All News articles – Page 778
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NewsSchool children enjoy day on Thames
The official voice for historic ships, National Historic Ships UK, entertained a group of primary school pupils onboard the spritsail barge, ‘May’ last week.
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NewsNew offshore wind farms to boost UK capacity
Consent has been given by the UK Government for the construction of two wind farms off the Norfolk Coast with a combined capacity of over 1GW.
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NewsMarine diesel R&D delivers in Sweden
To many, the words ''marine diesel'' are just a generic term for diesels engines for marine use, but MarineDiesel AB is a Swedish company that specialises in R&D for all manner of engineering requirements, writes Paul Lemmer.
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NewsSeawork is the place for wheeling and dealing
Seawork 2012 saw a number of major deals being done and several high specification craft being officially handed over.
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NewsDrive control enhances thruster performance
A 15 year life cycle extension and improved dynamic performance is being achieved on a fleet of seismic survey vessels, following the upgrade of a variable speed drive system by engineering specialist, Dynamotive.
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NewsTwo vessel Seawork order for Buckie
Scotland’s Buckie Shipyard confirmed a new two vessel order for Mainprize Offshore Ltd at Seawork 2012.
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PB Asher’s new Amsterdam workshop
Southampton UK based PB Asher, which specialises in reconditioning fuel injection equipment for the maritime industry, has taken a novel approach to keeping its customers’ onboard.
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NewsBureau Veritas guidance for WSVs
Bureau Veritas has launched windfarm service ship guidance for both designers and builders.
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Thruster monitoring for marine and offshore
SKF has announced the availability of SKF Thruster Monitoring, an integrated and flexible condition based maintenance (CBM) solution for propulsion and positioning thrusters (tunnel and azimuthing thrusters) in the marine and offshore industries.
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NewsIntelligent monitoring enhances manoeuvring
The first Becker Intelligent Monitoring System (BIMS) has been installed on the new car carrier MV Titania in the fleet of Wilh. Wilhelmsen.
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NewsCTruk sees sales success at Seawork
CTruk Boats, a shipyard on the UK’s east coast, secured five new orders at Seawork 2012.
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Centre of gravity system for offshore lifting
Force measurement, load monitoring and suspended weighing load cells designer and manufacturer Straightpoint (UK) Ltd has just launched what is believed to be the first off the shelf wireless centre of gravity system of its type in the world.
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NewsAre your monitoring and alarm systems safe?
Radamec Control Systems Ltd is continuing to improve the dependability of monitoring and alarm systems on board vessels through replacement of old, failing, or unsupported systems with its established DARAD product.
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NewsManagement moves at DSB
Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSB) has appointed a new managing director, Mr Jos Goris, who will takeover from mid July.
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NewsNew research lab promises propulsion solutions
Mastervolt, the Netherlands based supplier of marine, solar and off-grid power products, has invested in a major new research laboratory to drive forward its quest for ever more efficient electrical generation and propulsion systems.
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WFSV waterjets deal signed at Seawork
Rolls-Royce secured a contract at the recent Seawork exhibition to supply water jets for four new wind farm support vessels to be built by South Boats for offshore company MPI.
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Royston appointed UK service centre for Napier
Diesel engineering specialist Royston Ltd has been appointed as the UK Service Centre for Napier Turbochargers.
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Propulsion for another turbine installer
The first A2SEA wind turbine installation vessel equipped with Voith Schneider Propellers and Voith Inline Thrusters is nearing completion.
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NewsPropellers provide major thrust for Alfredo
The motor ship Alfredo is among the vessels for which Italian manufacturer Eliche Radice has provided specially designed propeller and shaft lines.
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NewsPropulsion variety for new boats
New boats for German and Swedish authorities reflect the wide range of propulsion systems being chosen to meet specialist coastal and inland waterway demands.
