Latest News – Page 796
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NewsNorwegian davits for Australian boats
Norway based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted by shipbuilder Austal to supply its PLAR-6500 davits to eight new Cape Class Patrol Boats (CCPBs).
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NewsMore mooring with MacGregor winches
Twenty 150-tonne electric MacGregor winches are being manufactured for two pipe-laying heavy lift offshore construction vessels currently being constructed at Cosco’s Nantong Shipyard in China.
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NewsSpecial order towrope for Danish windfarm
America’s Cortland Company, which designs and manufactures engineered synthetic ropes, heavy lift slings, electro-optical-mechanical cables, and umbilicals is working with Dutch Heavy Lift Consultancy.
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New crane and lifting products department
Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has established a new department dedicated to developing its crane and lifting products for the offshore supply and subsea segment.
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NewsIbercisa equips another Jan De Nul ship
Jan de Nul has had an interesting collection of deck machinery installed on its new fall pipe dredger.
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NewsLifting challenge for Smit Anambas conversion
The conversion of a semi-submersible offshore transport barge into a cable lay pontoon meant more than locating the cable reel, as there was no place for the crew.
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NewsNemag's Eco-Grabs Go Shipboard in Turkey
The Dutch designer and builder of bulk grabs, Nemag, reports growing interest in crane grabs with an environmetally friendly full enclosure format.
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NewsWinch Drum Ropes Make Debut
Marine rope and rigging supplier Cosalt Safety & Protection has introduced a tough new range of commercial marine mooring ropes designed specifically for use on winch drums. The Winchline range combines high strength with low weight, ease of handling, and resistance to wear and tear.
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NewsIntegrated Package Powers Heavy Lifter
Power conversion and system integration specialists Converteam have won a contract to supply a fully integrated power, propulsion, automation and dynamic positioning system package for the world''s first concrete hull heavy lifter, due to be built at Keppel Verolme''s Shipyard in the Netherlands for Norwegian owner MPU Enterprises AS.
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NewsA Hull of a lot of heavy lifting
PD Ports (PDP) in the UK has been highly commended for its recent handling of a specialist project cargo, which sailed into Hull Container Terminal (HCT) on the ‘ Beluga Federation’ vessel last month.
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NewsWind turbine installation crane delivered
Lifting, drilling and subsea solutions specialist Huisman has delivered the 600mt wind turbine installation crane onboard GeoSea’s DP2 jack-up vessel Neptune.
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NewsDedicated sailing securely to Vladivostok
Peters & May has been tasked with the job of transporting four Swedish patrol boats from one side of Russia all the way to the other this summer.
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NewsECT’s new reachstackers for inland terminals
Cargotec has received an order to deliver 13 Kalmar reachstackers and four Kalmar empty container handlers to Europe Container Terminals (ECT), with the sale supported by a five year maintenance agreement.
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Winch systems suite for research vessel
Markey Machinery has been awarded an order for a complete suite of winch systems onboard AGOR-27, a new academic research vessel under construction at Dakota Creek Industries in Washington USA.
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NewsAbrasion resistant coating for ropes
Maritime ropes supplier Lankhorst Ropes has developed an innovative, abrasion resistant coating for its Lankoforce ropes, simultaneously improving abrasion resistance and making the rope easier to handle.
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Wind Farm Marking Challenge
Trinity House, the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar, is working with the Civil Aviation Authority, wind farm developers and government departments to solve the problem of marking wind farms.
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NewsBright lights and big buoys at Seawork
Visitors to Seawork 2012 will have the chance to see the new Vega VRL-74 LED Range Light, being displayed at the show for the first time by UK based aids to navigation supplier Hydrosphere.
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Marine Offshore Renewables group launches
A Marine Offshore Renewables (MOR) group was officially launched last month, encompassing Devon and Cornwall in the South West of England.
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Award winning Offshore Access System
Offshore Solutions BV (OSBV), the joint venture between AMEC and Cofely Nederland NV, received a Hart’s Special Meritorious Awards for Engineering at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston earlier this month.
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NewsNew turbine installation vessel for A2SEA
Danish offshore wind installation and service solutions provider A2SEA recently announced a repeat order for a second newbuilding turbine installation vessel from COSCO Shipyard Group in China.
