Latest News – Page 348

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    Castoldi Jet distributorship

    2018-08-31T12:50:00Z

    Golden Arrow Marine has announced its appointment as the exclusive UK Distributor for Italian jet drive manufacturer Castoldi S.r.l.

  • The product comes as grease and a spray in a range of sizes starting at 250ml tubs of grease to 200 litre barrels of LanoShield spray
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    Eco-friendly anti-corrosion grease

    2018-08-31T12:12:00Z

    Ashton Marine Services Ltd, a UK boat trailer dealership, has launched LanoShield, a new range of 100% eco-friendly anti-corrosion grease and sprays for the commercial and domestic markets.

  • Seven Marine's 627sv is the most powerful outboard motor in the world
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    Monster outboards coming to Europe

    2018-08-31T10:52:00Z

    Seven Marine the US-based manufacturer of the most powerful outboard motors in the world has gained CE Mark certification for its flagship 627hp model enabling it to be sold within the European Union.

  • Nordlaks Havfarm
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    Rolls-Royce equipment for new salmon farm

    2018-08-31T08:36:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has been commissioned to provide equipment for a new offshore salmon farm and a hybrid/LNG live fish carrier (wellboat) designed by NSK Ship Design for Nordlaks.

  • Sergio Rodrigues: “We are located in a prime position in the centre of a European capital city which enjoys 300 days of sunshine a year. This provides ideal ship repair and conversion conditions"
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    Portuguese shipyard reports activity surge

    2018-08-30T14:22:00Z

    Portugal’s Naval Rocha shipyard has experienced a surge in activity in the opening half of 2018 after delivering a series of drydock, wet basin and pier-side projects.

  • The Evac Group acquired Cathelco at the start of the summer Photo: Cathelco
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    Uniting two strengths in waste management

    2018-08-30T13:43:00Z

    In the three months since Evac Group acquired the marine equipment manufacturer Cathelco, the operations of the two companies have been brought even closer together.

  • 'Osam' will perform fairway designation work on the Danube
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    Specialist vessel for Danube river

    2018-08-30T12:54:00Z

    A new vessel, built by MTG Dolphin for the highly trafficked Danube river was delivered in mid-August to the shipowner - the Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube river.

  • The fold-away wheels and drive system mean this boat will plane
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    Amphibious ferry for West Wales

    2018-08-30T12:28:00Z

    After an absence of almost 60 years, the reinstatement of the ferry service between Llansteffan and Ferryside on the Tywi estuary in West Wales has taken a step forward this week with the award of the boat building contract.

  • Volumetric images rendered in 3D for cable touch-down monitoring. Image: Coda Octopus
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    Ringing the changes on cable installation

    2018-08-29T12:32:00Z

    A new kind of real-time, 3D imaging is helping power cable installation overcome the constraints posed by the difficult conditions typical around wind farms.

  • Diversity at Portland's Outer Coaling Pier. Photo: Portland Port
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    Growing a diverse capability cluster at Portland

    2018-08-29T12:10:00Z

    Portland, after suffering a profound fall from grace when the Royal Navy packed its kitbags and moved on, is once again putting itself on the map. Moreover, that map includes Polish designers, as well as African contracts and German windfarms.

  • Safehaven Marine has launched its latest Interceptor pilot vessel for the Malta Maritime Pilots Photo: Safehaven Marine
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    Safehaven launches Maltese interceptor vessel

    2018-08-29T11:58:00Z

    Safehaven Marine has launched an Interceptor 48 pilot vessel for the Malta Maritime Pilots, the 35th vessel of its type to enter into service and a sign of how well the company has become established in the market.

  • The Polish team surfaces after running into issues. Photo: G Tester
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    Human-powered subs: more than just a race

    2018-08-29T11:55:00Z

    What is it about racing human-powered submarines? Teams are willing to travel from Europe, the US and Canada to pedal a wet, open torpedo-shaped shell round a pool against the clock, but winning isn’t everything: many seem happy just to be there.

  • Fabio Buzzi races his own yard’s record breaking speedboat designs, the development feeding back into FB’s range of patrol and rescue craft
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    Fabio Buzzi: FB Design (Italy)

    2018-08-29T11:27:00Z

    “There’s a continuous fight - you always have to accept a compromise between a beautiful, fast line and efficiency from the engineering point of view,”said Fabio Buzzi, founder and owner of Italian FB Design. “Bring those together and you’re winning.”

  • RYA SafeTrx is designed to improve safety at sea Photo: RYA
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    UK Coastguard adopts new safety ID scheme

    2018-08-28T16:32:00Z

    The UK Coastguard will use the RYA SafeTrx safety app as its new official voluntary safety identification scheme.

  • The first of 18 caissons head for Monaco (Boluda)
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    TOWLINES

    2018-08-28T16:28:00Z

    Boluda France’s 90tbp tug ''Boluda Fos'' has delivered the first concrete caisson to Monaco, part of the principality’s €2bn extension project that will see 60,000m2 of new land added to accommodate the demands of an increasing population.

  • KNRM lifeboat 'Kitty Roosmale Nepveu' on its berth at Scheveningen (Peter Barker)
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    Tug and lifeboat – working in harmony

    2018-08-28T16:18:00Z

    Tugs and lifeboats carry out similar work in emergency situations and an incident off the Dutch coast recently demonstrates that charitable services provided by lifeboats can play a useful role assisting the commercial towage sector.

  • Stability in all conditions is an important consideration for tug masters (Peter Barker)
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    Seawork launch for new towage guide

    2018-08-28T16:08:00Z

    Seawork 2018 exhibitor National Workboat Association (NWA) has launched its newly-updated towage guide with the addition of a new stability annex.

  • 'Ievoli Black' ready for inspection at Ullapool (MCA)
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    Open day for UK coastguard tug

    2018-08-28T15:56:00Z

    Residents in the northern Highlands have had the rare opportunity to inspect the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) chartered Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) ‘Ievoli Black’

  • The new ATB tug unit prepares to enter the water (Cummins)
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    Two new tugs’ interesting journey to the water

    2018-08-28T15:42:00Z

    The physical size of tugs compared with deepsea ships allows flexibility in the location of the construction yard but of course they still need transporting to their natural environment.

  • Niron Staal fabricates two Stan Launch 804s for Maaskant (Damen)
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    Tug deliveries and orders round-up

    2018-08-28T15:29:00Z

    This month’s review of new arrivals in the tug world involves eight vessels from two of the industry’s most prolific builders, from the Netherlands, Damen Shipyards Group and from Turkey Sanmar Shipyards.