Vessels News – Page 202
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NewsIrving Build More Tugs for the Ice
Perhaps it is not surprising that a Canadian shipyard located in Halifax should be experienced in the construction of robust tugs capable of operating in ice. During the last quarter of 2005 Irving Shipbuilding Inc celebrated the completion of their 21st ASD tug, the Ocean K Rusby for Canadian owners ...
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NewsA Busy Time for Kooren
The fast growing European tugboat company Kotug has taken delivery of the first two of a new series of three identical, powerful ASD tugs from Med Marine in Istanbul, Turkey. Mr Ard-Jan Kooren, President of Kotug, and Mr R Hakan, Senior President of Med Marine, confirmed the deal during a ...
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NewsCompact Voith Tractors Join the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Fleet in Genoa
Much has been written on the subject of compact tugs employing azimuthing stern drive (ASD) propulsion systems but the requirement for small, powerful and extremely agile shiphandling tugs has not been lost on operators preferring the tractor tug concept.
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News'Boxer' Goes on Charter in Britain
One of Europe''s most sophisticated ''Fin-first'' Voith escort tugs has been chartered by Adsteam UK and put into service in the Thames and Medway area during the month of January.
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Load Sharing Control Lifts Power System Safety
Scotland''s Turner Diesel Ltd has deployed Redundant Isoschronous Load Sharing control system technology in recent workboat applications which have improved the performance and robustness of the vessels'' generating systems.
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NewsStrong Silent Type Wins DAME
The ESP Silent Thruster from Van der Velden Marine Systems won the prestigious Design at METS (DAME) Award at the recent Marine Equipment Trade Show in Amsterdam.
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NewsTees Takes Over White Gill Thrusters
Tees Components Ltd of Saltburn UK has acquired White Gill bow and stern thrusters from Elliott Turbomachinery Ltd. The two companies have had a long association.
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NewsSanmar Spread Their Wings
2005 has been a highly successful year for Turkish tugbuilder and operator Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd. The company, who specialise in building standard tugs based on four different series designs is steadily adding to their customer base, with new clients from around the world, and especially Europe. All four vessels types ...
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NewsChanges Come Thick and Fast at Adsteam
Adsteam Towage has made a succession of recent announcements indicating important moves to reinforce the company''s ongoing commitment to continuous improvement in the delivery of towage services in the UK.
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NewsSvitzer Replacement Programme Continues Unabated
Over the past two or three years the multi-national towage group Svitzer-Wijsmuller has been undertaking an ongoing fleet replacement programme, intended to update existing tug fleets and ensure that important new towage contracts can be adequately supported.
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NewsFour New RT-60 Rotor Tugs are Sold
Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV have announced that the first two of their new RT-60 class ''Rotor Tugs'' have now been delivered and a further pair are nearing completion. It has also been revealed that all four have been sold to the new French tug fleet of Societe Nouvelle de ...
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News'Morgan Foss', A Powerful New Compact Tug
Foss Maritime of the USA has taken delivery of the powerful new harbour tug Morgan Foss for service in Pacific Coast ports. Yet another example of the growing popularity of ''compact tugs'', this highpowered vessel is the result of a unique collaboration between Foss and the Canadian based designer Robert ...
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Voith Gets AIRborne at Europort
Heidenheim, Germany based Voith Turbo Marine announced a commercial cooperation agreement at Europort Maritime that will see it expand its portfolio in the strategically important market for marine propulsion systems made from CFK. The agreement is with AIR Fertigung-Technologie GmbH & Co KG, which was founded in 1993 by employees ...
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NewsDirect Hydraulic Drives for Propulsion?
New ideas made possible through progress and product development are worth thinking about and the new CBP motors from Hagglunds open up some interesting ideas in marine propulsion. Hagglunds Drives have been manufacturing hydraulic motors since the 60s originally for cranes but since the 80s on heavy duty continuous industrial ...
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NewsGiant Trimaran Flies in the Canaries
Canary Islands ferry operator Fred Olsen SA has added a 126.7m LOA aluminium trimaran ferry to extend its services on routes linking Los Cristianos on Tenerife, San Sebastian on Gomera, and Palma Island. Benchijigua Express is a fast and comfortable ferry capable of transporting up to 1,350 passengers and with ...
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NewsNewage Launches New MPC at METS
The PRM Marine Propulsion Control (MPC) unit , an all new system providing full electronic control over engine throttle and gear engagement, was launched by Newage Transmissions at the METS exhibition in Amsterdam this month.
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NewsFast Pilot Boat Exceeds Design Speed
A twin UltraJet 451 propulsion system propels a new 74ft aluminium pilot boat built by Horizon Shipbuilding of Alabama USA. The vessel is scheduled for service at the Port of Umm Qasr in Iraq.
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NewsEmissions Compliant Engines Launched
A new generation of Perkins Sabre on board gensets is being unveiled at the METS exhibition in Amsterdam this month. Fully compliant with all current and proposed emissions legislation, the Perkins Sabre 4.4GM, 4.4TGM, 4.4TWGM and 4.4TW2GM models have net engine power outputs spanning from 42.7kWm to 106.8kWm.
