All News articles – Page 912
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NewsShipping success through Northeast Passage
A crew member's photo, emailed via satellite, shows MV Beluga Fraternity following an icebreaker through the Northeast Passage.MV Beluga Fraternity and MV Beluga Foresight delivered various heavy lift modules from Ulsan, South Korea, straight to Novyy Port/Yamburg at the River Ob in Siberia, exited the so called Northern Sea Route ...
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NewsOn the spot marine realigning
Nottinghamshire UK based Fine-Align focuses on getting vessels repaired and back into service in the shortest possible time by realigning and chocking line shafts, gearboxes, engines and other equipment.
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NewsHometowners in multi-launch mode at Europort
Rotterdam based Alphatron Marine BV will make a short journey to Europort 2009, where its usual showcase of navigation and communication equipment will be enhanced by a number of innovative new products.
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NewsCorrosion workshop will come to you
With the UK seen as the world leader in wave and tidal power device development, Copper Development Association has taken steps to address the resulting demand for information on marine alloys possessing corrosion and biofouling resistance by offering in-house workshops.
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News'Bullet proof' boats make longlife friends
‘ These CSBs must be one of the most tough and versatile small workboat that has ever been built,’ Brian Clarke of Commercial Boat Services told MJ. ‘ They’ re not quite bullet proof, but they have been designed to be strafed by machine guns without sinking.’
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NewsDredging gives Wells wind farm access
Dredging work has started at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk UK following an agreement with Scira Offshore Energy Ltd for the port to serve as the operational base during construction and ongoing maintenance of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm (see MJ, September 2009).
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NewsBarge light visible to 3nm
The successful launch of Sealite’ s BargeSaf UL 1104 Certified LED Barge Light has seen hundreds of the product shipped to customers all around the world.
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NewsMajor reclamation planned for Port of Sheerness
Consulting engineering firm Royal Haskoning has been engaged by The Peel Group to prepare a masterplan for the Port of Sheerness in Kent. This is the preface to a fifteen year regeneration programme for the area, which will deliver a major port expansion and one of the largest regeneration projects ...
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NewsTri-engine trimaran launches this month
Austal’ s next generation 102m high speed trimaran has had its unique three engine layout successfully installed ahead of the vessel’ s launch this month.
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NewsSingle vessel transition piece installation
Jumbo Offshore’ s engineers and the crew of DP2 vessel Jumbo Javelin have successfully installed their first transition piece (TP) at a wind farm off the UK’ s southeast coast.
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Hamburg website upgrade
The internet portal www.hafen-hamburg.de, which is designed and managed by Port of Hamburg Marketing Regd. Assn., has been completely overhauled. It now presents a completely new appearance and includes a lot of additional content. Consisting of 1371 web pages in all, it offers a wide range of information about the ...
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NewsMalta gets a high performance Voith tractor
Tug Malta, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, has taken delivery of the high performance Voith tractor tug Spinola. The vessel was built by Astilleros Armon of Navia, Spain, and is the second of a pair delivered to the parent company.
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NewsMore Rotor Tugs join the Kotug Fleet
The completion of two ‘ Rotor Tugs’ to the new RT80-32 design heralds a further milestone in the history of this unique triple unit concept first envisaged by Ton Kooren. RT Rob and RT Peter are the first two vessels to be completed by the Niigata Shipbuilding and Repair yard ...
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NewsFirst of twin trailers launched in Holland
The naming and launch of the 12,000 cubic meter Gateway took place at the IHC Merwede Offshore & Marine yard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam in the Netherlands on Saturday.
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NewsDamen delivers new high speed duo
Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has completed a new high speed craft which is available in two options, the Damen Stan Patrol 1204 and the Damen Fast Crew Supplier 1204. This craft replaces the Damen AluCat 1104 and the 1204.
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News'World's first' hybrid fast rescue craft
Dutch fast rescue craft designer and manufacturer Fast RSQ has designed what it claims to be the first aluminium Fast Rescue Craft (FRC) in the world with hybrid propulsion mode.
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NewsKotug kick out the 'Cow hitch'
The Rotterdam based tugboat company Kotug has recently patented its self developed towing ring, designed to replace the time honoured ‘ cow hitch’ and other methods of connecting the main towline to a pennant. In the Kotug fleet, this simple but efficient ring has proven to be the best solution ...
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NewsFuel cell vessel moves towards sea trials
rtsilä has been assigned overall responsibility for systems integration in the pioneering FellowSHIP project, a joint industry research and development project which aims to develop and demonstrate hybrid fuel cell powerpacks suitable for marine use. FellowSHIP is being project managed by Det Norske Veritas.
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NewsMulti-role oil recovery catamaran under development
Work is underway in preparation to build the first of a new Multipurpose Oil Recovery & Rescue Catamaran (MORCAT) design which will also have firefighting, SAR, emergency standby and towing, hospital ship, and hydro survey vessel capabilities.
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