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Deck coating specialists Bolidt, market leaders in the cruise flooring sector, opened up their new Rotterdam Innovation Centre for a preview by journalists. The state-of-the-art building adds to Bolidt’s impressive campus, with a striking15m-high partly transparent...

BIO-UV Group, the pioneer in UV-based water treatment technologies, and Norwegian marine engineering and technical services provider TECO Tech have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at providing shipowners with a complete turnkey solution for the BIO-SEA advanced...

Last month a Hydrex team carried out an underwater stern tube seal repair on a tanker berthed in Algeciras. The ship was suffering from an oil leak and no drydock was available close by. The divers replaced the damaged seals underwater using one of the company’s...

by Hydrex Recently there has been a lot of discussion about biofouling. A word coined to describe marine life attached to ship hulls, it is seen as a ship speed breaker, a destructive factor to hull coatings and a cause of alien invasive species. To call it fouling is...

Ahead of the incoming Global Sulphur Cap restrictions that will impose a ban on all marine fuels with >0.50% sulphur content from January 1, 2020, market leading developers of smart water quality monitoring technology Rivertrace Limited, have published a technical...

Tested extensively both in the lab and in the hold, Wilhelmsen’s Unitor CargoClean HD further improves on the market-leading performance of its predecessor but requires just half the volume of chemicals previously needed. Refined several times before the Wilhelmsen...

As Alfa Laval Aalborg boiler solutions celebrate 100 years in the marine industry, they are also leading the way in today’s era of change. With the 2020 sulphur cap rapidly approaching, Alfa Laval is delivering multi-fuel Aalborg boiler solutions and helping customers...

On 15 May, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) presented a type approval certificate for the largest PureBallast 3 reactor size: 1500 m3/h. Customers can now select any PureBallast 3 system configuration for use in United States waters. Launched in late 2018, the 1500 m3/h...

Alfa Laval PureSOx gives customers the option of scrubbing in closed loop, either by choosing a fully equipped hybrid system or by installing a hybrid-ready system that can be upgraded for closed-loop operation later. With the launch of a modular new PureSOx water...

Underwater company Hydrex was contacted by the owner of a 193-meter roro ship to secure both rudders of the vessel while  the OEM performed repairs on the rudders from inside the engine room. A team of the company’s divers mobilized to Jebel Ali, Dubai to perform the...

An interview with Paul Kohle, Director, Sales and Sales Support, Asset Management Services at Wärtsilä Keeping up with latest part designs a challenge for non-OEM suppliers For vessel equipment repairs, there is usually a choice to be made between Original Equipment...

Nippon Paint Marine has successfully applied its novel Aquaterras biocide-free self polishing hull coating to AIDA Cruises’ 38,531gt cruise vessel AIDAcara. It is the first-ever full application of the revolutionary biocide free (SPC) antifouling to a cruise ship....

Metalock Brasil technicians were recently called to attend a vessel for repairs in the port of Itajaí, a Brazilian port complex, located in the State of Santa Catarina. At the site, they verified the need to perform the substitution of the bearing, located between the...

Since its introduction in 2008, the Becker Mewis Duct has been successfully improving efficiency and reducing emissions for ships. Here's a look at its impact over the past decade. What is the Becker Mewis Duct? Within ten years, the Becker Mewis Duct® has become a...

The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020) has received written approvals and no-objection letters from several Port Authorities around the world indicating they have no intention of banning the use of open-loop scrubbers in their waters. Following successful...