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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Austal’s next generation 102m high speed trimaran had its unique three engine layout successfully installed ahead of the it’s recent launch.

14th January 2010

Tri-engine trimaran launches this month

14th January 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

‘We are still working on three platforms that were damaged by Katrina in 2005’, said Jimmie Martin of Galliano, Louisiana USA. Martin’s firm, B&J Martin Inc., operates crew and supply boats in…

14th January 2010

Powerful shrimpers for the North Sea?

14th January 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Wärtsilä 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…

14th January 2010

Fuel cell vessel moves towards sea trials

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Too many ships today, are still unprepared for transit through pirates waters, came the worrying verdict from the IQPC Counter-Piracy and Ship Security conference held in Dubai last month.

14th January 2010

Donation gets piracy guidance to front line

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Balcas, the timber products company which recently opened a £24m Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and pellet manufacturing plant in Easter Ross UK, has shipped its first load of pellets (brites) to…

14th January 2010

The future is brites for Balcas

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The twelfth in a series of successful Type 2000 German port excursion ferries has gone into service in Hamburg for the city ferry and tourist group Hadag to cope with ever rising…

14th January 2010

Harburg makes it an even dozen for Hadag

14th January 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In September 2009 the new tugs Riverwijs Maryon and Riverwijs Karoline were delivered to Riverwijs, a joint venture company formed by Riverside Marine and Svitzer A/S. The tugs are the first of…

14th January 2010

First RAmparts 3000 Mk II tugs are built for LNG in Australia

14th January 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The South African National Ports Authority (Transnet) has taken delivery of Shasa, the first of seven powerful Voith powered tractor tugs. Ordered from South African Shipyards of Durban, Shasa and the next…

14th January 2010

Shasa is the first of seven Voith tractors for Transnet

14th January 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

As the demand for powerful escort tugs to safeguard tanker carrying volatile cargoes in coastal waters grows, the vital connection between the tug and its tow has become a critical component. Modern…

14th January 2010

JonRie and Hagglunds Pull Together

14th January 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Patriot, the first example of the new Damen ASD 2310 compact shiphandling tug, is now in service at the port of Odessa in the Ukraine.

14th January 2010

Towlines, December 2009

14th January 2010