Vessels News – Page 187
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NewsZ-TECH Update and a 'Hot Tug' Environment
Recent months have seen a period of unprecedented activity at the headquarters of naval architects and consultants Robert Allan Ltd in Vancouver. Thanks to the success of Robert Allan tug designs the company, which has grown enormously over the past three to four years, is working hard to keep abreast ...
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NewsAMT to Tow 'Nomadic' Home to Belfast
Farnham UK based Anchor Marine Transportation (AMT) has won the contract for what is likely to be a very high profile marine transportation job later this summer, returning SS Nomadic, tender to SS Titanic and the only surviving ship of the White Star Line, back to Belfast where it was ...
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NewsBoxship Salvage Underway In Azores
SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage has won a major contract to remove the wreck of the 1,061teu containership CP Valour, which grounded in the Azores during the winter.
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NewsRedwise Revels in Tug Deliveries
Redwise Maritime Services BV of the Netherlands made a rocket start to 2006, delivering 12 vessels in the first four months and having 10 more projects underway as of last month.
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NewsDelivery Voyage Damen Tug at Seawork
Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has just completed a Stan Tug 1906 for Falmouth based operator Plantain UK Ltd, which it is hoped will be able to attend Seawork 2006 whilst on its delivery voyage.
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NewsSeeEngineering Magic on the Seawork Pontoon
It was at Seawork 2005 that skipper Graham Etheridge first informed MJ of the impending arrival of RV Callista, a new research vessel for the University of Southampton''s School of Ocean & Earth Science. The vessel, then nearing completion at the Tyovene Oy yard in Finland, was duly delivered and ...
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News'DieselHouse' Opens in Denmark
MAN B&W''s DieselHouse, a technical and cultural experience centre dedicated to diesel engine technology, was opened by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark last month.
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NewsBarrus Powerhouse Back On Seawork Quayside
Marine engine importers and suppliers E P Barrus Ltd always deliver one of the largest and most stunning displays at Seawork, with dozens of inboard and outboard engines glistening on the Seawork quayside. The company, which also builds products specifically to the requirements of OEM or end users such the ...
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NewsNew Shaft Coating Beats Corrosion
Canada''s Thordon Bearings Inc has introduced a new proprietary shaft coating specially formulated to address the recognised risk of traditional coating failures on water lubricated propeller shafts. Thor-Coat will be available through Thordon Bearing''s customer service network in over 70 countries.
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NewsGet Your Stern in Gear at Seawork
The vessel on this month''s front cover, which can also be viewed on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2006 International, is Skomer, the new 19m steel hull pilot boat built by Mustang Marine for Milford Haven Port Authority. The vessel features stern gear designed and built by Seawork exhibitor BT ...
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NewsWartsila Seal of Success at Seawork
Finland based Wartsila Corporation is the world''s leading supplier of marine engineered sealing systems, offering a full range of both radial and axial seal types which are commonly known as face seals and lip seals.
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NewsMermaid Meets MoD at Seawork
Mermaid Marine Engines returns to Seawork as an exhibitor and also as sponsor of the MoD Boat Users Working Group committee meeting and luncheon. As the UK''s leading independent marine engine manufacturer, Mermaid Marine have a long association with commercial boat builders and operators as well as the Armed Forces.
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NewsGolden Arrow Launches at Seawork International 2006
Southampton based Golden Arrow Marine will be offering ''Seawork Special'' discounts to customers placing engine orders at the show or booking any servicing or maintenance work. Stand number 181 will also feature the marine offerings of sister company Poole Marine Services and the extensive expertise and facilities of Salterns Boatyard, ...
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NewsNorwegian ETV Will Be the First Towing Vessel to Use LNG
Norwegian shipbuilder Myklebust Verft of Gursken has been awarded a contract by Remoy Management, operators of vessels for the Norwegian Coastguard, for a sophisticated Emergency Response Vessel capable of towage and rescue operations. Delivery is scheduled for December 2007 and an option is also in place for one further vessel ...
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NewsTOWLINES
The new French tug company, Societe Nouvelle de Remorquage du Havre (SNRH), due to commence shiphandling operations in January, had still not started work at the beginning of May. A new tug fleet, chartered from Kotug in the Netherlands, remain idle in the face of endless legal difficulties and recently ...
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NewsMampaey Introduce the DOT Towing System
Mampaey Offshore Industries launched the Dynamic Oval Towing (DOT) system, the latest addition to their range of towing and mooring equipment, on their stand at ITS 2006 in Rotterdam.
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NewsLeading Designer Calls for Common Standards
In a paper to the International Tug and Salvage Convention ITS 2006 in Rotterdam, well known tug designer and naval architect Robert Allan appealed for the harmonisation of international standards governing tug construction.
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NewsSpain Completes Advanced Pollution Control Tugs
Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon SA has completed a pair of seagoing, multi-purpose tugs, equipped extensively for pollution control duties.
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NewsSerco is Selected as Preferred Bidder for £1bn MoD Contract
A joint venture led by Serco Group plc (Serco) has been selected as preferred bidder by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the Future Provision of Marine Services contract.
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NewsRubbish as Fuel for Marine Propulsion
An interesting new proposal for a marine propulsion fuel source was presented at the World Maritime Technology Conference in London last month. Worldwide Ecological Shipping & Transport (WEST) of Rome has developed a patented process whereby large container ships could be powered by Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF).
