All News articles – Page 827

  • A Super Impactor. Increasingly, higher efficiency CCV systems are being fitted at the point of manufacture to ensure that the engine meets the current MARPOL MPEC 58/23 regulations.
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    Workboat operators could benefit from CCV

    2011-10-06T17:00:00Z

    The latest wave of crankcase ventilation separation system (CCV) filtration technology will simplify the task of meeting emission standards, says Adam Pearce of Parker Hannifin’s Racor Filter Division Europe.

  • The port city of Rotterdam provides a perfect setting for Europort 2011.
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    Technology tops the bill at Europort 2011

    2011-10-06T10:55:00Z

    Europort returns to the Ahoy in the port city of Rotterdam from 8 through 11 November 2011.

  • Dublin Port Company is in a consortium of nine organisations from across Europe which is developing SafePort.
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    SafePort project completes successful trials

    2011-10-06T10:44:00Z

    The SafePort research project has completed initial sea trials of a prototype vessel management system at Dublin port in Ireland.

  • The ‘Teaming Agreement’ will give Strategic Marine access to BMT Nigel Gee’s wind farm support vessel designs.
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    Strategic move on wind farm market

    2011-10-06T10:43:00Z

    Australian ship builder Strategic Marine and UK based vessel design company BMT Nigel Gee Ltd signed a ''Teaming Agreement'' on Monday.

  • An artist’s impression of the Nor Lines Environship, which will enter service along the Norwegian coast in late 2013.
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    First order for gas fuelled Environship

    2011-10-06T10:43:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has received its first order for vessels based on the Group’s award winning, highly efficient, Environship concept.

  • Seeing double Seefalkes at Peters Werft, as the former and current German fisheries protection ships of that name are worked upon in parallel drydocks.
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    Marathon Falkor conversion nears end

    2011-10-06T10:29:00Z

    The two year conversion of the former German fisheries protection ship Seefalke into the US research ship Falkor is now expected to be completed next March.

  • The self-propelled cutter suction dredger Athena features three Wärtsilä 6L46F engines and Wärtsilä fixed pitch propellers for a total installed power of 21.6 MW.
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    Wärtsilä dredges propulsion package orders

    2011-10-05T16:00:00Z

    Wärtsilä has recently been awarded a series of orders to supply propulsion solutions for dredging vessels to be built in China and the Netherlands.

  • An artist’s impression of Sindu Sadhana, the new 80m research vessel under construction for India’s National Institute of Oceanography.
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    German system for new Indian research vessel

    2011-10-04T14:30:00Z

    Sindu Sadhana, a new 80m research vessel nearing completion for India’s National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Goa is to be equipped with an all-purpose integrated survey sensor system assembled by Atlas Hydrographic.

  • The Royston enginei shore display showing track and fuel used.
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    Fuel monitoring for Tug Malta newbuild

    2011-10-04T14:30:00Z

    Tug Malta, the only company licensed for towage operations in Malta, is having a Royston enginei fuel consumption monitoring system fitted to its newest tug.

  • Hamburg prides itself on being a green port and is promoting the use of cleaner ships.
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    Hamburg introduces ‘Green Port’ fees

    2011-10-04T14:30:00Z

    The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) introduced a discount on port dues for environmentally friendly ships last year.

  • The powerful UT-1 being lowered into position from the Volantis.
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    Deep control for submersible trencher

    2011-10-04T14:30:00Z

    A sophisticated motor control system is central to the operation of the UT-1 submersible ultra-trencher, the world’s most powerful jetting ROV.

  • With the opening of the Digital Library CEDA provides online access to a wealth of scientific and technical knowledge on all aspects of dredging and marine construction.
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    CEDA digital library now open

    2011-10-04T14:30:00Z

    The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has added a new Digital Library to its website.

  • For several years, both clients and contractors of large, complex mega infrastructure projects in the Netherlands have been experimenting with innovative contracts, causing a shift in roles and tasks in the Dutch construction industry. Clients a...
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    Facts about early contractor involvement

    2011-10-04T14:30:00Z

    The Hague based International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has released the latest in its popular series of Facts About executive summaries.

  • Sleipner Motor’s test boat took the stabilisers to the water for two years before marketing.
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    Smoothing out the bumps for workboats

    2011-10-03T09:42:00Z

    Stabilizer systems have been around for a long time, but typically only used on larger vessels.

  • A Compact Cougar with tooling skid.
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    Leaner Cougar for wind turbines

    2011-10-03T09:41:00Z

    Seen as ideal for shallow water wind turbine construction work, four specially designed leaner versions of the Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV have been ordered by Pommec, the Netherlands based technology provider to the diving industry.

  • The submersed excavation unit is equipped with a dredge pump and jetwater pump which are both electrically driven. The mixture piping is shown in blue and white. The unit is suspended by steel cables.
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    RoRo Deep Dredge challenges orthodoxy

    2011-09-30T12:45:00Z

    Netherlands based Damen Dredging Equipment has developed an innovative flexible dredging concept which challenges current technical limitations.

  • En Avant 7 is seen towing the cranes onboard Muller Dordrecht’s barge.
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    Cranes bridge the gap from Goole to Hull

    2011-09-30T09:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports has successfully transported two large Liebherr mobile harbour cranes from TransAtlantic’s Aldam Terminal in Goole to Hull by barge

  • The Vega VSL-73 LED Sector Light is engineered to provide a sharp boundary between colours.
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    Sector lights are getting the edge

    2011-09-29T16:20:00Z

    Hydrosphere’s new Vega VSL-73 LED Sector Light uses advances in LED technology and lens design that have only taken place over the last two years.

  • Mini-cranes were central in works to prepare AMT Trader to carry a massive QE Class aircraft carrier section.
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    Big jobs for mini-cranes on AMT Trader

    2011-09-29T16:18:00Z

    Compact cranes supplied by the GGR Group’s Glasgow depot have been busy working for transportation specialists Henry Abram and Sons Ltd on one of the world’s largest barges, the AMT Trader, at the Govan Shipyard.

  • Project Kaisei team members collect mid-ocean marine debris.
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    Satellite links support clean seas project

    2011-09-29T16:17:00Z

    Maritime satellite communications provider Marlink has teamed up with antenna manufacturer Sea Tel to provide satellite communications support to Project Kaisei for a third expedition.