Latest News – Page 436
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NewsEco Pilots for new tugs
The Eco Pilot is an efficient, easy to install, inexpensive fuel consumption monitoring system. It is made by France-headquartered C-Sense, a specialist in embedded electronics with a research and development team of highly skilled engineers.
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NewsFinning Seawork offers
Marine Diesel specialist Finning UK & Ireland will be offering an exclusive 20 per cent off Cat spare parts during the Seawork International Show 2017 from June 13-15th.
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NewsHS-OSC craft
UK-based offshore energy support vessel operator, Seacat Services, has completed its latest investment in its fleet, launching two vessels with the capacity for 24 industrial personnel – the newly-accepted ‘Seacat Enterprise’, and the upgraded ‘Seacat Courageous’.
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Orolia acquires Netwave
Orolia, the France-headquartered specialist in Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions, has annopunced the successful acquisition of Netwave Systems, a Netherlands-based company located in Zoetermeer.
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NewsRINA award for Hull Vane
The 2016 Maritime Innovation Award from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects has been awarded to the patented energy saving and seakeeping device Hull Vane from Netherlands- headquartered naval architects Van Oossanen.
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NewsBrest developing for renewables
The French port of Brest out on the West Coast is developing a new site in the port to be a base for the expected development of renewable energy projects in the sea areas adjacent to the port.
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NewsShannon exercise
A training exercise testing the response capabilities of Shannon Foynes Port Company, local authorities and other organisations who operate in the vicinity of the Shannon Estuary, Ireland recently took place at Spanish Point, County Clare.
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NewsMooring installation of the first floating wind turbine in France
Following the now familiar pattern of oil & gas companies diversifying into offshore renewables, France-headquartered oil & gas industry service specialist Bourbon has been awarded a contract for the mooring installation of Floatgen, the first floating wind turbine in France.
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NewsVittoria challenges the tug building market
Italian shipyard Cantiere Navale Vittoria is entering the international tug market with the announcement of orders for two ASD tugs for owners in Russia and Algeria.
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NewsNatural gas fleet concept receives approval in principle
A consortium of Wärtsilä and COSCO Heavy Industry Co (CHI) have announced the joint development of a natural gas operating fleet concept which includes a dual-fuel tug as part of the operation.
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NewsDreyfus embarks on major pusher tug and barge project
The Netherland-based agricultural merchant and processor Louis Dreyfus Company has embarked on a major tug and barge building programme involving seven pusher tugs and 64 jumbo hopper barges.
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NewsSanmar’s little sister snapped up
The April edition of Tugs & Towing reported in detail of Sanmar’s new tug dubbed the ‘little sister’ to the ‘Bogacay’ series. It has now been revealed that Rimorchiatori Napoletani will receive the first two examples.
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NewsDamen tugs for UK ports
Port authority owners in Northern Ireland and the Bristol Channel area of south west England have taken delivery of two modified Damen tugs.
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NewsFirst two of six head for Port Hedland
BHP Billiton’s towage operation at Port Hedland, Western Australia has taken delivery of Iron Kestrel and Iron Corella, the first two of a six vessel RAstar class escort tug order.
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NewsTwo-tug Damen order bound for the Panama Canal
Panama-based Meyer’s Group has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for two ASD 2913 tugs for operation at the newly expanded Panama Canal.
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NewsRotortug infield support vessel details revealed
Robert Allan Ltd has provided details of an order for joint venture company KT Maritime Services Australia Pty Ltd which will see another multipurpose adaptation for the increasingly popular Rotortug.
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NewsScilly Isles power cable repaired
A damaged power cable connecting the Scilly Isles, off South West England, to electricity on the UK mainland, has been repaired by a CWind DPS-2 vessel.
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NewsKiel expansion into fifth phase
The long-running expansion of Kiel’s Ostuferhafen in Germany which is being funded by the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein out of its Forward Planning Programme: Economy (ZPW) and co-financed by the GRW – a community-based initiative aimed at improving regional economic structures, has entered what the port describes as its ‘fifth ...
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NewsInnovative fleet monitoring system
Seawork exhibitor Reygar has launched BareFLEET, a new fleet monitoring system that it claims offers an unparalleled level of insight into all aspects of fleet performance and health.
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NewsTR Fastenings showcases new products
The Poole, UK-based marine division of global fasteners firm TR Fastenings (TR) claims to have one of the largest portfolios of marine fasteners on the South Coast.
