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NewsRolls-Royce Breaks Through Marine Propulsion Barriers
Rolls Royce has scored two breakthrough propulsion orders with the US Navy, its Kamewa waterjets having been selected to drive the experimental X-Craft high speed aluminium catamaran while its MT30 marine gas turbine has been chosen to power the Integrated Power System (IPS) Engineering Development Model (EDM) for the DD(X) ...
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NewsCruising the Comfort Zone of Back-Up Power
Rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery technology has been selected in preference to valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries to provide 30 minutes of emergency back-up power for Royal Caribbean''s fleet of Radiance Class luxury cruise ships. Two of the four vessels from the Meyer Werft shipyard of Papenburg in Germany have already ...
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NewsHalyard Delivers Quiet Baby at London Boat Show
Halyard launched their new Baby Moduline Aquadrive system at the London Boat Show earlier this month. It marks the first major redevelopment of the Aquadrive, a flexible coupling which fits between engine and driveshaft which has been in service for 20 years.
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Century of Global Tidal Records Archive Inherited
Archival news from Liverpool Museum, which has inherited a century of global tidal records from Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory at Bidston (formerly the Liverpool Observatory & Tidal Institute).
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NewsUK Offshore Wind Expansion Gains Approval
The British Government has built on the imperatives of February''s Energy White Paper with the announcement last month of approval for plans to build 60 offshore wind turbines in the Thames Estuary and in the Irish Sea off Cumbria.
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Cummins MerCruiser Diesel Announces UK Distribution Plan
The Cummins MerCruiser Diesel (CMD) 50/50 joint venture between Cummins Marine and Mercury Marine has announced its channel distribution plan for the UK.
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Robert Allan Ltd is Busy Around the World
TDI Zubeyde Ana is one of an increasing number of tugs being produced around the world to Robert Allan designs.
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Scania and Yanmar Agreement Clarification
Concern has been expressed that the article about Scania and Yanmar''s cooperation agreement on page 12 of the February 2003 Maritime Journal does not make clear that the agreement gives Yanmar the right to sell and market Scania marine engines to the pleasure boat market only. Scania will continue to ...
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NewsVetus Adds Small Electric Stern Thruster to its Range
The Netherlands'' Vetus Den Ouden adds to its range of side-directional bow and stern thrusters with the introduction this year of a small electric stern thruster which, in spite of a diameter of only 110 mm, provides a thrust of 25 kgf.
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NewsBMT Acquires Nigel Gee & Associates
British Maritime Technology Ltd has acquired Nigel Gee & Associates Ltd, the Southampton based designers specialising in innovative, high-speed mono and multi-hull vessels. Recent high profile designs include the X-Craft for the US Navy''s Office of Naval Research. Nigel Gee has provided the concept as well as preliminary and detailed ...
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Accreditation for Offshore Spill Training
The first e-learning package to train personnel in handling pollution incidents from offshore installations to UK standards has been accredited by the British Government''s Department of Trade and Industry.
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NewsCORRECTION: Wessex Marine Deliver Fourth Targa 31
Our coverage in the March MJ of Wessex Marine''s delivery of a fourth Ta rga 31 patrol boat to London''s Metropolitan Police was inadvertently accompanied by the wrong photograph. To correct matters, we run this photo of the real Nina MacKay undergoing sea trials at Poole prior to delivery.
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MST to Launch 750 Workboat at seawork2003
Marine Specialised Technology Ltd (MST) will be launching its new 750 Workboat at on its stand at seawork2003. Based on the successful MST 680 Workboat which is in service with commercial operators across Europe, the new and larger 750 version offers increased working deck space, a broader beam and greater ...
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News$2 Million Marine Lubricant Test Engine
Maritime lubricants supplier Lubmarine has installed a new test engine at its TotalFinaElf Research Centre (CRES) at Solaize, near Lyon in France. The $2m MAN B&W innovator-4C test engine comes into service next month and will be used by Lubmarine to develop and test new formulations and to undertake fundamental ...
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NewsTowlines
Damen Shipyards of Gorinchem has delivered the ASD Tug 3110 Righa 1 to Enterprise Portuaire de Skikda (PS) of Algeria. The 30.8m vessel is powered by two MAK 6M20 diesels generating a total of 3058bhp to drive a pair of Rolls Royce US 155 fully azimuthing propulsion units. On trials ...
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NewsNewSonardyne Transponder
Underwater acoustics specialist Sonardyne International has developed a new subsea transponder, Compatt 5.
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NewsNavaid Solar Power Supplies Top Tough Testing
Dartmouth UK based BecoSolar has been specialising in navaid power supplies since 1976, turning to solar electric (photovoltaic) in 1989. All products made by Beco and BP are manufactured to ISO9001 and ISO9002.
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NewsminimaXx Scoops 'Product of the Year'
The minimaXx separator type OSD 2 from Germany''s Westflia Separator has scooped the prestigious Product of the Year 2002 award at a ceremony in Washington DC USA sponsored by the highly regarded trade journal ''Filtration and Separation''.
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Militaries March to Marine Security
Recent and current world events have given rise to increased interest in port security, with many nations accelerating their plans in this area.
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Ness Lock on Windpower?
A renewable energy centre of excellence could be built at Lowestoft UK to help put the East Anglia region in prime position for the emerging windpower market. A report by the East of England Development Agency envisages a cluster of offices at the base of the giant turbine at Ness ...
