Vessels News – Page 128
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NewsWaterMota Romania continues expansion
It’s a cliché as old as the hills but hard work does pay off. For engines and generators company WaterMota Romania based in Constanta, this is certainly the case.
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NewsChange of engines after just six months
A fishing catamaran which only went into service in February this year has already had a change of engines – this time to Sole Diesel.
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NewsMermaid Marine invests in R&D
Mermaid Marine, has significantly invested in new research and development facilities to aid product design and development of new products.
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NewsASV C-Worker fitted with Fischer Panda
Initial designs for Fischer Panda’s hybrid diesel electric propulsion systems were first introduced in early 2004.
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NewsItalian hybrid system
Italian company Transfluid was established in 1957 to manufacture variable speed drives, fluid couplings and hydraulic transmissions. Now it has added to its portfolio with a hybrid transmission system that is suitable for marine use.
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NewsCouplings launch
Renold Hi-Tec Couplings, of Halifax, UK, is set to launch a new range of failsafe, high temperature, marine propulsion rubber-in-compression couplings at the International Workboat Show, Morial Convention Center, in New Orleans, USA, from 3 to 5 December.
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NewsJacket cooled motors
WEG, a US headquartered supplier of drive technology, introduced its water-cooled WGM motors to the shipbuilding industry for the first time at SMM 2014. WEG claim the motors provide the ideal solution for marine applications with harsh operating conditions and constrained spaces, and where a high ratio of output ...
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NewsJets for largest fast crew boat
The world’s largest fast crew boat has recently been launched by Incat Tasmania’s shipyard on the 15th of September 2014. This DP2 class 70m fast crew boat (FCB) will be operating as a fast crew transfer vessel to various installations in the Caspian Sea and has a semi-SWATH hull design ...
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NewsQuad engines for Round 3
After initially being designed to accommodate a different propulsion system, Njord Offshore’s four new windfarm crew vessels are now all fitted with quadruple Volvo Penta IPS900 complete propulsion systems and will be in the water by early 2015.
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NewsOutboard award
Suzuki’s DF25A and DF30A petrol outboard motors have received the 2014 IBEX Innovation Award for Outboard Motors, as announced at the International Boat Builders’ Exhibition & Conference (IBEX) in Florida. This is the eighth Innovation Award won by Suzuki, the Japanese company claiming this is more than any other outboard ...
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NewsNingbo Port receives new Robert Allan tug
Ningbo Port Company Ltd have taken delivery of a new ship-handling tug ‘Yong Gang Tuo 31’ from Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard (Group) Ltd, built to a Robert Allan Ltd design.
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NewsPrompt delivery offered for new Malaysian tug
Sibu Sarawak-based Rajang Maju Marine Industries has added another tug to their portfolio of handy-sized traditional design tugs available for prompt delivery.
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NewsDamen nozzles for ALP super tugs
Damen Marine Components (DMC) are to supply a total of eight propeller nozzles for a series of four ultra-long distance anchor-handling tugs for ALP Maritime Services.
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NewsYuexin delivers three for Myanmar service
Chinese Yuexin Ocean Engineering Ltd have delivered three powerful ASD tugs for service in an energy project between China and Myanmar.
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NewsNew Venture for Carmet Tugs
Wirral, UK-based Carmet Tug Company recently acquired an addition to their fleet in the form of a previously Spanish owned single-screw coastal tug that will sail under the Carmet flag with the name ‘Venture’.
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NewsReintjes developments
German gearbox manufacturer Reintjes is the latest manufacturer to offer pod drive and hybrid systems. The new range of pod units differs from others in being a fixed drive unit with no steering and also by having contra-rotating propellers at either end of the pod lower unit. Called the Fortjes ...
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NewsRunning upside down
A new lifeboat for the Dutch lifeboat service, Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij (KNRM), has been fitted with diesel engines that can run inverted without sustaining damage.
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Mercury Glass Dash
US outboard motor giant Mercury Marine has further refined its partnership with Navico to provide an enhanced integration between their products, providing end users an all-in-one option for vessel monitoring and navigational information.
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NewsElectric propulsion: a glimpse into the future?
Alcoa, Phinergy and Heig-VD University have recently successfully demonstrated an electric boat with aluminum-air battery range extender at Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
