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Gibdock Yachting to provide dedicated service to luxury refit market
Gibdock has announced the launch of Gibdock Yachting as a dedicated division focusing on a key area of business growth for the Gibraltar ship repair and maintenance yard.
BIO-UV takes 100% stake in Scottish ozone and AOP water treatment company
BIO-UV Group, the manufacturer of the BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system, has acquired a 100% stake in Scotland-based Triogen Holdings and its subsidiary Suez Purification and Disinfection Systems from Suez Water Technologies & Solutions. Triogen supplies water...
Low-flow-rate BWTS unveiled for retrofits
BIO-UV Group has unveiled a modified, more compact version of its low flow rate BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system (BWTS) to meet market demand for retrofit installations aboard vessels where engine room space is limited. The BIO-SEA Easy-To-Fit skid is a modified...
Diesel spares supply for Scottish ferries
Marine diesel power specialist Royston has secured a new OEM spare parts contract with Scottish ferry operator, Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac). The move sees Royston supplying and installing original Mitsubishi, Volvo and Cummins parts and components to support...
Feature: International Viewpoint
Remote diagnostic contract ABB has won a contract to supply ABB Ability Remote Diagnostic Systems for Marine to eleven Sovcomflot vessels operating in the Arctic and Russia’s Far East, helping optimise safety and performance through 24/7 remote support. Sovcomflot’s...
Carbon fisher gets seawater bearings
Thordon Bearings has successfully completed the commissioning of a set of water-lubricated SXL propeller shaft bearings to what is widely considered the world’s largest all-carbon sports fisher. Four SXL bearings were retrofitted to the 39.5m (129ft) maxi sportfish...
New anti-fouling comes with fuel-saving guarantees
A new fouling defence system released by Hempel claims to bring 14% fuel savings over traditional anti-fouling, and comes with an impressive performance guarantee including fouling protection for up to 120 days of idle time. At a press launch for the system in London,...
Largest Heavy Lift Vessel gets rapid turnaround in Bahamas
BOKA Vanguard is the largest semi-submersible ship in the world, capable of carrying cargoes of up to 110,000t. Built to facilitate the transport of ever-larger floating oil rigs, it lifts through the flooding and emptying of movable buoyancy casings, which can be...
Engine replacement maximises mining vessel uptime
Since 2002, diamond mining operations in Namibia have taken place in larger volume offshore than onshore, as gemstones washed into the Atlantic Ocean over millions of years are dredged and processed. It’s an expanding market, generating over a hundred million carats...
ACO Marine reports increase in orders from system integrators and OEMs
Between July and October this year, ACO Marine, a division of the US$1 billion ACO Group, was awarded contracts to deliver Lipator grease separators for newbuild and retrofit installation to several vessels. Unusually, the contracts were placed via system integrators...
First ever ABB electric propulsion to be installed on board a bulk carrier
ABB has entered new market segment with order to install Azipod® electric propulsion on board two dry bulk carriers from Germany’s largest bulk carrier company Oldendorff Carriers Two self-unloading dry cargo transshipment units will be the first bulk carriers in the...
Corvettes of Ecuadorian Navy upgraded with Roxtec multi-cable transits
Shipyard ASTINAVE specified Roxtec cable transits instead of cable glands when modernizing the corvettes Manabí and Loja for the Ecuadorian Navy. The change to Roxtec cable transits solved three issues: Roxtec seals allow more cables in each opening than cable glands...
Donsö Shipping orders engine coolers for new chemical tankers
Swedish shipowner Donsö Shipping AB (Donsø Shipping) has placed a contract with Norwegian technology company Hydroniq Coolers to deliver hull-integrated seawater cooling systems to two oil products and chemical tankers currently under construction. The two vessels are...
Video highlights survival suit capabilities
The star of the “A Day in the life of a Survitec Survival Suit”, a short film Survitec will premiere at the Offshore Europe trade show, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is undoubtedly the 1000 Series Passenger suit. Although Ross Johnston, Survitec’s Head of Sales, Aberdeen has...
Underwater reinstallation avoids delay for container vessel
A month after Hydrex divers removed the bow thruster of a 300-meter container ship they once again mobilized to Italy. They reinstalled the overhauled unit underwater with the use of the company’s flexible mobdock technique. The available time window for the removal...
Feature: A Canadian Coast Guard upgrade
The Government of Canada is committed to providing the Canadian Coast Guard with the equipment it needs to carry out its important work, while providing economic opportunities for the Canadian marine sector. The purchase of three medium commercial icebreakers ensures...