost constraints have previously made it difficult to provide an optimised waterjet package.
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    See the ultimate UltraJet alongside at Seawork

    2010-05-25T17:38:00Z

    Visitors to Seawork 2010 will find propulsion specialists Ultra Dynamics Ltd on Stand 1 inside the exhibition hall and an 18m South Boats wind farm support vessel equipped the new UltraJet UJ525 drives units outside on the Seawork pontoon.

  • Clements Marine supplied the entire stern gear package for the research vessel RV Actinia.
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    Stern gear provision moves forward at Seawork

    2010-05-25T16:53:00Z

    Seaway Marine of Macduff has recently launched the new 11m survey and research Vessel, RV Actinia, for Scotland’s University Marine Biological Station, which is located on the eastern shore of the Isle of Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde.

  • The new IPS1050 unit is available for workboats up to 30m LOA and requiring up to 40 knots performance.
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    Pod power for fast workboats at Seawork

    2010-05-25T16:15:00Z

    With the IPS system, Seawork 2010 exhibitor Volvo Penta has introduced a pod system for planing applications, such as fast workboats, pilot boats and patrol boats. The IPS program is now being expanded still further. With new and larger drive units coupled to the 13 litre marine diesel, Volvo Penta ...

  • A WaterMota supplied Doosan 4V222 TIH main engine is seen in the tidy engine room of ‘Sally McLoughlin’, a 16m harbour tug built by Macduff Shipyards for John McLoughlin Shipping Ltd.
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    See what’s new with Watermota at Seawork 2010

    2010-05-25T15:04:00Z

    Following a busy and successful 2009, South Devon based WaterMota Ltd continues to grow with new customers, products and personnel.

  • An artist’s impression of the Polar vessel that will be supplied with Wärtsilä 32 engines.
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    Wärtsilä engines for Polar supply and research vessel

    2010-05-25T14:27:00Z

    ‘Low rates of fuel consumption and low levels of emissions are an important consideration when operating in the Antarctic''s vulnerable natural environment’, says Jukka Paananen, business manager of Wärtsilä Ship Power.

  • Special electric clutch assemblies from Centa enable more rapid turnaround for the Solent Express.
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    Clutch time solutions on show at Seawork

    2010-05-25T14:09:00Z

    Seawork 2010 exhibitor Centa Transmissions, the flexible coupling and shaft supplier, has supplied two special electric clutch assemblies to Griffon Hoverwork Limited.

  • MV Anda is now perhaps the ‘cleanest vessel in the Netherlands’, if not all of Europe.
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    After-treatment NOx socks off emissions

    2010-04-08T09:14:00Z

    Engine manufacturers have put a great deal of thought and money into reducing emissions in recent years. As regulations, particularly in the US and Europe, are becoming more stringent, the engineers have responded by tuning the engine design with everything from electronic injectors to redesigned combustion chambers.

  • The Inland Waterways Authority of India has received 12 Kort Propulsion KT300AZ steerable propulsion units.
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    Breakthrough aximuthing order for Kort Propulsion

    2010-04-07T16:38:00Z

    Kent UK based Kort Propulsion has completed an order far from home, supplying an Indian shipyard with 12 KT300AZ azimuthing units which will drive six new workboats being built for the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).

  • The jack-up NG-9000C-HPE vessel will benefit from the new D-AFE system.
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    Converteam configures for all the consequences

    2010-04-06T17:56:00Z

    ‘The consequences of losing position, Andy Cooper of Converteam tells MJ, ‘can run from mild inconvenience to disastrous, depending what you are doing at the time.’

  • Nine tugs in total will be constructed at Boluda Shipyards - Unión Naval Valencia, all with MAN engines.
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    MAN power popular at Spanish yard

    2010-04-06T17:27:00Z

    MAN Diesel Spain has been very active within the tug segment recently, having played a key role in three orders that contract the company to supply 18 MAN Diesel L27/38 engines to Boluda Corporación Marítima, Spain, the international marine group and shipbuilder.

  • Parallel hybrids are evolving and gaining in efficiency.
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    Hybrid power makes appearance at Seawork

    2010-04-06T16:56:00Z

    Hybrids are a largely untapped technology particularly suited to the workboat market, Graeme Hawksley of Hybrid Marine tells MJ. To back it up he will be exhibiting a hybrid system at SeaWork on the Beta Marine stand.

  • A recent MCA inspection of tanks on board the Williams Shipping tug Wilanne found them remarkably clean and completely eradicated from fuel contamination.
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    Workboats thrive on organic fuel treatment

    2010-04-06T16:31:00Z

    Southampton UK based workboat operator Williams Shipping Marine has been benefiting from ongoing fuel treatment over the past two years, eliminating diesel sludge and microbial contamination.

  • Tides Marine is supplying shaft seals and temperature monitoring systems to Dutch boatbuilder No Limits Ships.
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    Tides seals a Dutch deal

    2010-03-23T16:11:00Z

    Poole UK based Tides Marine International, working with their Dutch distributor Cuno b.v, part of the Exalto Group, is supplying SureSeal dripless propeller shaft seals and Smart Seal temperature monitoring systems to No Limits Ships based in Holland, which specialises in building survey vessels to be operated in both offshore ...

  • JAN P&P UltraJet
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    Damen delivers new high speed duo

    2010-01-14T17:11:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has completed a new high speed craft which is available in two options, the Damen Stan Patrol 1204 and the Damen Fast Crew Supplier 1204. This craft replaces the Damen AluCat 1104 and the 1204.

  • JAN P&P Tides Marine
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    Tides turn for reliability at Falmouth

    2010-01-14T16:58:00Z

    Poole UK based Tides Marine has been chosen to supply the shaft seals and Smart Seal alarm system to Falmouth Harbour Commissioners for their 16m Pilot Vessel ‘Arrow’. This is the first commercial working vessel to be fitted with the new Smart Seal alarm system.

  • JAN P&P Magnomatics
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    Magnetic gearing enables compact electric propulsion motors

    2010-01-14T16:54:00Z

    Increasing demands for better fuel economy, lower emissions, and quieter operation, has led builders of a wide range of vessels to consider hybrid electric propulsion systems.

  • JAN P&P Imtech
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    Eco-warrior fights for ‘green’ propulsion

    2010-01-14T16:50:00Z

    The Rotterdam based Imtech Marine Group has been commissioned to supply the entire ‘green’ technical infrastructure on board Greenpeace’s new flagship ‘Rainbow Warrior III’. This is not an isolated project. Together with a large number of other initiatives, it serves as proof of the present development in ‘green’ ships.

  • JAN P&P Berg
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    Bergs of a feather work together

    2010-01-14T16:46:00Z

    Sweden’s Berg Propulsion is to deliver the first examples of the newly launched Berg Controllable Pitch Propeller (BCP) with feathering capability, with separate orders for installations on board two 100m chemical tankers under construction at the Dingheng (Jiangsu) Shipbuilding Co in China and an 85.5m long ferry being built at ...

  • JAN P&P Austal
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    Tri-engine trimaran launches this month

    2010-01-14T16:42:00Z

    Austal’s next generation 102m high speed trimaran had its unique three engine layout successfully installed ahead of the it’s recent launch.