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NewsMajor Design Enhancements for New Fuel Shut-off Valve
Higher working pressures and longer life are two of the major design enhancements on the new AMOT 4418F turbine fuel shut-off valve, which also functions as an air start for diesel engines, a fuel gas vent and an on/off control, all with under 100m/sec closing.
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A&P Shipcare Spreads It's Skills
The ship repair, maintenance and conversion yard A&P Southampton has recently completed an unusual project with the refit of Coflexip Stena Offshore''s CSO Seawell, an offshore support vessel, at their King George V drydock.
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Hydrolink Team with ASRY
Hydrolink, the Sharjah-based specialist engineering company, have teamed with the ASRY ship repair facility of Bahrain to provide a complete range of hydraulic services to vessel owners and operators.
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Titanic Scenario Averted by Harland and Wolff Land Deal
The British Government''s Department for Regional Development has given formal approval to Belfast Harbour Commissioners to conclude an agreement between famed shipbuilding and repair yard Harland and Wolff and Titanic Quarter Ltd. The agreement will hopefully secure the yard''s future as some 80 acres of land identified as surplus to ...
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NewsThickness Gauging without Removing Coatings
The Cygnus 4 Multiple Echo Thickness Gauge from Dorchester UK based Cygnus Instruments can be used to monitor corrosion levels quickly and easily, and from one side only, on ship shell plates, decks, pipelines and ballast tanks, or in any applicatiom on board where metal wastage is of concern to ...
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Refitted Nelson Returns to Service
Following an extensive refit, survey vessel operators Talisman Offshore Services have returned Semper Vigilo 2of instrument space.
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MacGregor Ro-Ro Conversion
MacGregor''s Ro-Ro conversion capabilities were highlighted by a recent project.
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NewsTowlines
Secretary of the British Tugowners Association Mr David Randell has retired after serving the organisation for over 20 years. His successor is David Asprey of the Chamber of Shipping. Contact details in future will be as follows; - British Tugowners Association, Carthusian Court, 12 Carthusian Street, London EC1 6EZ
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NewsNew Towing Carrousel Causes a Stir
One of the most interesting technical innovations to be introduced to the towage industry at ITS 2002, and one that has progressed since the conference, was undoubtedly the Carrousel Towing System, a revolutionary patented towing connection. A towing connection mounted on a completely circular track, the so called Carrousel is ...
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NewsEast Isle Build ASD Tugs for Panama Canal
The East Isle Shipyard of St. John, Canada, part of the Irving Group, has two powerful azimuthing stern drive tugs under construction for the Panama Canal Authority.
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NewsSpanish Builders Show Their Wares
Among the new tugs displayed in Bilbao was the newly completed Zeus 1 due to be delivered to Svitzer Wijsmuller for LNG terminal operations at Point Fortin in Trinidad.
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NewsTrinity House Launches Life Cycle Services at seawork2002
Trinity House Lighthouse Service returns to seawork to launch new life cycle services for coastal asset owners from Stand 137. Trinity House will also have their 20m launch THL Vectis moored alongside at seawork''s floating exhibition pontoon.
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NewsMobilis Clearly Visible at seawork
The French designer and manufacturer of navaids, Mobilis, returns for seawork2002 with a selection of their buoys, solar lights, mooring and anchoring systems, aluminium towers and lighthouses up to 30m in height.
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NewsBuoyant Hydrosphere Lights Up Exhibition
After a long winter of development, the hampshirebased navaids supplier Hydrosphere UK Ltd will launch a new range of low cost navigation and regulatory buoys on Stand 126 at seawork2002.
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NewsFixed Satellite Phones Reach Small Boat Market
Iridium is a system of 66 satellites cross-linked in space and orbiting just 485 miles above Earth. Because the low-orbiting Iridium satellites are much closer to Earth than other systems (the geo-stationary Inmarsat systems orbits at 22,223 miles), it means the antenna for a satellite telephone is reduced dramatically in ...
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First African VTS Installations for Transas
Transas completed its first VTS projects in Africa last month with the installation of navi-Harbour 3000 VTS systems in the Moroccan ports of Jorf Lasfar and Mohammedia. Transas won these orders following the success of Soremar, its local distributor in Morocco and North Africa, in the international tender.
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NewsStabilised Antenna Systems Extend to Smaller Vessels
Aberdeen UK-based DMS, a subsidiary of Schlumberger Network Solutions, has launched the latest addition to the SpaceTrack 4000 portfolio of VSAT stabilised communication antenna, which facilitates VSAT communications for all maritime vessels regardless of their size.
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NewsNavigation Systems Breakthrough for Chinese Newbuild Projects
Kelvin Hughes has secured contracts to supply navigational systems for a series of Chinese vessels.
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NewsUKHO Introduces Searchable Notices to Mariners
The UKHO has enhanced the Admiralty Notices to Mariners On-Line (ANMO) service by providing a new search facility. Direct access is via or through the UKHO web address.The improved facility enables users to search for updates to paper Admiralty Navigational Charts and Publications by chart or publication number using four ...
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NewsEmergency Response Oil Spill Clean-up Kit for Marinas
The Emergency Response Kit from Georgia USA-based Centek Industries is a storage container filled with all the necessary items to clean up a marina-sized oil or gas spill.
