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NewsBourbon takes Liberty with serial production
Reading about the huge numbers of platform supply vessels and anchor handling tugs on order for Bourbon Offshore is impressive. Actually seeing the production process is awe inspiring. On a recent visit to the Zhejiang Shipyard at Ningbo in China, MJ contributor Alan Haig-Brown was overwhelmed by the scope of ...
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NewsCold weather cable a flexible friend
Climate change is a reality that will have an effect on us for years to come. Controversial as it seems, the reduction of the Arctic ice has made changes that will make it possible to work in this region in a way which was not imaginable 20 years ago. Nevertheless ...
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NewsThe big chill is hot stuff for deck equipment
Ship and workboat equipment gets a bashing. If it isn' t physically banged around during docking, towing or unloading, the salt water corrosion alone would finish any less than tough pieces of machinery off in no time, so finding a process that can extend the life of metal parts would ...
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NewsAntwerp sends a Jumbo lift to Texas
Jumbo’ s Shipping’ s 2008 built heavy lift vessel MV Fairplayer successfully loaded several major heavy lifts in Belgium’ s Port of Antwerp last month.
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NewsIn situ winch replacement needs an ACE of space
One of the most difficult problems to overcome in installing a bespoke 200 ton SWL replacement anchor mooring winch onto the FPSO Anasuria was simply getting it to fit into the existing space.
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NewsElectrically driven high power AHTWs due
Workboats are now having to operate further and further from shore, often in either deeper or simply more difficult conditions as all kinds of energy markets open up, from geo-exploration further into arctic waters to marine renewable energy projects with wind, tidal and wave power.
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NewsGlare free working for new pilot cutter
Tyneside UK based Solar Solve Marine didn’ t need a pilot cutter to guide them to this order for five of their well known Solasafe anti glare roller sunscreens. However, they ended up on one anyway as the screens were for the wheelhouse of the Port of Tyne’ s new ...
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NewsNew pipe layer is a heavy lifter
Lifting capacity is critical for the new generation of pipelay vessels and will be well considered in the design office of Netherlands based Ulstein Sea of Solutions, which has been awarded the Basic Design contract for the new large derrick pipelay vessel DLS-4200.
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NewsDivers deliver quick fix for bent blade
Antwerp based Hydrex used its latest cold straightening machine to repair the propeller blade of a container vessel in Rotterdam that was bent more than 60° towards the pressure side.
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NewsSinking dredger salved off UK coast
The Netherlands based salvage specialist Multraship Salvage successfully salved a sinking dredger off the coast of Kent in the UK last month.
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NewsItalian dredger builder returns to Seawork
Italian dredger builder Italdraghe SpA returns for Seawork 2009 via Andrew Scott’ s Cloudburst, which it met when exhibiting at Seawork 2007.
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NewsIHC launches largest ever Dutch built dredger
Dutch dredging major Van Oord’ s latest trailing suction hopper dredger, Vox Maxima, was named and launched at the IHC Merwede yard at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands. Her Royal Highness Princess Má xima of the Netherlands officiated during the naming and launching accompanied by dignitaries including Dutch Minister of Transport, ...
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NewsAggregates demand prompts excavator monitoring sales
Dutch company Martens en Van Oord has awarded Reson the contract to deliver and install two excavator monitoring systems.
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NewsRepower gives dredger upstream boost
The US Army Corps of Engineers operates two hopper dredgers on the west coast of the USA to keep shipping channels open. The largest and most modern of them is the ‘ Essayons’ . Built in 1982, its aging power plant has recently been replaced by eight Cat marine engines ...
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NewsSee a Seawork winner in action
Johnson Outdoors UK will be at Seawork 2009 showing a range of marine products on Stand S52. Also to be seen on the floating pontoon’ s Berth A54, where on the water demonstrations will be taking place, is the Side Imaging Sonar from Humminbird was one of the outstanding products ...
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NewsGeoSwath doubled for shallow water surveys
Two GeoSwath wide swathe bathymetric sonars are being used for regular hydrographic port surveys around the South Australian coast, providing bathymetry and side scan data for use in the development and maintenance of this important national infrastructure.
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NewsROVing the depths
Coral, never before seen in colour and fish never seen alive or in their natural habitat have been filmed by a Saab Seaeye Falcon DR ROV in an expedition to discover new coral communities deep in the Gulf of Mexico.
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NewsWideband multibeam for nearshore survey
Kongsberg Maritime has released what it says is the world' s first true wide band high-resolution multibeam.
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NewsStrong wind brings South Boats fleet to Seawork
South Boats Special Projects Ltd will be taking up their usual berths at this year’ s Seawork 2009 exhibition at the bottom of the main gangway. What is different his year is that the company has arguably grown into the UK’ s busiest and perhaps largest boat building company.
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NewsTidalStream's turbine validated in deep water tests
Two British engineers have developed a breakthrough design that could within five years begin to generate substantial amounts of cheap electricity from deepwater tidal flows. TidalStream Ltd reported last month that their unique turbine platform design, code named Triton, has successfully undergone validation testing at the deep-water test basin at ...
