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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

With the introduction of the new 415GM genset engine, Perkins Sabre now offers seven genset engines with net engine power outputs spanning from 13.5kWm to 161kWm.

1st April 2004

New Genset Extends Perkins Sabre Range

1st April 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

With power ratings of up to 6,000kW, Schottel Rudderpropellers (SRP) have proven themselves worldwide for over five decades as mechanical azimuth drives for all sectors of the shipping world and the offshore…

1st April 2004

Combi Drive Launch Crowns Record Year

1st April 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Volvo Penta has delivered 34 diesel engines for tugboat installations in the Ukraine since May of 2001. The latest delivery to this increasingly important market was for the tug 814 Bakai, launched…

1st April 2004

Complete Power packages for Ukraine Tugs

1st April 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Trelleborg Industrial AVS has designed a new mounting system to eliminate excessive engine movements in a fleet of twin-engined multi-hulls operated by City Cruises plc on the River Thames in London.

1st April 2004

Mounting a Challenge to Movement

1st April 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The new fast ferry for Spanish operator Fred Olsen will be driven by four 20V 8000 engines from MTU Friedrichshafen. The 126m long trimaran will be built at the Austal shipyard in…

1st April 2004

MTU Power for Fast Ferry

1st April 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A new vessel which also embodies a new concept for taking Abnormal Indivisible Loads (AILs) off Europes crowded highways and onto commercial waterways and short sea routes could not wish for a…

1st April 2004

A Cure for What AILs You

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The results of the International Salvage Union s (ISU) annual Pollution Prevention Survey show that the 605,677 tonnes of oils, chemicals, other pollutants and bunker fuel recovered last year represent a 37%…

1st April 2004

ISU Survey Sees Decline in Salvage Workload

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Tsavliris Salvage Group has redelivered the steel products laden cargo vessel Orion 1 to its owners after a lightering and refloating operation in Chioggia which was the third successfully completed Lloyds…

1st April 2004

Busy Start to 2004 for Tsavliris

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The flexible fallpipe vessel Rocknes , which capsized in January after hitting a shallow in the Vatlestraumen strait near Bergen in Norway, has been successfully parbuckled by Smit Salvage . After two…

1st April 2004

Rocknes Successfully Parbuckled

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first of the unique Z-Tech shiphandling tugs ordered by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has passed it acceptance trials with flying colours.

1st April 2004

First Z-Tech Tug Delivered

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Transport & Heavy Lift BV (a division of SMIT Internationale NV ) has ordered two new ships from the Keppel Singmarine shipyard in Singapore.

1st April 2004

Smit Orders New AnchorHandlers

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Rotterdam based Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV has ordered two RT-60 class Rotor Tugs to be built at ASLShipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore.

1st April 2004

Kooren Announces Orders for Rotor Tugs

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Spains maritime rescue authority, Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Maritima (Sasemar), has placed an order valued at ? 29.5m with Vigo-based shipyard Astilleros Armon for two salvage tugs. The vessels will be…

1st April 2004

Armon to Build New Spanish Emergency Towing Vessels

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A year ago Svitzer-Wijsmuller , the giant towage and salvage operator and part of the AP Moller Group , announced a massive new building programme that included approximately 30 vessels, the majority…

1st April 2004

New Tugs for Svitzer Roll off the Production Line

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch towage and salvage group Smit has reported excellent financial results for 2003. Net profit rose from 13.4m in 2002 to 27.0m in 2003.

1st April 2004

Towlines

1st April 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Work is progressing at Macduff Shipyards Ltd in Scotland on a newbuild 15.25m steel pilot cutter for Aberdeen Harbour Board.

1st April 2004

Macduff Pilot Cutter Nears Completion

1st April 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

As Maritime Journal went to press, the UKs Department for Transport announced its decision to block the controversial £ 600m Dibden Bay container port facility proposed by Associated British Ports for its…

1st April 2004

UK Government Rejects Dibden Bay Proposal

1st April 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The financial and engineering risks associated with offshore wind development and operation could be significantly reduced as the result of an investigative project using Earth Observation (EO) data which has been commissioned…

1st April 2004

Eye In the Sky Spies Wind Energy Risk

1st April 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee hasawarded the £ 15m contract to build three new chain driven ferries for the service across the mouth of the River Tamar in Devon…

1st April 2004

Chain Ferries Under Build

1st April 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Marchwood UK based boat builders Blondecell Ltd have delivered their first Floating Houseboat, a yacht-shaped structure with over 1,100ft 2offloor space which can be used for living accommodation, offices or as a…

1st April 2004

Floating Office Debuts

1st April 2004