Vessels News – Page 152
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NewsProject Solutions group for Crowley
Crowley Maritime Corporation has established a new Project Solutions group that ties together the company’s experience and assets from across the group, including Jensen Maritime and Titan Salvage.
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NewsFairmount Marine keeping busy
Rotterdam based towage and salvage company Fairmount Marine BV, part of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Company, has reported the recent completion of two contracts.
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NewsNew Damen MultiCat for Delta Marine
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has delivered a MultiCat 2611 workboat, Whalsa Lass, to Shetland based Research Fishing Ltd, to be operated by Delta Marine Ltd.
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NewsFrench yard sends tugs to Algeria
Chantiers Piriou, the shipbuilding branch of Piriou at Concarneau in France, has delivered two 72 ton bollard pull harbour tugs to port authorities in both Arzew and Skikda, Algeria.
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NewsSalvors succeed in pumping oil from Rena
Despite bad weather and large sea swells intermittently stopping reclamation work onboard the stricken container vessel Rena off New Zealand, the ship is, at time of writing, still being worked on by salvors.
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NewsTwo ETVs gain temporary reprieve
Just days after the quartet of British Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) left their established stations around the UK coastline, two have been given an eleventh hour reprieve under a new temporary 90 day contract.
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NewsFuel filter alert for diesel workboats
Featuring at the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans next month will be Skimoil Inc ’s new diesel Fuel Filter Alert and alarm system, developed specifically for the commercial marine industry.
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NewsA new compact tug for a new Canadian company
The first tug for the newly formed company Samson Tug Boats, on the Fraser River near Vancouver BC, is now in service.
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NewsFairplay Towage takes over of Polish operator WUZ
Fairplay BV of Rotterdam, a company within the Fairplay Towage Group, completed the takeover process to acquire the Polish towage provider ‘WUZ - Shipping and Port Services Gdynia Co Ltd’ on 1 September 2011.
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NewsTwo new Shoalbusters enter service
Much has been written in Tugs & Towing over the years on the subject of the Damen Shoalbuster shallow draft multipurpose tug and its development.
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NewsFoss unveil their second Hybrid tug
One of America’s major towage organisations, the Foss Maritime Company, unveiled its second true ‘Hybrid’ tug at an event held on 20 September at the company’s Rainier shipyard in Oregon.
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NewsTOWLINES
The anchorhandling twin screw tug Primus, built in 2004 by Mutzelfeldtwerft GmbH Cuxhaven, has recently been placed under the management of Unterweser Reederei GmbH Bremen (URAG). Owned by Primus GmbH & C0 KG, the 120 tons bollard pull tug has been under the management of Harms Offshore since its delivery ...
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NewsJetpower drives fast aluminium crewboat
Aluminium boat builder Armstrong Marine of Washington state in the USA has recently delivered Arctic Solution, a landing craft to transport equipment and personnel to and from oil producing regions in Alaska.
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NewsNew heavy duty marine diesel from Volvo
The new Volvo Penta D13 MH for medium and heavy duty marine commercial applications is a powerful and fuel efficient Tier 3 engine.
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NewsWorkboat operators could benefit from CCV
The latest wave of crankcase ventilation separation system (CCV) filtration technology will simplify the task of meeting emission standards, says Adam Pearce of Parker Hannifin’s Racor Filter Division Europe.
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NewsWärtsilä dredges propulsion package orders
Wärtsilä has recently been awarded a series of orders to supply propulsion solutions for dredging vessels to be built in China and the Netherlands.
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NewsFuel monitoring for Tug Malta newbuild
Tug Malta, the only company licensed for towage operations in Malta, is having a Royston enginei fuel consumption monitoring system fitted to its newest tug.
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NewsCranes bridge the gap from Goole to Hull
Associated British Ports has successfully transported two large Liebherr mobile harbour cranes from TransAtlantic’s Aldam Terminal in Goole to Hull by barge
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NewsDual-fuel solution for Finnish ferry
Wärtsilä has won a contract from shipbuilding company STX Finland Oy to supply the propulsion machinery for a new passenger ferry to be built for ship owner Viking Line.
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NewsAntwerp hosts Tugnology ‘11 next month
Following the great success of the two previous Tugnology conferences, delegates are eagerly awaiting Tugnology ‘11, to be held in the Antwerp Hilton on 17 and 18 May.
