Vessels News – Page 171
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NewsMacduff rebrand their new tug and workboat range
In response to increasing enquiries for its tug and workboat designs, Scotland' s Macduff Ship Design has developed several new designs and re-branded its entire range of vessels. Over thirty designs are now being offered and the tug and workboat range has been divided into vessel classes, each bearing the ...
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NewsITS 2008 Singapore - the Papers are available
In recent weeks the ITS 2008 Complete Book of Papers and Discussions has been arriving on the doorsteps and in the offices of many of the representatives from the Towage and Salvage industries that attended the highly successful 20th Tug & Salvage Convention held in Singapore in May of this ...
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NewsTOWLINES
Sinbad Marine Services of Killybegs in Ireland has purchased the Voith tractor tug Carron from the Svitzer fleet in Belfast. Two tugs of the same age, size and horsepower were reported sold in earlier Tugs & Towing reports. Carron was originally built in 1979 for use at the Grangemouth Docks ...
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NewsAntwerp get a new tug company
Following hard on the heels of the news that Fairplay Towage of Hamburg was taking a 50% stake in Belgiums Multraship (Maritime Journal September 2008) the companies have launched a joint project to provide towage services in Antwerp. Formation of the new Antwerp Towage NV is the first new initiative ...
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NewsNew tugs ordered to transport London's refuse
After many years of planning and negotiation the construction of a new waste to energy facility has started at Belvedere in Greater London. The facility will be developed and operated by Riverside Resource Recovery Ltd (RRRL) a wholly owned subsidiary of Cory Environmental. All of the refuse from three major ...
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NewsWashburn & Doughty rapidly up and running
US tug builder Washburn & Doughty has achieved a number of important milestones following a massive fire on 11 July destroying most of their shipyard facilities (Maritime Journal Towlines August 2008). On 15 August the company delivered the Articulated Tug & Barge (ATB) tug Linda Moran. The tug was nearing ...
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NewsBukser Bergings gets its first Rampart 3200
In recent months the popularity of Robert Allan designed RAmparts 3200 ASD tugs has spread to western Europe in spectacular fashion as newly completed vessels appear in Belgium, the Netherlands and now Norway.
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NewsBoskalis cash offer for Smit is rejected
Dutch dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has made a cash offer of EURO 62.50 per share for all outstanding shares of Smit Internationale NV. The offer values Smit at EURO 1.13 billion. The offer price implies a premium of approximately 30% relative to the closing price of EURO 48.19 ...
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NewsFowey Harbour purchases a Voith tractor
Since the report in the September issue of Maritime Journal concerning likely changes to the tug fleet operated by the Fowey Harbour Commissioners, Harbour Master Captain Mike Sutherland has rapidly carried out the changes he had in mind. The Commissioners have purchased the Voith tractor tug Holmgarth from Svitzer and ...
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NewsTOWLINES
'Dutch Pride' has been sold to EDT of Cyprus.Engelsman Towage & Salvage has sold the tug Dutch Partner to EDT Offshore of Cyprus. The 27.8m twin screw shallow draft vessel was built by Gebr Kooiman at Dordrecht in 2004. Dutch Partner has two Caterpillar 3512 DITA main engines of 1,521bhp ...
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NewsProgress cutting up stranded ferry
When the Irish Riverdance ferry was blown ashore on Cleveleys Beach at Blackpool UK during a storm in January with seventeen passengers and six crew needing to be rescued by the RAF, all attempts to refloat the vessel failed.
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NewsMAIB report on the tragic ‘Flying Phantom’ sinking
The UKs Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report on its investigation into the loss of the tug Flying Phantom while towing the 76,596dwt bulk carrier Red Jasmine on the River Clyde on 19 December 2007, resulting in the loss of three of its crew, was published on 30 September. The ...
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NewsSalvors to produce Casualty Management Guidelines
Marine salvage companies meeting in Malta last month decided unanimously to progress a project to produce best practice guidelines for Marine Casualty Management. The guidelines will assist governments, shipowners and managers, port authorities and other interests directly involved in ship salvage operations.
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NewsSMM debut for more silent silencer
Finnish marine engine manufacturer Wä rtsilä unveiled a novel engine exhaust noise reduction system at SMM in Hamburg last month which it hopes will eventually make conventional single unit diesel engine silencers a thing of the past.
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NewsNew engine family affair at SMM
GE Transportation introduced the new L250 inline medium-speed diesel engine family at the SMM Exhibition in Hamburg last month. The L250 is custom designed for a variety of marine applications and will be available in six and eight cylinder configurations.
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NewsA moving tale from Paris
A fundamental part of the business of cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates supplier CEMEX involves moving significant tonnage of construction materials quickly and efficiently from quarries and cement plants to construction sites.
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NewsCat to the rescue in Hamburg
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems (CMPS) had a substantial presence at SMM in Hamburg last month, reporting an order book which continues at record levels and presenting integrated solutions for ship propulsion, on board electricity, product support, customer service, ship finance and insurance.
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NewsMore is less with new waterjets
Rolls-Royce has introduced a new series of waterjets, the Kamewa S3, which draws on experience from the popular SII series but incorporates numerous improvements made possible by advanced design calculation methods and testing and production techniques.
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NewsHot August start for Kotug
Last month got off to a busy start for Rotterdam based Kotug International BV. The liner SS Rotterdam arrived at the Maascenter buoy on Monday the 4th after a short voyage from Wilhemshaven, towed in by Kotug''s tugs RT Magic and RT Spirit.
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NewsRederi reports exceptional progress
At a recent seminar in Haugesund, Norway, Ostensjo Rederi A/S reported some major successes in the towage and offshore sectors and outlined their plans for the future.
