by Satzuma-Creative | Mar 2, 2016 | Archive
Underwater repair company Hydrex have announced the opening of their new office at the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam. Hydrex dive support vessels equipped with hydraulic cranes, winches, a dive spread and control room are being stationed in the port to enable fast...
by Satzuma-Creative | Mar 2, 2016 | Archive
A diver/technician team from Hydrex performed a successful propeller blade cropping operation on a 229-meter bulker under difficult weather circumstances, with the vessel was at anchorage in Punta Del Este. When the propeller blades of the bulker were damaged, a fast...
by Satzuma-Creative | Mar 2, 2016 | Archive
Sea trials of Thordon Bearings COMPAC propeller shaft have completed aboard Greenland, the world’s first LNG-fuelled short-sea dry bulk vessel. Greenland, a 5800dwt self-loading/unloading cement carrier built under the EU-TEN-T funded Pilot LNG project for the JT...
by Satzuma-Creative | Mar 2, 2016 | Archive
Following the approval of Selektope ® under the EU’s Biocidal Products Regulation, developer I-Tech reports a good uptake for antifouling coatings the anti-fouling agent. I-Tech CEO Philip Chaabane says there is higher than anticipated demand from shipowners, and...
by Satzuma-Creative | Mar 2, 2016 | News
SS United States Conservancy and Crystal Cruises have announced they will save “America’s flagship,” the SS United States. The ship is to be brought into compliance with the latest standards and returned to oceangoing service. Crystal will create new itineraries for...