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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Four Scania engines are supplying all on-board power for the St Clare, the newest ferry to join WIGHTlinks fleet of vessels plying the Portsmouth to Fishbourne route.

1st April 2002

Scania Gensets Light Up St Clare

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

MAN B& W has followed up last years introduction of the L21/31 series of genset engines with a new marine propulsion generation of the medium speed engines in power outputs ranging from…

1st April 2002

New Tug and Workboat Range from MAN B&W

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Exhibiting Daewoo marine engines at the Fishing 2002 event in Glasgow this month WaterMota Ltd, accompanied their main Scottish dealer, Morrison Engineering of Skye, and also Marine Mechanical Services of Co Down…

1st April 2002

Daewoo Starts the Year with Sales Boom

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new Sea Rover workboat powered by twin Suzuki 50hp EFI 4-stroke outboards has entered service with the Counter Pollution Branch of the UKs Maritime & Coastguard Agency. The RIB has been…

1st April 2002

Futureproof Outboards for MCA Sea Rover Workboat

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Hamworthy KSE has secured an order for its V-Line starting air compressors from the prolific Japanese shipbuilder Oshima.

1st April 2002

V-Line Compressors for Japanese Newbuilds

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

On board water pressure systems have relied on powerful constant velocity pumps to ensure adequate flows when multiple outlets are in use.

1st April 2002

Intelligent Pump Tunes Water Flow

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The UKs Maritime and Coastguard Agency has purchased a new skid-mounted Ingersoll-Rand 7/31 Platinum Series portable air compressor to power emergency response equipment used to clean up offshore oil and chemical spills…

1st April 2002

Compressor Power for Offshore Clean-up

1st April 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The new Afon Cefni is one of the very few tugs to be built for a British owner this year and may be the only small tug to be constructed by a…

1st April 2002

Afon Cefni – Custom Built for Holyhead Towing

1st April 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The MAN B& W Service Center in Denmark has carried out a shaft straightening to the damaged propeller tailshaft of the German container feeder vessel Adele J.

1st April 2002

Bent Shaft Trucked for Repair

1st April 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The last 125 ton superstructure section was lifted onto the French seismic research vessel Mistral late March as German repair and conversion specialist MWB worked through Easter to get the ship ready…

1st April 2002

Superstructures Added as Mistral Heads for Completion

1st April 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The A& P Shipcare Group has made a flying start to 2002, having already completed a number of major contracts.

1st April 2002

Fast Start to New Year for A&P

1st April 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A new tug fleet has been formed by Soc De Rem L Thomas of Rouen to serve the port of Bordeaux. The four-tug fleet has been assembled by purchasing secondhand tonnage from…

1st April 2002

Towlines

1st April 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first of two powerful Voith Schneider propelled tractor tugs is currently nearing completion for the French Navy at the Socarenam shipyard in Boulogne. Esterel, and sistership Luberon, are due for delivery…

1st April 2002

New Voith Tractors for the French Navy

1st April 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

ITS 2002, the seventeenth International Tug & Salvage Convention and Exhibition, takes place in Bilbao, Spain from 13-17th May - a natural location bearing in mind the current strength of the host…

1st April 2002

International Tug and Salvage Event Set to Break Records

1st April 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The 40,000ihp Supertug Fotiy Krylov has been offered for charter. Brokers Marcon International, Inc of Coupeville, WA, USA have been authorised by the Russian Navy to offer for long-term commercial bareboat charter…

1st April 2002

Supertug for Charter

1st April 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The newly formed Humber Trade Zone Initiative (HTZI) is set to benefit from over £ 34m of regional aid to boost the long term development of an area which boasts the UK'…

1st April 2002

£34m Long Term Development Aid Boost for Humberside

1st April 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A new report by the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) has warned the UK maritime supply industries to prepare to bid over the next few months for major American contracts.

1st April 2002

America Opens Door to Foreign Suppliers

1st April 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The new supply vessel North Mariner, named in a ceremony last month, is the first British ordered vessel to be built to DNVs new environmental class.

1st April 2002

New CLEAN Supply Vessel

1st April 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

County Antrim-based Fast Engineering has secured a contract which makes the Japanese Coast Guard the first overseas customer for its new Fastank Bund Secondary Containment System (FBSCS).

1st April 2002

Japanese Coast Guard Orders Fastank

1st April 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Two UK south coast marine manufacturers who have been working closely together for seven years have joined forces, with exhaust systems specialists Halyard purchasing Sabre Fabrications. Sabre, to be renamed Halyard Fabrications…

1st April 2002

Halyard and Sabre Join Forces

1st April 2002