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NewsVetus Adds Small Electric Stern Thruster to its Range
The Netherlands'' Vetus Den Ouden adds to its range of side-directional bow and stern thrusters with the introduction this year of a small electric stern thruster which, in spite of a diameter of only 110 mm, provides a thrust of 25 kgf.
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Hamworthy KSE Non-Core Sales Continue
Hatlapa Uetersener Maschineenfabrik and Becker Marine Systems of Hamburg have purchased the starting air compressor and Schilling rudder business from the UK''s Hamworthy KSE Ltd last month. The partnership between Hatlapa and Becker made it possible for both companies to stand together as a mutual buyer for the two different ...
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Dolphin Pods Successful in Sea Trials
The first two Dolphin podded propulsion systems jointly developed by STN Atlas Marine Electronics and Wartsila Propulsion have successfully completed sea trials aboard Seven Seas Voyager, the new 50,000gt cruise liner for V Ships Leisure/Radisson Seven Seas which is due to commence service this month.
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Scania and Yanmar Agreement Clarification
Concern has been expressed that the article about Scania and Yanmar''s cooperation agreement on page 12 of the February 2003 Maritime Journal does not make clear that the agreement gives Yanmar the right to sell and market Scania marine engines to the pleasure boat market only. Scania will continue to ...
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Cummins MerCruiser Diesel Announces UK Distribution Plan
The Cummins MerCruiser Diesel (CMD) 50/50 joint venture between Cummins Marine and Mercury Marine has announced its channel distribution plan for the UK.
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NewsDaewoo Re-Power for 'Forth Constructor'
Briggs Marine Contractors have re-engined their multi-purpose barge Forth Constructor with a pair of Daewoo marine engines supplied by Daewoo''s South Devon UK distributor WaterMota Ltd. This is the third set of Daewoo engines WaterMota has supplied to Briggs Marine.
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NewsRolls-Royce Breaks Through Marine Propulsion Barriers
Rolls Royce has scored two breakthrough propulsion orders with the US Navy, its Kamewa waterjets having been selected to drive the experimental X-Craft high speed aluminium catamaran while its MT30 marine gas turbine has been chosen to power the Integrated Power System (IPS) Engineering Development Model (EDM) for the DD(X) ...
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News$2 Million Marine Lubricant Test Engine
Maritime lubricants supplier Lubmarine has installed a new test engine at its TotalFinaElf Research Centre (CRES) at Solaize, near Lyon in France. The $2m MAN B&W innovator-4C test engine comes into service next month and will be used by Lubmarine to develop and test new formulations and to undertake fundamental ...
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Snappy Conversions for German Cutters
German fishing authorities in Cuxhaven were reported very satisfied with the way German shipyard Bremerhavener Dock GmbH (BREDO) lengthened and converted three of their cutters and put them back into service on time, all inside just six weeks.
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NewsBMT Acquires Nigel Gee & Associates
British Maritime Technology Ltd has acquired Nigel Gee & Associates Ltd, the Southampton based designers specialising in innovative, high-speed mono and multi-hull vessels. Recent high profile designs include the X-Craft for the US Navy''s Office of Naval Research. Nigel Gee has provided the concept as well as preliminary and detailed ...
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NewsCroatian Shipyard Penetrates Ferry Newbuild Sector
The Viktor Lenac Shipyard in Croatia, best known for its repair and conversion work in Europe but also a builder of small specialist vessels, has now revealed it has also penetrated the market for ferry new buildings and said demand in that sector is expected to rise.
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Accreditation for Offshore Spill Training
The first e-learning package to train personnel in handling pollution incidents from offshore installations to UK standards has been accredited by the British Government''s Department of Trade and Industry.
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NewsUnique Cable Layer for Wide Range of Jobs
A newbuilding which combines the capabilities of shallow-water and deep-water cable laying and repair vessels has joined the fleet of Bohlen & Doyen Group subsidiary Submarine Cable & Pipe.
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Bulk Petroleum Coke to Hartlepool Dock
The PD Ports, Logistics and Shipping Group''s PD Teesport Hartlepool Dock facility has been chosen by Carbon International Ltd to provide cargo handling and storage services for up to 40,000 tonnes of bulk petroleum coke imported annually.
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NewsSouth Boats Head West for Flying Fisherman
Eastern Point is the 18th catamaran to be built by South Boats'' Isle of Wight yard. It has been custom-built at 34ft 10in to comply with Canadian fisheries regulations as it''s owner is Earl Johnson, a commercial fisherman based at Placentia Bay in North Harbour, Newfoundland.
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NewsModel Behaviour Shapes Coastal Protection Scheme
A working-scale model of the Blackpool UK seafront has been constructed by ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) in the company''s laboratory at the Port of Southampton as part of a research project commissioned by Blackpool Borough Council to help develop the most appropriate seawall defences for the north west''s coastal ...
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NewsCORRECTION: Wessex Marine Deliver Fourth Targa 31
Our coverage in the March MJ of Wessex Marine''s delivery of a fourth Ta rga 31 patrol boat to London''s Metropolitan Police was inadvertently accompanied by the wrong photograph. To correct matters, we run this photo of the real Nina MacKay undergoing sea trials at Poole prior to delivery.
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Hong Kong Top Boxport
The Port of Hong Kong won the 2002 round of its continuing battle with Singapore to be the world''s busiest container port, in the process becoming the first port ever to break the 19 million TEU barrier. A 7% increase in volume took Hong Kong to 19.14 million TEU, up ...
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NewsUK Offshore Wind Expansion Gains Approval
The British Government has built on the imperatives of February''s Energy White Paper with the announcement last month of approval for plans to build 60 offshore wind turbines in the Thames Estuary and in the Irish Sea off Cumbria.
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NewsBusy 'Cormorant' Born to Lift
Dutch towage and salvage operator Multraship successfully completed the salvage of the pusher tug Eclips only two days after it sank in Antwerp harbour last month.
