Vessels News – Page 168
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NewsCummins launches QSK50 at NorShipping
Cummins Inc showcased its EPA Tier 2 certified and IMO Tier II compliant Quantum System 50 litre engine at the NorShipping 2009 exhibition in Oslo last month, marking the first time a QSK50 was publicly exhibited in Scandinavia. Cummins also highlighted C Command, its modular vessel monitoring system designed specifically ...
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NewsTransmission milestone for Seawork sponsor
Seawork exhibitor and Gala Dinner sponsor ZF Marine has supplied marine transmissions for two 69m vehicle/passenger catamaran ferries, Jazan and Farasan, for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fast cat arrives for Ro-Ro breakthrough
LD Lines' brand new catamaran, Norman Arrow, arrived in the Dover Straits and the Port of Dover last month following completion of a three week delivery voyage from Hobart, Tasmania.
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News'Motorway of the Sea' tries again
A second attempt at the ‘ Motorway of the Sea’ between France and Italy will open in the autumn, connecting the ports of Gijó n in Spain and Nantes - St Nazaire in France.
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NewsOstuferhafen grows to accommodate 'Lisco Maxima'
The brand new Lisco Maxima, the biggest ferry to sail under the flag of Lithuania, was given an official welcome last month to mark its first call in Kiel’ s Ostuferhafen. The ship will from now on be employed in the regular liner shipping service between Kiel and Klaipeda.
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NewsLong line to latest Z-Techs
Bay-Houston Towing Company in the USA has taken delivery of their third Z-Tech 7500 tug, built to a design which is the largest of the Robert Allan line of Z-Tech tugboats.
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NewsCosts optimistion for mooring ropes
Operational costs are always an important issue in mooring operations and have become even more of a focus recently due to the economic downturn.
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NewsDiversity will keep Lady Loren busy
In America, Louisiana based LA Carriers owner Russel Plaisance put a newbuild tug into operation recently.
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NewsTugs of the World - 5th Edition
To produce a register of the world’ s tugs is an impossible task, when one considers the huge variation in size and the obscure location of so many smaller vessels. With the new 5th edition of Tugs of the World, Clarkson Research Services Ltd has almost certainly produced the most ...
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News'New Flame' wreck removal reconvenes
With the arrival of calmer springtime weather, Titan Salvage has resumed wreck removal operations in Gibraltar on the New Flame following a busy first quarter in which the company responded to eight salvage opportunities.
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NewsSMIT Salvage teams keep busy
SMIT Salvage teams were busy in the Gulf of Mexico in the final weeks of the first quarter. Work in this region included a Lloyd' s Form salvage, a ship to ship transfer of an oil cargo under emergency conditions and the subsea recovery of pollutants from a sunken rig. ...
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NewsDamen deliver first Emergency Response Vessel to Sweden
Damen Shipyards has delivered the first of three multi-functional patrol and emergency response vessels to the Swedish Coastguard – Kustbevakning. Named simply KBV001, the construction of the vessel and its two sister ships was project managed by the Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding division and construction entrusted to the Damen Galatz ...
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NewsSvitzer modernise their deepsea sister ships
Svitzer Ocean Towage is in the process of modernising all three deepsea tugs (Singapore, Rotterdam and London) taken over from SmitWijs in 2007. The first tug to undergo this important modernisation programme is the Singapore. Work was completed successfully in March and the tug was quickly back in service. Rotterdam ...
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News'Far Samson' breaks bollard pull records
Farstad Shipping of Norway has put into service ‘ Far Samson’ , the most powerful offshore vessel in the world in terms of bollard pull.
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NewsA Beegle's eye view
US based shipbrokers Marcon International is well known worldwide for its special interest in tugs and barges. Although its business is very much orientated towards the American market, Marcon maintains a massive database of tugs and towage activity worldwide and its comprehensive and widely distributed Newsletters have become legendary.
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NewsTowlines - May 2009
The Panama Canal Authority has introduced a further five new Z-Tech tugs to its fleet of dedicated tugs used to assist ships transiting the waterway.
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NewsMore Towlines
JP Knight (Caledonian) Ltd of Invergordon has sold the 31m ASD tug Kincraig. Purpose built in Japan in 1998, Kincraig has been in constant use carrying out shiphandling services at Invergordon and under contracts in many other ports around the UK and Europe, in addition to coastal and short sea ...
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NewsSanmar are busy with deliveries
Over the past month or so the Turkish tug owner and tug builder Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd of Istanbul has been exceptionally busy with the trials and delivery of new tugs. One of the most noteworthy completions is that of the very first vessel to be built to the new ‘ ...
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NewsA success story for Damen and Smit
When Damen Shipyards at Gorinchem in the Netherlands first introduced their series built Damen ASD Tug 2810 in 2004 it was recognised by many as a harbour tug with some potential but now, some five years later, it can be considered a ‘ success’ story! During those few years over ...
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NewsSmit increases its market share in Canada
In mid March Smit International signed an agreement to acquire all of the shares in the Minette Bay Ship Docking Ltd in Prince Rupert, Canada. The tug company operates a three tug fleet in the increasingly busy port of Prince Rupert and provided ship docking services at the Ridley Island ...
