Vessels News – Page 139
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A close look at Lomax
Lomax, a high specification ASD fire fighting terminal tug has entered service with Solent Towage Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian operator Østensjø Rederi.
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Terasea Falcon enters service
Terasea Falcon, the first of a quartet of ‘groundbreaking’ deepsea tugs, is now in service under the management of the new joint venture company POSH Terasea (MJ – Mar 2013).
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Three deliveries at Cheoy Lee in a week
Busy Hong Kong shipbuilder Cheoy Lee reports the delivery of three vessels in the third week of April.
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Safe Tug Procedures Report
The ‘Report on Safe Tug Procedures’ has now been published and is widely available to all those involved in the operation of tugs during shiphandling manoeuvres.
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TOWLINES
Ocean Sun, one of the two remaining Ocean class tugs being built for Crowley Maritime, was delivered on 9 May by Bollinger Marine Fabricators. The remaining vessel, Ocean Sky, is undergoing trials at the time of writing.This second pair of sophisticated 10,880 bhp deepsea tugs is slightly longer than the ...
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Two-stroke outboards still available at Seawork
Smaller workboats, patrol craft and rescue boats, amongst others, regularly opt for outboard power as their preferred propulsion source and certainly there can be many advantages for craft under 10m to be fitted with single, twin or even triple outboard engines.
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Another RAstar is delivered to Australia
The Pilbara Apollo, the latest addition to the RAstar 3200 series of escort tugs, was one of several new tugs heading for employment in Australia over recent months.
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An intensive two day Tugnology in London
The biennial Tugnology 13 conference was held this year in the heart of London’s Docklands at the Britannia International Hotel on 14 and 15 May.
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Wärtsilä agrees €150m R&D loan with EIB
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €150m loan to Wärtsilä to finance the company’s research, development and innovation (RDI) activities in several European countries.
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New MaK dual fuel engine launched
Germany based Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has developed a new MaK M 34 DF marine dual fuel engine platform for the commercial marine industry.
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500 engine milestone for MAN 48/60
MAN Diesel & Turbo has sold the 500th of its MAN 48/60 medium speed engine.
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First Onboard DC Grid ship delivered
The first vessel to feature ABB’s Onboard DC (direct current) Grid has been delivered to Norwegian offshore owner Myklebusthaug Offshore by Kleven Yard.
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Finning’s support agreement with Serco
Finning Power Systems, the UK’s sole supplier of Caterpillar engines has signed an exclusive £2.5m, five year agreement with Serco, the international service company.
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Water-jet innovation debuts at Seawork
Alamarin-Jet Oy is releasing their new product, the Alamarin-Jet 245, at Seawork International 2013.
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Restart a wet engine in 10 seconds at Seawork
A new generation of ‘Inversion Protected’ engines will be demonstrated at Seawork 2013 by Oxfordshire UK based marine engine specialist E P Barrus Ltd.
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Bespoke propeller helps barge transit the Wye
Bedfordshire UK based propulsion specialists Clements Engineering responded to an unusual call recently when a 38m long Dutch barge needed to negotiate the River Wye from its resting place for the last 25 years.
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Testing proves diesel biocide effectiveness
Recent testing conducted at Edinburgh Napier University has shown to diesel biocide fuel additive Cyrus Eradicate to be effective at eliminating the nastiest micro-organism the US Department of Defence could find.
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Marine engine range launched
Power Train Projects (PTP), part of the Trinity Marinas Group, has recently launched a range of inland marine engines especially designed for such work.
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MIT launch Seaworker thrusters at Seawork
Marine & Industrial Transmissions (MIT) has launched a new range of AC Electric Thrusters, called the Seaworker, which will be on display at Seawork 2013.
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Repower rethink keeps veteran tug working
When the opportunity arose for Ernie Catherwood to add another tug to his 14 boat fleet at Catherwood Towing, he did the math and took the deal.