All News articles – Page 1102
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'RMS Olympic': Titanic's Sister
With the campaign to save the White Star Line''s tender Nomadic already on MJ ''s news pages this month, Tempus has set a January publication date for a substantial new volume detailing the life and times of Olympic , built alongside sister ship Titanic at Harland & Wolff in 1911.
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Cammell Laird
As Liverpool was developing and prospering with the Industrial Revolution, William Laird arrived as a young man and began purchasing land at Birkenhead, on the more deprived side of the Mersey.
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NewsTow Rope Put to the Test
A breaking load test specially commissioned by Adsteam Towage has revealed the practical benefits of, Cosalt Safety & Protections '' ongoing investment in improving its rope products.
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NewsSwift Salvors Prevent Pollution
Wijsmuller Salvage ended a busy 2004 dealing with two very different situations which shared a common purpose, pollution mitigation.
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Small Ships Now Online
Lockheed Martin's vessel is based on the design of SLICE, a vessel the company designed, built and tested for America's Office of Naval Research. It takes SWATH technology one step further by converting the twin hull SWATH into a four hulled SLICE. The patented design breaks the two long submerged ...
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NewsSmart Steering for New System
Working closely with Volvo Penta , Simrad has developed intelligent auto steering via CAN for the new Inboard Propulsion System (IPS) introduced earlier this month at the London Boat Show . The new AC05 Autopilot Computer integrates with the AP 16/25/26/27 autopilots from Simrad to partner Volvo Penta''s latest generation ...
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NewsNew Workboat Sterntube Seals from Wartsila
Wartsila Corporation has introduced a new family of face type seals specifically for water lubricated stern tubes.
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NewsWhen Thrust is a Must
Twin UltraJet 305 waterjets propel Garrett Cotter , a new 9.8m patrol boat for the Halifax Port Authority inCanada. Built in aluminium, the rapid response vessel is designed and manufactured by ABCO Industries Limited , also of Nova Scotia, and is powered by twin Cummins 370B diesel engines rated 355bhp ...
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New On HIT List
Global power generation company International Power has signed a term agreement with Associated British Ports to use the new £ 44.5 million coal facility being built by extending the Humber International Terminal (HIT) at ABP''s Port of Immingham (see MJ September 2004, page 25).
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NewsHelp Save Titanic's Tender
The Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast has added its name to a growing online petition to save the Titanic ''s tender S/S Nomadic from the breaker. The illustrious ''Mothership of the Titanic '', which carried John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, Margaret ''Unsinkable Molly'' Brown and 169 other First and ...
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MacGregor Heads to Kone
Kone Corporation has bought MacGregor from Industri Kapital and Gambro AB forapproximately ? 186 million.
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NewsTwenties Motor Launch Restored in Hamburg
A new lease of life has been given to a 75 year-old Alster motor launch after five years of restoration carried out by an employment and skill training group in the German port city of Hamburg.
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Wallenius Goes Green
Shipping and logistics operators Wallenius Wilhelmsen has become the first non-container carrier shipping group to join the Clean Cargo Group , a global consortium of multinational manufacturers, shippers and carriers whose aim is to promote cleaner and more environmentally sustainable transportation. The Group is currently at work developing an Environmental ...
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NewsFuelCom Goes With the Flow
As fuel is the single largest cost of marine diesel ownership, accurate metering is critical.
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NewsFlexcrete Unveils Solution to Sheet Piling Problem
Flexcrete , which specialises in repair to marine and other structures, has launched a new product, Cemprotec Clutch Filler , to complement its successful Cemprotec E942 system.
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NewsScotland's First RNLI 'Tamar'
A new design of lifeboat, known as the Tamar class, has been allocated to the RNLI Peterhead Lifeboat Station , making it the first station and crew in Scotland to operate this class of all weather lifeboat.
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TTS Finnish Handling Expansion
Sweden''s TTS Ships Equipment AB of Gothenburg, part of Norway''s TTS Marine ASA , has signed an agreement to purchase Finland''s Liftec Products Oy of Tammerfors. The company will be renamed TTS Liftec Products Oy .
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NewsUnmanned Sub With No Engine
Spray , a novel unmanned glider-type submarine with no engine has recently completed extensive crossings of open seas measuring salinity, temperature and pressure in the Gulf stream between the surface and 1,000m depths every seven hours.
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Encouragment for Industry to Think Green
The British Marine Federation (BMF) has launched an Environmental Code of Practice for its members.
