Vessels News – Page 85

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    Echandia batteries for electric commuter ferries

    2019-05-10T16:00:00Z

    Echandia Marine has announced that Damen Shipyards has chosen its LTO Battery system for the world’s first acquisition of a fleet of electric commuter ferries.

  • New nozzle (right) has more efficient anode positioning
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    Schottel expands range of high-performance nozzles

    2019-05-10T11:14:00Z

    Schottel has expanded its range of high-performance nozzles with the launch of the newly developed SDC40.

  • Maid of the Mist vessel
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    ABB powers tourists to Niagara Falls

    2019-05-09T12:44:00Z

    Niagara Falls tour operator Maid of the Mist has ordered the first US-built all-electric, emissions-free vessels, enabled by ABB’s technology.

  • Danfoss Editron
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    Danfoss Editron partners with US companies

    2019-05-09T09:58:00Z

    Danfoss Editron has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LAVLE and Ockerman Automation Consulting which enables the US companies to become non-exclusive partners for value added reselling of Danfoss Editron’s products in the US, Canada and Mexico.

  • Zero-V ’s multihull provides for a 15 day endurance
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    H2 vessel with a 2,400nm range

    2019-05-02T10:12:00Z

    California has “a great need for a new research vessel” said Bruce Appelgate of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

  • 'Afon Wen' moored in Falmouth after a five-week voyage from West Africa
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    Welsh-owned tug returns from West Africa

    2019-04-30T10:35:00Z

    When a sea-battered tug arrives in a UK port with barbed wire shrouding its wheelhouse it can be assumed she has seen some adventures in far distant waters, writes Graeme Ewens.

  • The icebreaker will be moored in Mustola harbour in Lappeenranta
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    ‘Icebreaker bow’ will be hybrid powered

    2019-04-30T09:31:00Z

    The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency is launching a new icebreaker concept equipped with an innovative motorised removable bow.

  • 'Solomon Trader's' engine room was flooded following the grounding (Australian High Commission Solomon Islands)
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    Grounding of the MV ‘Solomon Trader’

    2019-04-26T10:48:00Z

    Salvors are battling to save a bulk carrier and minimise pollution following its grounding on a sensitive reef on Rennell Island, part of the remote Solomon Islands.

  • 'Lingestroom's' versatility is reflected in the new category Green Award (Peter Barker)
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    TOWLINES

    2019-04-26T10:35:00Z

    Van Wijngaarden Marine Services’ Shoalbuster Lingestroom has become the first vessel to receive Green Award certification for a new ship type, Offshore Supply vessels.

  • The TRAktor 2500-SX design is particularly suited for large ship handling (Svitzer)
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    Svitzer Meridian – christened on the meridian

    2019-04-26T10:28:00Z

    Global towage operator Svitzer, along with its key partners recently held the christening ceremony for the tug Svitzer Meridian, the latest and tenth vessel in its Port of London fleet.

  • The new tug will be of conventional ASD design strengthened for ice (Sanmar)
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    Ice-class escort tug for Finland

    2019-04-26T10:18:00Z

    Sanmar and Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) have provided background details of the order for two custom-designed escort tugs for operation in Finland.

  • Samson's EVATS was tested on Norwegian Coast Guard vessels (Samson)
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    Samson, making the vital towing connection

    2019-04-26T10:03:00Z

    Rope manufacturer Samson along with the Alaska Maritime Prevention & Response Network (Alaska Network) and Norwegian Coast Guard have completed trials of its EVATS emergency towing system.

  • 'Atina's' cargo was offloaded in an STS operation (Tsavliris)
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    Tsavliris reports multiple projects

    2019-04-26T09:58:00Z

    Greek emergency responder Tsavliris Salvage has taken part in two incidents providing professional intervention that avoided making headlines as environmental disasters.

  • The tug includes two 'mirror-image' winches and tow hooks aft (Sanmar)
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    Heavily modified tractor tug from Sanmar

    2019-04-26T09:53:00Z

    “This tug is the ultimate in the field of customisation that it virtually becomes a different model” Sanmar’s description of a tractor tug order for Italian tug owner Rimorchiatori Riuniti.

  • 'Lima' is built in China for service in Peru (RAL)
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    Double delivery success for RAL

    2019-04-26T09:49:00Z

    Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has provided details of two recently delivered tugs built to its designs by shipyards in the US and China.

  • TTC will provide tug master and pilot training for SAFEEN at Khalifa Port (Kotug)
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    TTC tug master and pilot training

    2019-04-26T09:46:00Z

    Rotterdam-based Tug Training & Consultancy (TTC) is providing on-the-job tug master and pilot training aimed at enhancing efficiency and team work for ships using Khalifa Port.

  • Shiphandling tugs face increasing pressure on rates from carrier consolidation (Peter Barker)
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    ETA’s position on container carrier alliances

    2019-04-26T09:41:00Z

    The European Tugowners Association (ETA) together with other stakeholders has taken a clear joint stand in relation to Consortia Block Exemption Regulations.

  • DMC's range includes shiphandling towing winches (Peter Barker)
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    Damen sells its winches on the open market

    2019-04-26T09:37:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group has announced that its marine winches sold under the name of Damen Marine Components (DMC) are to be made available on the open market.

  • 'Cano Cristales' built in Turkey for service in Colombia (RAL)
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    Busy times at Med Marine

    2019-04-26T09:15:00Z

    Med Marine is providing a steady stream of news of late reporting two additions to its fleet of tugs and an agreement to build a new design of tug.

  • WXJ waterjets
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    Wärtsilä WXJ waterjets to power catamaran

    2019-04-24T10:47:00Z

    The first installation of the Wärtsilä WXJ series of modular waterjets will be carried out on a new 100m long wave-piercing catamaran ferry being built for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago at the Incat shipyard in Tasmania, Australia.