by Satzuma-Creative | Aug 4, 2016 | Archive
A report from Subsea Industries says its Ecospeed range of hard coat marine coatings is now optimised to reduce hull friction by up to 40%, resulting in a comparable percentage saving in fuel consumption. The report, based on more than 500 ship references, says the...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jul 26, 2016 | Archive
Maersk will be showing their ‘Fluid Technology’ at SMM with actual examples of the company’s Blending-on-Board (BoB) system and the associated XRF scrapedown oil analyser. BoB was developed in 2008 by Maersk initially for the A.P Moeller group’s own ships,...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jul 25, 2016 | Archive
A team of Hydrex diver/technicians performed a propeller blade cropping on a 190-meter container bulker berthed in Hamburg. Two parts of the tip of one of the four propeller blades were damaged and needed to be cropped to restore the propeller’s efficiency. Cropping...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jul 21, 2016 | Archive
Wärtsilä and Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö have extended their long-term maintenance agreement for Eckerö’s entire fleet of five vessels. The five-year agreement between Wärtsilä and Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö covers five vessels. One of the vessels has been fitted...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jul 20, 2016 | Archive
Pictured at Vuosaari habour on the outskirts of Helsinki, these four Azipod units are destined for shipyards in South Korea – a journey which will take approximately one month. The four thrusters have a combined power of 52 MW and will be fitted to an LNG tanker for...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jul 19, 2016 | Archive
Shipowners, shipbuilders and representatives from the Green Award Foundation attended the first in a series of planned ‘roadshows’ by Subsea Industries. The events have been initiated to demonstrate the zero environmental impact and simplicity of cleaning hulls...
