Vessels News – Page 199
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NewsBig MaKs Deliver Yell Power
Shetland Islands Council is having a pair of double-ended ferries for open water service built at the Northern Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. The 65m by 13.8m vessels will have the passenger car equivalent of 31 units, which could include four 18m by 2.6m trucks.
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NewsBear Back with Outboard RIBs
Seawork exhibitors Ocean Dynamics has chosen Suzuki electronic fuel injected four stroke engines for a new range of outboard powered RIBs they are developing.
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Albatross Glides Into seawork
Midlands UK based marine driveline specialists Albatross Marine Limited and sister company Peregrine Marine Services Limited will be making their seawork debut only 18 months after setting up operations.
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Scandlines Refits Set for Propeller Performance Comparison Trial
MAN B&W Diesel AS of Denmark has been awarded the contract to supply the new MAN B&W Kappel Controllable Pitch Propeller blades as part of Scandlines'' extensive refurbishment of the ferries M/F Prins Joachim and M/F Kronprins Frederik.
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One Stop Shop for Props at seawork2004
First time seawork exhibitors BT Marine Propellers Ltd was founded in 1999 by Andy Tudge, formerly senior propeller technician manager at Teignbridge Propellers Ltd.
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NewsUltraJet Flies New Waterjet Into seawork
seawork2004 exhibitor Ultra Dynamics has expanded its product line to include the new UltraJet 575 model waterjet capable of absorbing input powers up to 1,700bhp.
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NewsSee How Daewoo Do It at seawork
Seawork exhibitor WaterMota isgoing from strength to strength supplying Daewoo engines for workboat applications across the British Isles. In terms of both volume and variety, WaterMota''s achievements with the Daewoo brand are nothing short of stunning.
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NewsHigh Performance Couplings for New OSVs
West Yorkshire UK based Renold Hi-Tec Couplings has been awarded a contract to supply high performance DCB 838.0 rubber in compression shaft couplings for marine propulsion systems to be installed in a fleet of anchor handling tug/supply vessels.
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NewsNo Noise for NOAA
To ensure that fish populations could be studied effectively, a new Fisheries Survey Vessel (FSV) has been delivered recently for America''s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The 64m LOA Oscar Dyson was built by VT Halter Marine of Mississippi USA and will play a vital role in maintaining the ...
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Wartsila Power for an Extremely Cold Climate
Wartsila Corporation has received and order for four engines for installation on the first Sakhalin icebreaker to be built by the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Shipyard inFinland. The vessel will be equipped with three 8 cylinder Wartsila 38 main engines in diesel electric drive and an additional 6 cylinder Wartsila 20 engine ...
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NewsSquids In With Dependable Repower
A 16m squid fishing boat operating out of Port St Francis in South Africa has been repowered with a pair of Perkins Sabre M215C engines in a bid to achieve improved economy and reliability. At the same time, the owners of the Sangoma opted to upgrade the vessel''s old genset ...
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NewsAnother Step Forward for Carrousel Tugs
The construction of purpose built shiphandling tugs employing the unique Carrousel towing system took a major step forward with the announcement of a joint marketing agreement between Novatug and GE Marine .
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NewsShip Docking Modules to be Built in Europe
Seabulk International, Inc hasannounced the sale of a license for the construction of its patented Ship Docking Module (SDM) technology to European tug operator Remolques Y Servicios Maritimos, SL (REYSER) of Barcelona, in Spain.
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NewsRAmparts Tugs Roll Off the Production Lines
The delivery of new RAmparts series ASD shiphandling tugs, first introduced by Canadian designer Robert Allan in the autumn of 2001, continues to gather pace. Intended to offer owners and shipyards alike a series of high-performance tug designs, capable of competing with any other comparable vessels on the market, examples ...
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ISU Survey Sees Decline in Salvage Workload
The results of the International Salvage Union ''s (ISU) annual Pollution Prevention Survey show that the 605,677 tonnes of oils, chemicals, other pollutants and bunker fuel recovered last year represent a 37% decrease on the 2002 total. The emergency assistance provided worldwide for 218 vessels with cargoes and bunkers threatening ...
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NewsBusy Start to 2004 for Tsavliris
The Tsavliris Salvage Group has redelivered the steel products laden cargo vessel Orion 1 to its owners after a lightering and refloating operation in Chioggia which was the third successfully completed Lloyds Open Form salvage contract handled by Tsavliris so far this year.
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News'Rocknes' Successfully Parbuckled
The flexible fallpipe vessel Rocknes , which capsized in January after hitting a shallow in the Vatlestraumen strait near Bergen in Norway, has been successfully parbuckled by Smit Salvage . After two months of preparation, the vessel was pulled upright last month from its upside down position.
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NewsFirst Z-Tech Tug Delivered
The first of the unique Z-Tech shiphandling tugs ordered by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has passed it acceptance trials with flying colours.
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NewsSmit Orders New AnchorHandlers
Smit Transport & Heavy Lift BV (a division of SMIT Internationale NV ) has ordered two new ships from the Keppel Singmarine shipyard in Singapore.
