Vessels News – Page 167
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NewsTugnology 09 - An intense and fruitful two days!!
Tugnology 09, held in Amsterdam on 19 -21 May, has been proclaimed a great success by the delegates, exhibitors and organisers alike. This was only the second conference of its kind, devoted exclusively to the towage industry.
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NewsPropulsion world could turn on Axis Drive
It was in 1959 that American Jim Wynne designed the first commercially viable stern drive system and up until that time, other than water jet, it was only possible to have direct shaft drive or an outboard motor. Curious that exactly 50 years after Wynne’ s collaboration with Volvo, another ...
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NewsEuropean Tugowners Association meets in Lisbon
From 13 to 15 May the European Tugowners Association held its 46th Annual General Meeting in Lisbon, hosted by its member company Svitzer Group.
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NewsRoar of approval for Li-Ion battery power
The Netherlands based marine electrical specialist Mastervolt is responding to a surge of interest in diesel electric hybrid systems for boats in both the leisure and commercial sectors.
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NewsFeel the thrust at Seawork
One of the many recent placements of UltraJet waterjets by Seawork exhibitor Ultra Dynamics Ltd has been to the second of three line handling boats of the Wave Handler range, built by Alnmaritec to operate on a new LNG terminal constructed in Yemen.
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Make your Turbo Dynamic at Seawork 2009
Dorset UK based Turbo Dynamics, which has supplied, serviced, modified and upgraded turbos since its inception 18 years ago, travels to Southampton this month for its first ever appearance at Seawork International.
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NewsSeawork exhibitor keeps quiet in Holland
Seawork exhibitor Halyard Marine Ltd is playing a fundamental role in keeping the Dutch waterways quiet with the installation of its custom designed exhaust silencing systems on ten new patrol boats for the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management.
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NewsFIAT launches new engine at Seawork
Cheshire based FIAT Powertrain Technologies will use the occasion of Seawork 2009 to debut the triumphant N67 560 marine diesel, which is now available for commercial applications in the UK Market.
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NewsShaft seal safety on show at Seawork
Poole UK based Tides Marine will be travelling to Seawork International to display a selection from the comprehensive range of self aligning, dripless sealing solutions for both propeller shafts and rudders which it has been designing and manufacturing since1991.
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NewsModular fuel pump assembly for Volvo Penta
Haldex Concentric has developed a low cost fuel pump and adaptor for Volvo Penta, allowing it to use a standard unit without changing the engine configuration. The new unit replaces a fuel and steering pump combination originally designed for 9 to 11 litre automotive engines but also used in gensets ...
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NewsKeeping an eye on the engines at Seawork
Seawork exhibitor Royston has noticed certain challenges to the efficient running of workboats that are coming up more and more frequently.
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NewsLong wearing bearings at Seawork 2009
Following significant interest from a wide variety of exhibitors and visitors at last year’ s show, H4 Marine returns for Seawork 2009 with new grades of its composite bearing material Maritex, which have gone on trial in two new industry sectors and are due for testing very soon by the ...
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NewsPiggyback delivery for Malaysia tug newbuild
A punchy new Malaysian built anchor handling tug and a Singapore built ocean going pontoon have been sent from Asia to northern Europe as deck cargo on another ship also newly built for European shipowners.
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NewsRAL influence continues to spread
Barely a month goes by without news of more tugs being completed to designs from the Vancouver based design team of Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) naval architects. Among those designs are those that are now well established and others that are quickly gaining favour in various sectors of the towage ...
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NewsA tough new RAstar 3200 is delivered to Mexico
A recent design by Robert Allan Ltd is the new RAstar, a powerful ASD tug introduced to meet the stringent requirements of gas and oil terminal operators. The first examples of this design were delivered to Svitzer in 2008 to operate at the new Milford Haven LNG facilities in the ...
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NewsA Versatile push tug design for German owners
A new versatile pusher tug has been delivered to German operators Hans Schramm & Sohn GmbH of Brunsbuttle. Named Christian, the tug is the second vessel of its type to be built to a new design by Nav-Consult Maritime Engineering and Consulting, a Schramm associate company.
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NewsKlyne Tugs appoint new MD
Capt Mark Nicholson, operations director of J P Knight (Caledonian) Limited, took up the appointment of managing director of Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Limited on 25 May. He will have responsibility for the operation and management of the company and will work from the Lowestoft office.
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NewsAuto-Position Escort Winch System
The safety and effectiveness of escort tugs operating in the indirect towing mode is a matter of concern to many owners and designers. When operating in this way the tug’ s towline is made secure on the stern of the ship being escorted and uses the dynamic properties of the ...
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NewsTOWLINES - June 2009
KBV003, the third of a trio of sophisticated emergency response vessels ordered from Damen Shipyards by the Swedish Coastguard, was launched on 18 May at the Galatz yard in Romania (see Maritime Journal – May 2009). The first vessel, KBV001, was ready to be handed over to its owners at ...
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NewsSterntube systems strong after 204,000 hours
During the February 2009 drydocking of the in 1981 built pushboat Veerhaven V, it was discovered that the vessel has logged over 204,000 running hours on two of its three closed water lubricated sterntube systems without ever changing its propeller shaft bearings, shafts or shaft sleeves.
